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GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 1) by Thabo Mbeki, 21 March, 2016
… and appropriate sanitation infrastructure; • improved postal and telecommunications services; and • a broad social … of Europe generally during the…
PlaceHarrismith, Free State
… like birding, biking, 4x4, hiking, climbing, golfing, History, water sport and lots more. The Town is well known … like birding, biking, 4x4, hiking,…
PlaceClarendon Circle, Johannesburg
… Today Clarendon Circle is NO more! The fingerprint of the History is captured in the name; Clarendon Place which is the … of South Africa, is a largely…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, at the opening of the 37th congress of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies Carlton Hotel, Saturday, 21 August 1993
… depressing in the violation of those norms. South Africa's history abounds in heroes and heroines who have stood up for … and I have experienced it. It was…
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
… a bucket of feces onto a statue of Cecil John Rhodes, a colonial expansionist who provided the original endowment of … was a learning environment that…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… the Rhode House Museum presents a wide variety of local History exhibits depicting formative activities of the Area … River, is Rosetta. Rosetta was an…
EventPiet Retief's Great Trek manifesto is completed
… as growing resentment between the farmers and the British colonial authorities. The farmers argued that because the colonial government limited the…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… increased immensely and absorbed about 60% of the African women workers. Industries produced metal goods, tyres and … Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… an important turning point in South African liberation history. On this fateful day, Black people congregated in … Photograph by Drum Photographer © Baileys…
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… Bay, now Port Elizabeth, became a thorn in the side of the colonial authorities. Established for a group of about 600 … For them, Bethelsdorp was a refuge…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… as growing resentment between the farmers and the British colonial authorities. The farmers argued that because the colonial government limited the…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… name Pieterson to pass off as “Coloureds.” Under apartheid colonial regime Coloureds were treated a little better than … like a ripe fruit. It was organized…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) of South Africa in 1652. The history of the church has been very much bound with the … to pray under, one umbrella, thus making…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Haiti: Port-AU-Prince, 01 January 2004 Your Excellency, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
… the Bicentenary of one of the greatest revolutions in history. We bring you warm greetings and messages of support … France’s greatest colony in the world…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… Street, Rorke's Drift is notable for the central role of women. The Evangelical Lutheran Church Art and Craft Centre … craft was produced, was an important…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… is most notable for being the shortest war in recorded history, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour. The … in 1963. Endnotes [i] Knappert, J. (1992)…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… changed to Elliot, after Sir Henry Elliot , a prominent Colonial administrator and Chief Magistrate of Transkie , …
EventMugabe announces the merging of ZANU and ZAPU
… Front. The merged Patriotic Front helped Mugabe defeat the colonial government of Ian Smith in 1980. Since then Mugabe …
EventThe district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
… Uitenhage de Mist felt there was a need to improve the colonial administration of the Cape areas. The new district … South African History Online, Uitenhage…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… poignant accounts of the township's and South Africa's history in the last sixty years. Many of them were linked to … the authors themselves. The stories…
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
… use of technology or reflect important stages in human history. A place where humans settled and used the land in a … World Heritage Sites must show major…
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… facilities, as it used to happen during the period of colonial oppression and apartheid. They remain amongst the … and friends, This lecture has also taken…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… ask different questions about the past. Knowledge of history grows and broadens as more archaeologists find … school students in South Africa only learnt…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Helen Joseph Avalon Cemetery, Johannesburg, 30 March 1996
… Charter;was one of the four leaders of the historic women's march at the Union Buildings in August 1956;and was … It is not a moment to rekindle old memories…
ArchiveThe international situation
… the 3rd-5th of January, 1962. This paper outlines the anti-colonial struggles of the oppressed around the world. The …
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… They demanded a weekly salary of R20 for men and R14 for women. Several Indian were assaulted by striking black … witnessed a momentous chain of events in…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… engaged in this struggle. Garment workers union of African women affiliates to South African Congress of Trade Unions … membership strength of 400. Viola…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army'
… Cetshwayo's ruled the Zulu nation at a time when British colonial penetration of the South African hinterland was gaining momentum. Successive British…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… given a 12 month sentence to be served at the Kroonstad women’s prison, of which she served 6 months. The government … Winnie Mandela was chosen as Woman of…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… London and Aliwal North, and Charlotte Maxeke of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa. The delegates at the …