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ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
… in Cape Town, just above the Black River, stands the South African Astronomical Observatory; initially known as … that would later occupy a prominent place…
XII - Unanswered Questions
… the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa Despite limitations of method and purpose, the inquest … had it allowed horrific details…
PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
… Bay is way up the West Coast of the Northern Cape in South Africa . Virtually on the Border with Namibia , in a Region … The Area has the richest alluvial…
Address by the Chancellor of the University of Zululand, Mr Jacob Zuma, at the Gala Dinner of the First International Co-Operatives Conference, Kwazulu Natal, 24 February 2009, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… about. But surely it should be easier for the majority of South Africans to understand what we are talking about. This … in our country and indeed in much of…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
… In August 1960, Dugmore Boetie fled South Africa and entered Bechuanaland (present day Botswana) on … on the streets. In many respects, the improvisational…
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… that the ANC is best suited and capable of mobilising South Africans for freedom and later on, for effectuating a … Charter adopted in Kliptown in 1955,…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… belief in the creation of a non-racial, unitary state in South Africa, undiluted by racial or ethnic considerations as … and later released, March 7 15-21…
EventThe Native Affairs Commission went once more to Ntabelanga for negotiations
… Enoch Mgijima declared that he had had a vision that the world would end in 1920. His declaration inspired a pilgrimage of his followers from all over South…
EventLord Alfred Milner, British Colonial Secretary, and architect of the Union of South Africa dies
… 20th century died in Canterbury, England. Milner came to South Africa in 1902 to preside over the transition to the Union of … arrived in South Africa soon…
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
… discusses further on. "Black" is also widely used in South Africa to refer to the African group alone. Ironically it is … the whites seldom claim to be …
Bitter Battles to Come - Message to the Meeting of the Council of the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation by O. R. Tambo, Tripoli, January 1971
… Twelve years ago, the peoples of Africa and Asia met in the revolutionary capital of the … from Africa and Asia, and for the liquidation of world imperialism…
'We Go To Action': Statement on the Launching In Natal of the Defiance Campaign, August 30, 1952
… against discriminatory and unjust laws in the Union of South Africa with the object and hope of getting white South Africa to adopt a policy of allowing full…
150th Anniversary; Anxieties of Commemoration - Towards a National Dialogue by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske
… Indian indentured laborers in Natal will take place across South Africa. The preparations have already inspired wide-spread … to what extent does celebrating…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… Edward Roworth was a British born South African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of…
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… a remarkable track record and his efforts to ensure that South Africa and Africa as a whole are influential in world affairs through the African Renaissance,…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 88th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2000
… Fellow South Africans: Today we mark the 88th anniversary of the … during a year that is being observed by the whole world as the beginning of a new century…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
… of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it … against Apartheid, which called…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … CREATED In order to understand the present land problem in South Africa, it is…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… a period of widespread chaos and disturbance in southern Africa during the period between 1815 and about 1840. In … continued to use the land for grazing…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… negotiations leading to the first democratic elections the South African Students Organisation (SASCO) continued the … with general ideas of freedom and…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… By His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the 11 Feb 2010 Honorouble Speaker; I stand before … in schools. We will implement…
ArticleHeritage
… What is heritage? What are heritage resources? What are South Africa's World Heritage Sites? Investigating heritage resources from …
Address on Receiving the Freedom of the City of Kingston Jamaica, 30 June 2003
… practitioners in the musical arts, and shared with the world the creativity of these residents. No endowment can … with all the glory that goes with their…
Chapter X - Final word
… of course, because the prohibition on quoting me in South Africa still remained. I continued to be a listed person, … be able to give some Christian witness…
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… what is today the Rainbow legend. Over the years most of South Africa's greatest musicians, who remained in South Africa … the Struggle”. Images of this…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… The Citizen reported that the remaining 1 500 South African troops in South West Africa (Namibia) had been withdrawn during November. While … to how Namibia…
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… his life, achievement and involvement in the struggle for South Africa’s national liberation – this by no means does justice … most people and organisations…
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… The decade of the 1950s was a decade of turmoil in South Africa. In the urban areas, a strong alliance was being … 146; "Chief Told: `Your Women Accept…
EventHezekiel Sepeng is born
… Potchefstroom. Having won numerous medals and setting the South African record for the 800 metres, his greatest achievement was in 1996 where he won South…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… 1980s. Vlakplaas is also referred to as C, C1 and C10. The South African Police security section had broader control … were seen as opponents of the…