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EventCommission on Native Education is appointed
… The government appointed the Eiselen Commission whose terms of reference were to inquire into and to report on all aspects of native education. The…
ArchiveCircular from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and others
… General circular from the President of the National Union of South African Students containing the …
ArchivePolitical Report
… Precis of a political report by Jacob Zuma on the socio-economic and political situation in South Africa. Covers the crisis of international capitalism, the…
EventANC makes first submission to TRC
… The African National Congress (ANC), like the other major political parties, made a submission to the … Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The…
Mandela and Fidel A film by Estela Bravo
… have spotlighted events throghout Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S Retrospectives of her films have been mounted in Madrid, London,New York…
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… Eugene Nielen Marais began writing at a very young age. By the age of 12, he was a published writer. Marais became famous as an … and early education were in…
Conference: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
… The conference will cover the following topics: v Towards the Commercialization of Traditional Knowledge and Bio-Diversity based products and …
EventIndia complains in 1946 against racism in South Africa
… For an excellent background history of this complaint by E. S. Reddy, and how it was taken to the United Nations, read article. For chronological details of…
EventPupils refuse to return to school before Soweto Uprisings
… Soweto pupils rejected the Orlando Diepkloof School board's demand that they return to class following a walkout to protest the use of Afrikaans as a medium…
Letter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… Letter from Neville Curtis, President of NUSAS, reporting on the reason for opposition to the sale of "instruments of violence" to the Nationalist …
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… The Caledon Museum is split into two Buildings depicting very different parts of local History. The Victorian House, houses an abundance of artifacts that …
EventUS invades Afghanistan
… The United States invasion of Afghanistan, codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom, took place after the destruction of the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001 in…
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
… Though mainly concerned with Alexandra, since that was the home location of Ditshwantsho, it held that Alexandra was but a part of South Africa and shared in…
Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann,” 26 December 1922
… WE, THE 4 600 delegates to this historic Conference for a Democratic Future of the broad anti-apartheid liberation forces: 1. Salute the …
10th Annual Oral History Conference
… The Department of Arts and Culture in partnership with the Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA) hosts the 10th Oral Annual History …
Cape Town Book Sale 2017
… We are sure you’ve heard the hype around the very first Cape Town Book Sale, and we are here to tell … 18 June 2017 the V&A Waterfront will become the centre…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… The South African Police Force (SAP) stationed in the Caprivi Strip, bordering Zambia, suffered casualties in … the SAP and SADF in 1966, hardly a month…
PlaceNelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth
… The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, formerly the King George VI Art Gallery. It was opened on 22 June 1956 … framing the entrance to St George's Park…
EventFormer Colonial Prime Minister John Merriman dies
… South African statesman and the last prime minister of the Cape Colony before the formation of the Union of South … D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… Former leader of the National Party (NP) in Gauteng, Sam de Beer, resigned and joined the United Democratic Movement (UDM), led by former NP …
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… Langalibalele Dube (22.02.1871- 11.02.1946) was born at the Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal to James and … J.A Millard,…
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… Sugar farming grew rapidly in the late 1800s in Natal as a result of very cheap “indentured labour” sourced from India. The first group of Indian workers…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther shaped and articulated the message of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. … Anon, (2010) ' Birthday…
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
… publicity secretary Murphy Morobe in a pre-dawn raid on the home of Judge Dayalin Chetty in Port Elizabeth. The two men had been on the run from the police…
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… President Lucas Mangope, the leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreated from the …
EventSoweto High School under siege
… African Defence Force soldiers, travelling in a convoy of more than ten armoured vehicles, surrounded the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and arrested 200…
EventNP demands apology from TRC
… In a letter to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), lawyers for the National Party (NP) demand an unconditional apology from chairman Archbishop…
EventAdriaan Vlok applies for amnesty
… Former apartheid era Minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, applied to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for amnesty for his role in the…
ArchiveAcknowledgements by Howard Barrell
… to Ronnie Kasrils - King Kong, friend, commander and the greatest hairy one of them all - who planted the seed for this study, cleared the way for it and has…
EventSanctions are applied on Libya over Lockerbie bombing
… Governments across the world applied United Nations (UN) sanctions against Libya because of its alleged involvement in the destruction of a Pan Am airliner…