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Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's … freedom and that of their families'. …
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… here. References: South African Communist Party, ‘The History of the SACP 1912-1990’[online] Available at … at www.cosatu.org.za[Accessed: 17 June 2011]…
EventThe first museum is opened in Soweto, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprising.
… Soweto is an area of South Africa that is rich in the history and heritage of the struggle for freedom against … museum add to the appeal and conservation of…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… Somme) References: "ANC daily news briefing, this day in history: 6 July" (1997) [online] Available at: newsbrief … unknown) "The South Africans at Delville…
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… trade on Thursday 17 December 1981. It was the first such establishment of its kind in KwaZulu Natal , located in a so … of the Rainbow Restaurant https:/…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa
… in democratic South Africa South Africa has a long history of student protests going way back to the …
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… Cape. Image source Growing up he learnt about African history and the unfair discrimination faced by non-whites …
ArticleObituary: Sheila Weinberg
… ANC's banning. Sheila joined later generations to the rich history, which she had lived in her home background and in …
ArticleActivity: Human evolution
… study to find out about the past? What does pre-history mean? Why is archaeology important to us? Early …
ArticleThe Transkei
… it did? The Pondos have been well known in South African history for their allegiance to authority. There is no record …
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… and the fundamental human rights it entrences. The history of the idea The notion of a bill of rights for South …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… make it unique because it will be the first time in the history of our multi-racial nation that its people from all …
Concluding Remarks
… The Neglected Tradition: Towards a new South African art history 1938-1988 (1988), briefly examines the Seventies, but … is that Verster's premise dismissed…
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… the French language while studying in France during the colonial period -- and he believed that independence would … student, receiving the highest exam…
Class Struggle
… All of history, said Marx, is the history of class struggle. All societies are divided into …
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… Anon, Conflicting Missions, Secret Cuban Documents on History of African Involvement, from the National Security … N. Stearns, (2001, 6th Ed), The…
First Raymond Mhlaba Annual Memorial Lecture delivered by the President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, 22 August 2008, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
… to the materialistic conception, the determining factor in history is, in the final instance, the production and … that have hitherto formed the content of…
First National Consultative Conference: Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… to the Socialist system, of the breakdown of the colonial system as a result of national liberation and … Not at all. There has never been a moment in the…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… after his death. With the help of the National Cultural History Museum, and later the Ditsong Museum, the house was … looking for things to do in Gauteng…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
… into one of the largest protests in recent South African history and caused significant shock-waves across South … s://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/10…
National General Council 2005: Consolidated Report on Sectoral Strategies, 3 July 2005
… magistrate etc). Consideration should be given to the establishment of small claims courts in rural areas. Role of … of largely unskilled and semi-skilled…
Address of President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the opening of the second session of the Democratic Parliament Cape Town, 17 February 1995
… Of necessity, much of this work had to do with the establishment of our organisational structures and evolving a … at the stake. As South Africans, with our…
Archive1995 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 17 February 1995
… Of necessity, much of this work had to do with the establishment of our organisations structures and evolving a … at the stake. As South Africans, with our…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… Tambo. [vi] Endnotes [i] Cameron-Dow, J. 2007. A Newspaper History of South Africa. Wynberg: Don Nelson Publishers, p. 131. ↵ [ii] Cameron-Dow, J. 2007. A…
”The African Mine Workers’ Strike-A National Struggle.”flyer issued by the ANC Youth League, August 1946
… callous and inhuman exploitation of man by man in the history of mankind. Their struggle is a challenge to the … can be kept in a state of slavery and…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… education. Various churches and missionaries had a long history of providing education for Africans. The Government … leading part in opposing the Government…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10. "History of South African soccer" [online] Available at: … 4 May 2009] "2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa, the…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… Schoeman is the author of 18 novels and numerous works of history, he is one of South Africa's most awarded and … for African TV dramas 1990; the Stals Prize…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… and declined a position at UCT as lecturer for a post as history teacher. She played a very important role in the … in 1954 and was offered the King George V…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… of their land by whites in Azania and Africa under colonial rule, as well as during apartheid, is indeed an … the years consistently maintained that when…