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PlaceGwali Mission
… in 1820 by Reverend John Brownlee, as a station of for the Glasgow Missionary Society. The village which grew up about it was subsequently named … …
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… situated near Ladysmith in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal ). The first rent paying Tenants were 47 families who arrived in November 1984. In an interview conducted…
ArchiveAre there South Africans? by Sir Keith Hancock
… The twentieth Alfred and Hoernle Memorial Lecture delivered by Sir Keith Hancock in which the title of his talk questions the integrative or disintegrative…
Letter from Jack Simons to Oliver Tambo
… Letter from Jack Simons of the Constitutional Committee and Zola Skweyiya of the Department of Legal and Constitutional Affairs to Oliver …
PlaceWagon Museum
… This Museum is situated on the same premises as the First 'Raadsaal' in Bloemfontein and houses a collection of historic wagons and carriages such as the…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies
… A political activist and Chairman of the South African Communist Party (SACP) , Dr. Yusuf … on 19 September, 1983, after having lapsed into a coma. The…
EventFive prominent anti-apartheid activists released
… Cape Town after being detained for up to two years under the Internal Security Act. The five are Trevor Manuel, Ebrahim Rasool, Mountrain Qumbela and Hilda…
EventTobacco Products Control Ammendmant Bill passed
… The National Assembly votes by 213 to 106 to pass the Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill, which bans all forms of tobacco advertising and prohibits…
On Post Colonial African Liberation Movements
… On the 25th of May 2017 the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command will be hosting … Ndlozi. This event will take place at the University of Cape Town's…
PlaceMarabastad Market Stalls, Pretoria
… Historic Marabastad is where you’ll experience the colours and hustle and bustle of Africa. This area has a mix of ‘muti’ shops, spazas, a mosque, a Hindu…
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… Born in the Eastern Cape, Dumisa Ntsebeza, like many young South Africans in the 70’s was involved in the struggle. He was arrested in the … on to play other…
EventWinnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest
… Winnie's banning order was not reimposed, bearing in mind the nature of the offence that she was charged with. At the time of her …
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when Portuguese explorers descended on the country. On their way to India, Portuguese explorers…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… On 13 March 1994, Lucas Mangope was ousted as President of the homeland of Bophuthatswana. Mangope came to power in Bophuthatswana in 1966 during the reign…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… 05 August 1895 after a long battle with a throat cancer. The son of a successful industrialist, he was sent to England to help … Upon his arrival in…
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… In April 1894, Chief Malaboch (Mmaleboho, Mmaleboxo) of the Bahananwa (Xananwa) people refused to leave his traditional mountain kingdom of Blouberg as…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods is banned
… The South African government closed down the daily newspaper 'The World' and its associated 'Weekend … Newspaper and Imprint Registration Act no 19, a…
PlaceRavenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens
… Ravenswood House is the only known example in Cape Town of the late classical Georgian Architectural Style of the …
PlaceGazankulu
… Gazankulu was the homeland of the Shangaan and Tsonga people in South Africa. It was divided over two territories, west of the Kruger National Park, and its…
EventUganda gains independence
… The East African country Uganda gained independence from … Bunyoro and Toro receiving federal status and a degree of autonomy. Buganda, under the leadership…
ArchiveNUSAS 1982 Resumé
… Illustrated resumé of the activities of the National Union of South African Students during 1982. …
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter is born
… Andries Hendrik Potgieter, the leader of a Voortrekker group which he led during the battle of Vegkop when attacked by the Matabele (Ndebele), … Potgieter, D…
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… The body of Eric Mntonga, co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South … South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race…
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
… The pass measures were aimed at controlling the mobility of the Black population in White urban areas. … Town: HSRC Press, 2007). |South African History…
ArchiveApartheid under siege, 1984-1988: actions and reactions
… Thesis submitted to fulfil the requirements for the Degree Philosophiae Doctor in the Faculty of Humanitie (Department of History) at the University of the …
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… Conference on Sanctions against South Africa was hosted by the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at UNESCO House in Paris,…
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
… Themba Sono was forced to resign as president of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) before he was expelled from the organisation during the second…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.3 Apr-Jun 1958
… Even We. Cartoon, David Marais. The Fight is on, Rev. Joost de Blank, Archbishop of Cape Town. The Widow of the Reserves, Phyllis Ntanala. Bethal Case-Book, …
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
… were sentenced in Klerksdorp to be hanged to death for the rape of a Black woman, Ginny Gotsoine in February 1985. Two other White men in the same case were…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… Nelson Mandela's name resonates with the struggle for independence and social, economic, political and institutional rights of Black people. The…