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The South African General Elections: 2019
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Mar 28, 2019

The South African General Elections: 2019

General elections will be held in South Africa on the 8th of May 2019 to elect a new National Assembly and new provincia...

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Indian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
Article
Jan 18, 2019

Indian South Africans timeline 1930-1939

1930 The Durban Municipality was a major employer of Indian labour, employing an average of 2 000 workers through the...

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1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
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Jan 16, 2019

1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban

On Thursday evening, 13 January 1949, violence erupted in the Indian business area in Durban. On the first day there was...

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Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy
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Oct 22, 2018

Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy

Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu, affectionately known as Ma Sisulu, has been described countless times as a caring and ser...

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Natal Indian Association (NIA)
Article
Sep 06, 2018

Natal Indian Association (NIA)

The Natal Indian Association (NIA) was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers In...

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The Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
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Sep 05, 2018

The Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications

The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in London around 1983 by Roseinnes Phahle and other individual...

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1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
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Jul 19, 2018

1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa

“The time comes in the life of a nation when there remain only two choices –submit or fight”. In 2005 Dr Garth Benneywo...

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Changing Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
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Jun 27, 2018

Changing Perceptions of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela is a figure who has undergone many transformations in the eye of the South African public as well as in t...

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Mandela and the South African Communist Party
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Jun 11, 2018

Mandela and the South African Communist Party

Mandela and MK The late 1950s saw the first hints of an armed struggle occurring in certain parts of South Africa. Va...

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Pass Laws in South Africa
Article
Mar 19, 2018

Pass Laws in South Africa

The Pass Laws was a system used to control the movement of Black, Indian and Coloured people in South Africa. The pass s...

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The Daily Dispatch
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Feb 02, 2018

The Daily Dispatch

Together with the Rand Daily Mail, the Daily Dispatch was one of the loudest mouthpieces for mainstream liberal critique...

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The 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
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Dec 13, 2017

The 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007

The 52nd African National Congress (ANC) National Conference took place from 16 – 20 December 2007 at the University of ...

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How Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
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Nov 28, 2017

How Unique was Slavery at the Cape?

The first slaves arrived at the Cape in 1658, despite Jan van Riebeeck's several prior attempts at requesting slaves for...

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Louis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
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Nov 28, 2017

Louis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808

The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slav...

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Inqaba ya basebenzi
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Nov 28, 2017

Inqaba ya basebenzi

Inqaba ya basebenzi, published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the...

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