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Angry White workers, on strike since 28 December, storm and occupy police stations, railway installations and mines at the Rand
… on strike since 28 December, storm and occupy police stations, railway installations and mines at the Rand …
BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
… Schools 11 London. His ideals were based on the notion of a symbiotic relationship between the artist and the architect in solving the problems peculiar to…
Gangs of armed men kill at least twenty-six commuters on a train travelling between George Goch and Denver stations in Johannes
… Gangs of armed men kill at least twenty-six commuters on a train travelling between George Goch and Denver stations in Johannes …
BiographyDuke Ketye
… studied under Sister Pientia Selhorst C.P.S. He then moved to Mariannhill where he continued to study with Sister … and Sister Johanna Sen until 1965. While…
About half of the filling stations in urban SA run dry because of a country wide strike of workers in the chemical industry.
… Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, … About half of the filling stations in urban SA run dry because of a country wide strike of…
BiographyBasil Coetzee
… Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a teenager showed keen interest in music. This was aided by … first instrument was the penny-whistle…
BiographyStanley Huette Uys
… Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). In time, he was to disown his father and three siblings, finding he had … – so much so that his own children never met…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… How did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important to understand that the focus of THIS section…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… The British feared that the DEIC were not powerful enough to protect the Cape from potential French invasion. The … Wars (1803-1815) the British were…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… A series of legislations were passed by the NP led government in the 1950s as it sought to deal with dissent and entrench apartheid. Leading … on people to…
BiographyChief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
… he graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a B.Com, and in 1954 he obtained his LLB Cum Laude. Two years later he was admitted to the…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… increasingly under threat however, as African resistance to the racially based system rapidly escalated. This crisis was brought to a head by the continuing…
Mandela: Message to India
… South African History Online Mandela: Message to India 18 June 1994 [ On the occasion of an India-South … Forum (New Delhi, June 11, 1994), Nelson Mandela…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… In 1899, an investor named Herman Tobiansky envisaged a pleasant white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg. It was some way…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… “Just Transition” has become the buzz term used to explain the socioeconomic need to address the jobs and … change can be brought by private capitalism... We…
BiographyJohn James Issel
… the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town . At a tender age, he worked on a vineyard, cleaning grapes for … market. It was during this time that…
BiographyKay Hassan
… Alexandra in 1956. His mother brewed traditional beer at a shebeen, defying apartheid laws and repeated raids by … images classified as ‘township art’…
Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise
… Townships and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940, Brewing A place in the city, The struggle for a place in the city, Child labour Working Life Factories, … (online)…
BiographyVicky Sampson
… Vicky Sampson was born in 1969, to Faye and Victor Sampson. Her father, Victor, was a member of the Golden City Dixies, a travelling vaudeville … for Afrikan…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… WITH YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE SITE... This page is dedicated to your feedback about our website. We have received numerous responses from the public, good and…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of … All Government action and response was…
The turn to armed struggle
… and banning of leading political activists, forced the ANC to discuss whether to engage in armed struggle. Further … to non-violence, in the second half of…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… Protests The Silverton and Soekmekaar verdict prompted a wave of protests against the death penalty and particularly … Mashigo, and Naphtali Manana. Angry…
COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTIONS
… COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTIONS …
A CHANGING APPROACH TO HISTORY
… A CHANGING APPROACH TO HISTORY …
a preliminary overview to 1910
… a preliminary overview to 1910 …
Address to Beijing University
… Address to Beijing University …
Directions to conference venues
… Directions to conference venues …
Background to the strike
… Background to the strike …
Passage to Natal - The Journey
… from families. Sirdars (supervisors) were appointed to assist in the management of the passengers and assist in … died at sea. While at sea the crew…