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How did the Depression spread to other countries?
The Danish Badminton Federation calls off a tour of South Africa by seven of Denmark’s top badminton players, scheduled to take
Thomas Joseph (Tom) Mboya, likely successor to Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta, is assassinated in Nairobi. He was born in Kenya
Cosatu and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) are to table a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Develo
The Rev. T.C. (oom Essie) Esterhuysen, missionary and moderator of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in Transvaal, is born in C
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
The president of Cuba Fidel Castro decides to send Cuban troops to Angola in response to South Africa's invasion of the country. After attaining its…
ArticleList of employers to whom Indentured Indians were assigned
PLACE EMPLOYER Calcutta Acutt, C & Co Madras Acutt, C & Co …
EventCosatu and TAC table a National HIV/AIDS plan
On 28 June 2002 the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) tabled a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the…
BiographyDavid Thlolanyane Mabe
David Thlolanyane Mabe, originally resident at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Western Transvaal [now North West Province] was banished on 26…
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
The first restriction that the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) aimed to contest was the 1913 Land Act, an urgent issue that affected all black…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Introduction to the TRC process, with links to relevant episodes in the TV series. Church Street bombing, Pretoria, SABC
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
What was the nature of the civil society resistance after the 1960s? During the 1960s and the 1980s South Africa was ruled by the National Party. The NP…
BiographyJoseph Mathunjwa
Joseph Mathunjwa was born in Amatikulu in Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 26 May 1965. He is the son of David Mathunjwa, who was a Christian preacher. He…
BiographyTraci Mackie
Traci Mackie was born to a working-class family, in an industrial village called Blackburn in Scotland. When she was nine years old, her parents decided to…
ArchiveLabour tenants call for TEC protection
Mandela A Critical Life by Tom Lodge
The VOC hospital in Cape Town
F.W de Klerk challenges TRC findings
ArchiveMandela kom huis toe: lees raakwys
Yellow, green, black and white poster. Artwork of Mandela.
Archivedont give a war toy this Christmas
White poster with black lettering. Artwork of a boy opening parcel with a large rifle. Christmas cards hanging up and Christmas stocking. Issued by the End…
TRC Testimony of Bishop Kevin Dowling
TRC HEARINGS ON BUSINESS AND APARTHEID
ArchiveInterview with Mtutuzeli Tom. Mercedes Benz s
ArchiveOur gains are their gains, too
EventSchalk van Rensburg testifies before the TRC
Former director of Roodeplaats research Laboratories, Dr Schalk van Rensburg, testifies before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that the death of…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
This chapter grounds the analysis of the emergence, ideology and politics, organisation and collective actions of SASO which are examined in the next three…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
San hunter-gatherers The word ‘San’ means ‘people different from ourselves’. The San, who were hunter-gatherers, were the first people to live at the Cape…
ArticleA change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s
With no discernable change in government policies, some members of the African National Congress (ANC) began to move away from peaceful protest. The ANC…
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
Black business pioneer, community leader, altruistic medical practitioner, involved in several education initiatives, former secretary-general of the ANC Youth…