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PlaceFreedom Park
… over on 8 March 2004 by Thabo Mbeki, the president at the time, who said Freedom Park would not be a place of mourning, … humanity. The first phase of…
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
… of what is going on. I am sending you newspapers from time to time which should confirm what I am telling you. We are not …
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… supported his plea for a republic. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) … racial policy constantly increased…
EventSA experiences a monetary crisis due to the heavy drain of gold from the country during the Great Depression
… was no exception. South Africa's greatest exports at the time were in the agricultural and mineral sectors, but as world trade was at an all-time low, the…
Event5 Children Murdered in SADF Umtata Raid on Alleged APLA Arms Storage Facility
… General George Meiring, Chief of the Defence Force at the time, " There were actually only five people in the house and … of South Africa. That information…
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… a few days before the hearing and was in hospital at the time.May Ledwaba was actively involved in the so-called … by means of the notorious necklace method…
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
… that carried out the genocide in Rwanda. During this time, the rebel forces of Laurent Kabilla, led by ethnic … that Rwandan Tutsis may have been involved…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… move to Sophiatown, where in 1939 he began painting full-time. During this time he received encouragement from John Mohl and Brother …
PlaceNgcobo
… excellent education by the standards for Xhosa boys of his time,here. His conscience was prickled early by the imperial … attitude, becoming best-friends…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… Middle Eastern law, but was drawn to African law. At this time he also followed the Treason Trial in South Africa … more than seven years ago and served…
Stay-away!
… send communists and people like that to jail for a long time. The police broke up that protest and they shot some … work there, and who is not allowed there…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… of Muslims in South Africa - from 1652 onwards - since the time of their arrival at the Cape of Good Hope and their … and religio-political problems until…
ArchiveCongress says : Dont vote : Mass meeting
… maroon poster. Notice of a mass meeting. Initials TIC. No time or venue. …
ArchivePaper Union strengthens
… The Paper Wood and Allied Workers Union had a tough time as a new affiliate of FOSATU. …
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… called Nortje “perhaps the best South African poet of our time.” [i] Due to the racial oppression he saw in South … James Davidson and Raymond Leitch, lived…
South African and World leaders
… the Security Branch looked for her husband. During this time the Security Police taunted her psychologically. She … Pretoria Central Prison instead of Robben…
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
… meddling in CPSA affairs. This was not the last time that shifts in Comintern policy would have a disruptive … risk of being picked up as Roux, Mofutsanyana…
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArchiveThe making of the working class: Part 8 - 1907-1922 white workers revolt
… The years 1907 to 1922 were a time of violent conflict between workers and capitalists on …
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… our food. The lights went out at 8pm and it took us a long time to get to sleep. I eventually found a position in which … that the warders could lock up the…
ArchivePolice photos of signs on or around Turfloop campus
… on or around Turfloop campus [and Curries Fountain?] at time of September 1974, pro-Frelimo rallies …
Chapter 10
… That is why, in 1945, it decided to bring out from time to time a newsletter, known as "The Voice of the All-African … a weakness in the struggle of the…
Opening Address to the Conference on "Whites in A Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… grim picture, it would be wrong to conclude that this is a time for despair. Even in the depths of our people's misery … wrote the American patriot Thomas…
ArchiveBarlows company refuses to discuss retrenchments with shop stewards
… For the second time SA Traction Manufacturing at Germiston has refused to …
ArchiveEditorial: workers and economics
… is now stronger and better organised than at any other time in South Africa's history. …
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
… to the increasing number of GBV-acts in a short span of time, hundreds of members of the “Intersectional Women’s … Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, p. 9. ↵…
ArchiveDemands for metal wage talks
… It's that time of the year again and the yearly tussle at the giant …
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
… exploitation. Racism, one of the great evils of our time, bedevils human relations, between individuals within … those who believe themselves to be…
Women’s liberation by Zanele Dhlamini (Mbeki)
… contract men away from their homes for extended periods of time while only women, children and old men remain behind. … been doing what is considered men's…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… units, mainly concerned with leafleting, the ANC at this time had no organised presence inside South Africa; and, … political militants proved incapable of…