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Banishment
… finished in 1969, they took me to Pretoria jail. At that time they were looking for a place to send me because they … and you could even see holes in the…
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… would never find myself there. June was always a dangerous time in the 1980s. We commemorated the Soweto June 16 … up again at one of the off-ramps near…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… the Witswatersrand’s fine art program in 1978. During this time Xaba, was working as a labourer at the Jabula Milling …
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… by the later 1930s. Amendments are made during this time to encourage stricter application of the Act. 1936 The …
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… beforehand. Ironically, Tau had been in custody at the time he was meant to be busy surveying the scene. Two of the …
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… of the Group Areas Act was to racialise space. [vi] At the time of the proclamation 56% of the district’s property was …
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… Island. Internal leadership fragments and for a period of time SWAPO is at a loss with no clear mandate as to how to …
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
… and fought against passes for black women. During this time the Bantu Women's League was under the leadership of …
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… was the wide-scale use of spies by the mine owners. Time and again provisional shaft and compound union …
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
… had actually decided to call off the raid, but by that time it was too late as Jameson and his party had already …
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… the UDF was still against the use of violence. At the same time, the UDF was in favour of discussions with the state, …
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… affect our future, and they will probably agree that the time has arrived when stock should be taken of the great … and indulged in dreams of the Coloured…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 87th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1999
… events in the birth of the nation will pose a challenge to all of us as to whether we shall commemorate our … It will similarly be critically important that,…
ArchiveQuestion Mark
… Original play devised by Action Workshop in 1984 as "Time to Act". …
ArchiveFactory wage talks in paper industry
… For the first time in the history of the pulp and paper industrial council, …
ArchiveCODESA - a gallery of rogues...
… television viewing the antics at CODESA, found that the time was well spent. …
ArchiveInterview with Frank Chikane
… Churches (SACC). Chikane, age 36, was underground at the time of the interview. …
ArchiveWhat is the UDF
… and the background of the United Democratic Front from the time it was established, the meaning of UDF, the progress and …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… boat. A ferry service which carried about 25 people at a time – operated by Nelson Maiblowa, a Zambian national – … required. Relations between the two…
Chapter 8 - Survivors
… that follow no one was killed. They were told to me at the time and I place them before you to help you understand and … They tried but failed. The shooting…
Roseberry Sonto interviewed by David Bailey, Cape Town, 2007
… of 1976. The main political influence on him at that time was the Black Consciousness Movement. …
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
… but there can be no doubt that with the passage of time and ever-closer co-operation in active political … other proofs of surviving disunity can be adduced…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… measure, to operate for three years, in order to provide time for a new commission, The Natal Indian Judicial … levels caused by war inflation. Kajee's…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… . His generosity was supposedly so great that by the time he left Mecca he had used every piece of gold he had … Islamic world, and the greatest library in…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Mandela's first exposure to mass action. Around the same time, Mandela began attending a gathering of young … Witwatersrand. He started to devote more and…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… to existing slave societies elsewhere in the world at the time, most notably those in the West Indies and Caribbean. … percent of slave-owners had more than…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… studying Picasso Matisse and all these people, it’s about time we studied ourselves” [vii] . He wants the children of … to create art. Tladi says that art…
EventList of detainees is released
… The government, for the first time, released the official list of all detained under the …
EventBenni McCarthy of Bafana Bafana is bought for nearly R40 million
… Club Celta de Vigo. The amount (over 6m Euro) was at the time the most expensive transfer for a South African player. …
EventF.W. de Klerk apologizes for apartheid
… the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for a second time, F.W. de Klerk repeats his assertion that murder and … Frastenberg,(2010), Apartheid ,from Time …