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… The French Revolution: On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This …
A call to the people of South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 02 May 1987
… the spotlight of South African politics from the basic issues confronting our country. Events during the first half … find puppets from among the black…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… itself as centrist in the political struggle against apartheid. AI-Qalam [July 1987] writes: "Despite the fact … the situation demands a more intense…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… Indian Representation Acts highlighted the two fundamental issues of protest from the earliest of times; that of land … when the black intelligentsia would…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… and the last Afrikaner leaders: Reconsiderations of the Apartheid Era Introduction One of the key generalisations of … 1988 among whites in the Witwatersrand…
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… progressive intellectuals and political figures in the city. The debates covered issues that were topical at the time, such as the role of …
EventRioting and destruction in Cato Manor and Durban continues
… Apartheid government efforts to remove Black people from Cato Manor close to the Durban city center to Kwa Mashu, a newly established black township … and 45…
BiographyPatrick Chamusso
… Secunda power plant in the 1980s as a protest against the apartheid regime. But his work at the Two Sisters Orphanage …
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… DEMONSTRATION ON SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, at 8p.m. on the City Hall Steps, Johannesburg, to commemorate the 15th … KEEP THE DATE OPEN Sunday Evening, at 8 o…
ArticleBrenda Fassie’s 1997 hit song Vulindlela still raises questions about South Africa as a nation
… wedding. In 1997 South Africa was emerging from the racist apartheid system, and was celebrating its own “wedding” … across the colour bar after democratic…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… ‘Mbizo’ Dyani was a jazz musician who performed during the apartheid era. He played for almost his entire career in … at the age of 39. Dyani actively fought…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
… would have found it within themselves to end the system of apartheid peacefully, to queue one after the other, black and … of the continent. In addition to…
A volatile case of Afrikan vs. Indian in KwaZulu-Natal by Jackie Shandu, 7 April 2015, South Africa
… for some among us to bombard with a history lesson of Apartheid's hierarchy of oppression, no matter how gratifying … unabated and no reasons are provided –…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… a White woman and a Black unnamed father. Due to the apartheid policies of the day, her parents were not allowed … 1958 to 1960, she worked as a journalist…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
… On the night of the 19th of November in the South African city of Durban, agents of the Pretoria regime brutally … years on Robben Island prison after being…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… (1936-1956), the National Party came to power in 1948, and apartheid legislation began to be introduced. When Motlolegi … state, and was granted …
ArchiveFrom the Archive of Steve Bantu Biko by Mafika Gwala, 23 May 2019
… political needs and aspirations of all those victimised by apartheid. He was closely associated with the Soweto poets, … dragged along to try and halt its…
PlaceIsandlwana Battlefield Site, Nqutu
… 454 people. Of the population, 93% are Rural and 7% are Urban. The more developed urban areas include: Dundee and Greytown. I n Nquthu and Msinga there is a…
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… that an SRC would give credibility to an institution of apartheid (the university); that there was a danger of it … It embarked on a programme of active…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… of time the unfolding of events, or the significance of issues, which are not yet settled. Nevertheless, this Feature … how ‘locations’ were eventually…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their lives on charges of … an important watershed in South Africa’s…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… civilisation, are nearer to us than is our sister capital city, Santiago de Chile - the one separated from our capital … were obliged to make great…
OSEO report on Allan Boesak
… categories - those relating to receipt of money from the urban discretionary fund and from funds relating to staff …
PlaceMtubatuba
… District Municipality in 2000, as part of post-apartheid restructuring. Mtubatuba Local Municipality is one … District Municipality. The Municipality…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… Park was chosen for this project, in 1949, was that the City Council had recently declared it “open to all”. This was … from subsequent histories. By 1980,…
Archive2001 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2001
… to pay detailed attention to the critical micro-economic issues. In particular we have decided that this year the … areas, the integrated rural development…
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… few can appreciate. He is not only a stranger in the big city; he is an outcast, subject to countless oppressive laws … that he is not, and vagrancy is a…
PlaceFunda Community College
… sector funding and built on land which was donated by the Urban Foundation and IBM. The centre was initially directed … alternative educational opportunities…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… an anxiety based on our knowledge of the dishonesty of the apartheid regime. Regrettably, subsequent events have … and that "group rights" are not negotiable…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… an anxiety based on our knowledge of the dishonesty of the apartheid regime. Regrettably, subsequent events have … and that "group rights" are not negotiable…