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History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 'Malay' women met and resolved to devote their spare time in providing Islamic education for children and Muslim … of the Muslims students bold and creative…
ArchiveChapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T.
… Wolfie insisted it was so, that if I had gone back at the time of the re-launch of the ANC and election of the new … for the new government in South Africa…
ArchiveMessage from the Permanent Representative, New York, to D W Auret, Cape Town
… would have freedom of passage for an extended period of time. …
ArchiveA Black viewpoint on the special PSC on the state of the nation
… to take a realistic look at the state of the nation at a time of irrevocable crisis with continuing deaths in …
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… the official year of his birth was always 1906), at a time when the existence of white people was but a rumour in … to Johannesburg and worked in the mines…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… doctrine. If the UNO, Europe or America do not do, the time may soon come when all of Asia may do that, and so might … Jawaharlal Nehru to South Africa,…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
… of me as a radical hothead was probably tempered over time and through various interactions of a social, sport and … our tense and violence-prone political…
Document 39 - “Walter Sisulu, “Boycott as a Political Weapon”, Liberation, 23, February 1957
… is the bus boycott on the Rand and Pretoria at the time of writing this article. The fact that people can walk … fares. In these boycotts our experience is…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… leadership of Sheikh Yusuf, who was 68 years of age at the time, the group at Zandvliet established one of the first … Islam until mid-to-late nineteenth…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… Sisulu is placed under a banning order for the fifth time since 1963. 17 August, Ruth First is killed by a parcel … the African National Congress (ANC). This…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… supported and many white racists learned for the first time how isolated they were. You can read more about the … he was not allowed to speak to more than…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… was already a foundation for pass system. However, over time men and women resisted the imposition of passes as it … refused to submit to oppression was…
EventJoe Slovo informal settlement outside Cape Town is devastated by a fire
… leaving about 12 000 people homeless. For the first time, a helicopter was used in Cape Town to exterminate a …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… the Interim Constitution of 1993, which took effect at the time of the first democratic election on 27 April 1994. In … vote, saying they had felt like human…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 1 - The First Farmers by Jeff Guy
… For a moment let's consider history as a journey through time and space. For much of this journey the road on which we … can be seen as a turning points in…
ArchiveLetter from S.E. Corrie Assistant Manager of the Standard bank to the partners of Media Training workshop
… Workshop due to lack of funds on their account at the time. …
EventNeil Aggett dies in detention
… first White person to die in detention since 1963. At the time of his untimely death, he was 28 years old. …
EventSenior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee
… and Nams Wessels were released from detention. At the time, the apartheid government had banned all gatherings and …
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… of the Fund reaches back over almost four decades to the time of the Defiance Campaign when Canon Collins and … in which the Fund was able to help our people…
Quotes by Steve Biko
… positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time. Its essence is the realisation by the black man of the … my life to see equality for blacks,…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… on your people and ours by Verwoerd's police force. The time has come to end this nightmare. We, the African people … people of South West Africa. Act with…
ArchiveBiography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi
… began at an early age he was living in Sharpville at the time of the Sharpville shooting in 1960 and his family was …
EventDr Phillip Blaiberg dies in Cape Town
… the longest-surviving heart transplant patient up to that time, was Barnard's second patient after he had performed the …
EventHeart specialist Dr. Chris Barnard dies
… on the Greek island Cyprus. Barnard was on holiday at the time of his death. …
Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
… Laughter. Sachs: That sort of faded a little bit as time went by, but there was intense discussion about the role … lot of factors. Lekwane: It is…
EventThe national Chairman of SABRA warns of sour relations in the Union
… “Recent events in Africa have robbed the Union of precious time. This country now has less than 10 years to adjust its …
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Address by President Jacob Zuma, Gallagher Estates, 29 June 2012
… Transformation imperatives, dealing with the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality in rural … and are best placed led by the ANC branches…
ArchiveAhmed Timol and the return of The Light by Kevin Bloom (Daily Maverick), 28 October 2016
… always return.” Back when Horace wrote them, around the time of Christ, the Romans would have understood the words to … “T” was missing from this place too. …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… of PR's entry into public and political life at this time in Pietermaritzburg, I believe it is imperative to first examine closely the political environment…
ArticleHistory of Photography in South Africa
… add to the rich South African photography tapestry. With time, SAHO will expand this feature to include the history of …