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ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 19 May 1983, Volume 74 and Volume 75
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 17 and 18 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African …
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… to be able to feed their children. [1] -Archbishop Desmund Tutu The following article seeks to better understand how … The struggle for liberation in South…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… Dr. W.B. Rhubusana, represented the Wodehouse constituency from 1910 to 1914, making him the only black elected to the … National Party; 2) The post-Soweto…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 9, 10, 11 and 16 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice … in the SA Council of Churches…
ArticleSAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue
… open letters between the generation of student activists from 1976 and the current generation of student activists. The …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 24 May 1983, Volume 80
… Transcript. Evidence from Bishop Desmond Bilo Tutu, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 24 May 1983, Volume 79
… Transcript of Volume 79, evidence from Bishop Desmond Tutu, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African …
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… charitable works. Leftwich obtained his BA Honours degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT), Western Province (now Western Cape), South Africa and his…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 1 September 1982, Volume 1 and Volume 2
… Transcript of Volume 1 and Volume 2, evidence from Bishop Desmond Tutu, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African …
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… of the more 'Africanist' members of the ANC were excluded from the hall. Rather than cause a confrontation, they … after PAC was formed. The PAC moves…
EventNP serves legal papers on TRC
… called on the court to order Archbishop Desmond Tutu to refrain from making further public statements which 'compromise the … Political History: a chronology…
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… After becoming Prime Minister of South Africa in 1966, John Vorster met with Hendrik van den Bergh, the head of the South … Security Branch. At this meeting,…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 2 September 1982, Volume 3
… Transcript of Volume 3, evidence from Bishop Desmond Tutu and Joseph Wing (honorary life Vice-President of the SA …
Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Dar Es Salaam by O. R. Tambo, 7 – 10 April 1975
… of our people who are languishing in enemy prisons. John Vorster, the white minority regime's Prime Minister, … however, to understand that racialism cannot…
A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
… Congress of the MPLA warmest and most fraternal greetings from the National Executive Committee of the African National … fundamental reason for the…
EventThe Kingdom of Ashanti is formally annexed by Great Britain
… part of the Gold Coast management in 1897. Led by Osei Tutu together with his chief priest, Ashanti changed the … became the first nation in Africa to gain…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Black Land Act No 27 of 19 June 1913 Prohibited Blacks from owning or renting land outside designated reserves … until 1969. This clause was re-enacted in…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… throughout the train station. On his walk to the school from the train station, Dadoo recalled how White children … In 1920, a 22 year old PS Joshi moved to…
Event90-Days Act commences
… completion of their sentences, if Minister of Justice Vorster deems them a potential danger to the country or … the opposite. In a remarkable example of…
PlaceGhana
… Komenda and Kormantsil. In 1637 they captured the castle from the Portuguese and that of the town of Axim in 1642 … Faso , and the capital is Accra. The name…
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
… all in the "independent" bantustans. It plans to recruit from among the oppressed a black bourgeoisie linked to the … the efforts to assist the regime to…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… an estimated group of between 30 000 and 50 000 Africans from surrounding African townships march into the centre of … the magisterial district of…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… all in the "independent" bantustans. It plans to recruit from among the oppressed a black bourgeoisie linked to the … the efforts to assist the regime to…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… Commission (TRC), under Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London City … during the apartheid era. The Commission…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… 1940 Born in Cape Town. 1960s Graduates from the University of Cape Town with Mathematics and English. 1972 Earns a PhD in literature from the University of…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… government, serving as Secretary General of the ANCYL from 1948. By the time the Defiance Campaign began, Mandela … of the ‘rainbow nation’ was coined by…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… been different ways and forms through which the June 16 1976 student uprisings have been commemorated. The Soweto … were involved in the Soweto Student…
EventSouth Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… Commission (TRC), under Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London City … during the apartheid era. The Commission…
EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… a state visit by South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster in May 1970. Vorster and his party, the National Party (NP) were … received in Malawi. Following…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… her to the magisterial district of Durban and excluded her from all gatherings and from being published. Check this date … within months of its founding. The…