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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely with the SACP, putting behind the antagonistic relationship between the two parties in…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
You are here: homehome libraryarticles & documents NANA SITA: LAST OF THE GANDHIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA (2) Among those who kept the spirit of Mahatma…
ArticleGrade 11 Topic 3 – Source-Based Questions
An image showing the persecution of German Jews after the Nazi took powerImage Source Source 3A The source below shows how the Nuremberg laws affected…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
The role of Tanzania in fostering African Liberation movements The emergence of organised popular liberation movements throughout Africa following the end of…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
The role of Tanzania in fostering African Liberation movements The emergence of organised popular liberation movements throughout Africa following the end of…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the banning of the ANC and PAC, the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) resuscitated the anti-apartheid struggle in…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A joint planning council of the African National…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
A joint planning council of the African National Congress and the South African Indian Congress resolved to embark upon a mass campaign for the repeal of a…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE HIGH COURT OF…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
Causes of the War The First Anglo-Boer is also known as the First Transvaal War of Independence because the conflict arose between the British colonizers…
Address at the French National Assembly Paris, 18 November 2003
Distinguished President of the National Assembly, Honourable Representatives of the People of the French Republic: I am certain that you, the esteemed Members…
Chapter 14
New efforts at disruption The farcical elections were over. Most of the old M.R.C.s had been returned to the dummy council, but were more than ever in a state…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
Names: Kole, Ernest Levi Tsoloane and Cole, Ernest Born: 21 March 1940, Eersterust, Gauteng (then Transvaal), South Africa Died: 11 February 1990, New York,…
ArticlePoetry and Resistance in the 1970’s
A multitude of African poetics has populated the constantly shifting maps of Africa throughout the twentieth-century and has inhabited the history of South…
Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
The early Cape was settled not only by ex-VOC workers who became free burghers and the Huguenots but also by slaves who lost their freedom and was brought to…
22. Natal sirdars regarded in India as pariah
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai By 1911, the public outcry in India against the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The formation of the MK Umkhonto…
PlacePilrig House, 1 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
Pilrig House is situated at; no.1 Rockridge Road. A classic Baker House built in the arts and crafts style, with a stone and mortar base up to first level, and…
ArticleThe South African General Elections: 2019
General elections will be held in South Africa on the 8th of May 2019 to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures in each province. This…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa to discard policies which…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
"Apartheid - the Indictment" One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
Ladies and gentlemen Friends and colleagues and especially my good friends from the media. Thank you very much to all of you for taking time out of your very…
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A colonisation scheme was suggested for Indian…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
1890 - 1899 1890 January 13-18, Gandhi took Matriculation examination. January 23-30, Attended Vegetarian Congress at Ventor. February 19, Result of…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… places were hiding liquor. There was one child with a map and addresses. She was ordering, 'Now we go to number …
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… training. Military Topography: The subject concentrated on map reading, especially topographical maps and navigation. …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
1910 - 1919 1910 January 1, Indian Opinion reduced in size for financial reasons. January 6, Rev. Charles Phillips and J C. Gibson had an interview with…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
± 1000 BCE (Pre-colonial) Late Stone Age people (San/Tsam//Xam) teach their children how to hunt and gather food, skin animals, prepare and cook food and…