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EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… with a policy that we cannot be party to in any shape or form'. Rather than sell the schools to the Government, as …
EventChurch Council meets PW Botha over unrest
… not clear whether the delegation would be a mainly White or a White only delegation to discuss matters affecting …
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… became members of the South African Defense Force (SADF), or the South African Police (SAP). They were used to enforce …
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
… the ANC's response to the IFPs constitutional proposals or click here to read more on the ANC's view on the …
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… Critics dismissed it as lacking any meaningful plan or concrete targets. Despite the controversy however, it was …
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… his hands were tied. The women then burnt their passes or tore them up, while they shouted remarks at the policemen …
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… The Transvaal War (also known as the First Boer War or the First War of Independence) was a 'curtain-raiser' to …
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… not export arms to countries that abused human rights or were divided by civil war. In November, a commission of …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… Charter - Chapter 10 The Final Prize: “Bantu Education or the Street” - Chapter 11 The Final Prize: A Charge of …
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… and other persons convicted of any “ treason, felony, or infamous offence, who have not received a free pardon ”. … make them eligible to settle permanently…
Action Kommandant film review by Kabelo Kemp (www.kathradafoundation.org)
… They also shed light on why he held the phrase, "Freedom or death," in such high regard. The system had contributed to a general feeling that it was time to …
Message to the Rally to Relaunch the ANC Women's League by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 9 August 1990
… opportunity to come together, had to do so clandestinely or in far away countries. Your meeting today is an historic … not consider our objectives achieved,…
Graveside tribute to Robert Shell by Joline Young, 3 February 2015
… to people and had no need of accolades, recognition or wealth. An ex-colleague who worked at the funding office … I have spoken this morning about some…
Cosatu march: For Who, for What? by Simelane and Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 8 October 2015
… without the National Union of Metalworkers SA (Numsa) or its expelled general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. Other … the day, it's hard to say quite what the…
Notes for address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast of the Raadzaal Rotary Club 17 September 1994
… 17 March 1934 In our last lesson we spoke of the Bantu or Native Republic of South Africa, for which the African … an independent country, not ruled over by…
2004 New Year’s Eve Broadcast, 30 December 2003
… miss our joyful celebrations because they are in hospital or lying at home immobilised by one ailment or another. We wish all of these a speedy recovery and …
Document 3 - Resolution on ‘the South African question’ adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist International following the sixth Comintern congress
… increase total expenditure - alter the tax rate, tax base or timing of the tax, or - exempt anyone from tax As a result of its problematic …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Introduction
… that they are inferior, wipe out their past history or present: in such a way that they feel, not pride but … Tshaka, a military genius of his time, as a…
32. An unjust and uncalled-for Immigration Bill, 1894
… term of indenture the Indian must return to India, or else be re-indentured for a term of two years; secondly, if he did not re-indenture, or return to his…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… loomed. Whereas most towns are built around a CBD or civic centre, Dimbaza's heart was a children's Cemetery. … households came to Dimbaza in order to get…
Economic Transformation for a National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being. Economic transformation in pursuit of this … to a commonly held view that growth and…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
… Then he ran up the Queen's flag at Pretoria and for a year or two reigned as Administrator. But by 1881 the Transvaal … which they did. The British said …
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
… was bounded by the notion’. In terms of volksmoeder or 'mother of the nation'.' In he volksmoeder concept, the … of poverty 'would not appear as a model…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… choice starkly before them: either with the black workers or against them. The young Gomas, c. 1913 "Elizabeth and her … the persons in these groups had…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… of the Communist Party and a friend of Turok's. A day or two later Dadoo makes contact with Moses Kotane, Ben Turok … No 34 provides for organisations…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… 1990, which allows exiles to be granted temporary immunity or permanent indemnity against arrest or prosecution, was passed by 105 votes to 33 at a … force…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2008
… The ANC belongs to all its members equally. Membership or leadership of the ANC must never be used to marginalise or exclude others. The ANC has found ways,…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… in the present in defence of a terrible and outdated past or we engage in struggle for a future that we shall define … because they have perished in the…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… of his family. He had a younger bother, William and three or more sisters, the names of two being Mina and Joyce. 9 All … their own people beyond the…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… as a political programme, the degree to which it advances or subordinates working class interests and needs, and … in South Africa were rural dwellers either…