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… But the failure of those reforms to in any way meet black political aspirations and the threat of the 'people's … the political question (the National…
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… Oliver Tambo, running a law firm that helped many black people in conflict with the apartheid laws. They were … the South African judiciary, saying "I feel…
EventBusiness Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.
… an albatross around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black South African what apartheid has done, he will say it …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 5 - The Politics of Socialism
… few hundred members, all relationships between people are "face to face" relationships. If I do something that affects another … sees it. In South Africa…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… UCT students march towards the city centre giving the Black Power Salute to black people passing until the police stop them. 73 students …
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… Cars were only allowed to proceed if the driver gave the Black Power salute and hooted in support. Later that morning … group that marched towards the centre…
EventOne hundred and twenty three people banned following June 16 Student Protest
… that Afrikaans would be used as a medium of instruction in Black schools. This failed to curtail mass action campaigns …
EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'
Prime Minister B J Vorster announces that White entrepreneurs will be given long-standing contracts in the 'homelands' to speed up economic development. This…
Chapter XIII - Journey to the banished
… farms, held in "trust" for some future allocation to the black population. The place selected for each person, … eyes and hair, a lovely smile that lights up…
ArchiveReminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… person. The operator worked in conjunction with unemployed black women, known as runners, in the townships. Based on … his appointment is its dual…
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… the youth, (iii) the trade unions, (iv) big business, (v) black business, (vi) agriculture, (vii) the religious … even thought that what might happen would…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2008
… or exclude others. The ANC has found ways, even in the face of the most daunting circumstances, to embrace diversity … has increased. Among the challenges…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… year, leaving their families at home. Unfortunately theses Black men were subjected to extremely unhealthy work … Natal. The women’s retaliation had a…
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… through pen and paper Jonathan Ansumana Project: The Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko Laura Wilson …
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… Government further entrenched its stranglehold over the Black (African, Indian and Coloured) population with an ever … Government further entrenched its…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke's Drift
… is born in Rorke's Drift, Kwazulu-Natal. He was the only Black student of the South African College, now the …
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
… times to come. In the early 1980’s a group of 400-500 black people started the first informal settlement close to … away by force. Later they were told that…
ArchiveDemocracy
… each one’s potential Democracy The national flag Black, gold, green, white, red and blue Reflecting the … My right to vote My vote is…
PlaceOviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape
The Oviston Nature Reserve lies is on the, Southern side of the Gariep Dam. The Reserve has an Area of 16 000 Hectares. This Dam, which is the largest Dam in…
PlaceBiedow Valley, Western Province
The beautiful, fertile Biedouw Valley that lies hemmed in by the Biedouw Mountains to the North and to the South, by the Tra-Tra Mountains, just 32 kilometers…
PlaceSibudu Cave, North Coast near Ballito (can be spelt Sibhudu)
… said Nicholson. The Sibudu Cave, a rock shelter in a cliff face, which was first occupied by modern humans at least 77 …
Epidemics Affect Everyone By Elron Kleinhans
… overcrowded slums. However, a substantial amount of the black patients treated for smallpox in Grahamstownlazaretto’s … the spread of the plague by…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… of a number of African "reserves" for the settlement of Black South Africans, which would serve as pools of migrant … and thereby formalised the separation…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… which emerged in the United States of America (USA) among Black American intellectuals such as Martin Delany and … Crummel, who drew similarities between…
Zulu Community
… Witwatersrand. Zulu workers organized some of the first Black labour unions in the country. For example, the Zulu … Towards the end of the 19th century…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… of people according to whether they were White, Coloured, Black, Indian or Asian. People would then be treated … Only a small percentage of South Africa was…
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone is born 23 March 1923
… born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg. He became the first black professional footballer to play in Europe, when he … er/feature-a-profile-of-steve-mokone--…
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
… the koppie alongside strike leader Mgcineni Noki, whose face was then half blown away by high-velocity bullets, and … the new structures around them. One,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
… bring out in bold relief the enormity of the challenges we face. As the saying goes, one falling tree makes more noise … facilitating economic growth,…
Archive1998 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 1998
… bring out in bold relief the enormity of the challenges we face. As the saying goes, one falling tree makes more noise … facilitating economic growth,…