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ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
Introduction The migrant labour system marks a period in which African men were integrated into wage labour. Black men changed from being farmers in their…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at Waseda University Tokyo, 4 July 1995
… recognise the huge potential in the growing and dynamic markets of Japan and Asia. And so we come to your shores with …
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
South Africa History Online has embarked, with the support of the NIHSS, on researching the role of the arts under apartheid. We hope that our work will…
PlaceTownship Tours of Cape Town
… From the sound of local music to the energy of bustling markets and entrepreneurial “smiley shops”, this is a journey …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
… new needs—while the nature of these needs created new markets for businessmen. In the emerging capitalist system, …
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
… domination and capital, ever seeking cheaper labour, new markets and spheres of investment, has migrated India, China, …
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
After the ascendancy of Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is vital to understand deep structural barriers…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Informal Ministerial Consultations on COP 17, O.R. Tambo Building, Tshwane, 09 September 2011
… preservation of the multilateral rules-based system that markets can be secured. Funding is essential to developing …
Address as Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement at the Opening of the South Summit, Havana 12 April 2000
… in official development assistance; the opening of the markets of the developed countries to our products, including …
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
… debt burden, ensuring access for our products in the markets of the developed world, speeding-up the emancipation …
Karen Nieuwoudt
I was born on the 11th of September 1965. I grew up in Johannesburg in an Afrikaans family. I went to the University Of Pretoria where I obtained a BA Degree. …
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… urbanised centres known. It is associated with thriving markets and agriculture, most notably the domestication of … the end of the 16th Century. Through the…
Address at the 8th Asean Summit, 5 November 2002
… their resources, the limited pools of skilled people and markets, in a manner that will both enable development to …
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on the surface to be a prosperous time, income was…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
Indentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa By Brij Maharaj 15 Nov 2023 Dr Brij Maharaj is an academic…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… the boycott on principle and attended lectures. Indian markets were closed, Indian cinemas cancelled shows; and …
Liberation
"We the marginalised people of South Africa, who are landless and land hungry, declare our need for all the world to know. We are the people who have borne the…
PlaceLazanou Wine Farm
Josef Lazarus and Candice Stephanou bought the farm in May 2002 when it was operating as a wholesale indigenous plant nursery. At the time it had just one…
PlaceHotazel
Located around 60 kilometres north of Kathu and just as far from Kuruman, Hotazel is a tiny Northern Cape town, that plays a crucial role in the manufacturing…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
The WEAU and votes for white women Until 1930 there were no women in South Africa who had the right to vote. It was felt that a women's place was in the…
ArchiveANC 2019 Election Manifesto
… mining, manufacturing and agriculture and expanding export markets - Massively increase internship and training … in urban and rural areas through access to…
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
Church square is in the historic centre of Pretoria! The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius declared the square to be used as a church yard and market…
ArticleSouth African Film
Feature Films are the long format, fictional (non-factual) films you see in cinemas. They are called long format because they are longer than most other forms…
Address by the Chancellor of the University of Zululand, Mr Jacob Zuma, at the Gala Dinner of the First International Co-Operatives Conference, Kwazulu Natal, 24 February 2009, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… they will need adequate and appropriate access to capital, markets and skills development, including management and …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the AU-African Diaspora Ministerial Conference Gallagher Estate, Friday 16 November 2007
… to increase access to capital, to business expertise and markets to accelerate development both on the Continent and …
Indian Community
2010 marks 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured workers and the birth of this community in South Africa. Durban is home to the largest…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
Abstract In 1994, South Africans were liberated from a system of apartheid which had controlled their lives for nearly fifty years. Twenty-one years later,…
Rafique Mayet
Rafique (Rafs) Mayet was born in 1955 in Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). Mayet matriculated in Durban and worked at various jobs since completing school,…
PlaceBitterfontein, Western Cape
In the Northernmost part of the Western Cape, along the Northwestern plain, lies a relatively isolated Village located in the Knersvlakte Region, called…
National General Council 2005: Consolidated Report on Sectoral Strategies, 3 July 2005
… should seek to complement our developmental vision. LABOUR MARKETS The Freedom Charter affirms that "There Shall be Work … should be informed by deeper…