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ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… 1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only … Zambia-Rhodesia border closed by President Kaunda Massive strikes…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… 1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only … Zambia-Rhodesia border closed by President Kaunda Massive strikes…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… (effectively a May Day holiday). Worker's Day celebrates the role played by Trade Unions, the Communist Party and other labour movements in the … version of…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… 1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing … discuss a joint campaign of civil…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… This Town is near the Land where the 'Battle of Majuba' was fought, where the Transvaal won … Grade 0 to higher primary. Following the need for more schools…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… and Siporah Mmadira Kotane, a seasonal dressmaker. He is the second eldest son of eleven children. 1918 Kotane goes to … work at Driefontein farm, near…
Archive`The struggle is my life`- Nelson Mandela press statement
… The magnificent response to the call of the National Action Council for a three day … students in university colleges, in primary and secondary schools,…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Congress Youth League Activities
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … for free and compulsory education and for more and better schools; launching a mass literacy…
Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela edited by Ruth First", 1965.
… MANDELA AND TAMBO said the brass plate on our office door. We practised as … in Johannesburg in a shabby building across the street from the Magistrates'…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
… MANDELA AND TAMBO said the brass plate on our office door. We practised as … in Johannesburg in a shabby building across the street from the Magistrates'…
This item by Oliver Tambo was published as the introduction to the book "No Easy Walk to Freedom" by Ruth First, 01 June 1965
… MANDELA AND TAMBO said the brass plate on our office door. We practised as … in Johannesburg in a shabby building across the street from the Magistrates`…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… 1893 Alfred Bitini Xuma is born, the seventh child born of Abraham and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 102th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 102nd Anniversary of the ANC 8 January … through the building and improvement of…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… is detailed and we have broken it up into 3 pages: Use the page navigation on the right or bottom of the page Introduction During the 1980s … action…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… Dhanamal, of Leopold Street, Durban. 1917-1926 - Attended the Carlisle Street Boys School, graduating from it with a … enrolled at Skerrys Tutorial College…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… of a Khoisan lady. Source: unknown 1300-1599 c.1300-c.1500 The Khoisan are established as the dominant power in the southern and south-western Cape … passes…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… South Africa on August 30, 1928. She first attended the Durban Girls’ College. She then went on to receive a … Master of Arts degree from Natal University,…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950 This Act was one of the most controversial pieces of Apartheid legislation. It … attempt to control African labour. The Act…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… from one chimpanzee to one human, as early as 1908 in the southeastern corner of Cameroon. 1960s An HIV viral … mangabey monkeys in Guinea-Bissau. 1964…
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
… in soapy washing-up water. “But, Mum, you’ve got to hold the book to see if I’m saying it right.” “Oh, just say it.” “Straightway into the forest strode…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… The inclusion in the Bill of Rights of a special section on the rights of the … Parliament, by prohibiting corporal punishment in all schools, had…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… On 20 July 1985 the government declared a State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape and PWV (now Gauteng ) areas. This was the … in…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part of the University of Minnesota family. One hundred years ago, … Transkei region, Xuma attended Christian…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source … of their political, economic, and social…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Over these two weeks … without encountering trouble. I'm fed up.' 13 'Coloured' schools closed for…
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… Drew Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928 [....] Africa as a … movement, it must depend on its…
Chapter 6. A Daughter of the Free State - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Merry" I was born in 1912 on a farm near Bloemfontein, in the Orange Free State. My parents were at first well-to-do farmers in the Boshoff district and…
Chapter 5 - TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WAR
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The … the liberation movement in the aftermath of the workers' strikes, and student riots of the…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A … action, the newspaper's accounts of the development of strikes in Kimberley remain instructive,…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… 1950 A.K.M. Docrat , a popular activist, was named under the Suppression of Communism Act . He was jailed for thirty days during the 1952 Defiance Campaign…