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Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… people everywhere in the world. And having fought colonial domination in Algeria, they know what is involved in …
PlaceNqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape
… and old farmhouses that smack of the luxuries of a bygone colonial era. During the harvest (April to September), …
PlaceMarket Square, Port Elizabeth
… old coastal town. It is home to the City Hall, which is colonial in style and dates back to the mid-1800’s. Its clock …
EventGreat Trek Centenary Celebrations commence
… for the trek was the general dissatisfaction with British colonial rule in the Cape Colony. The language (Afrikaans), … Cameron, T. (ed) (1986) An…
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
… Hendrik Prinsloo planned an uprising against the British colonial government as they believed that the British favored …
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… of Samuel Maharero started a rebellion against German colonial rule. With good knowledge of the terrain and … at: absoluteastronomy.com [Accessed on 3 August…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… For the next decade Rhodesia was subjected to anti colonial struggles led by Zimbabwe African National Union … Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day in African History:…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… This period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery of diamonds at Kimberly and of … was written by Honor Lay and forms part of the…
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
… The Opposition to the Issue of Reference Books to African Women Magnificent effective mass demonstrations were staged … As a result of these protests and…
PlaceTanzania
… national parks such as the Serengeti . Africa’s Women’s Day is observed annually across the continent on 31 … and is a day earmarked to recognise and affirm…
ArchiveFive Freedoms Forum - African National Congre
… Report of the Commission on the women's role in shaping the future, for the Five Freedoms Forum - ANC Conference in July 1989. Asks whether women's issues…
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… her exposure of conditions in concentration camps for Boer women and children during the Second South African War/ Anglo … appalled by the conditions. She…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… the job was lost.18 Men bore the brunt of these laws but women were also caught up in the consequences when the … was path-breaking action which “would…
PlacePiet Retief now officially known as eMkhondo
… The town has a very interesting past and is steeped in history. All around the town is bits of interesting … https://www.mkhondo.gov.za/history-background/…
EventWinnie Mandela at Johannesburg Magistrate’s court
… legacy. Winnie was pivotal in the formation of the Black Women’s Federation in December 1975. The federation empowered women through education in both rural…
Chapter XIV - End of an era
… I knew that I must write and talk about those men and women, the forgotten people, whom I had seen for myself, … meetings, to Congress of Democrats members,…
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
… and creation of sustainable quality jobs, prioritising women and the youth; e) Reconfiguration of the spheres of … The EFF government will commission the…
ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
… so that they could be transferred elsewhere. The colonial secretary, Lord Harcourt, readily accepted Botha’s … rammed off the Isle of Wight in February 1917…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… and died in very large numbers. The interpretation of this history in Australia is disputed and debated in what they call the 'History Wars', with…
PlaceKleinzee, Northern Cape
Kleinzee is easy to find. Take the N7 from Cape Town, travel for about 560 km and then veer left at Springbok, following the course of the Skaap River, which…
EventWinnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest
… committee of the original African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL), along with other legends of the women's struggle like Lilian Ngoyi, Florence…
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… Gandhi was moved by the courage and determination of women in the last stage of satyagraha in 1913. The heroism of … India, Gandhi built perhaps the largest…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… opposed the South African race hatred. The men and women who came back from the war, and the tens of thousands … magnificent passage: "In this awful turning…
Gender and deviance in South African industrial schools and reformatories for girls, 1911-1934 by Linda Chisholm
… From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl … classic nineteenth-century stereotypes, translated into a colonial context…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… role in mobilisation which very soon became violent. Women were also an active group in these protests and one … class divisions between landlords and…
ArticleGrade 12 - How SA emerged as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s
… was a decade which became a turning point in South African history. Popular protest by masses of ordinary South Africans …
The start of mass campaigns
… the people were very strong about what they wanted. The women too, they were very strong, very militant at that time, … is what we want and this and this and…
Speech at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party by O. R. Tambo, Zambia, August 1988
… leadership of the people of Zambia this rare moment in the history of their Party and country - a moment made the more … on Angolan soil. The question may…
ArchiveCelebrating 25 years of Democracy and Freedom
… heart and that is opposite of hate. Every child and women has the right to be protected from maltreatment. Every child and women has the right to be…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… who was a guest of the Anti-Fascist Committee of Soviet Women. However, there is no indication that these visits were … to the resolutions to foster warmer…