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ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… who became engaged in a war against the British Empire from 1899 to 1901, and about 200 Russian volunteers travelled … to the country, although some went to…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
… of riots in Stanleyville in November 1959. He was released from detention in time to attend the Round Table Conference … rid of Lumumba [9] . When Lumumba…
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… the leaders of the UDF were Rev. Alan Boesak, Desmond Tutu, Albertina Sisulu and Helen Joseph. The UDF was launched … reaction to anti-apartheid movements…
EventUS Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA
… recipient of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, Bishop Desmond Tutu. During his stay of eight days, Kennedy managed to pay a … Political History: a chronology of…
BiographyCarl Niehaus
… (RAU). A student of theology, Niehaus was months away from his final exams in 1980 when he was expelled from RAU for putting up campus posters that supported…
BiographyHenry Bathurst
… career and was Member of Parliament for Cirencester from 1783 until he succeeded his father as Earl in August … with William Pitt, Prime Minister of Great…
Sir Shafa’at Ahmad Khan
… Khan was, like Raza Ali, an unofficial Muslim appointment from U.P. After attending the Government High School in … of Dublin University and became a D. Litt…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… was formed. 1913 The Lands Act prohibited Africans from owning land outside the Reserves, eventually 13 per cent … Angola and Mozambique became independent…
BiographyDon Mattera
… an Italian immigrant who married a Xhosa or Khoisan woman from the Cape. His grandfather then moved to Johannesburg … for coloured by the government. Mattera…
BiographyMoritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein
… in 1936 in Muizenburg in the Western Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Engineering in 1958. From 1959-1970 Herbstein lived…
BiographyAidan Walsh
… Durban in 1932. He studied at the Natal Technical College from 1948 to 1950, and at the Hammersmith School of Art, London, from 1956 to 1957. Between 1959…
BiographyDurant Basi Sihlali
… at the Chiawelo Art Centre under Alphius Kubeka, attending from 1950 to 1953. He also learned from the artists Carlo Sdoya and Sidney Goldblatt , and … with…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… of skirmishes between the two opposing forces lasted from 13 August to 4 September 1967. The Rhodesian Prime … Ian Smith, invited his South African…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… The South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster wished the new Mozambique government well. Voster … attacks on one another. Mozambique agreed to expel the ANC…
Freedom Charter and the United Nations by E.S. Reddy
… residence last Thursday. The tension had been apparent from the moment they entered the Students' Common Room. The … Local Chairman), Dave Hemson, Jennifer…
ArchiveFounding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders
… Allan Boesak, Frank Chikane, Beyers Naude and Desmond Tutu, to urge the US Administration to lift the State of …
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
… cannon. The petition was later delivered by Archbishop Tutu to State President P W Botha. This is the text of the …
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… to widen the struggle and mobilise supporters from the wider black community. One such organisation, … BC annual, titled Black Review, was published from…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… the Afrikaner people and NP attempted to prevent the Union from supporting the British, but these attempts failed. In … explosion of student unrest inside…
BiographyMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi
… it is not known how or when this involvement came about. From 1941-1944, he was assistant secretary for the African … Workers Union in a request for better…
BiographyGerard Bhengu
… Esibomvwini at Centecow, in the Creighton region of Natal. From 1926 - 31 Bhengu produced 150 drawings for Dr Max Kohler … to paint a number of pictures with…
BiographyEnos Molapo Makhubedu
… studies in 1951 at the Charles Max Secondary School. From 1951 to 1958 he attended the Kilnerton Training … Makhubedu gained confidence in drawing and…
BiographyAnna De Koningh
… daughter of Angela van Bengale. She arrived with Angela from Batavia, but who her father was is unknown. Like her … was to make quite a name for herself at…
Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 26 June 1969
… "A call to action From: Sechaba, September 1969 (Abridged text) For over fifty … exploded in the field of armed encounter. The soldiers of Vorster and Smith…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… heard evidence detailing the nature and activities of Poqo from 7 December 1962 to 13 March 1963. On 22 November 1962, … armed with axes, machetes and home…
EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'
… Prime Minister B J Vorster announces that White entrepreneurs will be given …
Statement by Olive Tambo at the freedom rally organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, 26 January 1979, Dublin
… are involved in a struggle against the fascist regime of Vorster/Botha and Smith and their allies. It is quite … as correct. We think that this rally must…
BiographyPeter Hlaole Molotsi
… The student body was Pan African and made up of people from Botswana, (then) Natal, the Eastern Cape, Lesotho and … these various student organisations heI…
EventSouth Africa mourns the passing of Beyers Naudé, apartheid struggle stalwart and Afrikaner cleric
… past six months. Church leader and close friend Desmond Tutu said " Beyers helped Black people to not hate White …
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
… and was Vice-President of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from 1945 until 1952, when he was ordered to resign from all political and other organisations. In…