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BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
… Ellen Hellmann was born in Johannesburg , South Africa on August 25, 1908. She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from…
Letter to Americans by Albert Luthuli, distributed by the American Committee on Africa with the "Appeal for Action", 4 November 1962, New York
… as not for me alone, nor for the Africans alone, but for all men everywhere who have sacrificed for the Brotherhood of … from abroad is precisely what the…
Vusi Mahlasela
… 1981, Mahlasela joined the poetry group, ‘The Ancestors of Africa’. He became a sought after performer at political … turning him into a household name. It…
BiographyFrederik Willem de Klerk
… same time he was awarded the Abe Bailey scholarship (an all-expenses paid educational tour to the United Kingdom). In … bring about a new Constitutional…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… on Tuesday were open. Dlamini allowed speakers from all the unions time to express themselves on the battles … complained about Monday’s voting process. But…
Document 70 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 August 1937
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … Drew Document 70 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg,…
Memorandum submitted by the African National Congress of South Africa to the UN Decolonisation Committee
… submitted by the African National Congress of South Africa to the UN Decolonisation Committee. Covers the … submitted by the African National Congress of…
Judgement in the Supreme Court of South Africa: the State versus Nelson Mandela and others
… the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial became known as the Rivonia Trial. … Judgement in the Supreme Court of South…
BiographyWilliam Tyabashe
… Tyabashe, Vincent Mbamama Hlamandana andMagade Madapu, all from the Tsolo District [Eastern Province, now Eastern … with banishment orders on 16 June 1960. …
EventBritish pop star, David Essex, claims to have been quoted out-of-context regarding his return to perform in South Africa.
… he is quoted out-of-context about his return to South Africa to perform to a racially exclusive audience In an … out-of-context by British Press about his…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… of the hated and criminal policies that prevails in South Africa requires first that the worst victims of that system, … for its overthrow. But its overthrow…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… of the hated and criminal policies that prevails in South Africa requires first that the worst victims of that system, … for its overthrow. But its overthrow…
EventThe fifteenth annual conference of Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) alters its constitution
… Annual Conference of the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) altered its constitution in such a way that … annual conference of Trade Union Council…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
… From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. … important of these were Herman, Canard and Policansky, all of them…
Document 52 - LA. Jordaan, “A Critique of Mr. W. P. van Schoor’s.The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa” Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … which represents a radical and decisive departure from all the histories…
BiographyNdazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)
… magazine he helped found. Nakasa had a way with words and all who read his work were impressed by his command of the … included Intellectual History, Social…
BiographyJosephine Ethel (Josie) Wood
… of 1918 when she met Eleanor Comber. Comber came to South Africa to work among the blind. To combat the high level of … small if books in braille. When she…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… For five decades Goldblatt has travelled South Africa photographing sites weighted with historical … Khoikhoi out of the first European settlement in South…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… In this sense, it is particularly relevant for the South Africa of today, as we emerge from the treacherous era of apartheid injustice. I think we will all…
ArchiveStatement Celebrating Ten Years of Democracy, ANC Chief Whip Nkosinathi Nhleko, 10 May 2004, Parliament Cape Town South Africa
… we remain cognisant of the brave collective efforts that all our people put to ensure the birth of democracy. In the … our history and our people`s…
EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
… the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa (now known as Namibia) was resumed by the … The Hague. Extensive evidence was led on behalf…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the Constitutional Assembly. However, the demand … dispensation was not new, and was…
Civil Society vs. the State: identity, institutions, and the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… on the case of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa between 1966 and 1979. It begins by critiquing … and the Black Consciousness Movement in…
EventThe UN requests States to terminate restrictions on economic relations with South Africa with immediate effect
… to terminate restrictions on economic relations with South Africa immediately, and to terminate the oil embargo against … country when the Transitional…
EventPresident FW de Klerk tells Parliament that South Africa had constructed six nuclear fission devices
… constructed six indigenous nuclear devices. South Africa had initiated this programme to deter what it … CNS, "South Africa's Nuclear Weapon Program:…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Durban
… the Satyagraha campaign, initiated right here in South Africa a century ago. On behalf of the government and people … frontline fighter against apartheid,…
EventWestern countries, including South Africa, implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern section of Berlin
… On 28 June 1948, Soviet forces had cut off all land access to the British, American and French zones of … and the air forces of Commonwealth countries like…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa. Their task was to administer the Territory and to enter immediately into contact with South…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… publication of the World Bank asks the question - Can Africa claim the 21st Century? It is our firm view that … to take us forward decisively towards the…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… Nations Organisation West Minister London Africans South Africa Protest against [proposed] incorporation South West Africa into Union. Pray urge control…