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”The Future of the Bill”. Editorial in August 15, 1894
… all night sitting the measure was carried, and is now about to become an Act and submitted for Your Majesty's …
Document 58 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936
… that this provides a good basis which may eventually bring about the desired unity. In accordance with your previous …
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… to unite with European comrades, no we are not. It is only about 2 months ago that we have been consideringjoining …
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… It is in that context in which Thatcher's comments about the ANC were made. Thatcher was asked by a journalist …
EventFlorence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born
… in the hospital and began gathering extensive statistics about the health of the soldiers she treated. She often …
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… Cape of Good Hope its name. Although historical evidence about Dias's journey is scarce, it is accepted that he …
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… and a new generation was stimulated to ask fresh questions about the wider meaning of a movement which entered the …
PlaceVictoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
… to its active work in recent years on raising awareness about the plight of the African penguin, taking a primary …
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… Despite intermittent pleas dating from the 1920's, for about 50 years Johannesburg remained one of the few important …
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
… the past 19 years. 5. I should at this point say something about Mr. Goldberg himself and his circumstances. He is now … over the letter must have conveyed…
ArchiveKeynote Address at National General Council Meeting, by President Thabo Mbeki, 12 July 2000, Port Elizabeth
… at our last National Conference. The result I am talking about is that we have attracted into and continue to retain … at the King Commission. One of the…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… Sikhakhane-Rankin’s teacher taught her and her classmates about the ANC and they attended ANC meetings in Durban … articles that highlighted injustice such…
Address at the Opening Session of the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha,1 December 1987
… at the request of the ANC says all that needs to be said about the relations of friendship, solidarity and common … education and mobilisation we have all…
PlaceNamibia
… marks the border between the two countries. The country is about 800 000 square kilometers big and borders on Angola to … a further two years. In 1907, the…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the opening session of the ANC Conference, Arusha, 1 December 1987
… at the request of the ANC says all that needs to be said about the relations of friendship, solidarity and common … education and mobilisation we have all…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1947 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… not anti-European. We have and will do our utmost to bring about friendly understanding between the two peoples. We, … of European vested interests that,…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
… so. I had also given sworn testimony in the treason trial about my position in the Congress of Democrats. In any event, … consequences. To my amazement he…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… any other child, except to his sister, Kathija, then aged about 15 who loved him with a devotion which, even at … from one part of the shop to another,…
PlaceErmelo
… sounds of playing children. While little is known about the Nyebe, save for the stories that a few surviving … World War II memorial. The region also has…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… . [2] Ruth began her career as a journalist who wrote about the oppression of Black and Indian residents of Johannesburg . She was very vocal and frank about…
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlaceVlakplaas, Pretoria
… Vlakplaas is a Farm about 20-kilometres West of Pretoria. Established in 1979, a … Vlakplaas is a Farm about 20-kilometres West of Pretoria. Established in…
PlaceMogwase, Bojanala Region
… town. "The hospitality in this small town is worth raving about. They truly are the friendliest SeTswana people you can …
PlaceLuthuli House Museum, KwaDukuza
… and other artefacts to assist with developing knowledge about the Legacy of Chief Luthuli and the Liberation Struggle …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… paying to hear her sing. Producer Koloi Lebona heard about Brenda and brought her to Soweto to live with his …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… provided one explanation for the refusal to do something about it: “The more wretchedly the Indians are housed and … Indians in the Transvaal and end the…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… Lesotho. Let me tell you something that few will tell you about unless they have been exiled. The day anyone is parted … in 1984. He told me this story and…
ArchiveFrom the Archive of Steve Bantu Biko by Mafika Gwala, 23 May 2019
… was rich with experience. Many of our youth picked up more about themselves, about their world outlook, about their lifestyles, about their black community…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
… when scientists had just begun to accumulate knowledge about them and when they worked in the absence of a vaccine … kits. By the second week of January,…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… too late. Having lost faith in the possibility of bringing about substantive reforms, our people have begun an armed … people. It favours minor reforms and…