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Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… politicised during the heyday of the workers’ movement - a time when it was common practice for union leaders and shop … bent on disturbing production at the…
PlaceRust en Vreugd, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… scale and is larger than the average townhouse of its time. Its most distinctive features included a highly … believed to be the work of Anton Anreith…
PlaceBattle of Muizenburg Monument, Muizenburg
… the aim of attacking the fort in Muizenberg. At the same time four of the Royal Navy ships set sail from Simon’s Town … that the bombardment lasted about 30…
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
… 1800s to connect the harbour to hillside cottages. At that time the slopes were steep and narrow, and steps became the … and fishermen ply the waters…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… vision of the valley, overgrown by valley bushveld at the time, being transformed into lush green irrigated fields with … Like many pioneers, James Somers…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage
… and so it was certainly a memorable event for the first time in June 1816! Council members for Uitenhage on … Alexander Smith , one of the Scottish ministers…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… turn of the Coloured, AND IT MIGHT VERY WELL BE THAT THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THE RIGHTS OF THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT … AGAINST THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. However,…
Circular Letter To Trade Unions, Progressive Organisations, Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946
… turn of the Coloured, AND IT MIGHT VERY WELL BE THAT THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THE RIGHTS OF THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT … AGAINST THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. However,…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… showcases the gorgeous Victorian look and feel of the time. Its elegance is timeless and continues to give the … Tourism Offering. It is hard to imagine…
PlaceRiverside Mosque and Mausoleum, Umgeni, Durban
… Lake. Minor extensions and renovations 1took place from time to time to the various Buildings in the Darbar. However in 1968 …
1. The whole Coolies petition the Durban Corporation for better wages
… which we labour very hard [;] and considering at the same time, when it is a rainy day, or sometimes in the cold night, and when we are called at part of…
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… deputy major of Sharpeville, Kuzwayo Jacob Dlamini. At the time of their arrest, Sefatsa was a street vendor, Mokoena a … was mounting on the South African…
Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, Johannesburg (Rivonia Trial), 15 January, 1964
… or less on the border between Algeria and Tunisia. At that time the Algerians were still fighting against the French, … thing? Mtolo: I will say this:…
ArchiveChapter 10 Problems of imprisonment by Denis Goldberg
… better conditions The Strachan trial It took a very long time for prison conditions to improve. A major impetus was a … was writing University of South…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… his wife, Winnie Nonzamo Madikizela. I can't. It is a long time ago now and there was nothing then to make me aware of … Nelson remarrying but he didn't seem…
Memorandum by Ben Turok before the ANC`s Morogoro Conference and a "Reply" by Joe Matthews, 5 April 1969, Morogoro
… and on information obtained from other comrades from time to time. . . . WHAT IS WRONG? . . . No one in the movement can … practically no efforts have been…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… and shall be held as follows: Date: Monday 20 April 2015 Time: 10:00 Venue: Chief Albert Luthuli House, 54 Sauer …
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… if you’re visiting on a Friday make sure you get there in time to watch a bread baking demonstration in the old working …
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… Great Britain’s Foreign Office Minister, for the first time in a quest to end apartheid. Chalk emphasised on the …
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… On 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the Republican …
EventJohn Vorster says SA will welcome Maoris
… Africa from international competition. This move came at a time when international sporting bodies like the Football …
EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… policies by Commonwealth members. The invitation came at a time when South Africans and the world alike were beginning …
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… and the demolitions went ahead. This was not the first time for Soweto residents to be humiliated and forced to …
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… National Congress and the United Democratic Front. By the time that Contralesa was launched nationally in 1989, the …
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… Duvenhage, a police officer at John Vorster Square at the time, was one of the personnel who attended to the first …
EventWinnie Mandela attacked by a group of people
… Winnie Mandela, at the time wife of imprisoned African National Congress (ANC) …
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… by security branch police. There was a campaign at that time by MK members to attack police stations and places …
EventMandela persuades Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103
… Netherlands. Mandela, who was to retire in three months' time, has not only scored a diplomatic victory but has also …
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… murder Mxenge. In 1996, Coetzee had to appear again, this time before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. …
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… arrested several times as an activist, and would use his time in jail to write. He later went to exile in England …