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Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… they come to mind. Then, there was the question now of the Youth League. When I attended the Party school in 1943 as I … the first national stoppage of work…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… of their hardships, their dreams and their aspirations”.16 Significantly, they also passed a resolution to form a … John Motsabi, banned secretary of the…
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed away at his Orlando East home in Soweto. He was given a rousing civic funeral service…
EventSA artist, Dumisani Mabaso is born
… Dumisani Abraham Mabaso, South African artist, was born in Soweto. From childhood until 1974 he received art education … also for 2 years studied art at the…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… Organisations: S.A.INDIAN CONGRESS, A.P.O., A.N.C.YOUTH LEAGUE, COUNCIL OF NON-EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS and the … President General of the A.N.C. Dr. J.S…
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity
… move often? 15. Why did the Khoikhoi and San make war? 16. What effect did this war have on the two groups? …
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… of the political struggle. The 10th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising in 1976 reminds us of the emergence of organised youth - the young lions - as one of…
EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
… Tigrayans formed a resistance group “Weyane” or popular uprising, to rebel against Selassie. Tigrayans believed that …
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… © Local History Museum Collection, Durban The Bambatha uprising The situation was further exacerbated by the … Anger around this ‘poll-tax’ culminated in the…
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… and was erected at Cape Maclear, west of Cape Point, on 6 June. The third, the padrÁƒÂƒo of St James, was placed on the … arrived back in Portugal in…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… came into prominence in National news because of a large uprising on 21 September 2010 against the removal of about 30 … of the Reconstruction and…
Archive2000 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 4 February 2000
… at the opening of our second democratic parliament in June, we reported on steps that would be taken further to … at the celebration of the success achieved…
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
… decade of the 1970s in our country, which included the Soweto Uprising of 1976, took the lives of many fighters for … most painful circumstances. Born in…
References and links: Learning from Leaders
… (2013), ‘ Nelson Mandela: A life in pictures ’, from BBC, 16 December, [online], Available at … February 2015] BBC, (2013), ‘ Nelson Mandela ’, from BBC, 16…
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… two gaps in the laager and in each, a canon was placed. 16 December 1838: The Battle At dusk on the 15th December the …
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… by authorities to demolish their homes at Dobsonville in Soweto. The women's protests were ignored and the demolitions went ahead. This was not the first…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… 1000 strong. His support was mostly organised by the ANC Youth League. (Kapp 2006, 718) This highlights the attitudes of those within South Africa,…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 89th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2001
… of our country. We also congratulate the thousands of our youth that successfully completed their matriculation. We … the National General Council held in…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… up in common resistance against settler expansion. This uprising differed from previous resistance in that it …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… elements in the military and police, to crush crushed the uprising. In the course of this revolution, the Communist …
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… of the official French CSR Platform launched in June 2013 by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. "This was when … NGO Committee on Human Rights in Geneva in…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… 1944 Nelson Mandela founds African National Congress Youth League with Oliver Tambo Italian troops are expelled … Laye publishes L'Enfant Noire (The African…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… 1944 Nelson Mandela founds African National Congress Youth League with Oliver Tambo Italian troops are expelled … Camara Laye publishes L'Enfant Noire (The…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… conducted on Mmabatho cemetery between the 20 and 23 June 2006, by the Missing Persons Task Team, the EAAF, and … and university students and workers. These…
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… of the state forces, had been killed and 534 injured. This uprising is popularly known as the Rand Revolt or Rebellion. …
EventIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union is founded under Clements Kadalie
… White government and politicians, who feared a national uprising and caused them to proceed carefully in their …
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… food conditions at the college. During the 1976 students uprising, Tinto was detained in Pollsmoor Prison and on …
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
… . Condemnation of South Africa escalated following the Soweto Revolt in 1976. The Department of Information was also … by students who had fled the country…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… 1913 15 June, Trevor Huddleston is born in Chaucer Road, Bedford, … the CR’s Mirfield mother house in West Yorkshire. 1959 26 June, Huddleston and Julius…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… shaping his political and cultural outlook. 1925 November 16, A South African Indian Congress deputation meets Dr DF … to discuss implications of the Cape…