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Claremont Histories
… exhibition stand in conjunction with South African History Online at the 2015 Harfield Village Carnival. … memories and stories from a lost community…
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… men whose names and deeds have enriched the pages of human history, men whom future generations will regard as having … State? These, and others which are…
PlaceOudekraal Beach, Bakoven
… it was a refuge for slaves who had escaped from the colonial authorities and their masters. Among them were … it was a refuge for slaves who had escaped from…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… from internal and external enemy forces. During the pre-colonial period the Table Bay valley and its environs was … local government. The second British…
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
… 60 km North East of Bloemfontein. It commemorates the Boer women and children (and also farm workers) who died in the … Dwyersdorp (named after Captain Dwyer…
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… early tertiary education in South Africa especially for women, making Wellington famous as an education centre in the … 1874. This building also served as a…
EventFeminist writer and activist, Diana E. H. Russell is born
… is known for her research on sexual violence against women. She has written books on the subject and was the first person to offer Women’s Studies. In 1963,…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… money from BCP. Through Isutheng, she set about empowering women and encouraging them to establish vegetable gardens and … Cape Town. When the leatherwork…
Interview: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
… involved in many organisations promoting the rights of women, children and refugees. She commenced her present role … fall pregnant?". So in the context of…
African and Indian in Durban by Fatima Meer
… of 1949, when Africans in Durban gave vent to an entire history of social frustration by a violent attack on Indians, … in the established pattern of…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
… our continent to end the inhuman and pernicious system of colonial, white minority domination which continues to blight … to say that at a dangerous moment,…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… a member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Women’s League and become one of the founder members of the Federation of South African Women the…
PlaceMontagu, Route 62
… founded in 1851 on the farm: ' Uitvlucht' and named after Colonial Secretary John Montagu , is a Western Cape small … stroll through the streets,…
The Indian People In South Africa: Facts: About The Ghetto Act
… pay. Mahatma Gandhi led a gallant band of over 2,000 men, women and children in a great march from Newcastle to … like Valliamma and Nagappan will live in…
ArchiveNUM, FEDTRAW, rural, parliament and miscellaneous
… miners strike, article regarding Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) did not just celebrate the 1956 womens's protest march , but also encourage women to…
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… Shanty town women stripped to the waist and confronted bulldozers sent by … to demolish their homes at Dobsonville in Soweto. The women's protests were…
Document 51 - Leon Trotsky, Remarks on the Draft Theses of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 20 April 1935
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 51 … 1924. transformed the programme of…
PlaceVredehoek
… stationed on the mountain. This adds another layer of history to their use. Today the Vredehoek steps are popular … insofar as the war was over. For its rich…
PlaceMuseum Africa
… Museum Africa, Johannesburg's major history and cultural history museum, is housed in the Newtown Cultural Precinct's … civilisations thrived. It is not a…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 81st Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1993
… systematic empowerment of all and especially South African women. Through the exercise of this inalienable right of all … genuine emancipation of all our…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.3 and No.4 1988
… Eppel; Song of the Unemployed by Andries W. Oliphant; On Women's Day by Andries W. Oliphant; Hour of Decision by … Interview with Njabulo Ndebele by A.W…
Address On World Aids Day, 1 December 1999
… co-operate in the finding of long-term solutions. When the history of our time is written, let it record the collective … by the business community and the…
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
… Moodley, her friend and neighbour, and one or two other women, appeared at her door to prepare breakfast for the … the day's session began. Meanwhile, back…
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Since then an agitation has been set up by the colonial-born…
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act. The law allows women to terminate pregnancies on request within the first … milestone for gender equality, secured…
PlaceMontagu Pass
… The Pass was named after Sir John Montagu , who was the colonial secretary of the Cape at the time. Named for the …
Mines of the beloved country: Through the mind of a photographer and essayist by J Brooks Spector (Daily Maverick), 5 November 2012
… indigenous tribes. There were travel books, histories and colonial era classics from authors like H Rider Haggard, … has compiled an overall indictment and a…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… the Indian national movement and the anti-fascist and anti-colonial movements in Europe but actively participated in … scholars and students interested in…
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 34 … and Comrade Paul and between Comrade…
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … shipments. In reference to the question of loss to the colonial…