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EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… established the Fagan Commission after WW II in August 1946, to investigate laws relating to urban Blacks, pass …
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
Walter Sisulu celebrates his 90th birthday. One of the godfathers of the fight for equality in South Africa, he has fought long and hard against racism and…
”Draft Declaration of Unity” [including 10-point Programme]. Statement Approved by the Continuation Committee of the Preliminary Unity Conference of Delegates from the AAC and the National Anti-C.A.D., December 17, 1943
Excerpts from discussions between a South African delegation led by Minister R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Frank Wisner on questions affecting southern Africa: Cape Town: 13 March 1986
Minutes of discussions held between the South African Government and the United States Government to discuss military and political solutions to achieve a…
ArchiveMinutes of a Meeting between the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, Mr. M. C. Botha, officials of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development .... held in the Bantu Administration Building, Pretoria on 19 June 1976
Minutes of the meeting between officials of the Department of Bantu Education, West Rand Bantu Affairs Administration Board and Representatives of the Urban…
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
Zephania (Zeph) Mothopeng, President of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) since 1984 dies in Johannesburg at the age of 77. Mothopeng's death came at the time…
Ruth Alexander
Ruth Alexander was the daughter of a well-known Hebrew scholar, Solomon Schechter. She was educated at schools in Cambridge, England and New York, United…
BiographyHassan Howa
Hassan Howa was born in 1922 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province) into a large working-class family, one of 12 children of a Christian,…
BiographyJustice Gizenga Mpanza
Justice "Gizenga" Mpanza was born on 5 September 1937 at Groutville Mission Reserve. His father was one of Chief Luthuli's indunas (advisors). Mpanza went to…
BiographyJosephine Ethel (Josie) Wood
Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown. She was one of the six children of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood,…
BiographyDurant Basi Sihlali
Durant Basi Sihlali was born on 5 March 1935 in an industrial area, Germiston, Transvaal, now known as Gauteng Province. Due to harsh living conditions, his…
BiographyPeter McKenzie
Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended…
BiographyAmbrose Makiwane
Ambrose Makiwane was born in Soweto. He attended Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student strike. This, coupled with that his…
BiographyBilly Paddock
Billy Paddock, of Irish extraction, grew up in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in the 1950s. He attended Glenwood High School in Durban where he excelled at…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… result is the unanimous demand for an independent Africa 1946 Trade Unions legalized in the Belgian Congo. Alliance …
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… result is the unanimous demand for an independent Africa 1946 Trade Unions legalized in the Belgian Congo. Alliance …
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
This bibliography includes all books, articles and primary material referred to in the text and footnotes, as well as a few additional works which were…
BiographyEdson Sithole
Edson Sithole was born in what was then Southern Rhodesia in 1935. He was the first black person in Southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree. He was…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
Comrade, friends, fellow South Africans, The ANC centenary represents a milestone achievement not only for the ANC, but for all liberation movements in the…
ArchiveWhite predominance makes citrus industry vulnerable, says report 1996 - 1999
ArchiveAnti-Fascism in South Africa 1933–1945, and its Legacies by Jonathan Hyslop
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Sparg sets out ANC policy on violence
ArchiveVelaphi Msane, Amnesty application , AC-200-103, 13 December 1996
ArchiveJosie Mpama and the Communist Party of South Africa, 1930-1948 by Robert Edgar
ArchiveNeville Alexander and South Africa’s New Left, c. 1957–1964 by Allison Drew
ArchiveStatements by students arrested at Morris Isaacson High School on October 22, 1976
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli"by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
Document 39 - “Walter Sisulu, “Boycott as a Political Weapon”, Liberation, 23, February 1957
… the Squatters movement of 1944-43; the Mine Strike of 1946 in which many Africans were killed. All these things …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
Pre-1804 Khoisan hunter gatherers are the first inhabitants of the region, before Sotho-Tswana peoples colonized the general region between the third and…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
Hayden Proud, Curator of Historical Collections of Painting and Sculpture, Iziko Museums of Cape Town Some years ago, a small body of artists clubbed together…