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Gunmen attack a delegation including African National Congress chairman Cyril Ramaphosa in a township in South Africa, killing
… Gunmen attack a delegation including African National Congress chairman Cyril Ramaphosa in a …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… rural change were key processes that helped to shape South African society. They impacted on black social life and … Many black families from the rural areas…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… the Cape Colony . 26 February, Mahatma Gandhi supports the African Peoples Organisations resolution to declare the day … seven percent of the country ...[and…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… an encounter which made him more critical of the South African Communist Party and, generally, Stalinist ideas. By … because he realised he would not be able…
BiographyHamilton Naki
… village of Ngcangane in the Eastern Cape in 1930. His family was poor and after completing primary school he left …
BiographyKenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa
… was born on 10 October 1941 into a prominent Ogoni family. As a child, he demonstrated a talent for scholarship …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Pan African Parliament, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, 16 September 2004
… President of the Pan African Parliament, Honourable Gertrude Mongella, Your … Commissioner Julia Dolly Joiner of the Commission of the African Union,…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… in the General Strike of 1922. 1912 8 January, The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) is formed in … radio broadcast takes place in Johannesburg…
PlaceKwaMashu
… of its slum areas for security purposes and segregate urban areas. The Council was now compelled to take action on the housing of the African population of…
BiographySiyamthanda Kolisi
… mentor Eric Songwiqi) when he joined the local rugby team, African Bombers Rugby Club. It would be five years after his joining African Bombers, at 12-years,…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
… by Luli Callinicos Topic This part describes the nature of housing and shows how it was related to the labour needs of … overcome—it was not difficult to…
Interview with Oliver Tambo in Luanda after summit meeting of Presidents of frontline states and Southern African Liberation Movements, 01 March 1977
… Africa are of great interest to the whole world, to the African continent and especially of course to the peoples of … but also by the Namibian leadership…
EventSouth African Library Week is held from 22 - 27 March 2010 to make people aware of the value of libraries
… initiated a drive to have one week recognised by the South African Government as National Library Week to make people … of 'National Library Week', it should…
BiographyAlan Arnold Aderem
Alan Arnold Aderem was restricted to his Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) home. His house arrrest restricted him to his home between the hours of…
BiographyVusumuzi Vitus Mvelase
Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase was restricted to Umlazi. He was the former chairman of Umlazi Residents Association; detained in terms of the Internal Security Act…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… 8th, we mark the 71st anniversary of our organisation, the African National Congress. We are beginning a new political … on these States. Botha is the…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… problems of a lonely and homesick person. The support and family care of the homestead in the countryside were gone. In … if he was lucky enough to be…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… Secondary School, a boarding school for black South African girls located 25 kilometers from Durban. She … Cape . During her studies, she became involved…
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
… University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The Pahad family was politically active in the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and later in the African…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… rights of the child was an important development for South African children, most of whom had suffered under apartheid … has the right to - a name and a…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… summit of Mount Everest. This was the first official South African team to conquer the highest mountain in the world. … was initiated by Ian Woodall, who…
BiographyPiet Mokoena
… ever come near us’. He had requested permission for his family to live with him but received no answer, giving a lie … Department’s (BAD) claim that a…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, at the opening of the 37th congress of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies Carlton Hotel, Saturday, 21 August 1993
… Mr. Chairman, Distinguished leaders of the South African Jewish Community Ladies and Gentlemen, Compatriots … exile, underground activity, the destruction of…
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… the University of Cape Town.Abdurahman's father took the family to England to educate Abdurahman's younger brothers. It was, as president of the African…
Archive“A Black Rather Well-Known South African Recently Arrived in London”: Critical Responses to Todd Matshikiza’s Chocolates for My Wife
… for My Wife (1961), which describes the exiled South African writer and musician’s first two years in London, he … his wife and children in August 1960,…
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… changes that took place in black protest politics and African nationalist thinking during the 1940s, particularly … perimeters of the cities, and people…
Document 67 - Letter from the African Metal Trades Union, Johannesburg, to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 21 February 1937
… 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 67 - Letter from the African Metal Trades Union, Johannesburg, to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 21 February 1937…
EventThe constitution of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
… The constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its … does not reject the liberalism of National Union of South African…
EventThe constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
… The constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its … does not reject the liberalism of National Union of South African…
BiographyJabulile Nyawose
… By this time, Nyawose, Ivan Pillay (presently Acting South African Revenue Services Commissioner) and his brother Dhaya … Pillay, had been drawn by Sunny…