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Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… Orlando for her funeral, remembering that day we had led 20.000 women to Pretoria to protest against passes, the day … offences and influx control. A quarter…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
… road to freedom’. The family is pessimistic; for the last 20 years they have only been driven into dead-ends. Goolam …
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… grown so strong and independent they could muster between 20 000 and 25 000 soldiers, and styled themselves the Princes …
ArticleKey sites
… agreed to abide by the by-laws controlling kiosks. On 20 February 1968 the City Council passed a recommendation of …
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… of water to all households in Bloemfontein. On 20 April 1899, the first water from Sannaspos reached …
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… Chronicle for the appearance of Christy’s Minstrels on 20 August 1862 at the Theatre Royal (Martin, 1999:79). At the …
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… of the population while Whites had 25% and Coloureds had 20%. Furthermore, there was an increase in the registration …
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… proposed its own Bill of Rights for a New South Africa in 1990, with further amendments in 1991 and 1992. The …
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… At least 78000 people were detained between 1960 and 1990 when the negotiations between the apartheid government …
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
The Chairperson, Comrade Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC, Members of the National Executive Committee, Regional Leaders, Commanders of…
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… the world all alone. He did marvellously. Between February 1990 and June last year, he raised no less than $66 million …
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… LIBERATION Immediately, the young Josina – at the age of 20 - took up post as assistant to the director of the …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Second Annual Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 12 October 2009, Port Elizabeth
… by 2014 we should have increased the completion rate by 20%. We have decided to broaden tertiary education through an …
Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
March 1 marks the 120th anniversary of the Battle of Adwa, a decisive victory of Ethiopia over Italian colonialism. This great victory has been a source of…
We Shall Win - Statement at the Meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid to launch the International Anti-Apartheid year by O. R. Tambo, New York, 21 March 1978
… on the African continent, and for good reason. For nearly 20 years the fascists have paid particular attention to the …
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 2) by Thabo Mbeki, 28 March, 2016
… the political climate as an excuse had gone from about 20% in 2005 to 75% in 2013, and currently stood at just under …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… Bloemfontein Municipal Tramway and Bus Employees’ Union 20 Bloemfontein Motor Transport Workers’ Union 39 Stevedoring …
Address of The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 21st Plenary Assembly of SADC Parliamentary Forum - Usambara Lodge, Mogale City, 14 November 2006
… years up to 2003, intra-regional SADC trade increased from 20% to 25% of total regional trade. Undoubtedly, this …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the ANC- 8 January 1997
… to the historic nation-building mission of the ANC. The 20 mega-projects, presently underway and each costing more …
From Amsterdam with euphoria
… crowned, these words sounded almost as a credo. On Sunday 20 December 1987, opening the exhibition The Hidden Camera, …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… to the ground), 1986. What is indentured labour? Source 20 An indenture is a type of a labour contract. Long ago …
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… recorded, 'I decided to start a band of robbers of my own'20 The first step towards realising this ambition was taken … on 12 September, 1904, Note was once…
Archive“A Black Rather Well-Known South African Recently Arrived in London”: Critical Responses to Todd Matshikiza’s Chocolates for My Wife
… [anti-apartheid] solidarity network” (Thörn 2006, 20). Thus, Matshikiza’s autobiography was published on the … on the market for Chocolates for My Wife,…
Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988
… part actively, from the time when he gave his blood as a 20-year-old to collect scholarship money for young blacks of … Conference on Namibia and Zimbabwe in…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
The passive resistance campaign was launched on 13 June 1946 and finally suspended on 31 May 1948. The report of the Passive Resistance Council, reproduced…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
The great South African writer and activist, Ruth First, was assassinated by a letter bomb sent by the South African Security Police in Maputo, Mozambique on…
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… guerrilla soldier who sacrificed his life at the age of 20, by single-handedly taking on a small army of apartheid …
To Change the World ! Is Reason Enough ?, London, August, 1995
… the Cinematograph Workers Union, a post he held for some 20 or more years. He was in one of the white … of car batteries driving the public address system…
Mission Stations - A-F
… in it this forenoon". Bethany was also visited on 20 July 1850 by Thomas Baines who made the following observations: "Sunday, July 20. Bethany, consisting of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… by any country which claimed to be democratic For the last 20 years liberal-minded people had given warnings of the … Mrs. Gool's son was a student at Cape…