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Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… In the 1960s South Africa’s economic growth had ranked as one of the best in the world, but in the early 1970s this … determine some truths, and document a…
PlaceCrocodile River Bridges
… One of them is a low-level bridge crossing the Crocodile … Crocodile River is visible from the rest camp, once formed part of the Selati railway line that…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Globalisation by Jeff Guy
… stretching from Botswana, the Kruger Park, into Natal. One bead from the Thukela valley has been dated to the ninth … but import grain from the Swahili. The…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… The ANC declared its aim to bring all Africans together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms. April, South … 4 August, Britain, and…
ArticleTransport on land
… The first wheels were simply solid discs, carved from one lump of wood. The wheel changed the way that people … It is probably more than 5 000 years old. The…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… in South Africa can be viewed from various perspectives, one of which is behind the veiwfinder. Violent phrases such … Africa before World War two. The…
84. The South African Indian Council: A. Rajbansi’s opening speech, 1982
… true voice of the Indian people, then, it must be a worthy one and one whose voice of reasonableness can be heard and understood … about 21 years ago that we…
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… and the ANC and MK in particular. The execution was one of the most serious indications that our struggle had … and Clifford Brown. We recall and salute…
Constitution of the ANC
… and/or affiliated organisations representing at least one-quarter of the total number of delegates entitled to be … entitled to be represented at the…
Document 39 - “Walter Sisulu, “Boycott as a Political Weapon”, Liberation, 23, February 1957
… be, both as an economic and political weapon. It is still one of the few methods of struggle which are not illegal in … problem more easily. For although…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Helen Stoilas, 30 May 2017
… in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex-Offenders, show men and women at … I will not compromise about my work.”…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
… grass-roots members could continue to play their rightful part in democratising our society. And, just as in Lembede's … appreciate and understand our past…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… during working hours at a stone quarry situated in other part of the island. The quarry became a place where they … of the past, will find this Robben Island…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… and Abdul Qayyum Sayed , all detained without trial at one time or another for writing against the Government or … except, India, China or Pakistan". "Other…
PlaceCairo, Capital City of Egypt
… became the largest city in the Islamic world, and one of the biggest in Africa. Egypt’s capital, holds the … the Great Pyramid , completed around 2540 B.C…
ArchiveChapter 14 Out of prison: 28 February 1985 as a free person by Denis Goldberg
… had landed, and they were ensuring that I spoke to no one, and especially not to the press. I was rushed into a VIP … Southern Africa. The undertaking was…
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… brewing beer (ibid. 31). The Vereeniging riots were only one among many less publics disturbances in the … police raiding for beer. The problem stemmed, at…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… in people's lives in which these developments resulted. One way of understanding these developments is by seeing them … of local white governments, and…
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… 1920 km south-east of Cape Town and are politically part of South Africa. The only way to travel to Marion Island … 14 months, but it is also possible to…
Statement in Court by Dr G. M. Naicker and Dr Y. M. Dadoo, When Charged With Aiding and Abetting Under the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913, February 26, 1948
… that of freedom of movement within the boundaries of one's country of birth. Any denial of such basic human rights … truth and non-violence. It is associated…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the first Triennial Conference of the Methodist church of South Africa Durban, 17 July 1998
… freedom of religion, in a society where the oppression of one by another must forever be a thing of the past. What … in which everyone's rights are respected…
Briefing to organisation of African Unity Kampala, September 8, 1990
… beginning, be in the minority.... Our position is a simple one. We say: when these so-called ''elected leaders were … banned so that the organisations…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… South Africa and the South African Indian Congress - was one of the greatest non-violent passive resistance campaigns … contrary to the calculations of the…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… universal appeal beyond the Indian setting and mark him as one of the outstanding individuals of the twentieth century. … politics of petitioning and placed…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Perestrelo, Portuguese navigator and cartographer is one of 64 survivors of the crew of 473 who reaches Delagoa … made Governor of the Cape. 1814 Cape Town…
Say It out Loud - The 1921 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 29th March, 1921
… which it must be admitted by every impartial student is one long uninviting record of racial strife. From the day … The issue has been appallingly dismal at…
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… his testimony in Pretoria Supreme Court by revealing his part in the apartheid regime's 'dirty tricks' campaign. … officers in the security forces. He…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… fired a gun injuring four black members of the audience. One man, Herman Lithipe, died a few days later. [2] 1930 The … went back, various organisations…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… tackle the challenges the country was facing. The second part of the statement promoted soccer as a national sport. … the “Marikana massacre”. NUM's refusal…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… were mobilised against the Labour Party, poised to take part in the envisaged constitutional reforms to be … believed to have been aligned to the UDF…