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ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
… of colonies in South Africa to move towards a non-racial political order, until the qualified non-racial franchise and … In more recent years, the Scottish…
PlaceEthiopia
… in a campaign called the; 'red terror'. Thousands of political opponents were killed. Mengistu remained leader … sister–Christabel–she helped found the Women…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… an ecological imbalance between people and resources. In response to this chaos, Sotho-Tswana tended to live on …
STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
… have waged industrial strikes and taken various forms of political action against their objective exploitation. The … accused were fined £5 or one month hard…
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
… the unions maintained a firm policy of independence from political movements, the reason being to ensure that … the unions maintained a firm policy of…
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
… five children of Minah and Gqongo Makwetu. He served as a political activist from 1954-1996 and was a Pan-Africanist …
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… Plain, but the facility has housed some prominent political prisoners in the past. Former President Nelson …
EventMafika Gwala born
… of Zululand, he chose to rather devote his time to political activities firstly joining National Union of South …
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… eighties, Magadlela was hardy active in the arts due to political unrest and exploitation of black artists by …
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… Isaka Seme died in Johannesburg on 7 June 1951. He was a political activist, journalist, lawyer and a co-founder of …
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… during the transitional period negotiations with other political parties. After the first democratic elections, …
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… the President and the MLSTP became the nations' sole legal political party. Dr Manuel held the position until 1991, when …
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… as a member of Herstigte Nationale Party (HNP) a far-right political party that emerged in 1969, Dr. Albert Hertzog was …
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… Former Minister of Education and professor of political science at the Rand Afrikaans University, Stoffel …
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
… Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA) and restrictions on political organisations. The bill sought to curb the growing …
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… The Independent Democrats (ID), a political party which was formed by Patricia de Lille, who … September 2009]| Parliamentary monitoring group, " IDASA…
EventCharles Taylor wins presidential election
… majority in both houses of the legislature. However, political pandemonium returned to the country until a peace …
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… assembly, which had representatives from all the major political parties and liberation organisations. The … Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… in 1961. It was used to incarcerate more than 3,000 political prisoners between 1961 and 1991, the most famous …
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
… and efficient, even though she did not share all my political views. Her loyalty was deeply personal and I valued … club" we called it. We shared so much…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… Activity: Social, political and economic structures Roles of men, women, boys …
ArticleThe missionaries
… their education from mission schools. As the socio-political history of the Pondos changed, land became the …
ArticlePan-Africanism
… Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape of a political or cultural movement. There are many varieties of …
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… memory and commemoration making of June 16. In the 1990s, political prisoners were released, liberation movements were …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… Africa the War had led to profound economic, social and political changes. During the War, South Africa experienced a …
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… Read this paper by Walter S. Zapotoczny titled ‘The Political and Social Consequences of the Black Death, 1348 – …
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… the Students' Union at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 1983 Park in Hull, Britain is named … city of Bologna, Italy 12 September,…
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… were blessed with 10 children. President Moroka began his political activism through joining the All African … Party. The racist apartheid regime required a…
ArchiveChapter 6 Underground in Joburg by Denis Goldberg
… sabotage attacks across the country. The government, in response, introduced two savage new security laws, the 90-Day … and Archie Levitan. They had long…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, Sandton Convention Centre, 2 April 2007
… safeguarding integrity,' correctly presumes our ability as political leaders, business leaders, civil society, public … especially of the poor, globally. In…