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The State of Art in South Africa Conference
Held at the University of Cape Town from 16-20 July 1979, The State of Art in South Africa Conference was chaired by Neville Dubow, then head of the Michaelis…
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
Author: Chris Ledochowski This book is the culmination of 10 years of documenting life in the Cape Flats African and Coloured townships of Cape Town by one of…
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, wife of imprisoned ANC leader, Nelson Mandela, was banished to the dusty Afrikaner dominated town of Brandfort in the Free State…
EventIan Smith of Rhodesia and Henry Kissinger meet in Pretoria
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met in Pretoria to discuss majority rule for Rhodesia. South African…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
Seven people were killed and about sixty-seven injured when about 800 striking South African Transport Services (SATS) workers, on their way to a union meeting…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
The sale of diamonds in some African countries has been linked to the funding of African rebel groups, which have in turn funded some of Africa's most vicious…
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
The consequences of capitalism on the lives of working class people extend beyond the workplace per se. Although workers sell their labour power for only a…
Chapter X - Final word
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Right up to the morning of 1 July, I did not know what to expect. Even before the bans were due to expire I was…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
Photograph of a Khoisan lady. Source: unknown 1300-1599 c.1300-c.1500 The Khoisan are established as the dominant power in the southern and south…
Indian Community in Lenasia
From the very beginning, settlement in Lenasia was a contentious issue, driven with debates about race, class, collaboration with and resistance to apartheid…
Document 39 - Statement by S. P. Bunting, October 1931
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 39 - Statement by S. P. Bunting, October…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 16 - 19
see photos !U's story Part 3: How big is a family and who belongs to it? A family consists of a mother, father and children. A man can have more than one wife…
Say It out Loud - The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913 Presidential address by Dr. A…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the National Council of Provinces Cape Town, 7 August 1998
Mr. Chairperson; Honourable Deputy Chairpersons; Premier and MECs; Honourable delegates and representatives of local government; Ladies and gentlemen, …
Black ViewPoint - Black Development by Njabulo Ndebele
From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa Njabulo Ndebele is a final year B.A. student at the University of Lesotho, Botswana and…
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
Like so many of the landmarks along our long walk to freedom, September 7th 1992 does not mark a happy occasion. It was day on which the political and social…
Interview with Swami Gounden by Vino Reddy, 29 May 2002
VR: Good morning. I am Vino Reddy from the Documentation Centre of the University of Durban-Westville. This morning we are talking to …
PlaceWestern Cape Province
In 1993, the Cape Province was divided into three smaller provinces. One of them is the Western Cape. The Western Cape was the first place in the country where…
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert: Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert 24/3/98, Johannesburg Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by…
"Should we get rid of the whites?" - Albert Luthuli answer to a question, 5 March 1959
[Drum, a Johannesburg monthly, asked a number of African leaders, "Do we really want to get rid of the white man?" The following is the reply of Chief Lutuli.]…
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
As many as 80,000 protesters gathered outside of Bisho, the capital city of Ciskei, and demanded an end to the military government of Brigadier Joshua Gqozo…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve as a…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
Eban Abba, Israeli statesman was born in Cape Town South Africa, on 2 February 1915. He is the son of Abraham and Alida Sachs-Eban. His parents moved to Great…
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
We meet here today to commemorate the death of an outstanding young South African patriot, Stephen Bantu Biko. The bloody decade of the 1970s in our country,…
Editorial on taxation, in November 10, 1884 [Extract]
[Extract] What the effect of muzzling a race of people, used to settling differences and difficulties after searching inquiry will be, we do not now care to…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party was held in Cuba in April 1989…
Patric Tariq “de Goede” Mellet
Names: Mellet, Patric Tariq. Date of Birth: 1956 Place of Birth: …
"United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid": Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. T. Tambo, New York, 29 October, 1963
Mr. Chairman, I wish once again to thank you and this Committee for this opportunity. In South Africa, since the earliest days of white rule, our…
Black ViewPoint - The New Day by C.M.C. Ndamse
From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa C.M.C. Ndamse is a distinguished educationist and former lecturer at the University of…
O. R. Tambo Interview with Mayibuye on the Current Situation in South Africa and Southern Africa in General 1984
Question: At the end of August, the regime conducted its "elections" to the "Coloured" and Indian parliaments. As expected, the whole exercise turned out to be…