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From Durban Falkirk to Defy: Changing sources of workers’ power in the metal industry by Andries Bezuidenhout and Edward Webster
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Conference on Fifty years since the 1973 Durban strikes Durban…
PlaceThe Company Gardens, Cape Town.
When the Dutch first settled in the Cape in 1652, Governor van Riebeeck's brief included the construction of a fort and the setting out of gardens where…
PlaceOld Biscuit Mill, Woodstock- Cape Town
The Old Biscuit Mill is a vibrant hub of art, design, and food, right in the heart of Woodstock. It’s the capital of cool here in Cape Town, and it’s one of…
PlaceBethal
Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town, in Mpumalanga. Farming in potatoes, maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large amount…
PlaceNelson Mandela University, in Gqeberha
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) opened on 1 January 2005, the result of the merging of the PE Technikon the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE)…
PlaceGordons Bay, Cape Province
Gordons Bay is a picturesque coastal Village, nestled at the foot of the Hottentots Holland Mountains and the False Bay Coast. This Mediterranean-style Village…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… the call which sees the largest strike in South African history. June, Two car bomb attacks in Johannesburg by the MK … W (2007). Brick by Brick – An…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… receiving the ‘native chief’ at Elmira. Source: heritage-history.com The Portuguese did not have an easy time on the …
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… which reads: "The Law is an unprecedented one in the history of the world and it is repugnant to British justice …
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
Professor Edward Charles Webster — or Eddie, as he was known to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died of a heart attack on Tuesday. He was 81…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… most significant mass movements in modern South African history. It is only in the very recent past that the crucial …
Address at Conference on Southern Africa of the Socialist International and the Socialist Group of the European Parliament with the Frontline States, ANC and SWAPO by O. R. Tambo, Arusha, 4 September 1984
… OAU. We believe this Conference will have a place in the history of the struggle for liberation in southern Africa, a …
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… by Anna Hutchinson and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… any longer or is it just being swept by the tides of history? AG Yes, well I will say that is correct. The …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… children were taught the poetry, plays, novels and history of the middle class. It was as whites had never been …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1946
… in the final struggle, they rose like one man. Repeat that history today, and you will win. Do not repeat it, and you …
Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 26 …
Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
… ended in defeat within a week, it was a milestone in the history of the class struggle in South Africa. By their …
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and …
Chapter IX - Treason - South African style 2
… absorbed now, scribbling all the time, to our Congress history being unfolded, a unique record of a non-violent …
33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and …
Chapter 2
… backed by British Imperialism which had behind it a long history of colonial oppression and exploitation, and which …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… Indian community that they are ignorant first of their own history and secondly of the European case. We live in an age; …
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… period in South African economic, political and social history began. At the parliamentary level the National Party … which were often left, unresolved until…
PlaceBasotho Cultural Village
The Basotho Cultural Village is a chance to experience a way of life that integrates comfort and practicality with a unique aesthetic!An educational programme…
PlacePrimville, Soweto- Johannesburg
In 1904, after the outbreak of Bubonic Plague, near present day Newtown, the African population in the Area was moved to the Farm; 'Klipspruit', twelve Miles…
PlaceKgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Where the red dunes and scrub fade into infinity and herds of gemsbok, springbok, eland and blue wildebeest follow the seasons, where imposing camel thorn…
ArchiveAmos 'Amla' Monageng interview by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty, The University of Pretoria, 2 May 2016
… I am saying I am from Mpumalanga. I: Is there any known history of activism in your family? A: Yes… not that much, … or irrespective of the colour. I: So is…
The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
… or so. It is generally known that liberation movements in history tend to lose their 'shine' and influence within … KNOW'. This was like a refrain. Some…
44th National Conference: Report of the National Executive Committee, 18 December 1955
… own areas. It may well be recognised that the facts of history work against this illusion of apartheid and that it … foresaw that it would be such a…