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The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy Norman Levy entered liberation politics during the 1940s, finding his niche in the left wing of the…
EventThe Prince Imperial of France dies in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
… The 22-year-old Prince Imperial of France, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, who studied in England at the Royal Military Academy and joined the British…
ArchiveMessage of the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Governments of the United States, Angola and Zambia: 6 March 1984
… Message from Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Governments of the United States, Angola and Zambia Iinforming them that due to the infilitration…
EventThe name of the military base, Voortrekkerhoogte is officially changed to Thaba Tshwane
… Thaba Tshwane is the military headquarters of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in Pretoria. The base had been known as Voortrekkerhoogte…
EventSouth Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
… 6000 athletes from around the African continent gathered in Johannesburg for the 7th All Africa Games, which opened on 9 September 1999. By 18 September…
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa’s withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
… On 29 June 1961, during its plenary conference in Geneva, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted a resolution condemning the racial policies of…
Challenges of Leadership in the Current Phase, 1 July 1997
… Introductlon One of the tasks the National Conference is charged with is the responsibility … and distinct categories, each walled in from others. The truth…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A joint planning council of the African National Congress and the…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… A joint planning council of the African National Congress and the South African Indian Congress resolved to embark upon a mass campaign for the repeal of a…
EventThe Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid is established in Paris
… The Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid was established in Paris with the support of the United Nations Special Committee against … at www…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… INTRODUCTION This year, June 26, will mark the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of the "Campaign of Defiance of Unjust Laws," launched jointly … The…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… The South African state saw in the campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter an act of … Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute …
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement During the 1950s Congress activists had built, if not…
70. The Durban riots, 1949
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … January 1949 a bitter racial conflict occurred in Durban. The consequent loss of life and…
New tactics in the revolt
… Reaction Takes the Offensive After the first attempted march on Johannesburg on 4 August, and the partial stay-at-home which kept at least 60 per cent of ……
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
… 1905 miner Frederick Wells extracted a large diamond from the Cullinan mine, a few kilometres outside Pretoria in South Africa's mineral-rich Gauteng…
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
… It is now a Military Museum, which can be visited between the hours of 8am to 4pm. The Old Presidency or Ou Presidensie (Afrikaans) is a Museum, art Gallery…
71.The Group Areas Act
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai When the Group Areas Act was passed in 1950, all…
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… and more than 90 world leaders gathered together at the Memorial service of Nelson Mandela, which was held at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. Thousands of…
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU The formation of a trade union federation based on the … Chapter…
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), country located in central Africa. Officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country has a 25…
EventThe Rand Revolt breaks out
… The end of World War I was followed by a global depression that affected South Africa as well. Soon after the war, in 1918 and 1919, Black workers across…
PlaceThe Randjeslaagte Beacon, Parktown Johannesburg
… .This Beacon marks, the Northern Boundary of the Farm “Randjeslaagte" on which Johannesburg was laid out in 1886. The Randjeslaagte Beacon stands in…
EventDay of the African Child
… The 16th of June is commemorated each year as the Day of the African Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 June … https://allafrica.com [Accessed: 07…
EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… was established in Port Elizabeth in 1862, then known as The Standard Bank of British South Africa. It started doing … then known as Ferreira's Camp, in 1886…
1. The Way to Fox Street
… Qwa Qwa), a tiny African reserve squeezed into a valley on the south-eastern border of the Orange Free State with Lesotho. 7 His mother, Linkhapa, … was a…
74. The Freedom Charter, 1955
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Bridglal Pachai There were some 2 844 delegates present at the Congress of the People People…
The fight against passes continues
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … was still this thing of passes for women going on, and the women still protesting. Quite soon…
ArchiveWomen and the Satyagraha Campaign
… join Gandhi's passive resistance campaign Before union, at the turn of the century, conditions for Indian families were very restricted. The government…
49. The certificates are burned
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … as a few Chinese numbering about 3 000 in all gathered at the Hamidia Mosque in Johannesburg…