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’Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
’Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979).
Presidential Address by SM Makgatho, South African Native National Congress, 6 May 1919
Ronald Draper, cricketer (South African batsman vs Australia 1949-50), is born.
Amendment to the Trespass Act No. 6 of 1959 and the Illegal Squatting Act No.52 of 1951
Suggested amendments to the Trespass Act No. 6 of 1959 and the Illegal Squatting Act No. 52 of 1951
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… and Samuel Phinda who was killedafter being poisoned in 1989. References: Ntuli Z. (2004), ‘Freedom fighters return …
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of January 8, 1984
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of January 8, 1984, marking the organisation's 72nd anniversary.
World day of prayer for free Namibia May 4th 1988 : In Commemoration of the Kassinga massacre
Offset litho; black and brown; World day of prayer for a free Namibia May 4th 1988 : In Commemoration of the Kassinga massacre, May 4th 1978
Report on Langa Commissioners Court: Presented by Cape Western Region to the Black Sash National Conference 1983
Report on Langa Commissioners Court- Presented by Cape Western Region to the Black Sash National Conference on 11 March 1983 discussing Apartheid, Influx…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
1835 Migration of disaffected Dutch farmers from the Cape Colony 1836 Louis Trichardt and Hans van Rensburg reach 'De Zoutpansbergen' 1838 Trichardt…
Operation Oliekol: Removals and Orderly Urbanisation in the P.E./Uitenhage areas: Paper Presented at National Conference 1987
Operation Oliekol: Removals and Orderly Urbanisation in the P.E./Uitenhage areas: Paper Presented at National Conference on 13 March 1987 discussing…
Call for sanctions against South Africa:Address to the International Conference against Sanctions, Paris, May 21, 1981
Paper presented by Oliver Thambo at the International Conference of Sanctions against South Africa, held in Paris on May 21, 1981. It covers the purpose of…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
Robben Island, 7400 Republic of South Africa 3 August 1980 Dear Mrs. Bhalla, I am writing to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the Indian…
BiographyReverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane
Zaccheus Richard Mahabane was born in Thaba Nchu, Orange Free State (now Free Stae Province), on 15 August 1881. His parents were Christians and prosperous…
BiographyOupa Joshua Gqozo
Joshua Oupa Gqozo was born in Kroonstad on 10 March 1952. He is the son of Anna and Fikile Joel Gqozo. His father was a skilled labourer and religious minister…
BiographyKing Dinuzulu
Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo succeeded Cetshwayo as king of the Zulu nation in 1884. At the time, Zululand was experiencing a process of national disintegration. After…
BiographyFreda Levson
Freda Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg. She was educated in England from the…
BiographyProfessor Bernard Magubane
Professor Bernard Makhosezwe Magubane was born on 26 August 1930 on a farm near Colenso in Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He was the son of labour tenants on a…
BiographyNandisile Thoko Mpumlwana
Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana (nèe Mbanjwa) was born in Melmoth, Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). A co-founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM…
BiographyHarry Themba Gwala
Harry (Mphephethwa) Themba Gwala was born on 30 July in 1920 near Piettermarizburg.He was a politician and teacher, Gwala known as Munt'omdala or The Lion of…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have been able to come... Perhaps I could…
Statement at the 2735th meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 19 February 1987
The delegation of the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC), on behalf of the oppressed and struggling people of South Africa, expresses its…
BiographyBertha Solomon
Bertha Solomon was born on 1 January 1892 in Minsk, Russia. At four years, she and her older sister were taken by their mother, Sonia Schwartz, to join their…
Nicodemus Kgoathe
Mr Nicodemus Kgoathe was one of eleven Bakwena-ba-Mokgopa tribesmen detained after an attempt was made to burn down the resident of a tribal headman who had…
BiographyTholakele Madala
Tholakele Madala was born in Kokstad on 13 July 1937. He matriculated at St John's College in Umtata before obtaining a BA degree at the University of Fort…
BiographyElliot Mngadi
Elliot Mngadi was born in Roosboom around 1918. Alongside Peter Brown also a leading member of the LP, Mngadi spearheaded the cause of black farmers in Natal…
BiographyMakholeka Matthews Meyiwa
Matthews Meyiwa was born on 24 August 1924 in Georgedale, near Hammersdale in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He was born to George and Anne Meyiwa who were peasant…
BiographyAlan McLeod Cormack
Alan Cormack, the youngest of three children, was born in Johannesburg in February 1924. His father was an engineer with the Post Office and his mother a…
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
This historic joint meeting of the representatives of the national organisations of the African and Indian people, representing the Executives of the African…