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Mobilise Our Black Power - Statement to the People of South Africa on the Tenth Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1971
… islands in the Indian Ocean. Yes, there is a life and death struggle against United States imperialism and its … guns and homemade bombs let us go on showing…
Indian Community
… worship was experienced, communal births, marriages and death ceremonies were observed and festivals carried out. … Sherwood (1905), and Sea Cow Lake (1906)…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Joe Gqabi, Harare, 9 August 1981
… the late Comrade Herbert Chitepo, was struck down outside his house, so was Joe Gqabi, in Chitepo`s Zimbabwe. Heroes` … the most exploited, the ones who…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the General Assembly of the African Ombudsman Association (AOA): Misty Hills Conference Centre, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg: 11 April 2005.
… I. In 1849, Dostoevsky was arrested and sentenced to death. As he was facing an open grave in front of a firing squad, an order arrived commuting his…
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… was held under the Sabotage Act, which carried a possible death penalty. They also believed he was unlikely to receive …
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… and convicted, and later granted both a reprieve from death row, and amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation …
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
… bombings. If convicted Mohamed could be handed down a death penalty or life imprisonment sentence without …
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… her astonishing career was cut short due to her untimely death in 1977. …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… first as minister and later as retired minister. Since his unfortunate death in October 2010, the congregation was operating without …
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 - Introduction
… stimulating and well-written), are locked into a death-cell of an international journal ("contribution to … the social systems of Athens, Rome and Sparata in…
Statement at the 2735th meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 19 February 1987
… Award, an illustrious award that our colleague shares with His Majesty King Carlos of Spain. The African National … made open threats to Samora Machel three…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… he sought to establish a new cinema industry there. During his life Ngakane sought to expose the injustices of apartheid through his film. He additionally…
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… of the Amazizi clan — named Numisimani Mathebula and his wife, Nompopo, celebrated the birth of a son.9 Evidently … of Cetshwayo to the Zulu throne,…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
… Barney Pityana read in a newspaper about Stephen Biko’s death. Forty years later, he recalls the shock and grief he … I had of speaking to Steve Biko. He was…
ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
… aboard le Cappel on route to Mauritius. 25 May 1646 : His father, Adrian van der Stel dies in the line of duty and … 1679 : Van der Stel arrives at the Cape,…
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… Indian community. She continued her medical work until her death in 1979. …
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… after she exposed the real circumstances behind the death of Black Consciousness Movement leader Steve Biko. In …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Religion and Churches
… thesis in Philosophy at the University of South Africa. His fifty-two page thesis, accepted in 1945, traced the … Hegel, and William James. We have excerpted…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… by lineage. The King’s first son would be the next to take his father’s place. When the sons of the royal bloodline … from that ceremony who he would then…
Doing Oral History
… to protest threatened removal. These actions resulted in his banning in 1964. The Liberal Party supported him by … him up in a fish and chip shop but the…
Keynote address on the launch of Mafika Gwala’s Collected Poems Howard College, UKZN, 6 October 2016 by Mandla Langa
… The emotion that would have most likely dominated his mind, body and his psyche, would be that which could be compared to the … was living in Hammarsdale,…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… In 2005, then vice-president, Zuma had been stripped of his rank following allegations of rape and corruption. [1] Yet his popularity endured. Zuma’s…
Tribute by Comrade David Makhura delivered at the funeral service of Comrade Chilly Magagula, 16 October 2010
… Chilly was not a coward. Like many fearless youth of his time, he responded to the clarion call of President … camp. Comrade Chilly was feared by the enemy…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… to perform and serve as a goodwill ambassador until her death on 9 November 2008. …
EventElisabeth Eybers, South African poet, is born
… She moved to Amsterdam in 1966, and lived there until her death in 2007. Her poetry was mainly written in Afrikaans, …
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… a white farmer from Camperdown was murdered after he took his labourers to Pietermaritzburg to pay their taxes. Another … to pay the tax but held back when…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… brown hair, innocent face and more strongly built than his friend. They had both joined the illegal ANC while in … for them for their unwavering support they…
Our Greatest Indian Leader since Gandhiji -Tribute to Dr. Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (From: Sechaba, second quarter), 1978
… the Congress of the People in 1955 bear ample testimony to his fruitful labour in this direction. Monty was born in … age of 17 he was sent to Edinburgh in…
“Our Greatest Leader since Gandhiji”, By Dr Yusuf Dadoo
… the Congress of the People in 1955 bear ample testimony to his fruitful labour in this direction. Monty was born in … age of 17 he was sent to Edinburgh in…
ArticleIndia, Mughal Empire, 16-19th Century
… horsemen and expert musketmen and artillerymen. He faced his ememy' army of 100 000 men and 1000 elephants. Before the battle, Babur place his light field…