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BiographyPetrus Nzima Nyawose
… In the 1970s, Petrus Nyawose worked as a bouncer at The … Ivan Pillay that she wanted to leave the country and join Petrus. After crossing into Botswana,…
BiographyJohannes Jacobus Degenaar
… 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he completed his M.A. …
Address to the Joint Session of the houses of Congress of the U.S.A. Washington, D.C., June 26, 1990
… Mr. Speaker, Mr. President; Esteemed Members of the United States Congress; Your Excellencies, Ambassadors … of your Declaration of Independence and not…
BiographyRay E. Phillips
… four decades following World War I . He participated in the Joint Council movement and was a founder of the South African Institute of Race Relations. Long…
BiographyGqeba Mzwandile
… some casual jobs; he helped run his family’s shack shop in the township of NAME. Mzwandile had one brother and two sisters. Gqeba Mzwandile was sentenced to…
BiographyDon Mattera
… immigrant who married a Xhosa or Khoisan woman from the Cape. His grandfather then moved to Johannesburg where Mattera's father was born and classified…
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… On 28 May 1976, the South African Student Movement (SASM) held a conference … the General Students' Council read: The recent strikes by schools against the…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
… storyteller who found an eager listener in his son. The young Chakela started schooling at the local Mokgosi Primary School. At first, he wanted to … on,…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… in Rustenburg. The council debates its relation to the Cape Synod, and the majority vote to remain independent of … the Volksraad ratifies the principle of…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… April 6: People's Protest Day The African National Congress has served notice on the … march to freedom. THIS IS A CALL TO EVERY MAN AND WOMAN TO JOIN THE…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… The accepted view of black, and especially African, politics … time in similar conditions leaving Mombasa and entering Cape Town, also without papers, in…
BiographySusanna Helena Kok
… where she matriculated in 1928. Kok began her studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and later at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) where she…
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… and Ruskin’s precept that, along with government training schools, there should be established “manufactories and … (1862-1946), whom Florence and Lionel had…
BiographyTwasile Champion Galela
… he was working for Town Talk Furniture and was a member of the General Workers Union of South Africa. Galela became one of the key leaders of PEBCO after it…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… In December 1954, the FSAW campaigned for a boycott of schools controlled by the Government. The women organised on … removals. Crossroads is a so-called …
"Umkhonto we Sizwe - Born of the People": Statement of the National Executive Comittee of the ANC on the 25th Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1986
… rocked South Africa. Thus was born Umkhonto we Sizwe, the People's Army of our country. By that time the demands of our people were loud, persistent and…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2009
… INTRODUCTION On the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the African National … of 98% of children between 7 to 15 years being enrolled in schools. The…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
… Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years old she decided to join the African National Congress (ANC) and soon afterwards left … In 1966 the ANC convinced her…
Archive2001 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2001
… AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, Cape Town, 9 February 2001 Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker, … We call on all our people individually…
ArchiveThe Non-European Unity Movement: Report of the proceedings of the 7th National Conference
… Proceedings of the 7th National Conference of the Non-European Unity Movement, held in the Woodstock Town Hall, Cape Town from 2nd-3rd April 1951. Document…
Statement of the African National Congress and the South African Tamil Federation National Working Committee, 14 November 2014
… The 650 000 strong South African Tamil Federation (SATF) met with the ANC on 5 November 2014 at Luthuli House, Johannesburg. … on poverty; Admission policies…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… OF THE COMMUNISTS Less than three weeks after leaving Cape Town harbour the Kenilworth Castle arrived in England on … and assembly; 8 Recognition of the…
ArchiveAsk the children
… International Children's Day poster. Photos of children in the Western Cape celebrating the day. Black, white and orange poster with black lettering. … Ask…
BiographyBoy Seopa
… Johannesburg. I forced my way out after I complained about the £1.10 that I was earning at the agricultural offices.’ In Johannesburg, Seopa earned four ……
ArchiveSave the press
… white image of man with pink gag across mouth. Issued by the Save the Press Campaign. Western Cape. … Save the press …
BiographyAzaria Mbatha
… Mbatha met Peder Gowenius and 'asked if he could attend' the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) Art and Craft Centre, … first at Umpumulo (later known as…
EventPresident Mandela addresses the National assembly of Mali
… On the 2 March 1996, President Nelson Mandela paid his first state visit to Mali. While there, he addressed the National Assembly at Bamako where he…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis (Full Text)
… Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis (Full Text) …
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Former journalist guilty of treason, The Cape Times, 4 November 1986
… The Cape Times … operations, 1986, Former journalist guilty of treason, The Cape Times, 4 November 1986 …
ArchiveRevisiting Grey Street: Phyllis Naidoo as Historian - Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, University of the Western Cape
… Phyllis Naidoo, honorary doctorate, acceptance speech at the then University of Durban-Westville (now University of … Naidoo as Historian - Uma Dhupelia…