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Document 5 - “Trade Union Notes”, The Bolshevik, March 1920 (Extract)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … the necessaries of life can be produced to enable all in South Africa, whether…
Chapter 11
… was Prof. Z. K. Matthews, a delegate representing the South African Teachers' Federation and an official on the … Not for the African volunteers who attested…
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… Although the law was applicable to the whole of South Africa, in practice it applied only to the Transvaal and … been in conflict with the constitution of…
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… South African engineer, Nuno Gomes, entered the Guinness Book … only managed 318.25, which still proved good enough for a world record. It took Gomes only 20…
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… only took place in earnest after the Anglo-Boer War, when the company 'Prentice and Mackey' started work on … articles trace the development of the Penal…
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
… resistance to incorporation into the Qwa Qwa homeland, the South African government proceeded with its plan of … by 74 percent of the residents who wished to…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
… dedicated to the creation of peace and freedom in South Africa. No institution, especially not an educational … want it or not. It will come because the…
PlaceBlinkwater
… solution is one of the latest must-have farming tools in South Africa! It is the most cost-effective and versatile option … is a place where you can…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
… being allowed to fight the apartheid regime back home in South Africa. The Stuart report unflinchingly exposed the … the first meetings of the ANC-in-exile…
EventSA artist Anthony Nkotsi is born
… Anthony Molebatsi Nkotsi, South African artist and the head of the Printmaking … in Orlando, Soweto. Here he was exposed to contemporary South African art…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… and Whites. Click here to read more about education in South Africa. … from independence to mid-1997 , Westport: Greenwood.| South African Institute of Race…
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… While the South African press readily covered stories of those having … between the government and anti-apartheid forces, the South African public was…
EventGovernment's final consolidation of 'homelands'
… of apartheid separate development and a way to strip Black South Africans of their South African citizenship. The argument from the point of view of the…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… Development of Langa location In the course of the Inter War Years the regulations of the 1902 Location Act were … opened in 1927. Langa is located on the…
38. The Natal Franchise Bill, 1894: Do not make our sons pariahs
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai … made to compare your petitioners with the…
EventThe Riotous Assemblies Act Commences
… Internal Security Act No 74 of 1982 Click here for more on South African Apartheid legislation. …
PlaceQunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood
… Just South of Mthatha (Umtata) in the Eastern Cape on the rolling … as Qunu. It has recently been added to the map in South Africa because of its association…
EventP.W. Botha, former South African State President, appears in court for refusing to testify at the TRC
… the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The former South African State President appeared at a court in George. … found by the TRC that he had ordered…
EventKing Kong cast granted passports to perform in London
… After long and protracted negotiations with the South African government, 60 passport applications for the … The Star 11 August, [Available at the National…
EventMalawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election
… first multi-party election. With 30 years at the helm as Africa's longest ruling dictator, Kamuzu bowed gracefully and … usher Malawi into a new era. Banda…
ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
… Ma-Moeketsi. Q: Can you tell us a little bit about the South African Federation of Women? RM: I am the one who was …
PlaceUpington, Northern Cape
… Upington is the chief City in the Northern Cape Region, of South Africa. It was formed by uniting Christian Schroder's 1871 … the largest in the Country and…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 91th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2003
… wishes to you all, to the peoples of our continent and the world. Already, as we met at the 51st National Conference at … as other organisations to ensure…
Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987
… caged accused defiantly chanted revolutionary slogans and war-cries before the judge. This defiance continued in … smuggled letters longer than necessary…
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… a very negative perception of the place and that makes South Africa vulnerable." The museum is situated in the former … museum include South Africans and…
EventSuppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 severely limits what the media could report
… It is under this law that the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). was banned in 1950. On 20 June 1950, only a … South African History Online , …
ArchiveAppendix 6 Studies in Asia by Denis Goldberg
… in any European or North American city, and elsewhere in Africa or South America. There are some gems. Dayabumi, the Petronas … I have seen is relevant to…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… of that homeland they automatically lost their South African citizenship which, of course, they had never … you on that. 'But I can understand them. We have…
Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999
… Fellow South Africans, Today, August 9th is National Women's Day. On … are daily subjected to intolerable abuse! I would like all South Africans,…
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
… twenty-six parties - the most representative gathering of South African political groups ever assembled for … the Multi-party Negotiating Process (MPNP)…