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ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… After actively petitioning the National Convention and being ignored during 1910 and 1911, delegates to the South … Bloemfontein on 8 January 1912 to…
The Battle of Square Hill
… as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European descent”. [i] According to Article 7 of the South African Defence Force Act 13 of 1912…
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
… Red Riding Hood sailed from Durban with the first group of repatriated ex-indentured workers for India, arriving in … 10 April with 382 passengers on board…
Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa.
… Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa. …
Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa.
… Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa. …
Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa,
… Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa, …
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… Background On 1 April 1997, the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) was established with a membership of around 515 000, becoming the second…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 … Black union activity, although some unions did come into being in the early 1970s,…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… was nurtured from an early age when she had to take care of her siblings for her sickly mother (who had been greatly weakened by the Spanish flu of 1918). It…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… 1919 Formation of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa … in their attitude toward having any dealings with this body, but we cannot agree…
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela Houses of Parliament, Cape … and an African. She was both an artist and a human…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… Name Koni Benson & Asher Gamedze Organisation University of Cape Town Biography Asher Gamedze currently cuts up most … of armed struggle. The assumption of…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… Mellet was born and grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. … severely burnt suffering 3rd degree…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes … it is the general consensus that credit for the discovery of the…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… bands, most notably The Blue Notes and The Brotherhood of Breadth. Through this mutually felt discrimination, … He was born into a family of musicians, his…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… about his early life, but like many young African men of his generation, Mkhize would have grown up in a society … defined by racial segregation and the…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. This timeline chronicles the … and the subsequent aftermath. The…
ArticleThe impact of Lenin and Stalin’s policies on the rights of the Russian people
… Lenin's policies, lets briefly examine Stalins. The impact of the policies is examined in the table at the end. Stalin: … accept socialism. Stalin preferred…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape…
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
… her early education. Born into the privileged world of servants and country clubs, Benson’s early ambitions were … Egypt. Her intelligence and hard-working…
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
… Archibald Jacob Gumede was born in Pietermaritzburg on 1st of March in 1914,the son of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and … also served on the Joint Commuters'…
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
… The death of Sam Nzima, the man who took the photograph that came to … And that image, of course, is of dying student Hector Pieterson being carried – too…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… By the 1860s, subjugation of African people in the immediate vicinity of the Cape had been achieved. Other than a small, … migrant labour from the northern…
BiographySolomon Kerzner
… Shaped our Century: The Most Influential South Africans of the Twentieth Century. Published by Human and Rousseau. … parski, and soak up the relentless rays…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) was established in June … 1979 as a national organization to represent the interests of Black school students…
BiographyRichard Feetham
… His father was the Reverend William Feetham, Vicar of Penrhos, Raglan, England and his mother, Mary, the eldest daughter of the Venerable Archdeacon William…
BiographyAllison Wessels George Champion
… on 4 December 1893 at Sans Souci School near the mouth of the Tugela River in Natal. His father had been adopted by American Body Missionary and was given…
Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the OAU meeting of Heads of State and government
… Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the OAU meeting of Heads of State and government …
BiographyJoe Nzingo Gqabi
… the New Age as both photographer and reporter. His job of exposing the hidden crimes of Apartheid proved a remarkable experience in investigative … he…
Current Members of Parliament of the 1999 National Assembly of South Africa
… Current Members of Parliament of the 1999 National Assembly of South Africa …