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Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… the struggle as one for democracy and therefore a political struggle, designed to remove legal restrictions, … The African people, the majority, were and are…
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
… had been prevalent - for instance, that slavery had little economic importance in the Cape, that the treatment of … Society of Pakistan, December 1966). In…
PlaceFree State Province
… that some of the gold mines have became marginal to sub-economic and face closure in the near future. A total of 16 … with the Auditor-General, Human Rights…
Interview: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
… the calls were for bread, human dignity, civil and political rights, social and economic rights. These were what the protests were about and …
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… members of the Mineworkers' Union-the largest and, from an economic point of view, the most important union of European … and sentenced to life imprisonment…
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… and electrifying reaction. (See Fig. 20). Deaths in political violence for that month shot up to 605 from the … Natal, while also reflecting an immediate…
ArchiveObituary of Benita Parry (1931—2020) by Professor David Johnson
… cited extensively by historians, socials scientists, political theorists, cultural geographers and philosophers. … (SLL), discovering continuities with South…
EventThe fall of the Berlin wall
… post 1924, were repudiated. The beginnings of free political debate in the Soviet Union gathered momentum until … the currently East-West migration is about…
South African and World leaders
… Albertina Sisulu © Gisele Wulfson Albertina Sisulu was a political activist and nurse and one of the most important … and her husband were jailed several…
EventDie Burger publishes the term 'Apartheid' for the first time
… On 26 March 1942, an article was published by an Afrikaner political correspondent of the Nationalist newspaper, Die …
EventUnFreedom Day
… music, dance, theatre, poetry, and education as well as political speeches against the ruling elite.[2] An UnFreedom …
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… in Xhosa, this prison was famous for having held many political prisoners during the apartheid era. Steve Biko …
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… government flourished. Pretoria is more famous for its political history which has overshadowed its rich art and …
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… in 1865. Boonzaaier became famous for his caricatures and political cartoons. He came to Cape Town in 1882 as a clerk …
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… it was referred to in Afrikaans, was a significant political issue in South Africa in the late 19th century and …
EventThe Balfour Declaration is accepted
… It paved the way for the formal acceptance of the growing political and diplomatic independence of South Africa and …
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… Electric, that won the contract, had to withdraw due to political pressure due to the Apartheid policies of the South …
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… South African Defence Force (SADF) under the control of a political organisation that would be in power. …
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… in violence. The PAC is one of South Africa's major political parties that endorsed the peace accord but declined …
EventAt least 150 people die in clashes between the ANC and IFP
… Between 1985 and 1990, political violence was a common occurrence in South Africa, …
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… at a time when South Africa was going through a period of political upheaval and change. What further inflamed the …
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… of the eight African National Congress (ANC) long term political prisoners were released from Robben Island. Among …
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… and other banned organisations, and the return of all political exiles. The body also called for strictly monitored …
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
… unbanning of liberation organisations and the release of political prisoners. …
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
… event proved a remarkable influence on the future of his political life. Gandhi was later instrumental in protesting …
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… resulting in its closure. His effort to re-launch his political career with the 'All Africa Convention' was not …
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… and integrate it into government forces, become a regular political party and help normalise governmental activities …
EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
… persuasion, Banda returned to Malawi and quickly became a political icon. He was appointed Prime Minister of Nyasaland …
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… often using satire to address pressing social and political issues. …
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… and requires to be drastically changed. No serious political organisation will ever talk peace when an … the Government itself about a peaceful solution to…