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Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education African National Congress. Address to the Nation by…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Zinzi Mandela at Jabulani stadium 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye…
46. The Gandhi-Smuts compromise explained
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 28 January 1908, Gandhi and two of his…
"United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid": Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. T. Tambo, New York, 29 October, 1963
Mr. Chairman, I wish once again to thank you and this Committee for this opportunity. In South Africa, since the earliest days of white rule, our…
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
The cottage formerly used by Cecil John Rhodes, stands on the main road to Simonstown, between Muizenberg and St James. Formerly known as Barkly Cottage, it…
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
The museum is located on 8288 Khumalo Street, Orlando West (Soweto). The museum is named after one of the first casualties. But commerates all of those that…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon Levy were born in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. Levy attended the Yeoville Boys’…
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
Allegedly Zulu Paramount Chief Dinuzulu (Dinizulu) refused British instructions to take up arms against the Boer republics during the Second Anglo-Boer War…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
Introduction Documents In Volume 2 Document 1 Letter from Negro Bureau to Eastern Secretariat, 1931 Document 2 Letter from J. Gumede to International…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather
From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Conclusion The events of the 1960's made…
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
The memory of District Six, also known as Kanaladorp (kanala is a Malay word meaning ‘help one another’), is marked by the event of 11 February 1966. On this…
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
Patrice Lumumba gained the reputation of being a powerful and charismatic leader during his brief reign as Zaire's first Prime Minister (the former Belgian…
EventSA and British governments clash over interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement
On 5 March 1960, the South African and British governments were in open conflict over the interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement. The South African…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
The Orange Free State constitution was adopted on 7 April 1854, three weeks after the renunciation of British sovereignty. Initially the Boers (Voortrekkers)…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
I would have been fourteen years old when Nelson Mandela was first arrested for leaving South Africa ‘illegally`. Although a regular reader of the Manchester…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
There is a pass in the Magaliesberg known as Silkaatsnek It was here that the two 12-pounder guns of 'O' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA), were placed and…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
During Apartheid, starting from the late 1950s the South African Government attempted to divide South Africa into a number of separate states, called homelands…
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
Between 1996 and 1999 the South Africa government commissioned the purchase of R30 billion worth of armaments specifically submarines and frigates from a…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
On 12 September 1977, the Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko died while in the custody of security police. The period leading up to his death, beginning…
ArticleSilverton Siege
On 25 January 1980 three MK Cadres – Stephen Mafoko, Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred Madela – were allegedly on their way to carry out a planned MK sabotage…
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
While the tricameral parliament was designed to co-opt Coloureds and Indians and to bring a renewed legitimacy to the Apartheid regime, developments in the…
Formation and launch of the UDF
UDF launch at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. Source: http://www.nelsonmandela.org In the late 1970s moves to form united front against apartheid were set in…
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
Who were the hunter-gatherers? Many societies all over the world survived by hunting and gathering for most of the last 100 000 years. In southern Africa the…
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
When we look back at the past and the struggle leaders that we have lost, our opinions and views of them are directly impacted by the way they were portrayed…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
After the advent of democratic rule in 1994, the newly elected ANC led government was faced with the task of dealing with a legacy of centuries of land…
Robert Sobukwe: What a sense of mission! By Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, 19 February 2015, South Africa
cc SABC February 27 marks 37 years since the passing away in the hands of the apartheid regime of the great pan-Africanist leader. His radical dedication…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
The school students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: 'We haven't…
PlacePacaltsdorp
(prior to 1910)The settlement of Hooge Kraal was established in 1813 as a station of the London Missionary Society (LMS). In 1818, its name was changed to…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to Leon…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Industrialisationand rural change were key…