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Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
… of South Africa from 1657 (first Hottentot War) until 1906 (Bambata's Rebellion) is the history of conquest. The …
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
The visit of Nelson Mandela to India may be an appropriate occasion to recall a little known but significant aspect of relations between India and South Africa…
PlaceCabo Verde
Cape Verde (or Cabo Verde as the nation now prefers to be called) is located on an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the West coast of Guinea-Bissau…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the…
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…
"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…
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)…
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 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…
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…
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…
EventNiger's Independence Day
Rationed away to French colonialists at the 1885 Berlin Conference, the French West African colony was controlled strictly as an outpost for the French…
ArchiveUrban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the MSc in Urban Planning (Housing in Development), submitted to the University College, London (Development…
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
In 1916, the South African government agreed to recruit Black people to assist the British in World War 1 by providing labour. There were to be 10 000 people…
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
The Conservatory was designed and erected by Boyd & Son, of Paisley, in Scotland, who dismantled the original building into sections and transported it to Port…
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
0n 10 February 1960, the African National Congress (ANC) received a letter from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan; it was seven days after he made…
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
On 26 October 1938, Richard Goldstone,a well-known figure in the legal fraternity, was born in Boksburg, Gauteng Province. In 1962, Goldstone graduated from…
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
After the completion of World War One's Treaty of Versailles, German South West Africa was declared a mandate of the new international peace-keeping body, the…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
Haile Selassi was born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede Anton Lembede's primary school class, Umbumbulu, 192.7 (Bemadette Sibeko) Inset of…
EventSouth African Indian Congress opposes "Ghetto Act"
A five-day conference of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) held in Cape Town, unanimously resolved to oppose the proposed Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian…