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ArchiveBlack consciousness: a reactionary tendency
… This article is a reprint, and first appeared in June 1976 in The Educational Journal of March-May issue. The …
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
… (north bank), was opened for passenger traffic on the 1st June 1878 and was considered the marvel of the age as it was … crossed over the bridge in the Royal…
PlaceMarikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
… Area, is where the 'Marikana Massacre' occurred on August 16 2012, the South African police shot and killed 34 striking … Africa. This is where the Massacre…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… leader of the first Dutch settlers in South Africa. On 26 June 1955 the Congress of the People took place, a meeting to … conflict and look at solutions. His…
PlaceWitbank, Mpumalanga
… on 18 August 1980, Unit 2 on 1 October 1980, Unit 3 on 16 September 1981, Unit 4 on 1 July 1982, Unit 5 on 31 March …
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… detectives invaded the Congress of the People on 26 and 27 June 1955, it was clear that the government intended to … he thought at the time, “still flowed…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… its reaction in the radical nationalism of the 1940s ANC Youth League. Now, to the extent that former Youth League … assume a working-class character." (…
PlaceClearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape
… took place on a farm on Easter Friday, 2012. A 15-year-old youth was accused of the murders of Northern Cape farmer Deon …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage
… Reformed Church formed from three churches! When on 22 June 1950, the mother church decided Uitenhage North, EAST … it was certainly a memorable event for…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… attack on their already so meagre rights. From the 13th June on, we will have begun our PASSIVE RESISTANCE CAMPAIGN … message of support before our meeting…
PlaceKatlehong
… Katlehong forms the second biggest black township after Soweto. Katlehong is home and birthplace to some of South …
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… take-over of the NIC . At the mass meeting held on 9 June, Rama Rau, supported by P.R. Pather,j.W. Godfrey, S.R. … the reports of the High Commissioner for…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… of the court a violent rebellion nearly broke out. In June 1913, a group of between 200 and 800 women gathered on … to negotiate abolishing passes for girls…
EventThe first legal photograph of Nelson Mandela released.
… the Rivonia Trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. On 4 June 1994, the first photograph of Mandela was released since …
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… On 23 June 1956 General Gamal Abdel Nasser was officially elected … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘This Day in African History: 23 June,’ from African History …
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… Book of Records for mankind’s deepest dive ever on 13 June 2005. Gomes’318.25m plunge beat the record of 313m, set …
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… resistance against apartheid. In Britain on the 24 June 1986, Tambo met with Lynda Chalker, Great Britain’s … for Southern Africa (1986), Southern Africa…
EventEx Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
… evidence that P. W. Botha, flew to the Seychelles on June 4, 1969 to negotiate the purchase of arms for the … Genocide ,[online] Available at www.hrw.org …
EventPresident Paul Kruger authorises the construction of the railway line to Delagoa bay
… the discovery of gold in the then Transvaal area. On 2 June 1887, President of the Transvaal, Paul Kruger authorised …
EventWife of detained Nigerian president is killed
… On 4 June 1996, Kudirat Abiola the wife of Moshood Abiola, the …
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… (NUM), a union which is still in operation. On 8 and 9 June 1985 unity talks between CUSA and the Azanian …
EventMorocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
… coast. Although the actual transfer was made on 30 June, the Sidi Ifni people were happy about the resolution. …
PlaceDelmas
… Southern Ndebele speakers constitute 8.5%, Zulu speakers 16.2% and English 7.2%. Bothibelong is one of the oldest …
PlaceRooigrond
… in the North West Province of South Africa. Hamlet 16 km South-East of Mafikeng and 25 km South-West of …
Archive2009 - President Motlanthe, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2009 (Before National Elections)
… and knowledge burns even stronger in the bosoms of our youth. The message of their heroic deeds rings true today as … this regard, some five years ago, we…
PlaceElandsfontein Farm, Pretoria
… (Apartheid Museum, Constitution Hill, Maboneng Precinct, Soweto, Gold Reef City, and world-class shopping) from here. …
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… activity during the Second World War when the African youth raised the slogan "Quit Africa", in the wake of the … in India, and were among the founding…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… activity during the Second World War when the African youth raised the slogan "Quit Africa", in the wake of the … in India, and were among the founding…
Mapping Sites of Memory: The Sobukwe Letters
… on land, migration, women’s lives, LGBTQIA+ rights and youth development, tracing how struggles for dignity unfold …
PlaceDiepsloot, Johannesburg
… Arts and Culture Network, WASSUP Diepsloot, Diepsloot Youth Projects etc. …