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Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 - Introduction
… From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Private enterprise is one of the million illegitimate…
Report of the Joint Planning Council of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress, November 8, 1951
… To the President-General and members of the Executive Committee … and the representatives of the Franchise Action Council (Cape) met at Johannesburg on the…
EventThe Town Victoria West is founded under the name Victoria, named after Queen Victoria
… Victoria West is a small town in the Western Cape. In 1844 the Dutch Reformed Church bought a … it from the district of the same name in the Eastern Cape…
PlaceThe Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre
… The Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre, a skills training project based in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape is involved in community outreach and youth development. ……
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
… On 4 January 1948, the National Flag of the Union of South Africa was hoisted on … Marion Island. The Island lies about 1,900 km southeast of Cape Town and…
Address given by Ronald First, brother of Ruth First and brother in law of Joe Slovo, on the occasion of the tribute paid to Ruth and Joe by the African National Congress, in the holding of a Torchlight ceremony on the 21st of October 2012, at the Johanne
… ceremony is of particular importance as it takes place in the 100th year since the ANC was founded AMANDLA AMANDLA The First and Slovo … of Madiba,s "No easy…
EventBritish Parliament passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… On this date, The British Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The Act outlawed all … was a British colony at the time, as many colonists…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 1 Mr. … position of the Coloured man should be the same as in the Cape Colony. " Now, we…
EventThe Korean War ends
… The undeclared Korean War ended after three years of fighting … between North Korean and Chinese Communists against the United Nations (UN) forces (mainly…
EventThe 41st annual conference of the ANC in Queenstown gets underway
… The 41 annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, continues. Amongst the ANC leaders who attended the … 2012)|…
Archive1999 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 5 February 1999 (Before National Elections)
… 10,000 classrooms. It is because the doors of all public schools are open; it is because the higher education … other areas to guarantee our people's…
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… 1955 The Freedom charter is adopted. This was the statement, charecterised by its demand that “ the people shall govern” that highlighted the main principles…
BiographyIqbal Shaik Mohammed
… became politically active when he was a student leader at the M.L. Sultan Technical College. During 1982 he, together … joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and…
EventThe first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State is founded
… On 31 March 1842, Reverend Daniel Lindley instituted the first congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State, which … Africa,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as … Abdurahman and Dr. Walter Rubusana are…
Address by Mashatile on the occasion of the 20th commemoration of the Bisho massacre, 7 September, 2012
… Programme Director, MEC Mlibo Qhoboshiyane Premier of the Eastern Cape Province, Premier Noxolo Kiviet The Chairperson of the ANC in the Eastern Cape,…
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… by Allison Drew Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) … standard of living. The majority of Trade…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… and honourable a role in South Africa’s legal sphere. The loss of his incisive mind and steady reasoning is … put to the ultimate test when Joffe asked…
ArchiveThe stronger the union the safer the mine
… The stronger the union the safer the mine …
82. The President’s Council
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … been bulldozed and reduced to rubble. Long-established schools have been destroyed; churches…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 11 - … isolation and consequent defeat of the March-April 1960 Cape Town and Vereeniging…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
… who campaigns for women and girls rights, as well as the rights of LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, … issues of freedom of speech and political…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… here . 15 May , Two thousand demonstrators gather at the Cape Town City Hall to protest against the Unlawful … Indian Congresses, APO and CPSA pledge their…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … 1927. The document argued that the settlement reached at Cape Town had not 'touched the root…
ArchiveChapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T.
… Mandela was sworn in as President on 10 May 1994. All over the world the ANC closed the offices of its Representatives … I might have been elected as a…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985
… ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle. Already in … correct. It is vital that all…
Document 23 - The Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown, Johannesburg on 25 and 26 June 1955
… Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 23 - The Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown, Johannesburg on 25 … in the…
ArchiveThe defiance campaign
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1952 the ANC decided that we are going to organize a Defiance … wanted to…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, Lusaka, 8 January 1987
… David Kaunda, a most eloquent exponent and defender of the cause of liberation in South Africa and Namibia, an … in groups that contribute nothing to the…
Forward to Mass Action for People's Power! Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 77th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1989
… of our motherland. The townships and the workplace, the schools and universities, the churches, mosques and temples, … Patrick Lekota, Moss Chikane and Tom…