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PlaceHawston
… Middelvlei. Hawston was founded by Samson Gabriel Dyer, an American Negro. This historical fishing village has many … Gansbaai, where he gathered seal skins!…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… of massive trade union federations that helped dismantle apartheid by the late 1980s. From the beginning of the 20 th … leaflets that said talk of an…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… was concerned that TUCSA policies favoured policies of apartheid and sought to extend these policies into trade … its campaign against employers who…
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
… Edward Charles Webster — or Eddie, as he was known to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died of a … yet another book, titled Recasting…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… for by the voracious demands of the war machine. Following American methods of industrial organisation, there was a … of South Africa more than doubled and…
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
… William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a giant among African American activists. He was a key founder of the NAACP, the … numerous important works on race. …
James Tyita
… of death was suicide by hanging.He was reportedly found in his cell hanged with his scarf.The period of detention was undisclosed. …
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… South Africa's racial policy and the UNO South Africa and apartheid was placed on the agenda of the United Nations for … organisation, and the Foreign…
Ikwezi
… for freedom in Southern Africa". Ikwezi claimed to work within the mainstream liberation movements while aiming … regarding it as being the greater danger…
BiographySammy Marks
… 1843. He arrived on African shores in 1868 where he began his career by hawking cheap jewelry and cutlery in Cape Town. … he moved on to Kimberley where he…
BiographyGubuzela Ngubane
… confirmed the culpability of Gubuzela Ngubane and his brothers, Mzinto and Nkume and another, Mabunu Mkize. It recommended the deposition of Ngubane and his…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. Their South African National Party, later known … reserves ' created by the Land Act was…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. Their South African National Party, later known … reserves ’ created by the Land Act was…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… were born with superior talent, ability and worth. In his book Mein Kampf Hitler argued that the German 'race' was … sterilized, sent to concentration camps…
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
… themselves and as an example of the thinking of Turner and his cohort of young radicals. This paper offers a critical … Bio: Alex Lichtenstein is Professor…
BiographySidumo Dlamini
… Swaziland on 2 March 1966. He moved to South Africa with his aunt at a young age. Sdumo Dlamini started schooling at … He attended Ingwavuma High School in…
BiographyTlou Matlala
… He was the son of Mokoena Matlala, aged 12 at the time of his banishment and heir to the chieftainship. His order was withdrawn on 1 October 1964. … the book…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… as the most effective force in the fight against apartheid throughout the country. With the launch of the … , acquitted in 1978 but banned for five years,…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… and two people are killed. The PAC retaliates by calling a work stoppage that lasts for two weeks. Ninety five percent … no way be described as a reaction…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… Walter Sisulu celebrates his 90th birthday. One of the godfathers of the fight for … hard against racism and prejudice, moving in and out of apartheid…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
… documentary and fine art, frequently speaks of values in his public commentary. This mantra of values comes from the … legendary photographer through a…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… the ideology is the same. Continue with the great work you are doing Kgotso Rose Kefilwe Sesinyi From: … years old) appreciate the South African experience…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… custom in which a groom gives cattle to the parents of his prospective wife. See Adam Kuper, Wives for Cattle: … as the National Party government began…
BiographyMzondeki Makhunga
… Swaziland and had since then terrorized the community from his base in Swaziland. There was an attack on the Chief, … for life. No one was willing to…
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… service among displaced persons in the British, French and American occupied zones in Germany. Pollack served as … and head of the Department of Sociology…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing apartheid by passing a series of racist laws, notably the … demonstrations. At this convention Dr…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… countries and individuals who were sympathetic to the anti-apartheid cause. Towards the end of the decade, the ANC held … At one of the events Chief Albert…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… James Watt’s improvements to the steam engine, and his collaboration with Matthew Boulton on the creation of the … some lived in horrible conditions…
Cedric Nunn
… my initial impetus being to document the realities of apartheid that I thought were being ignored by the mainstream … change, and in particular rural issues…
ArchiveSomeday we will all be free
… A2 poster full colour, photo Archbishop Tutu …