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EventStart of blood classification controversy
… and "black" blood for transfusions was a medical and not a political issue. Among those who had condemned the blood …
EventPope John Paul II appoints 31 cardinals, three from Africa
… Zubeir Wako. However, the appointment of Wako had serious political implications for him, and his country's minority …
EventRebels take control of Kinshasa, Zaire
… coffers, persecution of minorities and the elimination of political opponents. Kabila, however soon proved to be not …
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… on the filthy floor of a police hospital. The news of the political killing, denied by the country's white minority …
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… to Mafeking. Sol Plaatje, well-known Black author and political publicist and at that time a court interpreter in …
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… rugby in 1992, following changes in the country’s political environment. The national team, the Springboks, has …
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… is a non-racial organisation whose members hold varying political opinions attack is against the Nationalist …
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… falling under the influence of the ANC or any of the political formations opposed to apartheid. The army and …
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… 1 Karis, T.G., 1961. ‘The South African Treason Trial’ in Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 217-240 …
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… From his first entry into parliament, he began a long political battle to make the government 'Responsible' as it …
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… have deliberately created this climate that legitimates political assassinations are as much responsible for the … that a murder can be committed and the…
Restrictions on the media
… that their country's best known and most widely supported political figure might be dying? Almost a week passed between … tightened the screw (and all other…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… benefits to African soldiers, which remained unfulfilled. Political review The POLITICAL SITUATION was ably reviewed by Comrade DG Wolton, … Anyway, the…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… at UCT. A likely career, yes, but not a certain one – his political activism might have taken him in a different direction. As an eighteen-year-old his…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
… and accepting unquestioningly its leadership in the political sphere. My unanimous re-election last year to the … agencies that are set up to ensure that the…
The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
… objective of the ANC, to create a just and equitable economic and social order in a post-apartheid South Africa. … needs for survival without much energy to…
“Dockers and solidarity activism: from the Durban Strikes to choke points in today’s global economy” by Peter Cole
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The Durban Strikes were one of the pivotal moments in the…
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
… examining its methodology, philosophical grounding, and political implications and mindset. Seeking the immediate …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
After South Africa's first national democratic elections in April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first democratic President at the Union…
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… no other man did. He established the first anti-colonial political organisation in the country, if not in the world, … first convicted: " Was I to be…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
… to “marry [his] literary interest to [his] socio-political interest” (Lindfors 2002, 320). The first piece … writer. He chose to restrain himself somewhat…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… a position”¦Throughout the long weeks of the boycott, the political initiative in South Africa passed out of the hands … declared Minister of Transport…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… forgotten I960.' Some of the youth were also involved in political groups. A few had joined the Western Cape Youth … the Roman Catholic school in Nyanga on…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… Penguin. Basner, Miriam (1993), Am I an African? The political memoirs of H. M. Husner, Johannesburg: … Doreen (1989), Johnny Gomas, Voice of the working…
PlaceWestern Cape Province
… coast of Cape Town. There was a jail on the island where political prisoners were kept. Political prisoners are people who are sent to jail because … from…
Chapter XV - House arrest
… garden path, nor could I attend any gatherings, social or political. Over and above all these prohibitions, I was … too, had been banned by the Minister of…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the National Party Congress of the Orange Free State at Bloemfontein on 18 September 1973
… a static world. And this National Party -just look at the political and other history of South Africa - this party is … prosperous country like Japan, which…
National Arts Festival 2017
… Grahamstown, the Festival served as an important forum for political and protest theatre during the height of the …
Albert Luthuli`s message to New Age on 25th anniversary of Progressive Press, 22 March 1962
… giving in on any basic question affecting the civil and political rights of any person, black or white, in this …
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… Front (UDF) in particular had consolidated NUSAS' political role. NUSAS together with the Azanian Students …