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BiographyMimi Coertse
… voice, instinct and good fortune. It took guts and hard work. Mimi Coertse paid her dues, and by becoming an …
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… ANC, are admired and respected (and) that it is the dying apartheid system that is totally isolated....” Mandela’s tour of eight American cities, the first…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… Coloured residents, followed the reintroduction of petty apartheid measures by the Conservative Party (CP) controlled … Several multinational companies like…
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… Party victory in 1948 came the official implementation of apartheid. Repressive laws were soon introduced with a … Cachalia were appointed joint secretaries…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… the influence of BPC in this phase of the struggle against apartheid. In the decade between the formation of the South … formed SASO as an alternative in…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… The first American president to visit SA with his wife, President Bill Clinton, arrived with his wife Hillary at the Cape Town International Airport. …
ArticleAfrikaner Jewry in South Africa
… themselves in South Africa. Furthermore, European and American newspaper reports at the time rendered South Africa … in white-collar fields of occupation …
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… the 19th century that the movement gained real momentum. His concept was to stage an Olympic Games every four years in … as Zulus. This obviously was a…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… was focused on the resistance against and liberation from apartheid. In 1973 he was banned by apartheid government. Under the ban, he was restricted to his…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a … heard about Brenda and brought her to…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… tip of Africa. He reached Mossel Bay in 1488 and on his way back to Portugal saw the Cape peninsular for the … wiped out and slave labour had to be imported…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
BiographyMtetunzima Ganyile
… now Eastern Cape] was described in the motivation for his banishment as one of the leaders of the Pondoland revolt … constantly attempted to recruit people. …
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon's previous 'Jesus' comments
… - rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it … and was ignored in Britain. Only five…
EventMining Magnate Oppenheimer dies
… magnate, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, who founded the Anglo American Corporation, died in Johannesburg at the age of 77. … resulted in the shutdown of the…
PlaceUnited States Consulate, Cape Town
… U.S. policies with South Africans is a vital part of their work. Allison Areias is the Consul General at the U.S. … Town consulate primarily handles non…
New Generation Sculpture
… During the 1980s the work of a number of sculptors working in the northern part of … to the resolution of the base indicates a consciousness on his part of a…
BiographyRas Thomas Mokoka
… and the Governor-General and were served on Chief Mabe and his five counsellors on 6 June 1956, thus nullifying the court victory. His banishment order was…
BiographyDavid Thlolanyane Mabe
… and the Governor-General were served on Chief Mabe and his five counsellors on 6 June 1956, thus nullifying the court victory. His banishment order was…
Remember Soweto 16 June 1976
… experiences of a key turning point in the struggle against apartheid. It would be much appreciated if the invitation … and Communication Assistant Institute…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… permission to newspapers to quote articles from the three American publications, was indicative of the pressure the apartheid government was feeling in 1987…
BiographyAlex Tikana
… trouble with Alex Tikana.” It was alleged that Tikana and his comrades used intimidation and arson to garner support … should he ever set foot at Tikana’s…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… make the Natives a more contented and devoted people under His Majesty's gracious rule. . . . Any scheme for the Closer … the Chamber of Mines decided to…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… The contacts between black South Africans and the African American community in the United States played an important … a group of young Africans singers…
EventLuc Montagnier, virologist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus, is born
… sciences at the University of Poitiers and received his license of sciences from the University of Paris in 1955. In 1960 he qualified for his doctorate in…
EventPercy Qoboza, editor of the Post, states that it is difficult to see how a credible newspaper for Blacks can be created in South Africa
… Percy Qoboza was a journalist and outspoken critic of the apartheid regime. He initially studied in the field of … to challenge the apartheid system. Re…
BiographyFranklin Kaye Kendall
… is now forgotten as an artist, but chiefly remembered for his restoration of the Groot Constantia Manor House after the …
BiographyElizabeth Drake
… indulged in some wartime rhetoric, openly revealing his hostility to the "intelligentsia" and their "art tyranny" …
Dream of Total Liberation of Africa is in Sight - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 72nd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1984
… We went on to state that within the confines of the apartheid system there was no way out of this crisis … Cape has made it impossible for Koornhof to carry…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 72th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1984
… We went on to state that within the confines of the apartheid system there was no way out of this crisis … Cape has made it impossible for Koornhof to carry…