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BiographyPauline Podbrey
… to hold meetings at home, and the young Pauline would hide on the balcony and listen to the conversation. Although … Africa for London. H. A. (as Naidoo was…
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
… Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad was born on 25 December 1940, Schweizer Reneke, North West Province, … the National Peace Executive Committee. In 1994 he served…
BiographyNorman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen
… and home owner Mildred Gladile and her three daughters. On 11 March 1987, Pietersen was shot in his bedroom by the … Pietersen’s bedroom. Without any witness…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… Gangen George Ponnen was born on 1 June 1913 in the district of Rooikopjes near Durban, in … Chennai), India, in 1890 came as an indentured labourer on a…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… In May 1948, when the Nationalist Government came to power, the … basic wage of all workers and, in addition, five per cent on the cost of living allowance…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… and other people. The earliest places of exclusion centred on land close to the castle and around the company settlement … between Salt and Liesbeeck rivers…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R Mandela, at the presentation of the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour Johannesburg, 29 September, 1992
… listen to how they want to reconstruct their dismembered lives. Development cannot be imposed from above: to be … of the honour you have bestowed upon me,…
Introduction - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… land is tormented by race hatred and that, since May, 1948, when the Nationalist Government came to power, this … the United Party-the major opposition party…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… other liberation organisation's prior to 1959 as well as on ideological grounds, a group of disenchanted ANC members, … it was seeking also to trap liberals…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… their Dutch Reformed theology to the African continent. Jan van Riebeeck formally established the Dutch Reformed …
People associated with Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… Interior) V.S.C. Pather Manilal Gandhi Dayabhai Govindji Jan Smuts Professor D.D.T. Jabavu M.D. Baruchi Ismail Ahmed …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… African National Congress; it placed the issue of racism on the sanctions against South Africa. This is the first … the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… is begun in 1658. This school was founded by Commander Jan van Riebeeck for the slave children brought to the Cape … the Cape. This period was marked by a…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… Apartheid Government, Exile. Ruth First Untold The year 1948 was very significant, from the assassination of Mahatma … basically giving them the power to…
ArchiveVerbatim transcript of comments made by Mr Carlos Aldana Escalante, a member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Government, during a plenary session of the SA/Angolan talks in New York on 11 July 1988
… a plenary session of the SA/Angolan talks in New York on 11 July 1988 …
’We are of the world and the world is with us’, Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 9 May 1986
… world and the world is with us’, Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from …
ArchiveExcerpts from meeting between a South African delegation led by Minister R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Mr Robert MacFarlane, National Security Advisor, on queries affecting South West Africa and Angola: Vienna, 8 August 1985
… led by Mr Robert MacFarlane, National Security Advisor, on queries affecting South West Africa and Angola: Vienna, 8 …
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… (1977) The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal in the Cape on … by a fleet of 12 ships under the command…
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
… with other momentous uprisings. The revolutionary spirit of the former Burkina Faso leader Thomas Sankara is … others, the sacking and burning of the…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… On 15 May 2004 in Zurich, Switzerland, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter … expansion. Football became an enjoyable part of the daily lives of youth residing in the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Freedom Day Celebrations: Landsdown Stadium, Cape Town, April 27, 2008
… Goeiedag! Dumelang! I am honoured to join you today on this important occasion in which we commemorate the 14th … the Group Areas Act and many more laws that…
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… an extraordinary act of bravery that placed their lives in great danger, or who lost their own lives including in trying to save the life of another person, …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… (VOC) - sailed into Table Bay. The young commander, Jan van Riebeeck, was eager to establish a refreshment … us, and that he did not give us victuals and…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a Boundary to the newly established Settlement at the Cape. Jan van Riebeeck,…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… National Congress – Is it Dead? ” as a response to attacks on his leadership. June, The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure … May, National elections. General…
Address by President Mandela at a Masakhane rally in Vosloorus Katorus, 21 September
… Many homes were gutted by petrol bombs, and bullet marks on outside walls bore witness to the war. Children were … the ease with which people were going…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… Introduction On 9 January 1973, workers at the Coronation Brick and Tile factory, outside Durban, came out on strike. Immediately thereafter, workers from…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… when the French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin arrived on the scene in the last decade of the 19th century that the … all adds up. Len Tau, who ran barefoot,…
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan Islamabad, 4 May 1999
… liberation less costly for our people. I would like to put on record, on behalf of all South Africans, our great … We must continue, with still greater speed…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… necessary after the National Party (NP) came to power in 1948, and racial segregation and discrimination was … of the African National Congress (ANC) held in…