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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… that it would be resuming arms sales to South Africa’s apartheid government. 1971 Thabo Mbeki is deployed to Lusaka, … Biko speaks at the Abe Bailey…
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… He had the buff honest manner of a worker used to hard work and large toughened hands which could wrap themselves … leader against the regime, George…
BiographyAbel Ntwana
… people, was keen to banish Abel Ntwana, claiming that his presence at Manzimale Location, Xhalanga District, …
BiographyHarry Mphahlele
… Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] on 19 February 1953. His order was revoked on 18 September 1962. …
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… with 'racial purity' and used the word 'Aryan' to describe his idea of a 'pure German race' or Herrenvolk. The 'Aryan … could be seen as a learning…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… that arose out of this group. Led by Malope and later his son Masilo between 1440AD and 1560AD, the BaKwena split … Kruger and the Voortrekkers. He sent men…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… in 1971 that the NIC was revived with a focus on civic work. The organisation was prominent in the establishment of … Africa as a fledgling lawyer in May…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… The congress resolved to concentrate on grassroots work involving problems of the people in oppressed … they aimed to unite all women in the fight against…
BiographyNamedi Mphahlele
… Namedi Mphahlele was banished on 19 February 1953 from his residence in Pietersburg District, [Northern] Transvaal … the book, Forgotten People - Political…
BiographyIsaac Molife
… Xhalanga District, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape] His order was revoked on 7 September 1962. …
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… primarily concerned with presenting a critique of pre-apartheid South Africa and the way in which it discriminates … the ways in which Paton uses Cry as a…
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… approval to send troops to Europe, contrary to his promise in 1939 that SA troops would only fight in … Division served as part of the British Eighth Army…
Raymond Tucker: Attorney interview with Rupert Taylor 26 January 2000, 32 St John Road, Houghton, Johannesburg
… interviews that I’ve done is the role of a range of anti-apartheid organizations, that is a very wide range of NGO’s … into politics or into public…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… born on 4 July 1952, in the fourth year of South Africa’s apartheid state. By this time, policies, such as the Group … Therefore, segregation would protect…
PlaceBotshabelo
… Alexander Merensky and Heinrich Grützner started work in the north eastern part of the South African Republic … and in Sekhukhuneland. Merensky sought refuge…
ArticleThe South African Society of Artists and its exhibitors, 1902-1950
… Artisans in stone, pottery, carving, illumination, metal work, design, or any branch of arts and crafts, can rely upon … of each member is that he must…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
… for which Bram Fischer gave so much, we can pay tribute to his dedication to both law and justice, without any sense of … and was itself a part of the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… Congress (ANC) national Executive Committee (NEC) after his differences with the ANC Youth League. 26 March, The … calls for a broad anti-nationalist front…
ArticleConclusion: Black Consciousness Movement
… a level of consciousness about the plight of Blacks in apartheid South Africa that could not be ignored. Contrary to … political activism increased. The role…
BiographySebitji Frans Matlala
… in. I got a shock. He collapsed. Then he struggles to his feet and asked, ‘How are you?’ I asked him how he had … While in banishment, hesuffered paralysis…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the … female black institution [viii] . The shifts in domestic work that…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… the Whites. The Act was drafted by Cecil John Rhodes and his secretary Milton and it was geared towards dealing with … land. Any increase would subsequently…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… these are words that were used to explain South Africa’s Apartheid regime, which officially lasted from 1948-1994 … Mine marriages were usually terminated at…
PlaceThe Durban Centre for Photography
… while at the BAT centre was hosting the famous African-American photographer, Gordon Parks, who held a workshop for … teach and mentor future photographers…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… GANGEN-GEORGE PONNEN - SPEAKS OF HIS LIFE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRADE UNION, POLITICAL AND NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS IN HIS COUNTRY, SOUTH AFRICA. I was…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… facing a labour shortage due to Khoi reluctance to work for them, they turned to importation of slaves from … chiefs, are encouraged to travel to the Eastern…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Black professional nurse in South Africa. She resumes work at the Lovedale Hospital and serves the hospital for … National Congress (ANC), uses the votes of…
BiographyPepsi Mahlangu
… and killed by an unknown gunman in KwaThema, Springs on his return from exile in July 1991. …
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… headed by Nelson Mandela as a president and FW De Klerk as his deputy president. Mandela’s cabinet included ministers … to ensure inclusivity during the…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… with dramatic suddenness, the chains that have bound his mind, solving problems which for ages it has been … when thousands of our people roam the streets in…