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Reciprocal Bases of National Culture and the Fight for Freedom by Frantz Fanon, 1959
… Colonial domination, because it is total and tends to over-simplify, very soon manages to disrupt in … by the occupying power, by the banishment of the…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… audited land in South Africa is in the hands of the state, and 79 % is in the hands of citizens, trusts, and private companies while 7% is unregistered. ……
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… The Cape Peninsula is surrounded by oceans on three sides and has three natural harbours: Table Bay and Hout Bay on the Atlantic coast and False Bay on the…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… on the Pretoria regime to engage in negotiations genuinely and seriously, could create the possibility to end apartheid … look back at this historic document…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… Wednesday, was a quiet South African, but one who thought and acted with nobility and courage. This was clear in his visionary, successful … there in the…
Neville Alexander interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib,25 April 1998, Cape Town
… Alexander 25/3/98, Cape Town interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib Habib: We generally start off with the … of what they feel the conflict was about in…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sons and Daughters of Afrika! Mr. Speaker has already informed you … for the indigenous African people of Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation Kigali, Rwanda, 18 October 2000
… Honourable Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Brothers and Sisters of Rwanda; We bring the greetings of the people … has been our pain as well. The progress…
Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988
… with a stunned disbelief that quickly grew into grief and anger. Accustomed as we have become to the animal savagery of the apartheid system and therefore to…
EventSouth Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
… The legacy of apartheid is characterized by great political and socio-economic inequality. In order to address this, the … with the Congress of South African…
A Tale of Political Conspiracy and Incomprehensible Judicial Imaginings by Thabo Mbeki, 15 February 2016
… founding affidavit as annexure “A” thereto, is invalid and is set aside.” Celebrating this decision, Blade Nzimande, … The judgement has greatly assisted us…
Cosatu march: For Who, for What? by Simelane and Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 8 October 2015
… through Johannesburg in what sometimes felt disorganised and pointless fashion, but if the event was more about politics and power then Cosatu achieved its…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… 'In Cato Manor, Natal; 25,798 Indians, 2,107 Coloureds and 28,298 Africans would be shifted. Indians will lose 2,891 acres of land and 2,444 dwellings valued…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: his ‘obstinacy and stubbornness’ (Part 2) by Raymond Suttner, 11 June 2018
… or “mulishness” or unwillingness to be open to reasoning and persuasion but also steadfastness, holding to a course of … time Mandela’s stubbornness…
A Brief Commentary on the Question of HIV and AIDS by Thabo Mbeki, 7 March 2016
… South Africa wrote a booklet entitled “Castro Hlongwane…”, and sub-titled it “HIV/AIDS and the Struggle for the Humanisation of the African”. AN … itself: …
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… the British – especially for the ‘uitlanders’ (foreigners) and mining magnates – who wanted to unite the country; but it … industries. More than any other…
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
… - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928 Until … Most of their members were immigrants…
Christmas and New Year Message by O. R. Tambo, Distributed Illegally in South Africa, December 1973
… Brothers and Sisters! I send you warm greetings from the African National Congress on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Let us make the festive season…
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… On this day in history, and international conference was held to implement legislation to protect the African elephant and rhinoceros. This is because due to…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and 1980s he was associated with the Space Theatre in Cape Town and the Johannesburg Market…
EventPercy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police
… The editor of The World and Weekend World, Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste were arrested by the Special … a mission to shut down the two Black…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… she realized that many workers in the Cape Town area and in the rest of the country were not organized into … trades. For example, in 1941 she founded the…
EventThe Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape
… are still highly regarded. The government set up the Khoi and San National Language Board in 1999, to ensure that these languages are promoted and developed…
EventHelen Nontando Jabavu, author and periodical editor in London, is born in Middeldrift, SA
… From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in England, and continued to live there for many years. She went on to become one of the first African female…
7.Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Some 24 Indians calling themselves Madras merchants, residing and trading in…
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
… Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet, painter and activist, received the Hertzog Prize for his two … poetry volumes, an elegy 'Oorblyfsels: 'n roudig' and…
Appeal to the United Nations, to all Governments, Trade Union Organisations and Mass Organisations
… Nations, to all Governments, Trade Union Organisations and Mass Organisations for the United Nations Organisation to … take measures to secure the release of…
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
… Africa. Therefore, the radar equipment used to predict and track these killer storms are not in huge supply in the … Eastern Cape unleashed tornados,…
Urban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
… - once the symbol of the African spirit of resistance and no surrender to apartheid strategies - by the state … amendments to Prevention of Illegal Squatting…
EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
… in 1963, the Rivonia trialists were charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the South African … prominent leaders of the African National…