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ArchiveCelebrating 25 years of Democracy and Freedom
… they made him break rocks, thinking they were breaking his spirit. Ha, Ha, Ha Little that they know they were preparing …
ArchiveA Blackman Speaks of Freedom by Peter Abrahams
… is the literary debut of Peter Abrahams who would go on to shape political thought and spirit in South Africa with his words …
Vote to build NUMSA
… and white poster. Notice of Shop Stewards elections for Jan/Feb 1996. Rules for elections. …
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… symbol of the state is the Coat of arms. It is stamped on several of important documents which include: your birth … school and marriage certificates. It can…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… African History Online (SAHO) are hosting this conference on the history and politics of the armed struggle in southern … to open up new areas of research…
PlaceElandsfontein Farm, Pretoria
… min drive) from Johannesburg; and about 25 min drive from Jan Smuts International Airport. We Farm with peaches and … country living. During the day you can…
Address, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of the World Summit for Sustainable Development Johannesburg, 26 August 2002
… Members of the mass media, Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of our people and the peoples of Africa as a whole, … we should approach our work over the next…
ArchiveConformity and conflict: Afrikaner nationalist politics in South Africa
… at the Oxford University. This thesis includes chapters on the National Party,1948-1961; Afrikaner Social Stratification during the 1950s; …
ArchiveBiography of Moses Mabokela Chikane
… Biography of Moses Mabokela Chikane who was born in 1948 August 14 in area of Groblersdaal first of the family of … act from the 28 August to September and…
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… In 1948 the Nationalist Party won the general election on a platform of separate development. In 1950 the government …
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 11 April 1980. The reserve was named after … produce a number of standard South African…
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
… the ruling party in South Africa as it came to power in 1948. It was F.W. de Klerk who, on 2 February, 1990 announced the release of Nelson Mandela … parties…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… white minority state’s constitution and state was modeled on the Westminster system with a central government and a … – giving the native their own separate…
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic’s office
… for a Southern African Constellation of States, Professor Jan Lombard, was destroyed at the University of Pretoria. The … economic ties in the subcontinent;…
EventThe Afrikaner Broederbond is formed
… On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together … in South Africa during World War II, in protest against Jan Smuts' United Party government and…
ArchiveVote to build NUMSA
… red lettering. Notice of NUMSA Shop Stewards elections, Jan/Feb 1996. Black and white photograph of two NUMSA members …
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
… hitting the animal, the narrow shaft of the arrow falls on the ground but the poisoned head remains in the wound, … it as a gift of God. The most important…
EventVan Riebeeck lands at the Cape
… On 24 December 1651, accompanied by his wife and son, Jan van … setting up of a refreshment station to supply Dutch ships on their way to the East. Sailing…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… now. Division and hesitancy disappeared and gave way to a spirit of unity and determination such as I had never seen. … Africans and millions of others only…
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
… of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) are on the march. Already combat units of Umkhonto, together with … that the Indians will respond readily, and…
EventVuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Mapumulo, Natal
… Vuminkosi Zulu was born in Mapumulo, Natal on 24 November 1948.He studied art at Rocke’s drift art … and completed his course in 1972. He decided to stay on…
EventAlleged Mk members are killed
… and killed six alleged Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) members on the Breslau Road near Alldays. It emerged later during the … an injection to stabilise his condition…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… The arrival of the British at the Cape changed the lives of the people that were already living there. Initially … the Cape Colony from 1653 until 1822. The…
Copy of the treaty allegedly signed by Dingaan and Retief ceding large tracts of the Zulu Kingdom to the Voortrekkers
… tracts of the Zulu Kingdom to the Voortrekkers, created by Jan Gerritze Bantjes , late January 1838 …
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… any part in the global slave trade. This all changed when, on 28 March 1685, the Dutch merchantman, the Amersfoort , … . Already within seven weeks of…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
… as African men. As a result, black women had to rely on work in the informal sector. They became beer-brewers, or … send their children to school and provide…
Document 87 - “Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention”, The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936
… 2, February 1936 The All-Bantu Convention which was held on 16th-18th December at the Batho Location, Bloemfontein, … the Convention was not permeated by a…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… the apartheid. The apartheid government was in power from 1948 to 1994 and created unfair laws in order to segregated … killings quickly revealed the limits…
Indian Community
… to maintain the labour, a 3 pound tax was implemented on formerly indentured Indians who failed to reindenture or … to the two year passive resistance…
New Generation Sculpture
… galleries. This work, given its first major public viewing on the Tributaries exhibition (1) caused a significant stir, … Colin Richards referred to it as "…