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BiographyEphraim Nkwe
… they were being treated for the after-effects of a hunger strike while in detention. They sought refuge at the West German Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa,…
BiographyYetta Barenblatt
… was born on 24 September 1913, in Dublin, Ireland, to Basna and Solomon Malamed. In 1925, a friend encouraged her to come to South Africa with the promise…
Hundreds of thousands of Blacks begin two-day strike in SA on eve of segregated elections.
… Hundreds of thousands of Blacks begin two-day strike in SA on eve of segregated elections. …
Hundreds of thousands of Blacks begin two-day strike in SA on eve of segregated elections.
… Hundreds of thousands of Blacks begin two-day strike in SA on eve of segregated elections. …
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… issued in 1974, which made it mandatory for Black schools to use the Afrikaans language as the medium of instruction in … from the Orlando West Junior School…
BiographyProfessor Harold Jack Simons
… educated in South Africa and for a few years was attached to a law firm and was then in the public service in Pretoria … the sedition trial that followed the…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
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BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
… S. C. Pixley, took an interest in him and arranged for him to go the Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts in the USA. Seme did his BA degree at Columbia and…
The turn to armed struggle
… and banning of leading political activists, forced the ANC to discuss whether to engage in armed struggle. Further events such as the … and Mpondoland…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… both locally and abroad. The ANC sent an appeal to the United Nations: ‘We call upon the United Nations to impose mandatory sanctions against the South…
Exhibition: Durban, 1973: Strike against cheap labour by David Hemson
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference My … on the Durban strikes is being refocused and upgraded to reflect on…
COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTIONS
… COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTIONS …
A CHANGING APPROACH TO HISTORY
… A CHANGING APPROACH TO HISTORY …
a preliminary overview to 1910
… a preliminary overview to 1910 …
Address to Beijing University
… Address to Beijing University …
Directions to conference venues
… Directions to conference venues …
A year-old baby girl, Khensani Mitilene, is shot dead on her mother’s back when "a war" breaks out in the Johannesbur
… baby girl, Khensani Mitilene, is shot dead on her mother’s back when "a war" breaks out in the Johannesbur …
Nine people are killed on the N1 between Bloemfontein and Winburg when a lorry runs into the back of a stationary bus.
… Bloemfontein and Winburg when a lorry runs into the back of a stationary bus. …
Nine people are killed on the N1 between Bloemfontein and Winburg when a lorry runs into the back of a stationary bus.
… Bloemfontein and Winburg when a lorry runs into the back of a stationary bus. …
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… The British feared that the DEIC were not powerful enough to protect the Cape from potential French invasion. The … British gave up their control of the Cape…
BiographyDaniel Simon Letanka
… the Native College in Grahamstown in the Cape. Hoping to raise money to continue his education overseas, he organised a choir that … after the jailing of…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… population (especially the youth) were highly receptive to the prospect of a new organisation that could carry their … expelled from Lovedale College after…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… class as well as the middle class. The 1913 Mineworkers strike , known as the ‘July Strike’ as well as the strike by railwaymen in January 1914 led to the…
BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
… in the legal department. In August 1982, Cusa resolved to form National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and in December … was conference organiser in the…
Documents, Speeches, and Letters pertaining to pertaining to Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… Documents, Speeches, and Letters pertaining to pertaining to Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma …
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
… terror-stricken people were running this way and that way to avoid being captured. Men, women (with babies on their … suffering from thirst, hunger and the…
The civil service strike, one of the biggest in SA history, is called off after 28 days.
… The civil service strike, one of the biggest in SA history, is called off after …
No sign of hunger strike - Biko doctors, ‘Rand Daily Mail’ by Helen Zille, 7 October 1977, South Africa
… No sign of hunger strike - Biko doctors, ‘Rand Daily Mail’ by Helen Zille, 7 …
Mohandas Gandhi is released from Poona jail after he nearly lost his life while on a hunger strike.
… Poona jail after he nearly lost his life while on a hunger strike. …
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… 4 (Grade 6) at the age of 15 after his uncle died. To help support his family he was forced to seek work in … in 1929 where he worked in a gold mine. He…