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The Black Face of Apartheid
… liberation. Many times they have manifested a fighting spirit characterising true courage and determination.” … to Black. The second phase of the struggle…
The Open School childrens art calendar 1990:
… Multicoloured poster by the Open School on the move.Two paintings and comments on problems in their lives by children. …
PlaceFreedom Park
… Park is a memorial to honour those who sacrificed their lives to win freedom. It also celebrates and explores the … a memorial to fittingly honour those who…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… itself. The nationalist regime that came into power in 1948 offered a hard solution to this crisis. Instead of … were growing numbers of tractors, harvesters…
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
… The Willoughby Memorial Fountain...was, on March 10th, 1901, unveiled by the Hon. John See, M.L.A., … to the Memory of those Local Volunteers who lost their…
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… (CPSA) was declared an illegal organisation, was approved on 26 June in parliament and came into force on 17 July 1950. Dates concerning the approval vary…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… life of the people living in the slumyards. It was centred on beer-brewing and shebeens. The marabi dance parties became … Pitch Black Follies and The Merry…
The Open School childrens art calendar 1990:
… Open School on the move poster. Two multicoloured artworks and comments on problems in their lives by children. Calendar for July and August 1990. …
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… a shift in acquisition policy, which now concentrates on Contemporary South African Art. Serious attempts are made … years. A comprehensive Database contains…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… but violent can also be relative. We did not take human lives. We were not, we were strictly warned not to injure. … cold or anything, right, because it was…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… state was first discussed, the APO focused its attention on the franchise question and with it, the issue of education … Party in return for placing the…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… education of Coloured children. The consequent discontent on the part of Coloured people on this and a number of other issues crystallised in the … early in…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, the President General of the ANC, Chief … the ANC planned to launch a nationwide…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… the African National Congress (ANC). After being released on bail, Malan declared: "What happened here today is the … F.W. de Klerk, who claimed that it…
ArchiveCivil disobedience
… Memorandum on areas of legislation which impact on the lives of people. Includes areassuch as influx control, …
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… 7th 1992 does not mark a happy occasion. It was day on which the political and social forces striving to give … read in part: “Each one of the people who…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Mandela addresses the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process. 30 November, President Thabo … delivers the key note speech at a…
2004 New Year’s Eve Broadcast, 30 December 2003
… criminal violence, which continues to claim especially the lives of many poor people. We also have many irresponsible … country who are poor and suffering,…
PlaceWakkerstroom
… political shifts like the rise of the National Party in 1948, underscores its strategic value. This constituency … learn about the Town’s origins, and gain…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… same time was also responsible for the destruction of many lives and cultures. In many cases the changes were enforced …
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President's Council a chance
… ready to give the President's Council a chance as a start on the road to a negotiated future. The history of the … office in a landslide defeat by the…
Speech at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
… the days of Red October seventy years ago rests precisely on the fact that the victory the working class scored in this … has no wish to see the peoples take…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… follow the assumption of power by the National Party in 1948, made the 1940s the crest of the period in which women … PAC members had been instructed to act…
EventThe first ‘Bantustans’ or ‘homelands’ comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… On 11 December 1963 the first of the 'Bantustans' or … via the 1913 Land Act. Later, under apartheid (after 1948) the division and control were more rigorous…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… Party victory and the imple- mentation of Apartheid in 1948, the ANC launched the Programme of Action strikes and … , with Albert Luthuli elected the…
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… road around the Oppenheimer Gardens was originally name Jan Smuts Boulevard but has been renamed to Sol Plaatje …
EventWorld Food Program warns the UN that a record 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa
… The WFP have five objectives, three of which are to save lives in emergencies, to prepare for emergencies, and to rebuild lives after emergencies. In an…
EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
… Robert Baden-Powel, had set up. A turning point occurred on 17 May 1900, when British forces, led by Colonel Mahon and … the Afrikaner soldiers, the battle…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… of the cities, and people tried to build stable family lives in this squalid environment. This migration to the … the way for the formation of the ANC Women…
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… On 7 March 1964, the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, Dr … Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) had a virtual monopoly on radio broadcasting. It also saw the new…