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ArchiveThe Congress of the people
… happening at that time, and some very good things too. In 1955 a very great thing happened. We organized the Congress …
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… States (US) economic blockade – expended in support of African liberation struggles. Cuba supported the armed … with provisional governments and independent…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… leadership ability) virtually leaving women out of South African history. The reason for this 'invisibility' of women, calls for some explanation. South…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… from the colonies. These changes included taking land from African people and giving it to the growing number of … or crops as was the practice before…
ArticleNational Youth Uprising
… stoppages of lessons, (always called strikes in the South African newspapers), and the first riots in African schools occurred in 1920. In February, students…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in … one, SWAPO launched military operations against the South African government’s military…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989
… USSR with Moses Mabhida , General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) to attend the 26th Congress of … Union (CPSU). March 29, Dr Dadoo…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… source Abdullah Ibrahim is a profoundly influential South African jazz musician who was frequently oppressed by the … of apartheid and aid in the…
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… the Defiance Campaign, the formation of the South African Coloured People’s Organisation, the South African Congress of Democrats, the Federation of South…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… Ngakane, Artist in Exile, Film and Cinema, apartheid, Pan African Filmmakers Association (FEPACI), Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou ……
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… of SA The first election that created the modern South African state, held in accordance with the provisions of the … began with the first election of 1910,…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… Newspapers or publications by African people played a critical role in giving them an … and early twentieth century spearheaded by the emerging African elite…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… politics to the National Party (NP) government. The African National Congress’s aim was to train cadres in newly independent African states and friendly…
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… the second largest federation after the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The establishment of FEDUSA came about when the Federation of South…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… 27 April, The national flag was designed by a former South African State Herald, Mr Fred Brownell, and was first used … the provisional results of the…
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… over Boer-controlled colonies and what was left of the African traditionally ruled African (Black) territories in Southern Africa. The capitalist and…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… call for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National Congress(SANNC). Bantu/Batho (people) … in Johannesburg. 22 March, An article on…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… Tupolev TU 134A. The plane was returning from a Summit of African leaders held in Zambia . It went down in the Lebombo … Mpumalanga). The crash site was an…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… at their beginning and by the outbreak of the South African War of 1899–1902 at their end, at the heart of those … food and manufactured goods. The earlier…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… further entrenched its stranglehold over the Black (African, Indian and Coloured) population with an ever … 134 deploring the policies and actions of the…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… [iv] . Lefifi Tladi’s style is described as modernist and African. Tladi uses a plethora of disciplines for his … children of South Africa to grow up…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… In 1991, Nelson Mandela was elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and … power. The negotiations were tense. Violence…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… some of the things that were used to construct a new South African identity, and a new heritage for a democratic nation … in international sport during the…
Alexia Webster
… Alexia is a South African photographer born in Johannesburg and currently based … next five years travelling through South Africa and the African continent…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… Abstract Miriam Makeba was a South African singer, daughter, mother, and an antiapartheid … one can deny she played an even bigger part in the South African…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… a generation of black and white educators responsible for African education in South Africa. For details, see R. Hunt Davis, "The Black American Educational…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… preferred destination for migrants. 1899 - 1902 The South African War between the Afrikaaner Republics of the Transvaal … 09 Pedi chiefdoms, seeking to take…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… Introduction Following British victory in the South African War , the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 … Lesotho), SAHO is currently developing…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… cliché of “fusion”? Are Indian forms compatible with their African Counterparts? Can song and the spoken word in a … which began in 2010 as a conversation…
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People in 1955. On the 21st of March 1960, a total of 69 people were … 1961, after a long and anxious…