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Document 99 - Edwin T. Mofutsanyana, “All-African Convention: Masses Must Support It”, South African Worker, 9 January 1937
… from all over met in Bloemfontein in a militant spirit determined to create a united front against the slave … plan of campaign. The Convention's platform…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… Kroondal, situated on a farm, was one of 22 German Lutheran mission … since 1843, was registered in 1858 in the name of Jan Michiel van Helsdingen. A mission…
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…
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…
The Open School childrens art calendar 1990:
… Designed by the Open School on the Move. Multicoloured artwork and accounts of problems in the lives of these children. …
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… engaged through assisting in publishing a daily commentary on current issues, called 'Beware' . Amongst the … a leading advocate of the Africanist thinking…
ArchiveWomen against apartheid in South Africa
… Report on the demonstration that took place in Pretoria, on 9 August 1956 by 20000 women against pass laws, the plight of Black women under apartheid, the…
PlaceLanseria International Airport, Roodepoort
… Commercial and private planes can easily be spotted on the runway a few meters away from their open air viewing … would rival the only other large Airport at…
Undelivered statement by Albert Luthuli at the time of his Trial for burning his pass, 05 July 1960
… not sure whether I made the right decision. I place it on record here and leave the reader to decide. Whether he … of summary arrest on which these laws are…
Address of the President of the South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 38th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Africa Region Conference (CPA), Cape Town 27 July 2007
… I trust that you have had very fruitful deliberations on the various topics reflected on the week-long programme of … threat of terrorism which has already…
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…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… with objectivity and with an understandable emphasis on the African viewpoint and interpretation of political … some cynic say that the Act of Union was a…
PlaceSteenberg Farmstead, Tokai Road, Constantia
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 October 1983. Despite a twist of fate preventing its … ship just 10 years after the arrival…
Archive2008 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2008
… friends and comrades; People of South Africa: Allow me on this occasion of the penultimate Joint Sitting of the … Indeed, they represent a celebration of the…
ArchiveA Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman
… Introduction Part A: The unfolding of total strategy 1948 - 1989 1. The many faces of apartheid repression 2. …
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
… On behalf of the South African Indian Congress I express my … will be a clash. It is a question of when and how many lives will be lost or ruined. A shirking…
PlaceFresnaye, Cape Town
… At the time the farmhouse was one of only two buildings on the mountain slopes, that and 'Heeren Huis' near Bantry … Huguenots who settled at the Cape had a…
ArticlePoverty and development
… opportunities and choices allowing them to build decent lives for themselves. Only some were fortunate enough to receive money from husbands who were working…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… of all persons to the Union considered unsuitable on economic grounds or on account of standard or habits of life. The Act, as amended … April, Indian…
ArchiveMarikana casualties
… of miners, workers, fathers, sons and men who lost their lives on the fateful day of 16 August 2012. …
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… around us, there are leaders; at school, at home, on the playground, sports field or in government. Leaders … an important role in history. Their names might…
PlaceGroote Schuur High School
… gable of Groote Schuur. The history of the school shows a spirit of enterprise, realism and adaptability. 1n 1991 it … (the Nassau Centre) with arguably the…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
… were prepared to permit Rhodesian independence, but only on the basis of giving the black majority population a fair … of justice, civilization, and…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… de Vos (1584 – 1651) and the Dutch landscape painter Jan van Goyen (1596 – 1656) for its offices at the beginning … Pretoria Civic Arts Museum opened its…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… petition, condemning the Agreement between A. I. Kajee and Jan Smuts . The Party is able to gather thousands of … After a long trial, the case is eventually…
PlaceAnzac, a Railway Siding near Brakpan
… A Railway Siding, on route between Germiston and Brakpan. The name is derived … for all the servicemen and women, who lost their lives on the 25 April and is…
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… to the problems and needs of labour. This Council will act on the principle of responsibility to the government and be … or workers' organisations. Mr. B. J…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… Africa the Art of a Continent. The figure embodies the spirit of the African Renaissance. When European nations …
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…
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… suppression of the revolt of the Wahehe people in 1896. On attaining the rank of major general, von Trotha was sent … that he helped suppress the Boxer…