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Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
Intersex South Africa (ISSA) is an organization founded in 2010 by late activist Sally Gross. According to ISSA’s manifesto, the goals of their mission include…
Chapter 2 - THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD
… Hull will keep the CEC informed on the main outline of what Jane is doing both inside and outside the country". 5 … problems. 7 The CEC was consistent,…
Document 29 - Resolution on the need for the resumption of multi-party negotiations
… the proposal of the Democratic Party to exclude this right from Clause 31. The current formulation of Clause 31 reads as follows: " 31(1) Everyone has the…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… force or chest in the centre, and an extended left and right ‘horn’ on each side. The right or Number I Column, commanded by Colonel C.K. Pearson, … When the…
Document 37 - The Bill of Rights
… it is applicable, taking into account the nature of the right and the nature of any duty imposed by the right. 3. When applying a provision of the Bill of…
"United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid": Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. T. Tambo, New York, 29 October, 1963
… any kind. It will take a long time before the world knows what has been the fate of these people, why some of them have … South Africa would become a…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2020 submissions
Claire Albin Claire Albin is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University originally from Shreveport, Louisiana. She is currently studying Marketing…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… years old, Winnie had her first conscious experience of what the strictures and injustices of racism and apartheid … home saw Nelson arrested and Winnie left…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… from this the SABC emerged. Lionel Ngakane[Link to 1951, 1966] - besides being a filmmaker in his own right - Jemina and Johnny (1966, UK), Nelson Mandela:…
ArticleNational Youth Uprising
… tense and confused. 'There is no similar record of what the African children thought, but it is known that they … Throughout the 1960's black students…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… Until 1930 there were no women in South Africa who had the right to vote. It was felt that a women's place was in the …
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… Solomon became extremely disoriented; the anxiety about what would happen to those close to him was worse than the … of their worlds. There is also the…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
Professor Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he was five years old. His mother,…
BiographyCecyl Esau
… life. Esau's father's interest in politics was sparked by what he had observed in various African countries. He was the … one often fails to do the things…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Church is built in Cross Street. It remains in use until 1966. 1889 Hajee Mahomed Dada, in his capacity as the only … people in the various aspects of our…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
1800s 1850 The Natal Legislative Council passes Law 14 of 1859 allowing the Government to import labour from India. 1860 16 November, The first batch of…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on January 1976 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
… hon. friend in Middelburg . . . [Interjections] . . . and what is more certain, he will fare better than my hon. friend … of Lobito, Mocamedes and other…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Vietnam Institute of International Relations on the occasion of Africa Day celebrations, Hanoi
… a general understanding of the dialectics of history, that what is happening now has germinated from the seeds of the … to defeat poverty and…
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
… missing, Gross left South Africa as a political refugee. What followed was a time of immense self-discovery, which led …
Buddhism
… please click on one of the 'interact' menu options on the right. Buddhist monks dress in orange rhobes. Source: …
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… control.” [1] From the mid-1960s the government built up what was regarded as the most formidable defence force in … and he went on to serve as Prime…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… and was re-enacted in the Consolidation Acts of 1957 and 1966. The GAA created the legal framework for varying levels … by Whites in South Africa as the…
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… a government charter, which effectively guaranteed it the right to the spice trade monopoly in East Asia. However, this … refreshment, as the Cape was not to…
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… the struggle for the national liberation of South Africa. What is most significant to me in this snapshot is his return … Africa; and making a contribution…
ArchiveInternational Childrens Day June 1
… International Childrens' Day June 1; All children have the right to a name, enough food and a decent place to live; All … should be looked after when they…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… that would result in intense polarisation and a breakaway right-wing political party. Verligtes were engaged in a …
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… programmes were initiated due to the 1950s ‘influx of what the industry termed “tropical boys” from central … [39] This has prompted some scholars to claim…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… all clipped cadences and martial rolling “r”s, announced what listeners undoubtedly already knew: “This is Radio … at a time when communication was virtually…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… amoung the cadres. He also begins writing for Dawn. 1966 Hani is moved to Zambia. There he becomes responsible … programme with ZAPU before their entry into…
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… The FA was considered to be an alliance of Afrikaner , right wing formations that included political formations … with President F.W. de Klerk, negotiations…