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ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… and occupied land while dispossessing Khoikhoi, San and African communities in the process. The British in this … claimed were signed by chiefs or leaders of…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… fight against Britain. The issue caused a split in South African politics. At that point, the country was led by the … of the National Party (NP) of J B M…
'Presidential Address' by the Rev. J. A. Calata, ANC (Cape), July 1948
… annual session of the Provincial conference of the African National Congress (Cape). I know what personal … a good attendance of branches as I know how…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 81st Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1993
… Today, January 8th, marks the 81st anniversary of the African National Congress. We observe this important date at … to the systematic empowerment of all and…
Indian South Africans timeline 1990-1999
… but granted indemnity from prosecution. When the South African Communist Party (SACP) was relaunched as a legal body … was also a member of the interim…
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… 1962 Tshabalala-Msimang is one of 27 young members of the African National Congress (ANC) who goes into exile following the South African government’s…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… Act of 1953, which segregated instruction at all levels. African ‘coloureds’ were barred from attending European … Bantu schools became increasingly centred…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… Abstract : Many South African Jews such as Eli Weinberg were heavily involved in … lived in South Africa, even considering himself South African despite his…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… ... [and has] ... now become a recognised part of South African life. Let us hope that this young sapling may grow to become a great tree, the roof-tree of a…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… imposed prohibitions and the coming-out of the South African art scene to an international audience. The nervous … To this extent 63 national pavilions, and…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… in Angola is one of the turning points in Southern African History. It led to the movement of powerful Cuban … western part of Angola led to the withdrawal…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… hospital suffering from tuberculosis. 1944 2 April, The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), the youth wing of the African National Congress is…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… which operated both in South Africa, and in other African countries these included the African National Congress (ANC). Hector Peterson carried by … the…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… Asia and several countries aside from South Africa on the African continent. Marc Latamie, Castor & Pollux, (1995), … Kingelez and Isaac Julien, whilst in…
Indian South Africans timeline 1980-1989
… was sent to India to replace Mosie Moolla , as the African National Congress (ANC) representative, for six … embassies calling on them to take action against…
ArticleThe Order of Ikhamanga
… This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, … by men and women who carry the colourful South African aloft…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… was followed by Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, Chairperson of the South African Indian Congress and Chairperson of the underground South African Communist Party. Both were…
Reciprocal Bases of National Culture and the Fight for Freedom by Frantz Fanon, 1959
… a cultural value. Colonialism made no mistake when from 1955 on it proceeded to arrest these storytellers … Africa has a strictly contemporaneous connexion…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… and by the 1980s posed a sustained challenge to the South African regime, which, facing myriad internal and external … Movement protesting British Arms to…
ArchiveCourt Transcript of statement from the Dock of Nelson Mandela, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background, and not because of what any outsider … and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory…
ArticleClassroom: Educational sites for learners and educators
… tool for the classroom, aimed at school kids. South African Educational Portal Welcome to the Thutong Portal: … curriculum, and support materials to the…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… in South Africa, for instance, has both a national South African heritage, as well as a more personal and private one. Such a person might also be considered…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… committee because of her involvement with organising African workers, Harriet chose to resign from the GWIU in … Harriet’s decision to take on National Union…
ArticleThe Order of the Baobab
… This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens for distinguished service. The service … finds its inspiration from the Baobab which is a tropical…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… Worker during Apartheid Nobengazi Mary Kota is a South African domestic worker for a wealthy family in Cape Town; … at the University of Illinois, claims…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
… to the Struggle. Worchester: Diana Ferrus Publishers.|African National Congress, (1980). The Role of Women in the … Available at sahistory.org.za [Accessed…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
… the first workers' cooperative in the history of the South African Labour Movement. This paper will examine the process … These two features made this…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… and by 1902 at the end of the Anglo-Boer or South African War, the Afrikaners had once again lost their … their claim to hold exclusive power within the…
Imvaba Arts Association
… the production of banners and media for Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the National Union of … The association aligned itself with the…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… the use of Afrikaans as the language of instruction at African secondary schools. In the ensuing two-year … 1977, boycotts and unrest grew after Steve Biko ,…