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A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… was born on December 12, 1942 in Flagstaff, Transkei. His father. a migrant worker, ‘coughed out’ the harshness of his life onto his children. He died after…
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… de Kock (dubbed 'Prime Evil') of six murders of Black anti-apartheid activists during his service as commander of a police unit, C10 based at … former…
Address at the AGM of the SADC Electoral Commissions Forum Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 27 September, 1999
… political processes required that they should continue to work together as government partners. Consequently, these two … with regard to the possible…
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Address by Nelson Mandela to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990
… struggle for liberation both because of the longevity of his service in the ranks of the ANC and for his outstanding … as never before to use their organised…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… village of Mvezo, Transkei, the Allies, strengthened by American reinforcements, launched a counterattack against …
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… and Langa. On Saturday 26 March he publicly burnt his pass. Mass support swung once again behind Congress. The … Langa for the first time to try to beat…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… its unbanning in 1960. For 30 years they fought against apartheid through underground organisations. In 1990 the … and this would help the league to more…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
… has said, but relying on memory, I shall reply to some of his main criticisms. Gross Inaccuracies and Insults In his … true freedom and not the false freedom…
Presidential Address to the Twenty-Third Conference of the South African Indian Congress, Durban, September 3, 1961
… in of such dark ages that man has never experienced in his past and primitive history. The devastation which can … - a new name for the much discredited…
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… ”¦ There is a wave of unrest ”¦ communist influence is at work ”¦ on a fairly large scale ”¦ If one could devise … unit of labour, with no allowance for the…
ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
… The Tribal Model of DemocracyIn his speech from the dock, at his 1962 trial for inciting … Carta, the Bill of Rights, British Parliament and the American…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… Indian High School and moves to Pakistan to continue his education. 1963 After completing a two year science course in Lahore, Asvat begins his medical…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… (1994-1999); is born in Stanger, Natal (now Kwa-Dukuza). His resistance against apartheid began in 1952 when he organized a school boycott in his area. This…
Address of the President of the Republic Of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Youth Day celebrations: Absa Stadium, Buffalo City Municipality
… and many of our townships in a show of defiance to the apartheid system. Today, 31 years on, we have gathered here … to wage the struggle for a free South…
ArticleThe New Group
… 'art by barter', where artists were able to exchange their work for goods. Lippy Lipshitz, for example, required piano lessons for his daughter, and Neville…
EventCoup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia
… the Americo-African elites who were descendents of freed American slaves. They came to Liberia in 1847 and held power …
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… Africa's largest Black economic empowerment deal, Anglo American and the National Empowerment Consortium (NEC) signed …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… as a result. It was also time for Malan to strengthen his racial policies for the benefit of Afrikanerdom and … between whites and “non-whites”. Malan also…
ArchiveDirector’s Report on the Activities of the Chris Hani Institute for the period October 2012 to September 2015
… inside the democratic movement. Our research, educational work and public engagement is from the perspective of working … people, from the losers rather than…
EventMgqwetho,the first poem of Nontisi is published
… the sole significant female Xhosa poet up to now and her work is only now being rediscovered. She contributed close to … the role of rural people in the…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… whites only. This meant that black people would have to work for the mining industry or seek employment elsewhere. … James Mpanza as a 'father of Soweto'…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… the men, life was very tough. The burden of agricultural work and the responsibility of keeping the family together … cut down on informal means of…
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… motive in putting Blacks into camps, namely to make them work, either to grow crops for the troops or to dig trenches, be wagon drivers or work as miners…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… in the years 1973 to 1975 and 1985 to 1986. Msimang's work particularly from the late 1960s is known for recording … in a cartoon-like style. Msimang…
Arthur Chaskalson: 24 November 1931 - 1 December 2012 by Jeremy Gauntlett, 4 December 2012
… Adv Jeremy Gauntlett on the life and work of the late former Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson's … to erode' its independence. In its present form, on his…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… were established in the 1840's and 1850's and the work continued until well after 1875. At the time, the plan … enveloped vast tracts of land in short order…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… Lapsley became involved in politics as he felt it was his duty to speak out against the injustices of the Apartheid regime. In 1976, the Apartheid…
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
… The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Policy of Apartheid of the Government of South Africa (Special … permission and was released on bail of R10 000. On…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… a Black leader of a body could be appointed or relieved of his duties by the government of the time. This had drastic … and the government, an example of…