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BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
… . During high school, teachers encouraged students to attend speeches of Professor ZK Matthews , Chief Albert … advice for anyone who had problems and was…
BiographyPeter Sexford Magubane
… Magubane worked at a number of odd jobs but he wanted to work as a photojournalist. In 1954 he managed to get a job at Drum magazine as a driver and…
Letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig, Secretary of State, United States of America
… Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to US Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, regarding the … R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and…
A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope.
… Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope, … a chronology of key political events…
Challenge to the churches: report of a consultation on the church and the liberation of Southern Africa, held at Mindolo, Kitwe, Zambia
… held at Mindolo, Zambia on November 25-30 1979, to discuss the role of the church in the struggle for … Challenge to the churches: report of a consultation…
EventFifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England because of their rebel tour of South Africa
… wide international condemnation, the tours continued to take place for years. After the 1982 English tour, fifteen … Fifteen English cricket players are…
Address by Nelson R. Mandela to the plenary session of the Multi-Party negotiations process World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, 17 November 1993
… that citizenship. Whereas apartheid sought sought to fragment our country, we are re-uniting our country. The … Gone will be the days when one religion was…
Document 92 “Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from 5th to 8th April 1936”, Umsebenzi, and 16 May 1936
… 92 " Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from 5th to 8th April 1936", Umsebenzi, and 16 May 1936 RESOLUTIONS 1. … Plenum of Activists decides that…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… a primary school teacher. 1911 After the government begins to make distinction between the certificates granted to … to East London, where they board a Union…
Breyten Breytenbach writes to the editor of the Daily Maverick on vanishing UCT artworks and blank minds, South Africa, 11 April 2016
… Please allow me yet again to react to the spasms of abject annihilation of sense, meaning and … one could perhaps take pity and guide these spokespeople to…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… Garden; Japanese Garden; Fish Pond and Aviary. (Which date back the 1650's). The Company's Garden is situated, past the … Parliament , all of which are…
Letter to Americans by Albert Luthuli, distributed by the American Committee on Africa with the "Appeal for Action", 4 November 1962, New York
… Dear friend: Just before I went to Oslo last December to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, I wrote a letter to Americans expressing both surprise and…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… of passes at police stations, beginning on 21 March, to be supported by a stay-at-home, until the pass laws were … launched, in the face of massive police…
Message to the Special Committee against Apartheid on its 20th anniversary from O.R. Tambo, President of the ANC, 06 April 1983
… We take the opportunity to extend to the Committee the most cordial fraternal greetings on … of the Special Committee. The Special Committee belongs to the…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… The choice to join the Allied Forces in World War Two was a contentious … Jan Smuts and General Hertzog had joined forces and agreed to form the so-called…
Earnest appeal by the President of the Non-European Unity Movement to the Leaders of the Non-European people of South Africa
… Appeal by the President of the Non-European Unity Movement to the leaders of the Non-European people of South Africa, referring to previous appeal to form…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as … Abdullah Abdurahman and Dr. Walter…
EventThe UN Group of Experts on Apartheid proposes establishment of a National Convention to set a new course for the future of South Africa
… Nations Group of Experts on Apartheid presented its report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). The group suggested the creation of a…
Boycott the Can
… 3 white workers; On the 22 October 1985 workers went on strike demanding the dismissal of the three workers, and that … upon fellow working people in…
A critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… at the University of Cape Town. The aim of this essay is to examine the role of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) in … A section on the MJC's involvement and…
Letter from P W Botha, State President of the Republic of South Africa to His Excellency Dr K D Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia
… Letter from the State President of South African to the President of Zambia, requesting that he assist in the transition process by pressurising SWAPO to…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… with Youth Day, was the result of increasing opposition to apartheid amongst the black youth of South Africa. In … by the ideology of Black Consciousness,…
Telegram from J van Dalsen, Director-General, Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to His Excellency, Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
… of Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, reporting that in … it would be inappropriate for a South…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… as a carpenter by the Jesuits. His mother, Bona, belonged to the Shona ethnic group and taught Christian catechism to village children at the Jesuit mission…
EventPresident Jacob Zuma arrives in Moscow to attend the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
… (ITEC) agreements and preparations for an ITEC conference to be held in Russia later in the year. In conclusion, the visit was meant to build the warm…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… Nelson Mandela and many more. They were all transported to Johannesburg where they were confined in the Old Fort Prison in two large adjacent cells. This led…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late … would take Jimmy’s place. In 1966, Harriet was voted on to the…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… 9,5 percent. The union also wanted Coca-Cola advertisment to be isolated from general advertising for the 2010 soccer … its post-World Cup declaration. South…
Part of an address given to the Transvaal Roman Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace on October 31, 1971
… Part of an address given to the Transvaal Roman Catholic Commission of Justice and …
The beginning of it all: an address given to the Black Sash at their National Conference at Cape Town
… The beginning of it all: an address given to the Black Sash at their National Conference at Cape Town …