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ArchiveSouth African labour law in 1990
ArchiveTowards one South African teachers union
ArchiveStudying violence in a South African city
Soweto and the South African economy
African students condemn invasion of Zaire
The Making of an African Communist
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone died
Steve ‘The Black Meteor’ Mokone died in Washington D.C on 20 March 2015. He would go to be one of the most recognized South African in the world because of his…
Stephen Marais
… for the 10 year celebration of the Republic of South Africa. When ‘Die Stem’ was sung he organised for a handful … in response to a demand from the ANC,…
BiographyHerbert Hayton Castens
… and rugby and was an outstanding sportsman. He was South Africa”²s first rugby captain, and also captain of the first … After completing his studies Castens…
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
… Wilfred Daniels, Semenya's coach with Athletics South Africa (ASA), resigned because he felt that ASA “did not … finish third. In 2012, Semenya was chosen to…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 3
… and unwarrantable attacks made upon him in South Africa and in India, Sir Raza Ali refused to meet Indian … his Excellency the Viceroy suggesting my recall…
EventFrancis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, is born
… the first president of the Senate of the Union of South Africa. He was very popular and loved for his openness, to …
BiographySushila Gandhi
… and Ela. Soon after the wedding they returned to South Africa, where Sushila spent the rest of her life. In South Africa, Sushila became very involved with…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
… Executive Committee of the ANC on the situation in South Africa and the conduct of armed struggle in South Africa in the past six months. Concern expressed…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… Republics. In the encyclopaedia the 'New History of South Africa' (2007) the authors claim that the South African War … terÂrible and destructive modern…
BiographyDJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)
… as the socio-political situation in Cape Town and South Africa worsened, Ready D found himself becoming more … and Scotland. The group was also travelling…
EventSouth African historian Charles van Onselen is born.
Charles van Onselen was born on 14 August 1944, in the South African town of Boksburg, Gauteng (then Transvaal).[i] van Onselen has become one of the most…
BiographyMathews Phosa
… including the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa). He was one of the first four members of the ANC to enter South Africa from exile in 1990…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… with the reintegration of these territories into South Africa. The formal announcement on the restoration was made … that his homeland would never…
EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
… Cup is the premier domestic rugby competition in South Africa, dating back to 1889. The iconic gold trophy was first … British Isles touring team on their…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 11
… as a race, had obtained their democratic rights in South Africa. Now the Indians were split in several ways. There … and with good reason, for the Supreme…
BiographyAhmed Timol
… Timol and Hawa Ismail Dindar. His father came to South Africa in 1918, at the age of 12, from India. He was one of … of the Group was to study the political…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… in Mauritius as a child) and Zulu. He came to South Africa with his sister and brother and started a business … figures in the history of the Satyagraha…
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
Sandra Reynolds was born on 4 March 1934 in Bloemfontein, Free State.[i] Reynolds was nicknamed the “Grace Kelly” of South African tennis.[ii] She claimed the…
BiographyIan David Kitson
… and Allied Technician’s Association. He returned to South Africa in 1959. In 1953 he was a member of the South Africa delegation to Youth and Student…
”Some Basic Principles of African Nationalism.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in February 1945
… economic theories), etc., etc., and Africans (?) 'Ex Africa semper quid novi'—From Africa always comes something new—said an ancient Latin …
ArchiveIn defence of the African image and heritage
ANC booklet issued as a reply to the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party statement entitled The enemy under the same colour. From an African…
ArchiveThe Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… relation to the freedom struggle of the oppressed in South Africa and the formation and functions of the Non-European …
BiographyHarold Wolpe
… moved to England, where his family joined him from South Africa. He became a Nuffield Foundation Sociological Scholar … his article on ‘Capitalism and Cheap…
EventSouth African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo
Following an African National Congress's 20 May 1983 car bombing of headquarters of the South African Defence Force in Pretoria, ANC bases in a suburb of…