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Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 10) Time for a Chartist Movement The idea of the Freedom Charter and the…
PlaceStendahl Mission
Stendahl Mission is said to have existed for about 124 years. A Minister of the Berlin Mission Society, Gueldenpfennig, acquired the mission land in 1860. By…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
Transition to Armed Struggle The brief respite from the Treason Trial which ended on 29 March 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
Introduction In 1948 the National government was voted into power and instituted apartheid. This lead to an increase in the number of people being…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
George Hallett—More than Mandela Abstract George Hallett, a South African photographer is an artist who spent several decades living in exile. He left the…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on International Relations, 27-30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Introduction 1. The conference in general agreed with the characterisation of the international situation as outlined in the discussion document, however the…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
1993 The Guptas arrive in SA. 1994 The Guptas establish Sahara Computers. The Guptas fund Essop Pahad’s publication, The Thinker. 2002 Jacob…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
Preface In the decade preceding the dramatic February 1990 unbanning of South Africa’s black liberatory movements, many hundreds of concerned South Africans…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the enforcement of an Apartheid State, it took time for the world to take notice and action…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940 - 1949 1940 Within a year of his joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), Dr Yusuf Dadoo's role as an activist in…
PlaceUgie, Eastern Cape
Ugie is a Town in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Ugie is situated at the Southern foot of the Drakensberg,…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinning, St. Georges Hotel, City of Tshwane, 27 September 2005
Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you very much for your presence here today to support an important project - the South Africa-Mali Project…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
In 1950 the apartheid government introduced the Unlawful Organisations Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950 the African National Congress …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
1994 27 April,South Africa's interim constitution which was adopted in November 1993 came into effect on 27th April 1994 to administer South Africa’s first…
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
Last Wednesday David Goldblatt wrote an email to the Chancellor of Orders explaining that he was declining the Order of Ikhamanga, a national honour awarded by…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
Albie Sachs, an internationally known human rights activist and top judge in South Africa, suffered solitary confinement and exile and survived a bomb attack…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
The 1980s witnessed an increase in attacks launched by the ANC through its armed MK inside South Africa. Conversely, the government responded by stepping up…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South…
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
It is heart-breaking to say goodbye to a special human being like Mr Juda Ngwenya. He leaves his nation with a gaping wound and his profession with a void…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria, South Africa constitutes an especially noteworthy moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa…
81. The People’s Candidates Party and the Lenasia Management Committee
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The People's Candidates Party participated in…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
ABSTRACT Heinz Klug is a white man born in South Africa who vehemently fought apartheid from both within South Africa and outside in exile. Klug believed that…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
This period began with the intensification of the anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville Massacre…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
The HIV/AIDS Crisis Emerges: Reponses of the Apartheid GovernmentIn 1982, the first case of AIDS in South Africa was reported in a homosexual man who…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
The 1960s witnessed the banning of both the ANC and the PAC in the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre. In response to the banning, both parties were forced…
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
Before the establishment of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 (RCMA), there were many controversial and unequal positions regarding the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
Important events and systems in European Societies during the 1600’s Robb Schultz, “Europe leading into the 17th century (1600’s)”Image Source The…
Document 54 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Communist League of South Africa and the Workers Party of South Africa, 24 July 1935
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 54 - Letter from the International Secretariat…