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PlaceAmanzamnyama, a small size Town in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… takes its name from the nearby stream. The name means 'black water', from Zulu. Zimeme High School is a public … takes its name from the nearby stream. The…
ArchiveApartheid under siege, 1984-1988: actions and reactions
… South Africa's transition from white minority rule to black majority rule. This study fucuses on the continual …
ArchiveNUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
… Federation are discussed. Concern about the crisis in Black education is expressed. …
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
… The reason the Dutch imported labour is because the black Africans were unwilling to work for them. Most Indian …
EventGeneral Secretary of the ANC, journalist and writer, Solomon Plaatje dies
… Native life in South Africa documenting the experiences of black farmers forced off the land following the passing of …
EventInternational Labour Organisation (ILO) suspends South Africa
… the country's legislative system channeled the majority of Black people to work as manual workers and thereby has …
EventPaul Biya becomes president of Cameroon
… fraud. References: Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. 1997. The Black Handbook, London: Cassell. …
EventThe Herstigte Nasionale Party is established
… wanted to curtail immigration; was opposed to allowing Black diplomats in SA; and, was opposed to sport on a …
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… This charismatic but humble spiritual leader was the first Black person to hold this office. He occupied the position …
EventMining agreement on wages and working conditions is signed
… training. Under the agreement, parity between White and Black workers on training, retirement and death benefits …
EventDrum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners
… against apartheid. It often exposed ills committed against black people by the apartheid regime during the 1950’s. The …
EventUnrests break out in the Coloured townships
… schools in Pretoria and KwaZulu-Natal joined the boycott. Black Consciousness groups also pledged their support. In …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… political control over the overwhelming majority of the black masses of our country. These masses do not accept the … Council, the use of the army in the…
PlacePlettenberg Bay, Garden Route
… in sunset, or dark grey and rent by lightening, or velvet black and filled with stars that seem close enough to touch – … tree, the green metallic glint of…
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… Massacre, when police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed black protesters outside the Sharpeville police station on 21 … a “dompas” (dumb pass), that the…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… with the CPSA and give effect to the ideals of the new Black republic thesis. For Gumede the stakes were undoubtedly … Russian Communists were looking…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
… ‘puzamandla‘ (a protein supplement that was given to black African prisoners) to have with his ‘mealie pap‘ … Madiba and Walter Sisulu - the ANC Liaison with…
Article2016 in Review
… anniversary of the 1976 June 16 Youth Protests. - 25th: Black Coffee wins BET Award in the category Best … which charts 100 000 years of the country’s art…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… and jazz improvisation from the jazz players in the black and coloured townships surrounding Port Elizabeth. He … Ink @ Boiling Point: A selection of 21st…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Le Monde, Addis Ababa, 08 June 1983
… use of urban "terrorism" causing an increasing number of black civilian victims might damage its cause? TAMBO : Each … victims, it is whites that are…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… however given the country's attitude to race at the time Black, Indian and Coloured volunteers could only serve in a … 193 white (including 24 075 women) and…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… Prime Minster of South Africa. Vorster fiercely opposed Black majority rule in South Africa and vigorously enforced … in Zimbabwe, while he remained…
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
… Western-style institution that was the largest school for black Africans in Thembuland. Made to socialise with other … Mandela’s Living Legacy University of…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… to its political advantage, bringing together all the black sections of the South African population to oppose the … population group. Previous governments…
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
… by the UDF or political violence mounted by ordinary black township residents. MK was very largely unable to … early 1984. This resulted mainly from poor…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on 16 June 1984
… for the so-called Coloured and Indian sections of the black people of our country, to establish the other two … vote, you will be voting for continued…
Statement on June 16 by O. R. Tambo, 1984
… for the so-called Coloured and Indian sections of the black people of our country, to establish the other two … vote, you will be voting for continued…
EventThe first legal photograph of Nelson Mandela released.
… of the banned African National Congress and a famous black political prisoner in South Africa. In 1964 Mandela was … collection, the first photo of Nelson…
EventPolice constable is buried alive at Ackerville cemetery near Witbank
… body in a sitting position. He was already dead. The black members of security forces were targets of attacks by … collection, Constable buried alive at the…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… in South Africa, London, Onyx Press, 1982. Lodge, T., Black Politics in South Africa since 1945, Johannesburg, …