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ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on 26 June 1955 We, the People of South Africa, declare for … government can justly claim authority unless…
BiographyEli Weinberg
… Weinberg was born in 1908 in the port of Libau, in Latvia on the Baltic Sea. He experienced the First World War and the … developments in his home country,…
BiographyPeter McKenzie
… Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He … for various publications, travelling widely and went on to…
BiographyBilly Paddock
… became involved in student politics, as Projects Officer on the Students Representative Council (SRC), becoming one of … and the urgent need for the world to…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… (ANC) in 1923 - did not accomplish much to improve the lives of black South Africans. Short of funds and poorly … clearly warranted, and when spontaneous…
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
… or early career. Instead, Dingane enters the record when on the 22 of September 1828 he, with the assistance of his … which formed the kraal, but were also…
BiographyDr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer
… Zac de Beer was born on 11 October 1928. He was the second of four children of … Party (PP). He sold his practice in order to concentrate on politics full…
PlacePageview
… It was a homely community, where children would play on the streets, and people would sit on their front stoeps … book Fietas. This forced people to …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to a joint sitting of both houses of the parliament of Lesotho Maseru, 12 July 1995
… between our countries, and demands special mention on this occasion. Each day tens of thousands of Basotho … of our continent. Over the years many have lost…
Address at The Youth Day Rally, Witbank, 16th June 2003
… the youth of our country in our struggle for liberation. On this great day in our national life, I am honoured to … Mary Mxadana, Eph Mogale, Mzingisi…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… On the 31 August 1997 Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer, … Wales was given by her brother Earl Charles Spencer, who lives in South Africa. Princess Diana…
BiographyDora Tamana
… the eldest of seven children. Her childhood centred mainly on the many tasks demanded of a young girl growing up in … South Africa. Tamana and her four…
ArchiveAcknowledgements by Howard Barrell
… for special research. Barbara Harper and her colleagues on the foreign desk at the Guardian gave me work and vital … Barry-Jones, John Falding, Ian Macdonald…
ArchiveThe Fragility of Existence by David Goldblatt (www.aperture.org), 6 February 2018
… music at the funeral of Ouma Juliana ǂÛ-khui ǁAreses on the family farm beneath the Dâures. Uis District, Erongo … here. Margaret Courtney-Clarke, While…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… and to take into account ‘the concern expressed for the lives of these three young people’. Nearly two years later, on 2 June 1982, President Marais Viljoen…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… found what the view of the great mass of non- Europeans is on the matter. Why did they not call a representative … IN OUR OPINION, WILL OPEN THE WAY TO A…
BiographyYazeed Kamaldien
… working in Cape Town, South Africa. In 1998 he embarked on a four-year journalism BTech degree at Peninsula … he completed in 2001. Part of the course was a…
EventNon military national service for objectors
… for conscientious objectors who oppose military service on religious grounds. The offer is not extended to objectors … after South African invasions into…
PlaceUmlazi
… settlements. Umlazi got its name from the Mlazi River, on the southern bank where the settlement was established. … alleged that it had the flavour of …
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… Mkhuseli Jack was born on the farm Mosskraal in Humansdorp on 31 May 1958. Jack was the second youngest of eight … and held at Modderbee Prison, Benoni…
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
… Luis Inácio Lula da Silva was born on 27 October 1945 in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. He … the strikes illegal, and Lula was jailed for a month. On 10…
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… Mkhuseli Jack was born on the farm Mosskraal in Humansdorp on 31 May 1958. Jack was the second youngest of eight … and held at Modderbee Prison, Benoni…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
… Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working … Black Students Association and immediately embarked on a campaign to…
Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011
… And more importantly, by the sure knowledge that their lives were not wasted and spent fruitlessly. They fought a noble battle and lived their lives in…
BiographyMary Moodley
… Mary Moodley, or Aunty Mary as she was known, was born on 14 March 1914 in Jaggersfontein, Orange Free State (now … People’s Congress (SACPO) , and trade…
BiographyJane Gool
… Jainub Jane Gool – Tabata was born in Cape Town on 19 March 1902 to Yusuf and Wageda Gool, the sixth of nine … him to these discussions and debates, which…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… between man and man. There should be no discrimination on grounds of race or colour. White and non-white can live … that. The system of apartheid was…
66. G.M. Naicker: We will not colloborate
… presidential address to the Congress embodied a defiant spirit. He declared: ‘That with 8 000 000 out of 10 000 000 … unswervingly along our path, but also…
66. G. M. Naicker: we will not collaborate
… presidential address to the Congress embodied a defiant spirit. He declared: ‘That with 8 000 000 out of 10 000 000 … unswervingly along our path, but also…
BiographyDorothy Ruth Boxall
… Dorothy Ruth Boxall was born on 19 July 1895 in King William's Town , Eastern Cape , South … Festival had become an annual event. Boxall also served on the…