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… "Minority white rule and non-whites in the union" This is a most timely and vital conference called to consider the means and ways of meeting the acute situation of the growing number … by Albert Luthuli to Conference on Unemployment, Low Wages and Poverty, 21 October 1961, Durban …

… is of tremendous importance to the struggle for national and social emancipation of the oppressed black majority in South Africa, and indeed southern Africa as a whole. This is for two … time that the collective role of the financial, industrial and military institutions, together with their political …

… their destiny together in solidarity with one another and as equals, a successful expression of the exercise of the … of our cause, firm allies against racism, apartheid and war, on whom we can depend regardless of what their Government and the City of London might choose to do or not do about …

… I am asked to come out of retirement just one more time. And so the life of a retired old man trickles on and on. This is one event, though, to which I come out of retirement with great enthusiasm, joy and gratitude. To say a few words here today is not an …

… me to be with you on this day, the National Day of Safety and Security. The people of the East Rand, and in particular Katlehong, Thokoza and Vosloorus, have suffered more than most from violence and … by President Nelson Mandela at the National Day of Safety and Security Vosloorus, 15 October 1994 …

… Dr. Malan with its policy of Apartheid. Under high prices and low wages, we are starving, our cattle are being taken … threaten to drive us from them. Every day we are jailed and sent to farm-slavery for passes—and now women and children are faced with the pass system …

… of our new democracy, to strive for national consensus and unity in facing national challenges. In more ways than … is an immense contribution to our nation building efforts and our continuing crusade for reconciliation and reconstruction. I am therefore honoured to be among you …

… of some African countries; what was the aim of this tour and what are its results? TAMBO : Our delegation has been to Algeria and Tunisia. Other ANC delegations have visited other States. … Africa in terms of liberation is in southern Africa. And within southern Africa itself the hardest core of …

… student at the University of Natal “Non-European” Section and became a close friend of Steve Biko. He was elected … with the arts students like myself. We were very close and for a year or two we spent all our time together. Man, in … the hard work! “Steve had such a light-hearted side, he and Ben Ngubane were always cracking political jokes. “My …

… From the book:  Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education Much … it will try to convey the essence of our Constitution and why it truly is the birth certificate of our young … South Africa’s Constitution was drafted between May 1994 and October 1996, the ideas contained in it are not new. Many …

… Child kidnapping, trafficking and prostitution has become rife in the syndicates of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Children who are trafficked for sexual purposes … into prostitution by parents, family friends, taxi drivers and brothel owners. The most vulnerable children are girls …

… The ANC Official and staff together with the Gift of the givers will today, … Ministries in central Johannesburg (No 80, Corner Albert and Delvers Street) as part of the Nelson Mandela day celebration. ANC Officials and ANC Luthuli employees will paint and distribute blankets, …

… will be based largely on experiences in Dar es Salaam and on information obtained from other comrades from time to … of discussion documents of any kind for a long period, and to the utter failure of our leadership to introduce a … heavily entrenched in office, hostile to questions and tightlipped in extreme. . . . Style of work. . . . Our …

… Dear Sir/Madam, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill has become law. The already so weak and feeble democratic structure of South Africa has received a further blow and our country's prestige in the international field has … To Trade Unions, Progressive Organisations, Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946 …

… town of Verulam, a region predominantly inhabited by Zulus and Indians, in what was then Natal province (now … worked for the railways, while his mother was a domestic worker. Gwala was four years old when the Group Areas Act , … in 1950. As he matured to adolescence through the 1950s and the early 1960s, the Nationalist controlled government …

… Gen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is … Greytown, Natal (now kwaZulu Natal).  A Boer general and statesman, he was leader of the Transvaal army in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) from March 1900, and he was one of the architects of the Union of South …

… Vasco Da Gama was of noble birth and was the son of an explorer, however little else is known … educated in the town of Evora, where he studied navigation and mathematics. In 1497, he set out with a crew of 148 men on the Sao Gabriel, and headed for India. After reaching the coast of Sierra …

… At first I thought that a reading and a republishing of my Traditions of Poetry in Natal2 which … the more despondent I got about the fate of the poetic and what I hear around me as what is appropriate for our times and what was inappropriate in those times. I have kept my …

… the regime conducted its "elections" to the "Coloured" and Indian parliaments. As expected, the whole exercise … to be farce, rejected by the majority of these communities and by the rest of the oppressed and democratic forces. How do you assess this victory? TAMBO: …

… Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947 16 The Joint Passive Resistance Council of the Natal and Transvaal Indian Congresses, having given careful … the first positive struggle to stem the tide of unjust and anti-Indian racial laws was the Passive Resistance …

… Gauteng). His parents, Louis Mathakoe Motlanthe, a cleaner and Masefako Sophia Madingoane, a domestic worker married in 1946. Motlanthe (also known as Mkhuluwa, … the elder one) has two younger brothers, Tlatlane Ernest and Lekota Sydney. Motlanthe’s maternal grandfather, Kgalema …

… John Speke and James Grant, on their return from an expedition in Africa … the Nile River. The expedition was Speke’s second attempt and was meant to put to rest all doubt on his earlier … would be a difficult one. They were plagued by disease, and on several occasions had to take alternative routes to …

… witnessed an explosive growth in the number of African and white states, as well as heightened levels of military, political and social conflicts that resulted in massive dislocation of communities. The establishment of the Boer republics and the subsequent hostile relations with African communities …

… His time in South Africa was a turning point in his career and changed him dramatically. Gandhi extended his original … them the right to vote. He became the political leader and pioneer of the Passive Resistance movement (satyagraha) against the South African government and was also the co-founder of the Natal Indian Congress …

… or sports. Goldblatt was awarded the Order in April, and had accepted it, but it was due to be physically … Secrecy Bill  (the Protection of State Information Bill), and in protest against “what has been done to the spirit in … National Orders, which cites a “culture of human rights” and a “respect for the dignity of the human spirit”.   “I …

… that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair. According to a statement issued at the end of the … Mbeki to send two South African judges, Dikgang Moseneke and Sisi Khampempe to Zimbabwe to obtain information on the constitutional and legal problems emerging out of the electoral process in …

… in White areas in Natal. Natal was divided into controlled and uncontrolled areas. The controlled areas would be White … purchase land. The uncontrolled areas were open to Whites and Indians. In controlled areas, Indians could continue to … into three White representatives in the Assembly and two in the Senate, along with two provincial councillors …

… list of staffers who are not prepared to stomach nonsense and take the public broadcaster on a wrong path. The … of sunshine news that projects South Africa as a haven and the ruling ANC as the beginning and the end. Motsoeneng believes that broadcasting violent …

… South Africans" brought together some homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties. Amongst those present … Bophuthatswana, Andries Treurnicht of Conservative Party and Andries Beyers of the Afrikaner Volksunie. The key issue … South Africa. They felt that the African National Congress and government were concerned about their welfare ignoring …

… Proceedings; Press Conference Remarks by Paul R. Mosaka and Professor Z. K. Matthews; and state­ment by Professor Matthews, May 8-9, 1947 …