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EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… in 1983, which led to him being closely watched by the Apartheid government. In the period nearing Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, Omar was his…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the first time alongside his documentary photographic essays for which…
EventChief Albert Luthuli is banned for a further five years
… against the pass laws. Yet all these were menacing to the apartheid government hence they gave Luthuli many banning … of the banning orders Luthuli…
ArchiveFree all political prisoners in South African
… and white poster. Photograph of Phumlani Nqcunqwane on his release from Robben Island prison in March 1991. Recruitment poster for Anti-apartheid Movement…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… DC and at Hartford Seminary also in the US. In light of his leadership qualities, first as a teacher and later an … of Gazankulu (one of the 8 homelands) for…
Chapter III - The world outside
… detention, Babla, so often bubbling with laughter before his detention, fell to his death from a seventh-floor window … the poverty and exploitation that is…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 89th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2001
… they are able to generate the necessary volumes of wealth, work for the people and the capacities that will ensure that … legacy of colonialism on our…
Chapter 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… to share their only room. I was desperately anxious to get work and applied for a job. The employer's son took me to the … "Mr. X", who had at first pleaded…
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… membership and the number of inembers of your League. The american comrades write that the number is about 2000. Is it …
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 4 and 5 Article: The great illusion
… is therefore not a complete victory. Twenty-two percent of his white followers within the white racist republic are not interested in his political…
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… at the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg. Here he announced his plan to launch the Constellation of Southern African … a programme to re-establish the regional…
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… was leaving the NP. Another reason was the unhappiness of his constituency over issues they were experiencing. However, … was not long before he resigned…
EventDouglas Portway, European-based South African artist, is born in Johannesburg
… and later taught at the University of Johannesburg. After his first solo exhibition in 1945 he gained such a reputation … abstract movement of the 1950’s and…
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… ‘doctrine of common purpose’ often used during the Apartheid years for political trials. The legal doctrine … bringing harm to civilians. Mashigo testified…
Address to the Nation on Radio Freedom by O. R. Tambo, 22 July 1985
… to impose martial law. He has granted full powers to his armed forces to govern certain areas of our country. This … the United States government, the…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985
… to impose martial law. He has granted full powers to his armed forces to govern certain areas of our country. This … the United States government, the…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… of affiliated women’s organisations that opposed the apartheid government. The African National Council (ANC) … Act The role that women played in the fight…
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… At the age of 14, Garvey went left for Kingston to work in a printing house, where some years later he was … elected vice president of the Kingston Union…
Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 01 September 1983, London
… struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of his life in the service of his people, a communist of world prominence; a dedicated and … it is by our…
Appendix II: About Dr. Dadoo, delivered by Oliver Tambo
… struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of his life in the service of his people, a communist of world prominence; a dedicated and … it is by our…
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
… struggle and that he felt he came to the meeting to meet his “blood-brothers.” He said in an interview to a Tamil … the coal mines and the railways, mostly…
ArticleSocio-economics in Sophiatown
… these schools. Most families needed their children to find work from as early an age as possible in order to bring in … after the younger children while…
EventDurban magistrate rules the death of Dr Haffejee accidental
… of the brutality employed by the security police during Apartheid. Dr Haffejee was arrested by the police on … while being questioned by the police regarding…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… One of Bush Radio’s board members and a strong anti-apartheid activist Professor William Tilden McClain passed … Sunday the 02nd of October 2011. We at …
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
… a political prisoner between 1964 and 1971, he completed his Senior Certificate. After his release he was restricted under a banning order and kept ……
EventHamilton Naki, a laboratory assistant to cardiac surgeon Christian Barnard, dies
… formal training. He would often perform amazing surgery work on animals quite effortlessly. After his death, it was claimed that he had assisted Dr Chris…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Place'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
… a Voortrekker elder; Jacobus van Zijl; built a Church on his Farm: 'Keerom' . This in Afrikaans means: 'Defend … this Town and shortly after it was named-…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… Mangope governed Bophuthatswana from 1977 until 1994. His reign was characterised by widespread corruption and … ploy failed to change the view of…
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… Island before being sent to Victor Verster Prison prior to his release. Walter Sisulu and Ahmed Kathrada , both anti-apartheid activists, were also…