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ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… Introduction Part One - South African Socialists and the radically-divided working class … 1929 Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African…
ArchiveAlliance paper: the alliance in the Western Cape
… Assessment on the alliance in the Western Cape between the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… The Act was transgressed not only by independent African farmers and sharecroppers but also by landowners. … enterprise was labour intensive at this stage…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… segregation has a history that reaches far back into South African history. According to AJ Christopher, “ formal urban … a permanent presence. After the…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… of the first Coloured political organisation, the African People’s Organization (APO) in 1902 in Cape Town. In … in the advancement of Coloured education…
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
… The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was one of the women’s rights … launched in the Western Cape. Leading women in the South African struggle were…
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… It was officially disclosed that the South African Police (SAP) were in Rhodesia (later renamed … urging of the Liberation Committee of the Organisation of…
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… a retired army major, Mr. Nico Basson, said that the South African Defence Force (SADF) had supplied weapons (such as … to Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… on 27 August 1990 said that negotiations for a new South African constitution should begin in 1991 and be completed within two years. The African National…
EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… The South African state president, Thabo Mbeki, opened the second sitting of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) for the first time at its new … March 2004, by…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… The South African government threatened to pull out of the United … for Namibia unless action was taken against the South West African People's Organisation …
ArchiveReport of meeting with HM
… Report from H. Makgothi to the African National Congress National Executive Committee on a meeting with Ntatho Motlana, regarding the South African political…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
… collection of awards include most notably the prestigious African francophone literary award, Le Grand Prix Litettérete … enormous breadth of talents and…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… an icon. Only much of the world did not know it. South African-Jamaican writer Peter Abrahams died at 97 in Jamaica, … Mphahlele, Abraham’s friend and…
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… The African National Congress joins the nation in commemorating … of our struggle, a unifier and a selfless leader. The African National Congress…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
… and white mixed together, for hours on end, under the African sun, to decide on a government of their choice. Many … and what Angola is, will agree with us…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… flowed from the imperialist policy of creating a migratory African proletariat kept in readiness in vast reservoirs of … of the way in which imperialism…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
… Georgia.[iv] She was elected co-captain of the South African Olympic team.[v] Other than Penny Heyns, Kriel was the only other South African to receive a…
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… . The design concept of the Stadium is: 'The Calabash, or African pot'. This iconic, 87 436-seater is the largest Venue … It is often fondly referred to, as…
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… Principal of the University of Natal, alleging that the African was “totalitarian at heart and used to an ideology of … without any historical basis…
”Joint Declaration of Cooperation.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma of the ANC, Dr. G. M. Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress, and Dr. Y. M. Dadoo of the Transvaal Indian Congress, March 9, 1947
… This Joint Meeting between the representatives of the African National Congress and the Natal and Transvaal Indian … rights and full citizenship for all…
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
… country in whose territory the plane crashed, the South African government was bound by the Chicago Convention to … of demeaning treatment by South Africa…
Resignation of Cde Zweli Mkhize a Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, 22 August 2013
… The African National Congress is grateful to Comrade Dr Zweli … Mkhize, relinquished his position as Chairperson of the African National Congress in KwaZulu…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… suspicions pointed almost immediately to the South African government, who opposed Renee's socialist's regime … substantiated by the casual manner in which…
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… 2017 This conference, hosted by the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town, commemorates … War, on 21 February 1917. It pays tribute to…
PlaceThe AVA Gallery
… took place in South Africa. Previously known as the South African Association of Arts in the Western Cape, the AVA Gallery was rooted in the South African…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… are a number of other important buildings like:' the South African Library ; Iziko South African Museums ; the Iziko South African National Gallery ; St…
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… Executive members meet with the leadership of South African Indian Congress (SAIC) to recommend a massive … conferences. The Defiance campaign was adopted by…
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
… At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the South African government was divided on the issue of participation. … in defeating Benito Mussolini's troops in…
ArchiveMeeting between the Honorable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador H Nickel of the United States: Cape Town, 12 March 1984
… Minutes of a meeting between the South African Foreign Affairs Minister, Pik Botha and the American … Mr H Nickel, about a statement made by the South…