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EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… have kicked off with a new round of honours for this anti-apartheid icon, including a photo exhibit and the release of … was jailed for 27 years in 1964 and…
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
… Man?" Scene 3. In town, some weeks later, Lukosi meets his cousin, Ntombela, who is a teacher. Though he is … to develop as Lukosi and Anna, before the three…
Africa’s photojournalists: The wars are not over by Greg Marinovich (Daily Maverick), 25 June 2013
… with the independent press [had] better be prepared to work with media organisations whose operations are hobbled in … plain is a boy dressed in rags and…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… 21 year-old Barend Strydom went on a killing spree with his pistol and attempted to shoot every Black person he … was a figment of Strydom’s imagination. He…
Economic Transformation for a National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… industrial development that creates decent work for all, a thriving small business and cooperative … The symbiosis between political oppression and the…
EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
… the Swaziland border between Houtkop and Piet Retief, but his real name was Lieutenant Silulame Moshe. Moshe drove them … the Swaziland border into South…
ArticleClassroom: Educational sites for learners and educators
… to the South African schooling and FET College community. Apartheid museum, understanding Apartheid The website hosts a supplement for educators and learners…
Mines, Masters and Migrants - Life in a Namibian Compound by R. J. Gordon, (Ravan Press), Johannesburg 1977, reviewed by Philip Schemer
… labour force on the mine: in the words of the author, his motivation was " t o make Black mineworkers more … personal experiences of the author during the…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… workers would bring their demands to the offices after work. We worked till late and they would come in with their … with the larger family of the democratic…
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
… on the 11th January 1498 when Vasco da Gama anchored his ships up the coast off a small river identified as … while their brothers and sisters live under the…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… , fleeing religious persecution in their own country. On his arrival he acquired a piece of land for farming by the … Mountains . He was the first to cross…
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… torture, any form of sexual violence, and the crime of apartheid. ‘War crimes’ include breaches of the Geneva … an offshore prison for criminals considered…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… ruled Libya since its independence in December 1951. After his deposition the king went into exile in Egypt. In 1970, … also other South African political…
STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
… jobs. Management then expected that they would return to work and submit to the company's conditions. The strikers … the African worker not to appreciate the…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
… of the assassination of Joe Gqabi by agents of the apartheid regime in Zimbabwe in 1981, as this regime tried to … at the provincial and local levels for the…
Chapter 4 - THE PARTY AND THE “SOLDIERS OF LUTHULI”
… with the ANC, the armed struggle and organisational work. With regard to the latter, an important decision aimed … meeting itself he paid tribute to the…
ArticleHostel Dwellers Association (HDA)
… organisations. Embedded in its flag and T-shirts were anti apartheid statements such as ‘Away with Apartheid’ or ‘Unite Families, Away with Apartheid’. Other…
Funeral of Sean MacBride: Oliver Tambo, 05 May 1988
… man, Sean MacBride, an Irishman, spent time in prison for his part in the struggle for independence of his own people. From 1973 to 1976, as United Nations…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Vietnam Institute of International Relations on the occasion of Africa Day celebrations, Hanoi
… Writing about the period between 1848 and 1875 in his book, 'The Age of Capital' historian Eric Hobsbawm says … for all civilised nations, by industries that…
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela, at the European parliament Strasbourg, 13 June 1990
… in Nazi Germany, Franco's Spain, Greece of the Colonies or apartheid South Africa. We are indeed truly glad and obliged … agreements they enter into. We are…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… men were shipped to France in battalions, for their work was needed there. On 10 July 1917, the British Royal … The King addressed soldiers through an…
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… Mandela, has called for an inquest into the deaths of anti-apartheid activists Stompie Seipei and Abu-Baker Asvat in … was 14 when he was killed. Doctor…
Dave Robertson
… self-taught, fine art photographer based in Cape Town. My work is primarily a form of social commentary. I am best … the ‘Photo LA 2004’ in Los Angeles, USA…
EventKing George VI is born
… 1895. George ascended the English throne following his brother, Prince Edward's abdication on 12 December 1936. George who was the Duke of York and his wife…
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… headed for dry land. The survivors were picked up by an American ship the SS Alava. A total number of 150 people died …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… masses whom Inkosi Bambatha had led, what it claimed was his severed head. Not content to capture this outstanding … women who were prepared to put aside…
EventSouth African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang, Club Kevin Carter, commits suicide
… in the area. Later in the day he heard over the radio that his friend Ken Oosterbroek had been killed in the conflict … and Greg Marinovich was seriously…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… her fervent struggle for women’s rights since the years of apartheid. Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge, “mother of … had left her job as a Medical…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987, Lusaka
… who has never abandoned the battle front from the day, in his youth, when he first joined the struggle, to this very hour, Today, as the struggle against the…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, Lusaka, 8 January 1987
… who has never abandoned the battle front from the day, in his youth, when he first joined the struggle, to this very hour, Today, as the struggle against the…