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Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by A. P. Mda
… my memories of Lembede, two things stick out in my mind ”” his scholarliness and his innovative analysis of the freedom struggle. His … studies. He became a…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… and philosopher. Karl Marx became stateless because of his work that mainly consisted of political publications which forced him to live in exile with his…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… congregation and taught the Khoisan to read and write. His good works came unstuck, however, when he began baptising … later when three Missionaries returned…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… was schooled at Wonderhoek, which was established by his father, a priest and teacher. In 1930, he attended the Grace Dieu institute. Here he completed his…
The tragedy of history: When caricature displaces the truth by Thabo Mbeki, 11 January 2016
… as I propose to write that history myself.” Whatever his exact words, Churchill’s comments drew attention to the … of this, would also have their own…
PlaceVanderbijlpark
… and Sasolburg . The town was named after a young American scientist, by the name of Dr HJ van der Bijl , who …
EventAlan Paton is born
… came to power in the Union of South Africa and instituted apartheid. The publication of Cry, the Beloved Country, which … as principal of the reformatory to…
PlaceDefence Force HQ, Pretoria- Artillery Barracks
… Bay Trooper. Trooper W. Heslcp, writing from Pretoria to his father, at Omaranui, and was issued in the Hawke's Bay … it. The stalls are partitioned by…
PlaceArtillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence
… was written in a letter from a Hawke's Bay Trooper to his father. (On the 24 October 1900.) The following is a … it. The stalls are partitioned by tongued…
ArticleNational Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR)
… in attracting various church leaders to come together and work towards reconciliation in South Africa NIR's other … people to make use of these opportunities…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… to ”” "not a penny less, not a penny more!" I sensed his great concern for the clothing workers as people, and … called "spit and polish". Nor did I fit into…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… the National Party to oppress black South Africans during Apartheid. This article will not only discuss the … who lost the Anglo-Boer War by publishing…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE LAUNCH OF THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING Soweto, 20 February 1997
… your children always attend school and do their school work. I am mindful of the untenable conditions in some of our … deal with them. In the same way that…
Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101st Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 2013
… power on 26 May 1948, marking the formal introduction of "apartheid". This served to institutionalise racism and the … Development Plan, to drive its…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… power on 26 May 1948, marking the formal introduction of “apartheid”. This served to institutionalise racism and the … Development Plan, to drive its…
EventScottish missionary, Robert Moffat arrives in Northern Cape
… ten km from present day Kuruman, to assist with missionary work, which the LMS started in 1816 under the Bechuana … society of Chief Mothibi. Moffat was…
EventSir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape
… 1897. Milner arrived in Cape Town on 5 May 1897 to assume his new position. Soon after taking up the position, he … the grievances of the Uitlanders with the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to New African, 05 January 1980, London
… to death of James Mange for being `obnoxious` to his fascist judge. The open threat of the apartheid regime to invade and occupy Zimbabwe in the event … by…
Unity in Action Decisive - O. R. Tambo Interviewed to New African, London, 1980
… to death of James Mange for being 'obnoxious' to his fascist judge. The open threat of the apartheid regime to invade and occupy Zimbabwe in the event … by…
EventDulcie September's 's life commemorated at Athlone High School
… of activism she chose the path of resistance against the apartheid regime. She was a member of the Cape Peninsula … heating and transport. In 1981 Dulcie was…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary … separate chambers, a supposed reform and improvement…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… programme, which included the enactment of new apartheid laws, as well as the stricter application of … to remove Coloureds from the common roll was enacted…
PlaceThembuland
… severe military pressure from the combined armies of his enemies, Chief Ngangelizwe and his Ministers approached the nominally-independent Cape … lead up to…
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… in exposing agents sent by the government to disrupt anti-apartheid activities in the trade union movement and this led to his arrest in June 1963. Ndlovu…
EventKhotso House is bombed
… based in Johannesburg, was bombed for harbouring anti-apartheid groups a year after a blast at Congress of South … chief Johan Van der Merwe who was applying…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Investment Against Crime Seminar 19 August 1998
… on human dignity, helped exposed the twisted logic of apartheid;and which made its contribution to passive … police, the prisons and the court system who…
ArchiveFrom the Archive of Steve Bantu Biko by Mafika Gwala, 23 May 2019
… political needs and aspirations of all those victimised by apartheid. He was closely associated with the Soweto poets, … and Mandla Langa. In 1973, he edited…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… In settler society too, it was not considered feminine to work outside the home, although some women did so to … place as more people moved into the cities…
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… The four murderers of Amy Biehl, American Fullbright exchange student, are granted amnesty by …
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… political activist murdered on 19 November, was buried at his home village of Rayi, near King William's Town. More than … Supreme Court, was also brutally…