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Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… youth became leading actors in the struggle to defeat apartheid. The trigger that ignited this transformation was … when the president of the Src, Onkgopotse…
EventUDF members challenge the government to arrest them on charges of high treason
… Boesak and his colleagues were addressing a protest meeting on the night … I did in helping found the UDF and in speaking out against Apartheid and the…
EventSouth Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
… The legacy of apartheid is characterized by great political and … large enough to house families. RDP can be considered as a work in progress as certain…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… represents South Africa’s dark past and its bright post-apartheid future. Johannesburg ’s most notorious historic … poverty rates are still high. The…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
… CHAIRMAN : I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am … to the internal struggle. Then for largely…
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
… Human Rights as part of its avowed policy. Twenty Years of Apartheid 1968 sees the end of two decades of apartheid in South Africa. The Nazi ideology which…
Chapter 7 - SANSCO:The Ideology and Politics of Non-Racialism, the Freedom Charter and National Liberation
… that Nkondo's alleged misconduct was an excuse for his removal since he was perceived as too close to the … position where they could say for a few weeks: WE…
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
… of June) We have already started with the preparatory work to ensure that our volunteers, from structures of the … when the young people of our country…
PlaceDonkin Mount, Port Elizabeth
… the name of Algoa Bay to Port Elizabeth in memory of his deceased wife, Lady Elizabeth Donkin, who had died at Murat, in Upper Hindustan, on 21 August 1818,…
ArchiveSome reflections of civilisation in Africa
… he reflects on civilisation and society in Africa and his belief is that, one of the marks of civilisation, is the ability of people in society to work…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… in Ladysmith, Natal, Prime Minister P.W. Botha assured his party supporters that the proposed constitutional reforms … neighbours and create a buffer zone…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the ‘72-hour curfew’
… imposed on visiting blacks was one of the most hated apartheid laws. This curfew formed an integral part of … regulations that restricted black people’s…
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… of a heart attack. Prime Minister K.D. Matanzima announced his retirement from active politics, but would accept … for the massacre because he was seen as…
ArchiveStatement on Mbeki's recall, by Jacob Zuma on behalf of ANC NEC, 22 September
… the decision comes with a degree of pain to Comrade Mbeki, his family, friends, members of the ANC, ordinary South … whom we interact. Comrade Mbeki has…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
… all sides of the House were at one, that outstanding work had been done in these past four-and-half years to … a new cadreship and performance-based…
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
… the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The festival will showcase the work of South African Documentary photographers, contributing … of photographers. The Festival will…
Challenge to the church: A Theological Comment on the Political Crisis in South Africa | The Kairos Document, 1985
… as one black township after another revolted against the apartheid regime, as the people refused to be oppressed or to … did not approve of what they did. It…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of the South … UNITA stronghold at Mavinga. This was the…
The Wider Significance of the Judgement of the Constitutional Court on the “Nkandla Matter” by Thabo Mbeki, 11 April 2016
… the centuries-long period of conflict-ridden colonial and apartheid rule. The Constitution was therefore conceived and … is the Head of State and Head of the…
ArticleSS Mendi
… African Native Labour Contingent provide 10 000 men to work behind the front lines in France. The Mendi was built in … Stump of the SS Darro to in an…
PlaceClaremont Main Road Mosque
… of the Prophet’s departure from Makkah to Jerusalem and his subsequent ascension to the highest lote tree to have the … the Mosque was Imam Abdol Roef, who…
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… criticized the South African government's policy of apartheid while declaring his support for the African National Congress (ANC). Jonathan … by Maj-Gen…
Griqua
… started when Kok arrested a Boer accused of ill-treating his people, and the trekker community tried to take over his entire territory. A British force…
Griqua community
… started when Kok arrested a Boer accused of ill-treating his people, and the trekker community tried to take over his entire territory. A British force…
ArchiveThe Fragility of Existence by David Goldblatt (www.aperture.org), 6 February 2018
… for a thread of elegance that runs through most of her work, not any of Margaret Courtney-Clarke’s earlier photography prepared me for the work in her book …
Input by Secretary General Gwede Mantashe on ANC Policies and the NDP at Wits University, 25 July 2013
… not by birth, but by ability, education and hard work." When we agree on the underpinning principles we will … Breaking the disincentive to hire young,…
EventThe reburial of Flora
… be since the owners of the Vergelegen Wine Estate, Anglo-American Farms had arranged to put many of the elderly, …
The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959
… the struggle such as: Engaging fulltime, paid workers. The work is too vast to be carried out effectively and … control over the Africans with the most…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - What is industrialisation? by Emilia Potenza
… for protection in times of war, a serf had to give some of his produce or his labour to the noble. This arrangement between nobles and … stay away as they…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1972
… day, having reviewed the past, the nation proceeded to work out the strategy of struggle for the future; and as they … called on the South African racists to…