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Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… Africa contributed to the Allied war effort in ship repair work, manufacture of munitions and the production of armoured … Six! On 16 February 1942 Gomas…
Chapter 8. Capitalists without Money
… made for the inclusion in industrial agreements of work given out on contract to any person by a principal or … I introduced myself and asked the employer to…
PlaceGoedverwact
… The farm was originally (1838) bequeathed to six of his freed slaves by H. S. Burger. On the death of the last of … in Dec. 1888 the Moravians (who had been…
EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
… twelve and a half years later, Dr Chris Barnard, who with his team operated on her, conceded that she had died of … despite foreign tissue rejection, heart…
EventDr JT van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician, dies
… Theodorus van der Kemp was the first missionary to work among the Xhosa. He became involved with the Khoi Khoi … and was interested in alleviating their…
EventJohannesburg municipal workers strike
… strike was centered around the migrant labour system under apartheid. In addition to restricting the freedom of mobility of the migrant worker and his family…
EventANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands
… leader, Walter Sisulu, denied allegations levelled at his party by the South African parliament and press that the … into South Africa, as part of the…
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
… on the 7 April 1997 for allegedly being a spy for the Apartheid regime and for fomenting violence between African … Freedom Party (IFP) members in KwaZulu…
EventSouth Africa and Lesotho establish a consultative committee to resolve border disputes
… criticised the South African government's policy of apartheid while declaring his support for the African National Congress (ANC). Five …
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… and Mbozambo valleys. Shaka In 1816, after the death of his father, Shaka became King of the Zulus. At this time, he was living at his royal settlement …
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… A turning point in the struggle against apartheid came about in the 1960s. This change was the result … government had become. Support for the struggle…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… to challenge this injustice through the study of law. Upon his return to South Africa, he worked as an advocate in … Prime Minister after the defeat of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… first president. The same aircraft which had bombed his followers in neighbouring states did a fly-past to honour … And next to the new president stood one…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
… regarding sexual harassment and acts of GBV. In 2006, an American social activist, Tarana Burke, attempted to initiate … shock-waves across South Africa. …
EventJohn Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot
… to a police spokesperson, Lawrence allegedly pointed his pistol at and slapped the pedestrian. Lawrence then got … figures within the ANC were not uncommon…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… 55 Circular Letter - Invitation to a Meeting of Anglo-American Secretariat, 27 December 1935 Document 56 Report of M. Kotane to Anglo-American Secretariat,…
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… In 1607 the skipper of the British ship Contest found his vessel becalmed in what is now Hout Bay and sent his pilot, John Chapman, to row ashore in the hope…
Chapter 7. An Afrikaner Working Mother
… was sent to the "Draadkamp" (prison camp) to do hard work for a month because she had infringed a regulation- she … to Pieter Swanepoel, a labourer-fitter on…
Hendrik Verwoerd: 10 quotes by Hendrik Verwoerd (Politics Web), 20 September 2016
… of the House of Assembly in Parliament, Cape Town. In his biography of the man Verwoerd: Architect of Apartheid Henry Kenney noted that Verwoerd had a …
Address to the International Labour Conference Geneva, 8 June 1990
… your commitment to the struggle to end the evil system of apartheid. We bring you the greetings of the National … the initiative of the ANC, we met President…
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… Reverend Johan Hein, teacher and evangelist, began his work here in 1844. The local School, once situated under trees, still bears his name. Since most of…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… enforced the Security Legislation that curtailed anti-apartheid activities in the country. In the late 1960s, … detention of political activists. In…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… hill that became known as the Nelsberg. From about 1883 his sons, Gert, Louis and Andries Nel, brought their sheep … It was from Nelspruit, in September 1900…
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… to the Heeren XVII, asking for Slave Labour. He wrote in his letter; ‘if it could be agreed upon, however, it would be very much cheaper to have the…
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… days crowds attacked everything they associated with the apartheid government. Vehicles and buildings were stoned and … and persons believed to have been…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
… A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman This is a book about … at the same time to complement and…
Address of The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 21st Plenary Assembly of SADC Parliamentary Forum - Usambara Lodge, Mogale City, 14 November 2006
… driven by a strong determination to end colonialism and apartheid in our region. Indeed, the spirit that united some … (This underlines the importance of…
PlaceGreat Brak Rivier
… Searle, an English paper-mill hand who, together with his wife and four children, emigrated to the Cape in 1859. … these found a ready market among travelers…
Address by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at Freedom Charter Forum, 29 September 2015, Pietermaritzburg City Hall
… a fully-fledged national movement. As Ismail Vadi notes in his 1995 history of the Freedom Charter: "The campaign for … objectives and principles. It served…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… of the mass army of revolution that is today shaking the apartheid system to its very foundations. The formation of … will be done against the background of…