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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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… that in order to reach a settlement of dispute between his government and that of the Transkei 'homeland', he … the International Court of Justice in the…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… then as president from independence in December 1961 until his retirement in 1985, except for a brief period shortly … after independence when he stepped…
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…
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…
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,…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… the executive tasks in the normal course of organisational work, but when leadership is confronted with the execution of … document Khotso Pula Nala as a…
PlaceUniversity of Stellenbosch
… University has inextricable ties to the formulation of Apartheid Ideology and the formalisation of Afrikaans as … Other iniquities occurred before the…
Behind the Narrative of the Abuse of State Power was a Larger Goal by Thabo Mbeki, 8 February 2016
… the SAPS did not obstruct the NDPP and the DSO in their work. One result of this undertaking was that I convened a … During September 2007 DG Chikane and I…
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…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… was arrested and imprisoned for attempting to free some of his subjects whom he believed had been wrongfully imprisoned … At 18 Rhodes was sent to South…
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… Their execution 40 years ago at the hands of the brutal apartheid hangmen, was a turning point for the people and the … all times. Most importantly, is the…
ArchiveStatement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
… It was the day that dramatic change took place – the apartheid regime released Nelson Mandela after he served 27 … from apartheid to freedom. I met…
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
… Parliament convened on Monday 22 September and accepted his resignation. The African National Congress (ANC) also … from the Freedom Front Plus (FFP) and…
Karen Nieuwoudt
… employed by the Transvaal Provincial Administration. My work pronged me on to study further and I obtained Master's … photography. Thank you for the…
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…
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
… When in 1795, the London Missionary Society started its work in South Africa, no one would have anticipated that it … of equal rights for all, irrespective…