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ArchiveR15 000 paid to sacked Dunlop workers
… The long-standing dispute between the Metal and Allied Workers …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… opened the prison doors and we knew that it would not be long before we found the way to peace and democracy. We knew … is unfree. The rule of a minority…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… opened the prison doors and we knew that it would not be long before we found the way to peace and democracy. We knew … is unfree. The rule of a minority…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela on Women’s Day, Pretoria, 9 August 1996
… task. The legacy of oppression weighs heavily on women. As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will…
ArchiveDurbans bread strike
… B Bread Bakery in Durban's Sydney Road kept up their night-long vigil to prevent the company sneaking in scabs. …
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… parliament and amended the constitution to allow their long term leader and now president of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, a …
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… for the protection of the coast. South Africa also has a long history with mercenaries. From 1781, under the command …
ArchiveNative, Bantu and African
… with African friends and a study of opinion among them long ago convinced me of the great importance attached to …
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… Jordaan starts delivering his judgment in the nine-year-long trial. 27 July,Judge Eben Jordaan finds that all the … in the North Gauteng High Court after a…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… Africans were only allowed to remain in urban areas for so long as they administered the needs of employers. It went on … about landmarks and popular…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… political structures and practices. This section is quite long so we have broken it into two pages: Defining … said that: "It is sufficient to reiterate here…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… that White-minority rule was not in a secure or popular long-term position. In attempting to regain absolute control, … by these excluded groups, but was…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… kept the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi alive in South Africa, long after he left the shores of that country in 1914, Nana … non-violent defiance of apartheid…
ArchiveMoral decay and social reconstruction: Richard Turner and radical reform by Eddie Webster
… Durban on 25 March 1993. The lecture formed part of a long term project on the origins, methods and scope of the …
EventKing Kong cast granted passports to perform in London
… After long and protracted negotiations with the South African …
ArchiveSuid-Afrikaanse Polisie
… photo of policeman holding small girl, very upset, with long hair. Police badge at top of poster. Issued in two …
ArchiveFree the children invite you to a jazz evening
… image of child. Red, black and white artwork of woman with long black hair playing piano and people dancing. List of …
EventQueen Mary dies
… V and mother of Edward VIII and George VI, died after a long illness on 24 March 1953. She was 86 and outlived two of …
EventBritish reinforcements arrive at Ladysmith
… like Mafikeng, and Kimberley were besieged for equally long periods. …
ArchiveThe effects of the current unrest on township children
… children were jailed, shot and killed, some served long prison sentences, others lost valuable years of …
ArchiveThe struggle for trade unions
… easy to form trade unions, and workers have had a very long struggle to do so. …
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… beliefs and practices were challenged by these migrations. Long-held practices had to be adapted, and at times were … among adjacent peoples fit into a…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… embarked upon thus far. For Gumede this signalled the long-awaited militant path that he hoped the Congress would …
ArchiveRemember June 16 1976
… struggle....(more text) From Mobilisation to Organisation! Long Live the struggle for Democracy! …
PlaceThe Space
… called the Foundation for Art and Theatre. [v] After a long search, they finally found a venue - the Sebba and Co … floor. In 1976 The Space moved to the…
Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011
… of the nation from a generation now reaching the end of a long and heroic struggle. Those of us from that generation, … go. We share tears over them because…
BiographyLouis Botha
… take over the coastal wireless stations and especially the long-distance radio transmitters at Windhoek, which they …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… discount he received on a luxury 4X4 Mercedes Benz in 1998 which he did not disclose to parliament as an MP. 5 May, … Centre in Johannesburg. 19 October, The…
EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the ‘homelands’
… J Vorster announces that White entrepreneurs will be given long-standing contracts in the 'homelands' to speed up …
EventItalian Troops raid Addis Ababa
… of Italy remarked: " we have been patient for too long". He thus made clear that the capture of Addis Ababa was …