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Some remarkable women who helped Gandhiji in South Africa by E. S. Reddy
… who were subjected to humiliations by the white rulers. In his account of that struggle, Satyagraha in South Africa , he … was not involved in the anti-war…
ArchiveCHAPTER 9 - Tactics of talks, Tactics of confrontation, The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. by Howard Barrell
… [the township serving Nigel] we didn’t have anything. On his own initiative, of course in collaboration with the Boers … mandate. 18 Tambo said the ANC was…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… fitted, and whether he will have a chance in life to use his knowledge ”¦ What is the use of teaching the Bantu child … massacre. And during the next decade…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… Areas. Chief Lutuli sent this message to the people from his sick-bed.] There are no guns or bullets or clubs which … but to end the spread of the evil and…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… resisting moving after every 20 minutes, failing to keep his goods in a vehicle and for trading in a restricted area … Too many wayward laws were passed in…
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… this day at the age of 69. Founder and leader of the anti-apartheid African People's Organisation (APO) , he was the … a member of the Cape Town City Council…
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… President Lucas Mangope, the leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreated from the … a member of the anti-election Freedom Alliance. His stance…
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… the resignation of President P.W. Botha on 14 August. His announcement on 02 February, 1990 to release Nelson … in the referendum which, as he put it "closed…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
… who was principled to the end, and never shifted from his loyalty to his country and his people and his organisation, the ANC. The … paid the price and…
The Unsung Hero of South African Photography
… is never a trivial part of the analysis of any artist’s work.” Niami writes. “in Tshabangu’s case the contextual … to render fundamental clues to a deeper…
The Unsung Hero of South African Photography
… is never a trivial part of the analysis of any artist’s work.” Niami writes. “in Tshabangu’s case the contextual … to render fundamental clues to a deeper…
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood and his wife, Frances Elizabeth Wood (nee Hoole). After … Wood was trained as a teacher. In 1919 Wood…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony(Media friendly) by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… appearances. It tries to discover the deeper processes at work in society that maintain and reproduce, or/and erode and … and their meanings in a society…
PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
… known as Swede Wessels when he adopted the surname of his sweetheart, Martha Wessels. Theirs was a great love … story: Martha's husband disappeared without a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Accepting the Deutscher Medienpreis Baden-Baden, 28 January 1999
… your enduring support and solidarity. The fight against apartheid will, I am certain, be remembered by future … miracle happened because of, amongst other…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
… outstanding role played by the last Chairman of the OAU, His Excellency Mengistu Haile Mariam, who has, despite … problems which have confronted and continue…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
… Alas history is littered with instances where his words would have fallen on deaf ears. Hubris, which means … of the first Tay Railway Bridge, in Scotland,…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… the struggle and that such participation entailed not only work, but suffering as well; that unless the people were … ground against hooliganism. Not a…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… the Cape Province as new Prime Minister and Party leader. His elevation to the new position was boosted by the … the country onto reformist paths and away…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… weeks done to Gatsha Buthelezi? AG Well for one thing his leadership among many people has now got a question mark … You see people did suspect that he…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… arguments. Each judge sitting in a case must indicate his or her decision; the ruling is then determined by … the Court has public hearings. But the bulk of…
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. …
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… cement her reputation as a supporter of South Africa's Apartheid regime. Throughout the summit Thatcher stood alone … demanded by almost all the other…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and covert elements in apartheid government structures playing leading roles. The … one of a number of actions that had…
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
… who had been assassinated, killed or executed by the apartheid regime. Then they would sing of the great leaders … was executed while we were in Central…
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… (NIC). The NIC had grown more radical in its attitude to apartheid after the Second World War and Kajee held moderate … on 21 October 1945. Kajee had come…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
… story of our country especially with regards to the Apartheid era. As “Moederkerk” of the Dutch Reformed … PEN Ministries, who was very much involved in…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa
… Comrade Martin Thembisile Hani, better known to all by his MK nom de guerre, “Chris,” was murdered in broad daylight … quickly through high school and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… the past it was a light in the darkness of colonialism and apartheid, today the Herald can act as a clear mirror against … is as relevant today as it was one…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… the past it was a light in the darkness of colonialism and apartheid, today the Herald can act as a clear mirror against … is as relevant today as it was one…