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Chapter XIII - Journey to the banished
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph At long last … was that any African could be taken without prior notice from his home, with only what…
The Pioneers
… African traditions, a cultural and educational influence from Europe, and the imposition of an economic system … These were times of enormous change and…
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… as a result of very cheap “indentured labour” sourced from India. The first group of Indian workers arrived in … British farmers were unable to secure enough…
EventIndependent African States resolve to impose sanctions against South Africa
… upon its members to cut diplomatic relations or refrain from establishing diplomatic relations, as the case may be, … African flag, to enact legislation…
EventSoweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving
… Beyers Naude and CR Swart drives. Allegedly, he drove away from the scene only to drive straight into a wall in Kowie … (5 November 2004). ‘Court waiting for…
EventThe HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire sink near Colombo
… Addo Atoll. On 5 April 1942, at midday, a spotter plane from the Japanese cruiser Tone spotted the two cruisers while … the cruisers came under heavy attack…
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 until his death in 1967. In 1960, he received the … conflict with the apartheid government…
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… settlers were also joined by settlers of African origin from other parts of the empire. Sierra Leone became a British … grew through various "treaties of…
EventSA author Hymne Weiss is born
… South African author and translator of books into Afrikaans from six European languages, Hymne Weiss, was born on the … school at Roodepoort, Piet Retief and…
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… KÁƒÂƒÂ¼hn taught for a while at Kuilsrivier and Ritchie. From 1930 to 1931 he wrote poems for the magazine Huisgenoot … Movement (Landdiensbeweging) for the…
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… the Free State, and depicts all major military conflicts from 1820, including the apartheid struggle. The Queen’s … that raged in the Free State and…
ArchiveDetention Dairy by Michael Hathorn (an extract)
… An extract from Michael Hathorn’s prison diary and notes from his 3 month detention in Durban in 1960 …
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… watershed separating the inertia and decline of the 1930s from the populism and mass politics of the 1950s. The first … and politically bankrupt. What…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
… with eminent white South Africans. He was an ANC MP from 1994 to 1999 and nonexecutive chairman of the ANC front … was recruited into the Luthuli detachment…
Address by Nelson Mandela on behalf of the ANC delegation to the Conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa Addis Ababa, January 1962
… of Africa - a phase which derives special significance from the entry into PAFMECA of the independent states of … by the South African government, to travel…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … wooden partition wall, the corpse could be seen suspended from the roof inside. I broke open the door…
This item by Oliver Tambo was published as the introduction to the book "No Easy Walk to Freedom" by Ruth First, 01 June 1965
… in Johannesburg in a shabby building across the street from the Magistrates` Court. Chancellor House in Fox Street … I ran the gauntlet of patient queues of…
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
… Great White Sharks and “game-viewing” of the Marine Big 5 from land, sea and air, the greater Gansbaai area offers a … the highest density of Great White…
ArchiveLenasia Youth League LESCO 1988 calendar
… text: Save the Children, poems The struggle continues (from Palestine) and Song of Morning (from El Salvador) …
ArchiveLetter addressed to Reverend David Russell
… Letter from Errol K. Moorcroft to Reverend David Russell relating to the eviction of farm workers from Syd Knott's farm, Kei Road District. …
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 … This reflected itself partly in a rise of strike action, from the low point of the decade in…
PlaceAmamakop, a Hill in the Northern Cape
… Hillock about 43 km from Aggeney's! The name is derived from the Khoikhoi word for- 'embrace', because the … Hillock about 43 km from Aggeney's! The name is…
For Joe Slovo by David Heavenor (Audio), 24 November 1993, South Africa
… Samples, Electric Guitar, mandolin: Simon Jaquet Children from Gabarone Botswana From the album PRIVATE: THE NIGHT VISITORS …
ArticleThe Market Photo Workshop
… and disadvantaged areas of our society as alumni come from different areas of the country. It is a contemporary art …
ArticleNo Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
… [9] S’bu Zikode reasoned: "This is because any councillor from a political party forgets about our situation soon after … der Haide , E., 2005. NO LAND, NO…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… Durban and Maputo made the transport of trade goods to and from the southern African interior more specialized. Instead …
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… Soon after this the PP merged with a new breakaway group from the United Party, the Reform Party, to become the …
The turn to armed struggle
… its military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK). MK members came from the ANC, SACP, South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and …
Polokwane an Overview
… which also serves as a way station for travellers to and from Zimbabwe and North Africa. Polokwane, now the capital of …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… Indian trade unions. The ISL was already active in Natal from about 1915. Its members were actively involved in the …