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EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… This charismatic but humble spiritual leader was the first Black person to hold this office. He occupied the position …
EventMining agreement on wages and working conditions is signed
… training. Under the agreement, parity between White and Black workers on training, retirement and death benefits …
EventDrum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners
… against apartheid. It often exposed ills committed against black people by the apartheid regime during the 1950’s. The …
EventUnrests break out in the Coloured townships
… schools in Pretoria and KwaZulu-Natal joined the boycott. Black Consciousness groups also pledged their support. In …
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
… form of demonstration. That some thing was done in the face of such terrific opposition, no matter how feebly, … of whites over blacks and thus it…
Say It out Loud - The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923
… Native question. That was the chief difficulty he had to face. He had to win the favour of the Natives and to practise … present there has been no political…
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
… studies of young Namibians and to help start the first black newspaper, South West News. These developments prepared … of Jakob Marengo. When some commented…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… controversy during the year. There were 30 delegates, 20 black and 10 white. The visitors were guests of the party … and from sundry trade unions and…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… at considerable personal cost. At first aligned to the black consciousness movement, but soon deciding to work for … about 5900 in 2006 to almost 7500 in…
Mission Stations - I-L
… stone, whence the preacher gives his instructions, and in face of it are half a dozen benches for his auditors. There … and driven back into the sea,…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… that stated, "South Africa belongs to all who live in it black and white". South Africa had to be governed by Africans … the sympathetic interest of the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Le Monde, Addis Ababa, 08 June 1983
… use of urban "terrorism" causing an increasing number of black civilian victims might damage its cause? TAMBO : Each … victims, it is whites that are…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… the historical and ongoing involvement of past members of Black Sash and the young people who made the film. This will … same event. The death sparked a…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… however given the country's attitude to race at the time Black, Indian and Coloured volunteers could only serve in a … 193 white (including 24 075 women) and…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… Prime Minster of South Africa. Vorster fiercely opposed Black majority rule in South Africa and vigorously enforced … in Zimbabwe, while he remained…
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
… Western-style institution that was the largest school for black Africans in Thembuland. Made to socialise with other … Mandela’s Living Legacy University of…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
… colony of Natal was not compulsory for anybody, white or black. Such facilities as did exist were extremely … held her in awe: her achievement as perhaps the…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
… ‘puzamandla‘ (a protein supplement that was given to black African prisoners) to have with his ‘mealie pap‘ … Madiba and Walter Sisulu - the ANC Liaison with…
EventThe first legal photograph of Nelson Mandela released.
… of the banned African National Congress and a famous black political prisoner in South Africa. In 1964 Mandela was … collection, the first photo of Nelson…
EventPolice constable is buried alive at Ackerville cemetery near Witbank
… body in a sitting position. He was already dead. The black members of security forces were targets of attacks by … collection, Constable buried alive at the…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… in South Africa, London, Onyx Press, 1982. Lodge, T., Black Politics in South Africa since 1945, Johannesburg, …
PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
… the east--home to elephants, buffalo, and the endangered black rhino. (links in FURTHER READING and picture in BANNER …
ArchiveThe rehabilitation scheme: a new fraud
… The article introduces the Native Policy in which the Black man is kept as a slave to the White man and to …
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
… A2 silkscreen yellow green black red blend on white; graphics of people working; …
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… his career, including the Graphic Art Award at the Black Expo of 1973. He has also held a number of exhibitions …
EventThe Riotous Assemblies Act Commences
… information" that would cause hostility between Black and White people, but also punished actions that could …
EventThe South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu
… This represented an extension of the measures to all other black townships. …
EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
… The lengthy trial of nine student leaders from the Black People's Convention (BPC) and the South African …
EventStudents support the appointment of Archie Mafeje
… to rescind on its appointment of Archie Mafeje (a Black academic) as senior lecturer in the Department of …
EventNic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement is assassinated.
… trade with ‘liberal organisations’ such as the ANC, the Black Sash, and Women for Peaceful Change. PC Plus is said to …