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… Angry White workers, on strike since 28 December, storm and occupy police stations, …

… Angry White workers, on strike since 28 December, storm and occupy police stations, …

… Boers preferred the freedom of their ox wagons and tents to living under the rule of the DElC. Their trek brought them … the Khoikhoi, who fought them off when the Boers tried to settle on Khoikhoi land. Later, in the East, they met up … the cattle farms in the area. The local farmers fought back and were helped by soldiers, and the KhoiKhoi were …

… Timol was born in Breyton, Transvaal on 3 November 1941 to Haji Yusuf Ahmed Timol and Hawa Ismail Dindar. His father … Indian High School (JIHS). Once more, the Timol family back to Roodepoort in 1956 where his father opened a fish and … aware that the struggle in South Africa was inextricably bound to similar struggles around the world. On 25 December …

… the October Revolution of 1917 as a child, and this led to his socialist political development. During World War I, … soldiers who took him around. Later, he became attracted to Communism, and as a Jew, he was opposed to all forms of … activities. In 1928, he was imprisoned during a general strike in protest against proposed anti-trade union …

… showed musical ability from a young age, and began to play piano as a child. Inspired by the movie Young Man with a Horn, Masekela began to play the trumpet, encouraged by anti-apartheid activist … Congress ' cultural boycott. His 1987 hit ‘Bring Him Back Home’ became the anthem for Nelson Mandela 's world …

… This does more credit than harm, and his work is able to stand on its own as work with an original eye. His … that other issues are not stated directly but are alluded to, thus creating an element of intrigue and wonder.Duma’s … believed that the spirit of the deceased should be brought back to protect the family. However, a ghost may symbolise …

… only ones who participated in it, the only ones allowed to vote.  Under their leadership segregation laws were … poor and unsafe conditions and were denied the rights to join or form trade unions. In the army only white people … manual labour. Large numbers of black people then moved to the cities to fill these vacancies and soon Blacks became …

… he was killed at scene two after being shot once in the back by the police. He was the breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and 5 young children. According to his wife, Nosakhe Nokhamba, “He called on 16 August 2012 …

… August 1966 and was shot, captured and taken as a prisoner to Pretoria. He was later brought back to Namibia for his trial. He was found guilty and sentenced …

… Ashley Kriel was born on the 17 October 1966 to Ivy and Melvin Kriel. He has two sisters, Michel Assure … been designated ‘white’ areas under the Act. Kriel went to school in Bonteheuwel, starting at Central Park Primary … in exile as a top member of the instructorate. or send him back to South Africa. The decision seemed to have been made …

… being shot 6 times by the police, including in his head, back, elbow and foot. He left behind his wife and three young … and two nephews whom he supported financially. According to his uncle, Kolose Fundakubi, "We were weakened when we … going crazy, we all thought of the support that he gave to the family. His younger brother works in the mines. There …

… school in Lesotho. This continued when he later went to study at Adams College near Durban . He subsequently moved to Johannesburg where he began working for the YMCA. In 1968, … Durban strikes in that year. Shortly thereafter he moved back to the United States where he taught for eight years. He …

… - KZN) on 2 August 1940. His grandparents had come to South Africa around the 1880’s. They were part of the second wave of emigrants from India to South Africa. His grandfather had owned property, in a … Coovadia obtained an M.B, B.S degree in 1965 and moved back to South Africa to work at the King Edward Hospital in …

… sabotage trial sitting at Pietermaritzburg and sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment on 29 February 1964. He served his … (NIC) together with  Billy Nair . Naicker was a delegate to the Congress of the People in June 1955 at Kliptown, … at the United Nations. With the return of ANC exiles back to South Africa in 1990, Naicker was charged with taking …

… Johannesburg . Upon completion of his matric, he decided to enrol for law studies at the University of the North … made after he witnessed a humiliating treatment meted out to his brother by prison warders. His brother was doing time … two occasions. He was first expelled in 1977 and admitted back to the University to proceed with his studies. During …

… Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho was born to a peasant family in Maun Bechuanaland (now Botswana) on 3 … Moremi Primary School in Maun, and after completion went to further his education in South Africa at Tiger Kloof, … Conference in Accra, Ghana. While he was on his way back to Botswana one of his comrades composed a song Fatshe …

… He left school in the late 1940s and went to work in Durban.  He joined the African National Congress … Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)  that were sent outside the country to undergo military training.  The late  Themba Harry Gwala … Colonial Police in Northern Rhodesia.  They were then sent back to South Africa through Southern Rhodesia to stand trial …

… This archive consists of Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege … Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege …

… not about principle, but about political power: the power to determine the final constitutional dispensation. It also … 90 per cent of the workforce heeded a national general strike. This was the biggest form of mass mobilization seen … with the NP's agreement that the constituent assembly be bound only by general constitutional principles, be subject …

… of an elaborate plan by the Port Natal Security Branch to abduct Ndwandwe and turn her into an informant as well. … and captured her after the two informers turned her over to them. This information came to light during the Truth and … testified that after Ndwandwe’s abduction they took her back to South Africa where she was interrogated and left …

… scene 2. He was shot 3 times by the police – twice in the back of his head and in his buttock. He left behind his wife, … Thelejane was employed by a labour broker, Lonmin refused to acknowledge responsibility for his death and would not … provide support for his dependents' education. According to his wife, Mrs Thelejane, "He went to the Koppie just like …

… Moodley was born in Mooi River , Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who … In 1930, when Poomoney was two years old, the family moved to Clairwood. Her father was a policeman and her mother … Campaign . That same year she organised a nurses’ strike for better pay and working conditions, which resulted …

… Johannesburg, where he became known for his ability to master the most abstruse political writings.Starting to work at 17 in Krugersdorp, Kotane was alternately a … his nominal resignation in 1952. Following the 1946 mine strike, he was subjected with other leaders of the Communist …

… right into our kitchen, which led onto the garden at the back. And we could distinctly hear the call. That is one of … “My great aunt stayed with us and she didn’t allow me to do any chores except to polish the spoons. My eldest sister did all the work, but …

… Pat Horn initially got exposed to politics in the early 1970s through her involvement with … factory workers in the Western Cape . In 1976 Pat moved to Durban where she was to set up a similar project. It is in … until 1981. When her banning order was lifted, she went back into union politics and she started working with the …

… of the workers were migrant labourers, it was difficult to maintain permanent structures. In 1950 he was one of the … but was dismissed for recruiting hospital workers to become members of the South African Council of Trade … arrested as a result of their involvement in a workers” strike that took place in August of that year. In 1977 he was …

… At least 4,500 people die when two earthquakes strike North West Algeria. In El-Asnam (formerly …

… Students at Lovedale College embarked on a strike against the new Code of Conduct and the appointment of …

… ’General Strike’ Statement by Nelson Mandela on behalf of the National …