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Statement by Nelson R. Mandela on his relationship with his wife 13 April 1992
… to end apartheid, we were unable to enjoy a normal family life. Despite these pressures our love for each other … living the life of a fugitive until my…
BiographyJacob Mafora
… domestic servant and a gardener. He was President of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Orange Free State and … President of the African National…
BiographyDundubela Aubrey Mokoena
… In 1999, his name appeared at Number 10 on the Gauteng African National Congress (ANC) Provincial List to go to the …
EventJohannesburg municipal workers strike
… city in South Africa. The strike involved over 10,000 African municipal workers. Apart from a wage crisis, the … the freedom of mobility of the migrant…
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… On 4 September 1899, an 1820 Settler and early South African naturalist, Mary Elizabeth Barber died in Malvern, … Baber was instrumental in influencing many…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… The South African Native Labour Contingent were recruited and employed … in the First World War with labour duties. Black South African men were shipped to…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… Initially Waaihoek was a White owned farm until the South African Development Trust (SADT) purchased it in the 1960s … and postal sevices. Crime,…
EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
… for a short while and a literary magazine called the South African Journal. The magazine proved to be the beginning of … Thomas Pringle went on to become the…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… closer to Mannie and he was forced into hiding while his family went into exile. The prison break came roughly two … in Pretoria. Probably the most dramatic…
EventGovernment admits responsibility for Mdluli’s death
… The South African government admitted responsibility for the death of the African National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph Mdluli (50), on 19 March 1976 and…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… furious assault” on drug companies and the South African government to make ARVs accessible. Towards the end … to be among the lucky who will never fall ill…
PlacePrieska
… of tiger eye stone by British soldiers during the South African War • a memorial garden in town that hold a number of …
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… Strijdom police state on their fast dwindling rights. Our African womenfolk face the ghastly possibility of having to … vigorous implementation of the Nazi…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… cost farmers less as they were not held responsible for housing, clothing of medical needs of the labourers. The …
BiographyMoses Mphahlele
… Moses Mphahlele was the Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal during the … From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of…
BiographyAaron Mahlangu
… was an Executive Committee Member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions from 1955-1956. He was an …
BiographyMartin Tose
… and the breakaway of the Africanists section from the African National Congress after they were barred from … A South African born painter and sculptor …
BiographyLauretta Ngcobo
… Ngcobo articulated the personal and public struggles of African women who opposed apartheid amidst the harshness of …
BiographyCijimpi Mnyandu
… Cijimpi Mnyaundu, a trade union leader and African National Congress (ANC) member, who worked in Durban, …
BiographyIsaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho
… experienced under apartheid labour laws. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and soon became an active … on 15 August 2011]|IOL, (2006), Mbeki…
BiographyJackson Mthembu
… Presidency of South Africa, and parliamentarian for the African National Congress (ANC). Previously, he served as the …
BiographyAndrew Sibusiso Zondo
… a young age and by the age of 16, became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and went into exile in … Durban. At the age of 16, he became a…
BiographyCecil Williams
… His involvement in activities of the banned South African Communist Party (SACP) and opposition to racism led …
ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo, 31 January 2007
… is with deep regret and a profound sense of loss that the African National Congress has learnt of the death this … extends heartfelt sympathies and…
Address to the nation by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, on the assassination of Martin Thembisile (Chris) Hani 10 April 1993
… him, at an early age, to commit himself fully to the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party. Chris Hani knew from personal … will be…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… Maximilian. This service was run by the Thurn and Taxis family, and for the first time anybody could send mail if … had sole control over the postal system…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
EventANC’s economic plans
… African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson … that the private sector would be excluded from certain areas of business, and said that the ANC…
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
… girls who had come to the Witwatersrand from the rural areas looking for work during the Depression. Solly Sachs …
PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
… close its doors and move to Athlone, because of the Group Areas Act. After the founding of these YMCA's, various other … were formed before the establishment…