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Archive1994 - President Mandela, State Of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994 (After National Elections)
… she wrote that: "The child is not dead the child lifts his fists against his mother who shouts Africa!... The child … is also acutely conscious of the fact…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… Apartheid's Truimph Over Non-Racialism The destruction of … Nationalist Party (NP) government's model for its urban apartheid legislation and policies…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… 1 040 police stations. South African riot police during Apartheid in the 1950’s. Source: www.capetown.at The most … of the country. South African riot police…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… Africa came the spread of crop farming. Martin West, in his study of this period, points out that all the African … in these societies. Looking after the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… which South African Indians can be relocated, begins its work. 22 August, Albert Christopher, Manilal Gandhi, S.L. … Maharaj Singh, the Indian Agent in South…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… what was going on but we couldn't. So many of the mothers work. The Day Hospital had closed at 11.00 a.m. and those … who remained. The last to come was…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VI - The Wesleyans take a hand
… which supplied the conditions for the operation of his military genius. As a result of these developments some … such impoverished conditions that they were…
Archive1995 - President Mandela: State of the Nation Address, 24 February 1995 (after National Elections)
… commitment expressed by all the parties in this chamber to work together for the good of the country. We welcome this … Mbeki to take this matter up as soon…
ArticleMcGill University Project
… researchers and who supported students as they did their work. The student essays formed part of their South African …
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… at the Hendrina-based mine for almost 12 years. He says his salary has been paid irregularly for a year now and … to score multi-billion dollar contracts for…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… broke away to form a parliamentary opposition against apartheid. The cause of the split was the UP's inability to find a clear-cut alternative to the…
The turn to armed struggle
… debated engaging in armed struggle against the Apartheid state. Following the Sharpeville Massacre, the … NCL engaged in armed struggle as a legitimate means…
Learning about history through writing
… event to be staged in country following the end of apartheid and the country’s advent to democracy in 1994. … the end of the international sports boycott due…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… climate of Cape Town Johnny Gomas seemed to have found his niche: organising workers through the vehicle of the ICU, … the white settlers began to look down…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… which the CPA has been implemented and we will continue to work with them to ensure that all outstanding matters related … shared offices in the dark days of…
ArticlePass Laws in South Africa
… of protest actions were held against these laws with the Apartheid State often responding with violence against the …
Statement at the Symposium on the Survival and Development of Children in the Frontline States and Southern Africa, Harare, March 1-5, 1988
… States. The outstanding address made at the opening by His Excellency the President, Comrade Robert Mugabe, points … is because we have to contend still with…
1. The Way to Fox Street
… border of the Orange Free State with Lesotho. 7 His mother, Linkhapa, was a daughter of Molapo, a son of King Moshoeshoe, the founder of the Basotho kingdom…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at Waseda University Tokyo, 4 July 1995
… a confirmation of a bond forged in struggle against apartheid;a bond strengthened by the achievement of democracy … grappling with mammoth tasks to address…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… on the political, economic, cultural and moral fronts. His ideas about love, truth, soul force (‘brahmacharya’) and … of colonialism. These years also…
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… sleeves and dirtying our hands with no funding. All the work that has been done here so far was paid for from our own … There was a roster for the women…
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… journeys between Holland and East Asia. Within weeks of his arrival at the Cape, Van Riebeeck requested slaves to work at setting up the refreshment, as the…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… than one person. You must remember that every person has his or her own opinion and that you need different views to … If so, what is it? Who were/are you…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.2 1992
… Two Poems, Ntombintombi Mabika; Khutsana, R.E. Moloke; His Excellency the Ambassador of the State of Palestine, … People in Creativity and Culture, Andrew…
PlaceWorkers’ Museum, Johannesburg
… master-minded by Henry Paine, a local Architect. Henry and his team managed to give a balanced presentation without … who were recruited from throughout…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… convict labour, while all artisans connected with the work were required to take an oath of secrecy. Building was … in 1914-15, including Gen CR de Wet, who…
PlacePort Natal Maritime Museum
… small 5.8m yacht that was skippered by Anthony Steward in his journey around the world. He started in 1991, travelled … was later used mainly to transport…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement of the President of the ANC, Thabo Mbeki, Kempton Park, 27 September 2002
… is critically to review our policies, to facilitate the work of the National Congress, the only body that has the … we inherited from our long history of…
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
… in our country, which was formed in 1985 at the height of apartheid oppression and in the midst of the State of … understanding which propelled the…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… University. Emecheta stayed in Lagos and worked at the American Embassy for two years to support her children while … their separation. After separating,…