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EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… reactions and counter reactions. The first reaction was from the president of Bophutatswana, Mr Lucas Mangope. He … that his territory would retain the…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… had anything to do with the attack. Non-strikers from Germiston claimed that intimidation by strikers led them … to take matters into their own hands. They…
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… imprisoned at Victor Verster after he was transferred from Robben Island to Pollsmoor in 1982, then to Victor … Mandela states in his autobiography Long Walk…
EventBambatha Rebellion
… the unification of South Africa mining companies suffered from a shortage of unskilled labour. Most African people … government. The tax was instituted to…
PlaceCity Hall, Cape Town
… on the Grand Parade to the West of the Castle and is built from honey-coloured oolitic limestone imported from Bath in England. Inside, it’s a symphony of…
The Story of PR Panther, the gold man of Indian politics in South Africa: Introduction - By Riashnee Pather
… From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of … scene was turbulent. However even interviews are far from unproblematic. The difficulties with…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… after the installation of the railway line running from Wynberg to Cape Town in 1864. All of the cottages were … were often relatively crowded, though oral…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 4 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … still wants what I have always wanted.' Frances Board, from an interview by Cheryl Walker I am…
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … the Cape by Dutch commercial capital which tore them away from West Africa, the Malay Archipelago,…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and … officially and then get the money back in a number of ways from the tenants themselves. Control The…
52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … represents a warm, personal account of the campaign from 1906 to 1914. Source: Collected Works of…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… Secretary, the appointment of a Secretariat, a report from the Lenin School, the Party Constitution, reports from regions and districts, trade unions and the…
Celebrating 50 years of the Freedom Charter - June 26 1955-June 26 2005
… All rights reserved. You may copy material from this publication for use in non-profit education … 1- 77018-047-8 Picture Researcher : Rita Potenza. Photos…
EventThe first slave arrives at the Cape
… van Batavia. He arrived in Table Bay on the return fleet from Batavia as a stowaway aboard the Malacca. Abram claimed to have run away from slaveholder…
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
… Land Affairs were amalgamated. The changes were effective from 1 July 1996. Source: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, … Political History: a chronology of…
Speech on Receiving the Freedom of Durban, Durban, 16 April 1999
… am therefore proud to accept the honour, in all humility, from a city in which I feel at home whenever I visit it. … that even before it was colonised by the…
150th Anniversary; Anxieties of Commemoration - Towards a National Dialogue by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske
… have already inspired wide-spread debate; individuals from a variety of communities and political perspectives have … isolate the lives and struggles of…
Remembering Sol Plaatje as South Africa’s original public educator (The Conversation), 05 October 2016
… of the right to own land. Plaatje, known as Sol, came from a family that had been associated with Christian … Plaatje was exposed to a very diverse spectrum…
30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … Potchefstroom was being inundated with indentured Indians from Natal. To this we beg to give an…
Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… discriminating actions of the colonial officials." Taken from S.K.B. Asante, in his study of Ethiopianism in West … constructive and positive heritage of…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… say that I still feel a bit let down hoping that someone from the Municipality would come and tell me about the … were flying above to capture that moment…
David Goldblatt: Intersections by Matt Damsker
… as complements to the dominant landscapes. These shots, from a series entitled "Municipal People," focus on the new … of Nelson Mandela. Despite the dignity…
Document 39 - Statement by S. P. Bunting, October 1931
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … be put out of the party. The trouble does not emanate from the membership, however, but from the …
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… [Dr. Jadwat is from Natal; probably from Isipingo and later Durban. He was a student at Sastri … leader of the Natal Indian Congress for twenty years (from…
PlaceKwaMashu
… province and located some 19km north of Durban , resulted from the mass resettlement of the slum population of Cato … intensified pressure on the Durban…
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
… and solidarity. 48 Although many whites drifted away from the Party after its executive opened up its membership … When the CPSA's general secretary Douglas…
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… Station between Drummond and Botha's Hill. Takes its name from a flat-topped Hill nearby, which in turn takes its name from Lord Alverstone, president of the…
PlaceBlockhouse in Hekpoort, Krugersdorp
… in its time as Barton's Folly, it differs substantially from other blockhouses built by the British elsewhere in … Africa, and formed part of a defensive…
EventDadoo and Naicker are charged
… Asiatic persons in entering the province of Transvaal from Natal, knowing that the said persons were prohibited in … read with the Minister's Minutes of the…
EventThe Democratic Party is founded
… The conference, attended by about 200 delegates from the four provinces, unanimously elected Theo Gerdener as … African Political History: a chronology of…