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ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
… them “discontented with their lot” – and it pushed her to work directly for the regime’s end. She helped establish the … life was notoriously chauvinistic in…
71.The Group Areas Act
… Indians. The moving story he tells of Kandbhai and his son is but one of many instances of suffering. Only the … of the African people. Just imagine how…
Notes from Books
… Asian women: the prospective groom was obliged to purchase his bride`s freedom and have her baptised with a Christian … in chains for six successive years in…
Melinda Stuurman
… couldn't afford the tuition – I dropped out and decided to work for a couple of years and then continue my studies. I …
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… reform of the Bantu school system’. In 1953, prior to the apartheid government’s Bantu Education Act, 90% of black … on Bantu Education increased from the…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014
… democratically elected president of South Africa through his childhood in rural Transkei, the beginings of his political career, his bannings, subsequent…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
… further impetus to the struggle for our liberation from apartheid. We have also gathered here to salute the millions … as our provincial and local…
Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam, 17 November 1998
… of Africa, in this new era we are called upon now to work together to eradicate poverty, hunger, homelessness and iliteracy. We can work together for Africa…
Declaration by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… political campaigns and struggles during the harsh days of apartheid. Many comrades in the ranks of the ANC and the … we face, the better to find ways of…
Intensify the Revolution by O. R. Tambo The 'Morogoro Conference', Morogoro, Tanzania, 25 April – 1 May 1969
… through the radio, press and whispering campaigns. The work of Radio RSA, Radio Bantu and Msakazo are notorious in … are busy through a well-organised…
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… Cape, 7 January, 1907 1 Dr Abdurahman delivered his Presidential Address, speaking in English. He said that … was necessary or not. He put Education in the…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the 'Colour-bar'
… author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from Johannesburg arrived in … West End following "Singpost to Murder" by…
Address by President Mandela on Heritage Day Robben Island, 24 September 1997
… are striking out in a new direction. During colonial and apartheid times, our museums and monuments reflected the … and warp the minds of the perpetrators…
Document 21 - E.L. Maurice, “The Rôle of the Non-European Teacher in the Liberatory Movement”, Discussion, 1, 5, June 1952
… from that which, for example, was accepted by Eiselen and his fellow commissioners. Non-European teachers have learned … feature is the unequal pay for equal…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… to launch a campaign against these measures and to work for seizure of political power by all means at our … because he wants to finish the battle as…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… race politics post the Boer War, and especially during the Apartheid period, which simply brushed it aside as something … the 21st December 1900, Lord…
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… groups and sympathetic whites. As a united front against apartheid, the non-racial Congress Alliance, (2) formed from … the Government charged that the…
Now You Have Touched the Women - African Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960 by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… groups and sympathetic whites. As a united front against apartheid, the non-racial Congress Alliance, (2) formed from … the Government charged that the…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Segregation Fallacy
… on acceding to Parliamentary power, lie outlined it in his Smithfield speech of November 13, 1925, and embodied it in his four Bills of 1926 the Land…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… sure that the deeply weathered quartz vein that traversed his farm was indeed auriferous, he was not certain of the richness of his discovery. So, having…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… Works Amendment Act No 27 of 1956 Albert Luthuli starts his education at the Groutville School 3 January, The … independence for South Africa and a return to…
Address to the Congress of the People - Libya Tripoli, 19 March 1999
… and moral support of our own struggle against racist apartheid rule. It remains in our memories and spurs us on to … Leader's resolve, on behalf of the…
Resolution of the Executive Committee of the AAC, February 15, 1936 46
… is delighted to be getting into a place where all the work can be done in one room. I am sorry to hear that Cape … urged that he should not be allowed to…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at funeral in Maseru, 05 December 1982
… African Defence Force. The service was also addressed by His Majesty King Moshoeshoe, Prime Minister Dr. Leabua … and white, who rule and run the country,…
EventTryphina Mboxela Jokweni is honoured by the ANC
… April 1987 she was detained and tortured for this by the apartheid police based in Amanzimtoti , south of Durban. …
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
… the Commonwealth wanted to do to bring about an end to the apartheid system. The question was whether sanctions or no … not only to the issue of what should…
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
… to an inquiry into Gumede's political activities were: his negotiations on behalf of Dinizulu to curb the Transvaal Boers' land hunger; his involvement with…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries Durban, 2 September 1998
… of all the people of our country from the system of apartheid. For your selfless support, we thank you from the … captain of our collective. We pay tribute…
ArticleNew Africa Theatre Project
… for relevant South African themed theatre, which defied apartheid laws. It was initially housed in Observatory, Cape …
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Cape Town
… racial segregation in Cape Town and later against apartheid. Thus, Cape Town has and continues to occupy centre …