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Liberation organisations
… act against the banned liberation movements within South Africa, as well as in Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Angola, … anti-apartheid activities Under the…
BiographyAllan Kirkland Soga
… the youngest son of Tiyo Soga, the first African in South Africa to be ordained a minister. His mother was a Scot, and …
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… protest. - In preparation for upcoming protest UP suspends all academic activities for 21 October. “All academic activities and support services of the ……
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… as early as the 1650s brought Indians as slaves to South Africa. During the 17th and 18th centuries, over 50% of all slaves at the Cape were Indian from…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… Nazi doctrine." "What the future is going to be in South Africa I cannot say," he added, "but I can say with the … not going to tolerate this policy and we…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… However, the triumph of the MPLA was not celebrated by all Angolans. Civil war broke out between MPLA and the Union … by the African National Congress (ANC)…
ArchiveAppendix 3 The Freedom Charter
… We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that…
Note on meeting with Mr. Sam Nujoma -1983
… We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that…
Appendix - The Freedom Charter
… People, Kliptown, on June 26, 1955 We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who…
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
… vision that is based on a conception of justice for all, especially the long denied justice to the most … invitation to have sex. This fed into the …
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It … professors, teachers and Afrikaner…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… occupying land in what was considered “White South Africa”. Included among these communities identified for … went to other “black spots”, including…
BiographyJabulani Sikhakhane
… recent role being the Deputy Editor at The Conversation Africa. Prior to that he was Chief Director of Communications …
Winifred Seqwana
… first African woman member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Langa in 1930. She became increasingly … First African woman member of the…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… African poet Mongane Wally Serote during apartheid South Africa in the mid to late 20th century. During this time, … experience and his own experiences to…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… at the night schools run by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). In 1946, during the strike of the African … low wages, debased compound life, the…
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… the first black trade union - the Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA) - and had been behind some of the party's … have led to destruction of valuable property…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
… for letting. Yards with only one toilet or tap, or none at all, were shared by several families. A great many daily … cosmopolitan image already; because…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… social and political concerns between India and South Africa. For the poets, it was slightly easier. There is a … by the end of the year a Durban encounter…
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
… night school. He joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in 1936 and from 1939 to 1950 served 11 years … men who were charged with acts of…
BiographyWinston Ntshona
… contribution to theatre and the arts scene in South Africa.” Ntshona took a post as the chairman of the Eastern … was also honoured with a Living Treasures…
BiographyThomas Benjamin Davis
… War (1899””1902) his ship called at East London, South Africa where he obtained employment in the stevedoring … War Fund to assist soldiers who had served…
BiographyGlynn Griffiths
… mining town of Jagersfontein in the Free State in South Africa,though he was a British citizen by birth through his … photographing the monks of Mount Athos…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… of Human Rights , as well as political rights for all South Africans. With the founding of the COD, many … was that it showed that there were Whites in South…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… Prehistory of Southern Africa Farming people did not inhabit the Greater … in turn is a division of the larger Bantu language family (All Bantu languages…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… bring these dramatically to the fore, but they were there all the time. An aspect of Fusion known to contemporary … seven in the Orange Free State and one in…
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
… my daughter was involved. In 1985 the regime offered all political prisoners, including the Rivonia trialists, … towards the end of 1979 and his only…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… the Chairperson. This was the first organisation in South Africa in which Indians and Africans formed a common … the magisterial district of Durban and…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… standing preference of the majority of the people of South Africa to arrive at a political settlement. 15. We would … to negotiate an end to the apartheid…
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… the different components of the liberation forces in South Africa on a common and shared vision of an alternative and … in practical terms in various spheres…