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Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … Strike of all Africans employed on the Gold Mines, as from the 12th August, 1946." 2. On August 7,…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… and opinions were divided. Some members felt that a call from the union to take militant action might meet with resistance from the rank-and-file workers. …
Address at the Third African Renaissance Festival, Durban, 31 March 2001
… Chairperson Premier of the Province Our friends from the USA Distinguished participants As Africans, we are … to themselves to take such actions as may…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … and Carter, Documents on African Politics, (Hoover vol. 3 'From Protest to Challenge')…
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
… on exhibition at the Castle – more or less unchanged – from the 1950s. The core of the collection comprises historical artworks dating from South Africa’s…
PlaceMiddle Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… the University of Cape Town, incorporating buildings from the early 1800’s restored by famed architect Herbert … was a summer home to author Rudyard Kipling…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
… Farm, owned by Alexander van Breda. Its construction dates from the early 19th century, and it was extended and … in 1793, and is one of the few structures…
EventZANU-PF wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe
… a Government of National Unity by drawing its members from all major political parties of the fifteen-year … and ZANU into tribally-based parties, ZANU with…
EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… invited to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations with effect from January 1994. The move came after prolonged promising … liberation movements. South Africa…
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… Ignorance:how white south african had dealt with the past,from the CSRV[online],avaliable at www.csvr.org.za South … Constitution 1966-The demand for a…
EventBartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay
… Bay. Here he took in fresh water and bartered live-stock from the Khoikhoi. Due probably to a lack of understanding, a … one of the Khoi. The Post Office…
EventMandela confirms Kerzner’s contribution to the ANC
… within the ANC. Holomisa demanded a public apology from the ANC, but a bitter and clearly agitated Mandela … the ANC's Disciplinary Committee ousted Holomisa…
EventGandhi leaves South Africa
… of Passive Resistance in this country, finally left from Cape Town by ship for England, from where he would return to India in January 1915. … Sparknotes,…
EventCullinan diamond is cut into two
… 9.50 carats of unpolished pieces. The largest stone cut from the Cullinan, the 530.20-carat Star of Africa, was set into the British royal sceptre. The other…
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… German troops. Von Glasenapp's forces were also suffering from typhus, rendering them ineffective. After a month his forces were withdrawn from active duty…
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
… led by Major Patrick Forbes, drove the native Ndebele from the town. The flag consisted of a Union Jack emblazoned … badge in the centre. A mining concession…
EventAlan Charles Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian is born
… In 2009 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Lincoln and the following year from the University of Kingston. … Rusbridger, A.,…
EventDr. Neville Alexander and four others are found guilty of sabotage
… Along with Namibian activists Kenneth and Tilly Abraham from the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), he … their political ideology’. In 1974,…
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… Esso South Africa withdrew business from South Africa on 31 December 1986. The country was at the … was one of the many companies to withdraw their business…
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… for the Northern Province. In 1959, Kaunda broke away from the ANC and formed his own party, the Zambian National … power until 1991, when he stepped down…
Bantu Authorities Act of 1951
… deposed. For example, Chief Albert Luthuli was deposed from his position as Chief when he refused to resign from the African National Congress . …
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the launch of the Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy, 1 August 2008,
… Legislatures, The Leadership of the Public Service from national, provincial and local government, CEO of SALGA, Officials from PALAMA, Representatives from…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… and Division of George, on the Garden Route - 439 km from Cape Town , 1252 km from Durban and 1213 km from Johannesburg . It is on the Railway Line from Cape…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … of imperialism as a result of the separation of the colony from the "mother" country and (2) the…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Mohale Dam, Kingdomof Lesotho, 16 March 2004
… the missionary, Thomas Arbousset, to the Blue Mountains from Thaba Bosiu to find the source of the Senqu or Orange … resources - must have then been a long…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… In the years that followed, 60,000 people were evicted from their homes in the neighbourhood. Shareifa Davids, a … Whites-only college moves onto District…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… us of treason for daring to oppose apartheid. It was from these origins that a great international organisation … Diana Collins and those like Freda Nuell…
PlaceSt Paul’s Anglican Church, Main Road, Rondebosch
… Boundaries that define the Ground today differ little from those of the original grant; Straight at Church Street … Michell himself and another being by…
Address at the launch of the Kruger National Park Centenary Celebrations Skukuza, 26 March 1998
… to its future. We are also proud to welcome our visitors from abroad and representatives of governments from so many countries. For we are aware that we are …
Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois”, Internal Bulletin of the International Communist League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … questions are subordinate, their correct solution stemming from the out come of the question which…