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Chapter XII - Can we be free?
… profile, which we had had so much time to study, rose to his feet and stunned everyone by demanding that all the … in the courtroom. Our defence counsel led…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… Commanding Officer of Fort Frederick at Algoa Bay. His choice fell upon the Zwartkops River Valley , a green and … Cordeur 1981) . When Alberti originally…
ArticleAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
… The earlier movement of African migrants in search of work in colonial labour markets was greatly accelerated . As … ac.za/news/latest-news/opinion/2024/2024…
ArticleHarriet and the Bolton Hall Four
… grow, it was agreed that a federation to coordinate their work was necessary. The Trade Union Advisory and Coordinating …
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
… the struggle to get rid of the tensions that come with the apartheid system. We have hoped that we could together build … to their abilities and their skills…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the AU-African Diaspora Ministerial Conference Gallagher Estate, Friday 16 November 2007
… most of which are the legacy of slavery, colonialism and apartheid. Indeed, the various African Diaspora Regional … become a living reality. At the same, if…
ArchiveJohnny Clegg: South Africa’s universal man of uncommon passion by David Coplan, 25 July 2019
… referring to the capacity of a formidable dancer to hold his stand.” In my mind, like a Zulu ngoma (drum) dancer completing his turn, I somersault backwards…
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
… new ones. He said it was all very well if a child came on his own but if his parents it meant he didn't want to come and he would … They are still there. I…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… before the tribal fetish - a golden stool. In this work the imperialists are receiving valuable assistance from … Thuku was banished to the desert, where he…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
… faith. One of the first things he does, for example, with his arrival at the Cape, is to thank God in a public prayer and to ask his blessing for the…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
… I would like to thank my colleague Minister Tshwete and his Department of Sport and Recreation for their sterling work in support of the African Cup of…
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
… executive committees were authorised to meet jointly to work out the details of unity, and to report to their next … Jabavu asked that it be postponed to the…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… modifications in its concrete form), as contrasted with his own unbending opposition. Whether there is anything in … been to the opinion that there are many…
ArchiveObituary for Andrew Verster
… Andrew Verster died peacefully in his bed on Sunday 16th February. It was the kind if death he … No fuss, no drama – an end to a life well lived. Since his…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 3 - The Socio-economic Impact of the Mineral Revolution on South African Society by Drusela Numvuzo Yekela
… on each hut every year in order to pressurise men to go to work on the diamond mines”¦. In those days, a man had to work … months to get enough money to pay…
PlaceBaxter Theatre, Rondebosch- Cape Town
… the establishment of this theatre as it had always been his desire to “develop and cultivate arts in Cape Town and … the beauty of different cultures at the…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thembinkosi Khumalo
… PAC. Khumalo is also involved in community upliftment in his hometown, Madadeni in Newcastle. Dear Students of 1976 I … government that we went against is…
EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
… As people began to support to the trade unions and anti-apartheid community organizations the support base of the IFP … were severely disrupted. Reverend…
84. The South African Indian Council: A. Rajbansi’s opening speech, 1982
… that would serve the interests of [the] community'. In his opening speech before the council A. Rajbansi, chairman … results to be effective. He declared…
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… a father Reb Yehuda Leib (1851-1912) born in Lithuania and his youngest son, Harry (1895-1980), born in Cape Town and … from 1911, showing the patriarch, Reb…
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… people die, or something less serious like how leopard got his spots. These stories are known as folklore or fairy … a lot of riches. Then, one day, the king…
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… of the ANC. It called upon our people to resign from all apartheid institutions, like the Natives Representative … to move from the elevated, from the…
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… of Shaka (Dingane, 10 years previously, had murdered his half-brother, Shaka, to assume the chieftainship of the … of hindsight, it seems that Retief was…
ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
… aboard le Cappel on route to Mauritius. 25 May 1646 : His father, Adrian van der Stel dies in the line of duty and … 1679 : Van der Stel arrives at the Cape,…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… their offences, de Wet was released within six months of his conviction and sentence, and the rest within a year. This … is Billy Nair, who has already…
Helen Zille and the myth of the White Saviour by Panashe Chigumadzi, (Sunday Times), 19 March 2017
… of the White Man's Burden in Africa, was arguably at his finest in his 1972 novel, The Sunbird. In it, he narrates the allegory … "father of liberalism in…
Christianity
… that the son of God Jesus Christ, came to earth to guide his people back to God. This is also why they are called … years ago in a stable in a small town…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… and on Monday 22 April, the lowest was accepted, and the work put in hand. The Disinfector building was 22.5m by 12m … a permanent morgue, and although…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
… collective leadership, humility, honesty, discipline, hard work, internal debate, constructive criticism and … the findings against cde Malema were presented…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 - Introduction
… principally this exercise, however, that brings academic work to the "common people". Because it is a fact, that … definitely not. The book was well-received…