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PlaceRocher Pan Nature Reserve
… this area in 1839 looking for improved summer grazing for his livestock. Rocher and his workers closed off the mouth of Papkuils River, forcing …
PlaceLouw House Museum, Sutherland
… at the University of Amsterdam from 1949-1958. He finished his academic career at the University of Witwatersrand as … June 1970, in Johannesburg Gauteng…
PlaceHeidelberg, Gauteng
… a trading store on the farm; 'Langlaagte'. It was at his initiative that the town was laid out and proclaimed in … unimpressive little place'. He came…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987, Lusaka
… who has never abandoned the battle front from the day, in his youth, when he first joined the struggle, to this very … and more explosive, President Kaunda,…
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… was given later in life, when she met her father and his family meaning “Give me water.” This was the same name as … more than a handful of times, and moved…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, Lusaka, 8 January 1987
… who has never abandoned the battle front from the day, in his youth, when he first joined the struggle, to this very … and more explosive, President Kaunda,…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… of the State was worked out at Stellenbosch by Eiselen and his colleagues. That same Eiselen is Secretary for Native … will not be complete until the African…
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…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… was worked out at Stellenbosch by [Dr W.M.M.J Eiselen and his colleagues. That same Eiselen is Secretary for Native … will not be complete until the African…
83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote
… of the executive committee of the S.A.I.C., who declared his intention to vote; the other by Dr. Essop Jassat, … people of a housing-scheme to boycott rents…
Address to the Congress of the People - Libya Tripoli, 19 March 1999
… provides us with special strength to be able to point to his unswerving support for South Africa's position that the … the Two Holy Mosques King Fahad bin…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… of American democracy. As one who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of unity, I am moved by the consensus … the gentleman from New York, Representative…
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
… or 90 days of the year, enabling the landlord to bring in his harvest. In addition, a much smaller number of Africans … the labour market? No, he replied: 'A…
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 … the dough, put it in the…
If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
… The name “Adwa” always sounded so regal coming from his mouth, at once both strong and comforting. For much of … officials; and he formally denounced the…
Speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Oliver Tambo Institute of Leadership, 17 July 2008, Kawaweta, Uganda
… occasion we salute, especially our brother and leader, His Excellency President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. It is through his foresight that he allowed the ANC…
ArchiveThe Little Freedom Fighter with the Ponytail by Greg Ardé
… people's" food to the poor. Rajbansi, incensed that his MF is seen as "uncaring" by some Chatsworth residents, says his party has given R47 000 to charity…
Archive”Native Union”. Article by Pixley ka Isaka Seme, in October 24, 1911
… when man shall have learned to co-operate, not only with his own kith and kin but also with all peoples and with all … ignorance today. A great Paramount…
Extracts from a press conference, 11 February 1990
… Mandela to foreign and local journalists, the first since his release on Sunday 11 February 13 February 1990 (Q) When … of pressure and it is not a nice…
Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943
… Land Acts were passed, depriving the Non-European of his land, prohibiting him from buying land and forcing him to … level. It is through lack of political…
An interview with Mr. A.W.G. Champion
… money for six months. We forced this employer to pay all his recruited labour for the next three or four months … forced him to dissolve the government in…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa appoints Justice Raymond Zondo as Chief Justice
… vacant. President Ramaphosa has accordingly indicated his intention, once the new Chief Justice assumes office, to … Juris degree from the University of…
The Colors of Resistance in Apartheid South Africa: Black Consciousness Poetry and the Racial Elusiveness of Wopko Jensma
… solidarity with black South Africans, demonstrated by his mastery of the social and linguistic idiom of a wide variety of people, as well as by his unusual,…
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Chapter 8
… No man should be molested by the police, nor should his house be entered without a writ from the magistrate. The … 'segregation', 'separation', 'development…
ArchiveSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
… Fataar, used to like doodling and drawing flames all over his school books. Steve and his brothers, Edris (better known as Brother) and Ricky were … besties…
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
… to save the lives of six MK cadres who were sentenced to death. At the end three cadres were hanged while three were …
ArchiveOmar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary by Niren Tolsi (Mail and Guardian), 17 September 2020
… Badsha has also documented and archived history through his photography, the co-founding of the non-racial Afrapix … them from our everyday imagination, it…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. Their South African National Party, later known … but when he was eventually cornered he…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… the new system, a teacher of Abram Tiro’s calibre – with his political commitment – was unlikely to be appointed and … student structure. Seatlholo was…