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PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
… was offered to people in transit, particularly Farmers from outside of Durban, who needed a place to rest overnight. … Kavady, first held in 1931. The Kavadi…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… Africa, founded in January 1912, got a lot of support from Mahatma Gandhi, who had already begun his campaign of … hardly any attention at the time…
33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … Pachai On 2 July 1897 Abdul Carim Haji Adam and others from Durban sent a petition to Joseph…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… a giant of our struggle. Messages of condolences have come from all over the world, giving a comprehensive account of … of his people. Oom Gov worked in…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… attend school. There he thrived and dreamt of a world away from Vrededorp. Ezekiel Mphahlele, Abraham’s friend and … Abrahams was a complex character: He…
ArchiveHow colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war by Pankaj Mishra (The Guardian), 10 November 2018
… Indian soldiers. France enlisted nearly 500,000 troops from its colonies in Africa and Indochina. Nearly 400,000 … soldier. Army officials tried to withdraw…
ANC Secretary General meeting former political prisoners on the Cuban Five, 21 May 2010
… South African political prisoners who have just returned from Cuba. The Cuban Five, as they are known, were arrested … by the FBI while trying to stop right…
Museum Night Cape Town 2016
… Night Cape Town 2016 programme, including 15 museums sites from the District Six Museum to the Cape Town Holocaust … you to skip queues and get a…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.4 1987
… Stories: The Spirit of Two Worlds by Jayapraga Reddy; From the Backseat by Greg Latter; Blind Justice by Stanley Loba Mabena; The Lovers by Bessie Head; From…
EventThe 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
… Castle, carrying Black troops after the Mendi set sail from Cape Town. The following is an excerpt from Jingoes, who wrote of his journey, published in Black…
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… but now has 8 900! Today the majority of inmates come from Mitchell's Plain, but the facility has housed some … President Nelson Mandela was transferred to…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… in Brussels, where his dramatic appearance stole the show from other Congolese leaders. Following Congo’s independence, which it gained from Belgium in June…
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… and lasted only nine months. Burton died at 58 in 1984 from cerebral hemorrhage, while Taylor died at 76 in 2011 from heart failure. … ‘ Elizabeth Taylor and…
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… strike, the procedures to be followed, and the exclusion from certain essential services categories of workers were … Political History: a chronology of key…
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… was a real possibility, he faced considerable opposition from the white electorate as many of the political prisoners … political prisoners opposed to…
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… by COSATU in Cape Town, which aimed to include delegates from a broad spectrum of anti-apartheid organisations, and … not leave their respective homes or…
EventFormer Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice-President shot by Police
… his four visitors, one women and three men, were fetched from his home by four police officers to the outskirts of … He was shot several times while…
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… It tackled challenges brought about by issues ranging from disarmament and militarisation of outer space to the … information regarding the summit. A live…
EventNelson Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday
… but ended in divorce in 1996. Shortly after his release from prison, Mandela met Graça Machel, the widow of former Mozambican president, Samora Machel. Apart…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… 1977 Sir de Villiers Graaff announced his retirement from politics, having been leader of the opposition from 1956 until the dissolution of the UP on 28 June…
EventAlexis Preller, SA visual artist, dies
… work was hard for critics to classify. It seems to borrow from expressionism and surrealism, though he rejected the … of his time. He died in Johannesburg,…
EventThe League of Nations grant Belgium the right to govern Rwanda
… areas of Rwanda. Led by Belgians in 1916, they advanced from Congo into Germany's East African colonies, rapidly … in the long German retreat. A colonial…
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… George Xarile together with F. Van Rensburg, a shift boss from Vlakfontein mine. It is understood that Van Rensburg made bombs for Sisulu, presumably from…
Liberation and Ethics. Is there a connection? by Raymond Suttner, 05 April 2016
… being white meant that my world was radically different from that of black people. It was a world of privilege. Given … entailed preparing myself to become…
The Industrial Workers of Africa, 1917-1921 by Bikisha Media Collective
… in the 1860s and 1880s, hundreds of thousands of workers from Australia, America, Europe and southern Africa have been … the mines and cities of the vast new…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
… because they derive their authority and legitimacy from the will of the people. The point must be made that the … the fundamental concept that we are our own…
“Our Greatest Leader since Gandhiji”, By Dr Yusuf Dadoo
… of their birth. Earlier, Monty's grandparents were brought from India to work the huge sugar cane plantations owned by … landowners. There were promises of a…
Introduction - My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… national campaigns. It covers a period of nearly 80 years, from her birth until the 1980s. This period can be divided … the aims of a banned organisation,…
Archive’Operation Mayibuye.’ Document found by police at Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, 11 July 1963.
… can hope to make a real impact. This can be seen from the general mood of the people and their readiness to … whites. At the same time the State is isolated…
Document 127 - 6 Point Communist Programme f c. 7 941)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … in Germany and Italy. Hitler's strength has not come only from his guns and tanks and planes. It…