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South Africa’s armed struggle: where the ANC’s ineptitude was a virtue by Howard Barrell (The Conversation), 10 July 2016, University of Pretoria
… the early 1970s, was that any ruler can rule only for as long as those he rules allow him to rule. Put another way, … scholars. Each account is usually no…
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
… under the slogan ‘let us make the desert bloom’. She drove long distances to these projects, which practiced … Dum spiro, spero! -While we breath, we hope!!…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… high above the farm-patchworked Miaspoort Valley . The 4km-long tunnel drastically reduced the distance of the old pass … construction of the older, Du Toit…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his decade-long contribution to the Civil Rights Movement and … true peace and progress can be secured in any country…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… oversized shirt, big pants with braces and exceptionally long socks. At other times he would dress like a woman or … comedy. But like all good things, Oom…
PlaceGardens, Cape Town
… them: Kloof Nek has been an important pass for centuries. Long before roads were built, it was used by Khoi herders, … in the country. Vibrant and…
A Helots’ Bill of Rights
… is the subject status of the exploited races. As long as one section of the working class acquiesces or participates in the subjection of another, so long…
PlaceMandela House
… seems an appropriate site for a Museum that charts the long, hard-fought path to democracy. Nelson Mandela lived … family photos. Nearby is the home of…
EventBishop Ambrose Reeves returns to South Africa
… Bishop of Johannesburg, returned to South Africa from his long leave spent in England. Reeves was not welcomed back by …
EventEx Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
… involvement in the murky world of arms dealing began long before the UN arms and oil embargo on South Africa. …
EventANC’s economic plans
… Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the business community …
EventNotorious ‘SOWETO’ policeman dies
… 1976. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1998 described him as a policeman "who already had a long history of human rights violations as chief…
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… shunting train. The explosion left a crater, sixty meters long, fifty meters wide and eight meters deep and was heard …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… were not sudden turning points; they took place over a long period of time and had tremendous impact. Although …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education
… were not sudden turning points; they took place over a long period of time and had tremendous impact. Although …
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… to join with organizations, on a regional structure, as long as they were non-racist. In May 1983 the Natal UDF was … and people can be arrested without…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… sustaining a household so that the men can maintain their long work hours. Asanda Benya writes that in order for the … middle class" and would be assured of…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… are detained under the Terrorism Act . After a long period of solitary confinement they were formally … the river at its narrowest point. 1973 30 April, The…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… of apartheid amplified when the non-Africans would get long trousers and socks, while the Africans would get shorts … tortures throughout the prison. After…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… was not born with a hunger to be free,” Mandela writes in Long Walk to Freedom. He immediately explains, “I was born … stars and ride the broad backs of slow…
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at teh Development Planning Summit Hosted by the Intergovernmental Forum, 27 November 1995
… suffering, gender and other discrimination". In Long Walk to Freedom, he wrote, "I have taken a moment here … comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger,…
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… Power to the People! Matla! Mayibuye! We have come a long way from the day 18 years ago when the Nationalist … struggle of our people to this decisive phase…
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
… Unless we immediately find a way out, it will cast a long shadow over future generations. When the Government of … about its own future at the cost of…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… the founder of the ANC. It was he who, on his return from long years of study in the United States and Britain, issued … it difficult to adjust to life in…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… the development of the Republic. During President Brand's long period of office, Bloemfontein became the leading town … but conflict in the surrounding areas…
Speech by Rev. Dr. Allan Boesak at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 20 August 1983, Rocklands Civic Centre, Mitchell’s Plain
… and violence, are NOT free. They will never be free as long as they have to lie awake at night worrying whether a … say in clear, patient terms: we shall not…
South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
… Education major at Bridgewater State University. A life-long resident of Massachusetts, she plans on using her degree …
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… the first of its kind in South Africa; census taking has a long history dating back to the 18th century. Census surveys … with 33.7 per cent in 1994 and a…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2016 submissions
… on the Pre-Med Track. Her passion is to read and go on long, contemplative walks. Always wanting to travel and leave …
ArticleTransport on water
… the Chinese Junk had been around for thousands of years. Long before the Europeans began their own explorations in …