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ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
After actively petitioning the National Convention and being ignored during 1910 and 1911, delegates to the South African Native Convention (SANC) decided to…
The Court’s position in the justice system
The Constitutional Court is South Africa's highest court on constitutional matters. So its jurisdiction - the scope of its authority to hear cases - is…
Mandela: Message to India
South African History Online Mandela: Message to India 18 June 1994 [On the occasion of an India-South Africa Solidarity Meet to discuss the post…
Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971
… the South African national liberation movement from all sources of assistance; to compel such client States actively … its colonies. The African countries…
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
… that we be entitled to receive newspapers from outside sources, to receive magazines and journals of our choice, … of opponents of apartheid because…
PlaceBreede River Valley, Route 62
There really is no adjective apt enough to describe the beauty of the Breede River Valley. This incredibly picturesque fruit and wine producing vale has become…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… self-identify as either Coloured or Khoisan . The main sources of employment are fishing, working at fish processing …
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… However, through a synthesis of primary and secondary sources, including interviews with many resistance …
Address by Deputy President Thabo MBeki at the Conference on Infrastructure Investment, 28-29 March 1996
… For the remainder of these resources we must look to other sources - local authority budgets, community contributions, …
PAC Constitution - Extract from Karis & Carter
… badges, subscription fees of individual members and other sources approved by the P.A.C . (b) It shall be competent for …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the General Assembly of the African Ombudsman Association (AOA): Misty Hills Conference Centre, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg: 11 April 2005.
… fees up to date. While it is important to seek other sources of funding for the institution of the Ombudsperson to …
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… Organisation at an AZASO conference, 2-4 July 1982. Sources: (a) SASPU NATIONAL , February-March 1982; (b) copy …
SABC CEO Jimi Matthews quits: ‘What’s happening at the SABC is wrong' (Tmg Digital), 27 June 2016
Matthews tweeted a picture of his resignation letter to SABC board chair Professor Mbulayeni Maghuve on Monday morning. In it he wrote: “It is with great…
PlaceCR Swart Building
Click on image to enlarge Known as the "Pride of the Free State", the CR Swart Building houses the Provincial Administration and features a 26th-floor…
Painting of the Sharpeville Massacre by Paddy Bouma
Painting of the Sharpeville Massacre by Paddy Bouma Source: mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.blogspot.com
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… is to ban outright the receipt of funds from foreign sources by any organization that has been declared …
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
ICC Origins In the aftermath of the Second World War (1939-1945) the international community recognised the need to deal with mass atrocities – particularly…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… Bernard Dubbeld From Durban Falkirk to Defy: Changing sources of workers’ power in the metal industry by Andries …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
Often referred to as "the trial that changed South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their lives on charges of…
2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Moothen had the following letter written to the…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slaves. Instead many slaves’ attempts at…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
The year 1658 marks the beginning of the slave trade at the Cape colony. During the first four years of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settlement at the…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
Artist Proof Studio (APS) offers a three-year printmaking-training program to diverse young people from across South Africa as well as neighbouring countries…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
What is herding? Herder societies are also known as pastoral societies and were also nomadic, like hunter-gatherers. They kept domesticated animals and…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
Please note that this section is detailed and we have broken it up into 3 pages: Use the page navigation on the right or bottom of the page Introduction …
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
Early years The history of the South African Defence Force (SADF) can be traced to the 1660s. When Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape in 1652, he had with…
PlaceAlbertyn’s House, Simonstown
The structure was erected in 1799-1801 by Alexander Tennant, in Simonstown. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 August 1979. …
ArchiveHow a slave from Mauritius led a rebellion in Cape Town by Nigel Worden (Ground Up), 30 March 2016
In this drawing of Greenmarket Square in Cape Town in 1764, a slave in chains appears to be driven by a master on the left side of the image. Some four decades…
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
Journalist, author and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Lewin has died, aged seventy-nine. Lewin passed away at his home in Killarney, Johannesburg yesterday. …