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ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan Abstract Elizabeth Davenport has been an integral part of the Black Sash movement…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to form the Patriotic Front. The Front deliberated over the negotiation process. During … the DF Malan…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… on 1 November 1935, in Berlin, Germany, Gerhardt joined the South African Navy after his father successfully persuaded naval chief Hugo Biermann to take the…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
… (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of Manaleng in Northern Transvaal. He attended … Mphahlele and his cousin Moses started a…
EventA bomb blast rocks the ANC London office
… On this day the African National Congress (ANC) headquarters in London, … was bombed. General Johann Coetzee, former head of the South African security…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 84th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1996
… January 8th is upon us, enjoining us, this year, to mark the 84th anniversary of the organisation of the people, the African National … conflict which the…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… I am grateful for the opportunity to be here and give a short synopsis of the Commonwealth's relations with the Anti-Apartheid … must also be resolved to…
Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, on his meeting with the State president, F.W. DE Klerk
… Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, on his meeting with the State president, F.W. DE Klerk …
Political report of the National Executive Committee, to the 49th National Conference of the ANC by President Nelson Mandela
… Political report of the National Executive Committee, to the 49th National Conference of the ANC by President Nelson Mandela …
A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), "The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa", Workers' Voice, 1, 1, July 1944
… A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), "The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa", …
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… December 1987, Major General Bantu Holomisa, commander of the Transkei Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African National … Congress (ANC) activist, led a…
Say It out Loud - The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape 1 The … and based on other foundations. We must…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… Mr. President of the Senate, Mr President of the Chamber of Deputies, Honourable Members of the National … new and humane South Africa. You gave us the gift…
XI - The Verdict
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The Deputy Attorney General also made a closing submission, … basic human rights,…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches, first Black Archbishop of the Anglican Church in South…
Address on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency, 18 June 2002
… very much for this opportunity to address parliament on the occasion of our Budget Vote. As we know, the Deputy President will also address the House on a…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
… of silence was broken. She was in a sense pulled back from the dead. Durban welcomed her on Sunday, 12 October, at a tumultuous rally which began at the…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… Botha was born on the farm Telegraaf in the Paul Roux district of the Orange Free State , the son of … Africa's history. In 1998 he refused to testify before…
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
… The situation in the Eastern Cape in the early late 18th and early 19th century (approximately1780 … - 1850) was as follows: There were three groups of…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… After the ascendancy of Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is vital … The co-optation of the African…
BiographyWangari Maathai
… and human rights. [i] She was born in Nyeri, part of the rural region of Kenya on the 1st of April 1940. Maathai was of Kikuyu ethnicity. In … to John…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… Introduction European interest in Zimbabwe can be traced to the 18th century. This began with the arrival of Christian missionaries in 1858, who befriended ……
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… are not synonymous. Open any school mathematics book and the role of African scholars has been relegated to the category of ‘ethnomathematics’, as if…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… Towards Union It is often assumed that the discovery of gold at the Rand was the chief cause of the South African War. This is not … The Union of South…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 10) Time for a Chartist Movement The idea of the Freedom Charter and the…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… How cases reach the Constitutional Court A case can reach the Constitutional Court in a variety of ways: as the result of an appeal from a judgment of the…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… During its long history of struggle, the ANC has always been in the vanguard of the struggle against racism, today known by the name … Women’s Resistance…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… article was written by Ashley Schumacher and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project During the year of 1955 in…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… The participation of young people in the liberation struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the … Youth and the National Liberation…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria , South Africa constitutes … Indians, Coloureds, Whites, and Blacks – staged a march on the Union Buildings of Pretoria to…