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EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… published. This proclamation changed the name of the South African Corps of Military Police (established on 1 November … to that of its original formation,…
EventHerman Charles Bosman guilty of murder
… When South African author Herman Charles Bosman visited his parents in … the short story. He was the first serio-humorist in South African English literature…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… refuge in the British consulate in Durban after the South African Government was hot on their heels for organising a … very well that in terms of…
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… support from different groups, including the South African Catholic Bishop Conference, the South African Council of Churches and Black business leaders, of ……
EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
… On the afternoon of 20 May 1983, two African National Congress (ANC) cadres, Freddie Shangwe and … in close vicinity of the building which housed the South…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
… De Klerk indicated that he considered appointing an African Minister, but had decided that such an appointment … in the light of the forthcoming elections…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… forces detained approximately forty members of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP). Among those arrested were …
EventNelson Mandela is free
… of Paarl and was driven the 60 kms to Cape Town by African National Congress'(ANC) Rose Sonto along a route … organisations (e.g. ANC, SACP, PAC) by then…
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… many South Africans who fled across the border to join the African National Congress (ANC) in their armed struggle against the South African state. On 25…
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… A human leg was dropped from a South African Airways (SAA) aircraft as it was preparing to land at … had flown from Johannesburg, via Dakar, Senegal. South…
EventApartheid policemen apply for amnesty at TRC
… against liberation organisations, in particular the African National Congress (ANC). During their application … United Kingdom government for allowing the…
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… stemming from the ruthless methods employed by the South African government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South African government…
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) transformed South African from an agrarian society at the edge of world trade … and gold that black miners extracted from…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… However, he was also looked up to as a symbol of African dignity, both within and outside the continent. … Rastafarians revere Selassi as a god that will…
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… in KwaZulu-Natal, coinciding with a report by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) that it had recorded … weapons, and set strict conditions for…
EventPolice open fire, killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana
… under Apartheid. Addressing a press conference, the South African Police Service (SAPS) authorities claimed its … Jacob Zuma cut short his attendance of the…
EventPrime Minister B.J. Vorster predicts South Africa will become leading state in the Southern Africa
… The South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster declared that if the … Africa signed mutual articles of agreement on the Southern African Regional Tourism…
FOREWORD: THEORETICAL DEBATES AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
… pledge ourselves to Peace and Reconciliation in South African and agree to commit ourselves to the following: 1. … as soon as possible after the said…
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… Anton Lembede and A. P. Mda, late 1930's ( Catholic African Teachers' Federation Magazine ) A. P. Mda, 1986 … mid-I94os ( llanga Use Natal ) A. M. Lembede,…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… regime. During the State of Emergency that followed, key African leaders were imprisoned in a series of mass arrests, … and Chief Albert Luthuli . The…
Address at University of KwaZulu-Natal SRC awards, 7 May 2005, Howard College, Durban
… timeless intellectual Pixley ka Isaka Seme captured the African`s quest for education succinctly in his article ?The … will contribute in earnest to the…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… & Fatima Meer Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru condemns the South African Government Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, commenting on the Indian policy of the South African…
From the 1973 Durban strikes to the Marikana massacre and De Doorns conflict: How trade unions acquired their power and what has gone wrong with employment relations in South Africa subsequently by Johann Maree
… years ago during January and February 1973 mass strikes by African workers in Durban broke out in protest against low … The Durban strikes constituted a…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Women’s Day Celebrations, Atlantic Park Stadium, Witbank, Mpumalanga, 9 August 2004
… anniversary of the formation of the Federation of South African Women and the adoption of the Women's Charter. We … inherited from our past heroines, and…
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… were organised by British immigrants who came to South African the 1880's, with trade union experience. They formed … mining companies proposed to increase…
ArchiveCHAPTER SEVEN: Resistance Politics In Retreat: Cablism, The ANC Underground And Gandhi, 1985-1989 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Statement of Acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh Award Bestowed on the ANC by the World Peace Council by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, 15 December 1986
… We are greatly honoured to receive, on behalf of the African National Congress, the illustrious Ho Chi Minh Award, … in the People's Republic of Angola …
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Helen Stoilas, 30 May 2017
… The South African photographer David Goldblatt has installed … Goldblatt’s work is also in a display of Jean Pigozzi’s African art collection, on view at the…
The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… The garment – one that exists with respect and dignity in African womanhood and politics – became as popular as the … all over Africa I am the perfect…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1948
… years and I can therefore say that it is my country. South African Indians Ill-Treated - Gandhi New Delhi, Thursday: Mr. … Indian Dominion, should ask…