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EventRenowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, is born in Ogidi, Nigeria
… the effects of Western customs and values on traditional African society. Achebe's knack for satire and his keen ear … language have made him one of the most…
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… apartheid, K.Chiume, press secretary of the Nyasaland African Congress, Tennyson Makiwane and Vella Pillay of South … support for our struggle against…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… be called “Lusaka”, after the capital of Zambia, where the African National Congress (ANC) had its headquarters. In 1984 … rural settings. They made contact…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… by three community-based organizations to oppose the South African Indian Conference and the apartheid government’s plan … that year. A poster was put out by…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… Saturday: Dr G.M. Naicker and Dr Y.M. Dadoo, the South African Indian leaders, arrived here yesterday and will leave … racial antagonism to grow to such an…
Chapter 6 - TOWARDS HOME
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The 7th … being Operation Vula).1 The review of the Road to South African Freedom which resulted…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the unveiling of the FIFA Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 emblem, Tempodrom, Berlin 7 July 2006
… Issa Hayatou, Your Excellency, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Alpha Omar Konare, Your … We continue to work together to ensure that every South…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… The Post Office refused to handle a cable from the South African representative of the Daily Express in London which … Michael Harmel, The Guardian and later…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… Alliance. The latter consisted of the ANC, the South African InÂdian Congress (SAIC), the Coloured People's … led the break-away from the ANC in 1958, to…
Interview with Africa Report by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1981, New York
… AFRICA REPORT : To many critics, the African National Congress (ANC) looks like a failure. After … ANC developed? There were traditional links with the South…
ArchiveThe arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019
… and the removal from the pass (the document every African had – and has – to carry to prove his right to be in … (that is, utshwala, the beer that was an…
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
… opposition to the then Church establishment and the South African Government. However, in the short-term it was … At the same time the CRJ was imploding,…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… the stations for. The greatest insult is that it is South African citizens that are expected to pay back these corrupt … were ahead of the current curve,…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… applies to all employees and employers except the South African National Defence Force, various intelligence bodies … 1999, aims to develop and improve the…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… the immigration of the foreign spouses of permanent South African residents but not to afford the same benefits to South African gays and lesbians in…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… 1.11 billion people call Africa home and call themselves African. Africa, and being African, has become a core part of the identity of millions … 2005. …
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… divided between White and Black residents. The South African War of 1899-1901 saw a temporary downturn in … all economic activity in the region. Following…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… way of reinforcing the human rights embodied in the South African constitution. Keep in mind that teenagers learn from … Erin intercepted a racial caricature…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… particularly uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC) – precipitated the … community protested against the brutality of…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It … organisation and working together with Congress of South…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… ground, forming closer relations with Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) , which was only partially … (MDM), and the two formed closer relations…
ArchiveHugh Lewin obituary by Peter Hain (www.theguardian.com), 21 January 2019
… In 1959, Hugh Lewin, who has died aged 79, joined the South African Liberal party: shortly afterwards it became the only … the country, with the banning in…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
… in a different way by Lord Shaftersbury about South African in a meeting called by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion … we can contribute to the reconstruction…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 34th independence celebrations of the Republic of Uganda Kampala, 9 October 1996
… Special Representative to support the efforts of the East African leaders in finding a peaceful political solution to … taken by Uganda and her regional…
PlaceMozambique
… past, it was mostly overlooked in the greater scheme of African safaris. The voyage of Vasco da Gama in 1498 marked … Mozambique traded with merchants from…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… the pass laws was organised by the Federation of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW). The Federation famously … has come to represent the courage and…
EventHumphrey Khoza, former chief executive officer of Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd and director of several other companies, is born in Germiston
… the first company awarded the bid to operate the South African National Lottery. Born in Germiston, Gauteng, in … in 2001, being the first black president of…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… overthrow the government in 1963 in order to create an African socialist state representing Black South Africans. … Poqo with the PAC and Umkhonto we Sizwe…
EventCongress of the People starts in Kliptown
… this form of gathering came from Prof. Z.K Matthews at the African National Congress (ANC) Queenstown regional … The convention was co-sponsored by the ANC,…
EventSir Christoffel Joseph Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid
… De Zuid-Afrikaan (The South African) was the first proper Dutch newspaper in South … After Union, the paper became the organ of the South African Party. On 8…