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ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… any political mobilisation. Soweto, the epicentre of the June 1976 uprising, was singled out for special … when Buthelezi came for graduations, the entire…
Document 27 - Record of Understanding
… COSATU website at www.cosatu.org.za 1. Executive Summary of Recommendations The bill should incorporate the right to … to protect whistle-blowers in the…
Move from Condemnation to Confrontation of Apartheid and Colonialism - Statement in Committee II of the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo by O. R. Tambo, 11 April 1973
… a shift in emphasis from what has been world condemnation of these systems to world confrontation of these systems, and … very seriously by the United…
List of deaths in detention
… those who went against the Apartheid state was one of the many weapons that the government used to quell … List of deaths in detention …
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
… . She was famous for many things, but was most noted for being a liberal politician opposing the White minority regime of Ian Smith's Rhodesia. Her birth…
Hangula Shonyeka
… In 1967 the minister of justice announced that a detainee had died in detention in … the detainee's name.In 1970,in parliament the minister of police said…
BiographyBransby Ndobe
… and also to radicalise Coloured farm workers. A member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union in its heyday and also of the Communist Party of…
BiographyHerbert Henry Curson
… Herbert Henry Curson, the eldest son of Henry Charles Curson, was born on 22 September 1892 in … this time he won 14 medals and qualified as a member of the…
BiographyStephen Tefu
… born about 1910, he was recruited to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Pretoria at a time when the … at a low ebb. Shortly after joining, he…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… in exile. Klug believed that South Africa was in need of a constitutional democracy that allowed for the majority to be represented by the rulers of the…
BiographyNoni Jabavu
… in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in England, and continued to live there for many years. She went on to…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1991
… Today, 8 January 1991, we observe the 79th anniversary of the foundation of the ANC. On this historic occasion I … that it is wrong to pose negotiations and…
BiographyTrineke Weijdema
… to support the freedom struggle in Angola . The whole of southern Africa became a zone of concern, and with the AC’s aim being reached in Angola in 1975, the…
BiographyThobisile Zibambele
… On 16 August 2012 Thobisile was killed at scene 1 after being shot twice by the police, in his shoulder and thigh. He … and left behind his wife and 10…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… Introduction December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson … deliberately and violently decoupled from the human body…
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the religious service at the Cathedral of UPPSALA
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the religious service at the Cathedral of UPPSALA …
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand
… Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand …
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… Fifty Years of Union - Political Review My assignment is: "Political … under white rule in the new State with no prospect of ever being accorded full…
Stephen Marais
… was a physicist and an agnostic and a civil servant most of his life but his upset with the disparities and inequalities of Apartheid made a huge impact on…
A timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… A timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan …
A timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… A timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan …
Speech by President Mandela to the National Assembly of the Republic of Mauritius
… Speech by President Mandela to the National Assembly of the Republic of Mauritius …
Resolution of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, Bombay, March 1946
… Resolution of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, Bombay, March 1946 …
Message to the NEGRO people of the United States of America, September 1952
… Message to the NEGRO people of the United States of America, September 1952 …
Resolution of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, Bombay, March 1946
… Resolution of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress, Bombay, March 1946 …
BiographyLeo Linda Sihlali
… school education. Sihlali then enrolled at the University of Fort Hare for his tertiary education, and also later received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the…
BiographyAndries Ntsenyeho
… State. He had worked for Lonmin for a year and was one of the leaders of the strike. On 16 August 2012 Andries died at scene 1 after being shot three times…
BiographyHenry Mvuyisi Pato
… On 16 August 2012 Mvuyisi was killed at scene 2 after being shot in the back and palm by the police. He was clearly … as well as his elderly parents and…
History of Makhanda (previously Grahamstown)
… History of Makhanda (previously Grahamstown) …