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ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… larger unit of Southern Sotho groups, who had fallen under his centralized authority due to competition for resources, … protection from other marauding…
Speech at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
… the remaining bastilles of colonial and racist oppression. Apartheid Aggression However, more than forty years after the successful conclusion of the Second…
Black ViewPoint - The New Day by C.M.C. Ndamse
… of heaven and Gabriel and Michael demand an account of his activities, the answer should be straight and simple I am … a useful, honourable and desirable…
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… composition of the South African team among the anti-Apartheid activists and countries that were opposed to the Apartheid government of South Africa. For…
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… The government prohibited an anti-apartheid conference organised by COSATU in Cape Town, which … aimed to include delegates from a broad spectrum of anti…
EventAfrikaans is used for the first time in an international document with the signing of the Convention of Mozambique in Pretoria
… Mozambique in Pretoria. The language’s close link with the apartheid government has meant that it has inherited the legacy of being the oppressor’s language…
EventSA artist Mmakgoba Sebidi is born
… abstraction and collage. She described this change in her work: "First I kept on drawing figures in the studio, feet, … scholarship to travel to the USA and…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 2) by Thabo Mbeki, 28 March, 2016
… some of the Ministries were not carrying out the critical work of fundamentally restructuring their budgets to reflect … State and society. These were…
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… they are not enemies but political rivals. We could work together on issues that would be in accordance with our … tolerate vulgarity or insults by prison…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
… spearheading the campaign for international action against apartheid and support for our liberation struggle. This role … of inspiration and strength for all…
PlaceLebowa
… During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho … Under the South African constitution that abolished the apartheid system, Lebowa…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… and set in motion processes that laid the foundation for apartheid. On 21 March 1960 police opened fire on a crowd … This resulted in the negotiations for…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… 1800: Historical Context Nelson Mandela traces his lineage back to the Thembu Chief Nxeko, one of the early … to the Fish River. The emergence of Zulu King…
ArticleThe Transkei
… Botha Sigcau, a man already discredited in the eyes of his people. As far back as 1939, when the choice had had to … of the day had picked on Chief Botha in…
ArchiveThe Importance and Power of Gender Safe Spaces by Shanél Johannes
… individual and organisational struggles. Often in activist work, we are viewed as “strong individuals”, yet women and … of women has often been enforced by…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 09 February 2012
… State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of … Congress. In marking this occasion we are recognising the work of…
EventRand Daily Mail publishes exposé of conditions in Homelands
… Daily Mail became South Africa’s most influential anti-Apartheid newspaper, known for its courageous and liberal … audiences in the United Kingdom,…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… musical King Kong and was barred from returning when the apartheid government revoked her passport in 1960. During her … addressed the United Nations twice…
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… Such a massive boycott could be a blow from which the apartheid regime may never recover. Let August the 28th be … for the destiny of their country. The…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… the United Democratic Front, an internal coalition of anti-apartheid groups, organised highly successful boycotts of the … http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages…
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… welcomed it as an endorsement of racial segregation and apartheid policies. When the party assumed a radical anti apartheid political agenda the government…
EventDemonstrations begin outside the South African Embassy in Washington D.C.
… DC and continued on an almost daily basis as anti-apartheid protesters demanded a stronger anti-South Africa … went on to discuss violations of human rights…
PlaceChad
… Fadlallah (1840 -1900 CE) was born a slave, but gained his freedom (and fame) when he served in the army of Zubair … the French and killed Lieutenant…
The Detention Weapon
… A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman A number of observers … which effectively extends the victim…
Constitution of the South African Native National Congress, September, 1919 [Extracts]
… Bantu people in South Africa; 3. AND WHEREAS the good work of the aforementioned bodies was being rendered futile … be final. Any dispute between the Chief…
Chapter 14 - Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
… also went on to produce a constitutional frameÂwork within which previously warring parties could co-exist … of Hernus Kriel, Joe Slovo's cracks about…
EventPolicewomen are enlisted as full members of South African Police Force for the first time.
… and at the beginning of the 1980s were women allowed to work on patrol, under-cover and do investigative work. …
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
… at St. Mary's High School, she left the mission to work in the slums of Calcutta. In 1950, she received … the highest civilian honor in India for her…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the struggle continues and grows more intense, 23 August 1984
… Such a massive boycott could be a blow from which the apartheid regime may never recover. Let August the 28th be … for the destiny of their country. The…
EventMinster of Justice, Pelser defends the banning orders on eight leaders of SASO
… independence and a robust argument for dismantling the Apartheid dispensation. These goals were contrary to the objectives of the Apartheid state that sought…