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Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
… As a city, Cape Town sits on top of an uncomfortable history of colonialism, slavery, … who should and should not have the right to speak and act on their…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… of our liberation movement, and indeed, his passing on closes an important chapter in the struggle for freedom … of the Union of South Africa. In addition,…
Speech of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the rally to relaunch the SACP Johannesburg, 29 July 1990
… and permissible. Surely, there are, today, happy smiles on the faces of the political thinkers who said that, though … might express, they would nevertheless…
BiographyLouis Botha
… He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated at the local … children, was born near Greytown in the…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… 1893 April, M.K. Gandhi leaves for South Africa to work on a lawsuit, invited by Seth Dada Abdullah. After resolving … 19, M.K. Gandhi accuses the government…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… The smoke-blackened tatters of burned-out buildings look on, as soldiers from armored cars helter-skelter into homes … Township Jazz. Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana…
Dr. Nelson Mandela’s acceptance address at the Clark University Investiture Atlanta, Georgia, 10 July 1993
… Nelson Mandela, but rather as an accolade bestowed on our movement, the African National Congress for the role … tolerated. A democratic political order must…
BiographyPopo Molefe
… establishment of the Soweto Civic Organisation, and served on its Committee of Ten between 1982 and 1984. In 1983 Molefe …
BiographySophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
… She started primary schooling in the Villageboard and went on to attend the Saint Patrick Catholic School in the …
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… rural South Africa. The second section focuses on the growth of women's associations in the twentieth … a revolution in and re-creation of their own domestic…
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… people of the 20th century. He lived three different lives; as a peasant, a doctor and a king. But he failed to … rejected companionship and marriage and…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… to provide better quality education and facilities. On record, TUT has been experiencing student protest at the … handed over a memorandum at the…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… Emilia Potenza An industrial revolution was affecting the lives of everybody living in Southern Africa. By the 1920s, … spent some time every year working as…
Address at the Launch of the Millenium Labour Council, 7 July 2000
… of life. I see millions of families trying to live on incomes so meager that the pall of family disaster hangs over them day by day. I see millions whose…
PlaceNazareth House, Durban
… official reopening of Nazareth House in Durban took place on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Members of the public had been … rooms, and 16 frail and assisted living…
49. The certificates are burned
… Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 16 August 1908, a crowd of Indians, as well as a few … l am told that I may be instrumental in…
Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… by the union, through mass demonstrations, fired the spirit of the workers and bands of volunteers were organised … the clothing industry. The five employers…
Archive2023 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2023
… the worst global pandemic in living memory. Thousands of lives were lost, companies closed, jobs were lost. COVID 19 … congratulate them for that great…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VI - The Wesleyans take a hand
… chiefs engaged in. All these things had a profound effect on the existing tribal organisation and was felt as far … to escape. Whatever the truth, it is…
Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars
… from July to November 2021, aims to present new research on the history of the party and other left traditions, and to reflect on their role and legacy today…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… The section below on the Mfecane can be used as an introduction to this … the stories and lessons and so a lot of information on the mfecane is unconfirmed…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 Three days before the massacre on Monday 6 December 1982, a baby was born, a girl, LE RONA … FREEDOMS WE WILL FIGHT FOR, SIDE BY…
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… ANC. My concern in this chapter is to focus specifically on the historical developments and events that led to his … he warned that “the masses were not…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the SA-USA Business and Finance Forum, Roosevelt Hotel, New York, 23 September 1999
… peace and prosperity. Our approach is based, as you know, on a sound and progressive constitution with its attended … is our view that a democratic state…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… COMMUNIST FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL Gumede arrived in Cape Town on 17 February 1928 after the last trip he would ever take … disorganised, that is all”. “Such…
BiographyJonty Driver
… the security police who arrested and detained him in 1964 on suspicion of his involvement in the organisation. He was …
BiographyElias Phakane Moretsele
… there was bitter disagreement about the Freedom Charter. On 25 February 1958, two days after a chaotic provincial …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to Kwazulu-Natal Black Management Forum Gala Dinner in his Honour Inkosi Albert Luthuli, 11 July 2008, International Convention Centre Durban
… over many decades, despised sometimes by the workers on the shop floor who would have seen them as better off, and … he said eloquently in the same article: …
How do we understand Nelson Mandela@100? by Raymond Suttner, 29 May 2018
… of Nelson Mandela’s birth is an opportunity to reflect on the character of his life. One of the features of being a … or could lead to change. This requires…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the frontline states and Lesotho, Lisbon, 25 March 1983
… the extent of suffering, death and destruction inflicted on millions of people by the apartheid regime of terror has … democratic organisations who, in 1974,…