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EventMore than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng
… Police arrested 2,300 people in the township of Sebokeng in the Vaal in what was believed to be the biggest raid against black … More than 2,250 people are…
Chapter 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The year 1944 was one of the busiest for the union. In the midst of the trouble, which started in February, we became involved in a series of court actions,…
EventSekonyela, chief of the Batlokwa, dies in the Wittebergen Reserve, Herschel district.
… over the chieftainship from his mother queen Manthatisi in 1824 settling in Jwalaboholo in modern day northern Lesotho . He regularly engaged in … Changing…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… A 17 year-old Indian flower seller was fined R24 or 60 days in prison for breaking the municipal by-laws. The young man … moving after every 20 minutes,…
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… campaign conducted by Germany against the Herero people in South West Africa (now known as Namibia) is considered among the first genocides in the twentieth…
ArchiveKwaZakele - the politics of transition in South Africa: an Eastern Cape study
… A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of … Abstract: This thesis examines the transition to democracy in South Africa…
EventJames Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry, dies
… James Filbert Sojane was born in the Free State in 1925. After qualifying as a teacher in the Free State, Sojane moved to Johannesburg to stay with … James…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… Clayton Sithole was the last political activist to die in detention. He died in John Vorster Square police station just 12 days before the … Nelson Mandela …
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… In 1981, Dirk Coetzee, Jan Viktor and Jac Buchner began … The existence of the unit was first revealed publicly in 1988 on the eve of the execution of Almond…
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland on 4 July 1789. The son of a weaver, he was brought up in the profession…
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… Moment: Revisiting, politics, Labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s. 22-24 February, 2013 Rhodes University … The ´Durban Moment´ popularly refers to…
ArchiveReflections on life in a rearview mirror by Jo Ractliffe, 27 Jun 2011
… David Goldblatt celebrated his 80th birthday in November last year. He tells fellow photographer Jo … of us were summoned to your house at the crack of dawn…
”Some Basic Principles of African Nationalism.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in February 1945
… body, mind and spirit with needs, desires and aspirations in all three elements of his nature. History is a record of … out the profound significance of the…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
… press release from the Poetry Africa festival, which ended in Durban last night, touted the presence of Mafika Gwala as … I pose to him on the eve of the…
Document 29 - Kenneth Hendrickse, “The Opposition in Congress”, The Citizen 3, 3, 4 March 1958
… Drew Document 29 - Kenneth Hendrickse, "The Opposition in Congress", The Citizen 3, 3, 4 March 1958 WHAT EVERY … HAS HAPPENED. AN OPPOSITION GROUPING HAS…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… is the history of nationalism. Nationalism has been tested in the people's struggles and the fires of battle and found … etc. All over the world nationalism…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… Iron Age and lie between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers in the Limpopo Province east of the Kalahari Desert. It is far bigger than similar sites in the area …
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… From 1976 to 1996, political violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of … organization and savagery of the conflict led to terror…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The AmaXhosa OF ALL THE … the 19th century unfolds we shall see it operating again…
EventBastille Day is celebrated across the world and in Franchhoek, South Africa
… revolution. Since that day, 14 July has been celebrated in France and in French communities all over the world. In South Africa, the day is celebrated by the…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.
… political leader who led the country to independence in 1962. He became prime minister of Uganda and later president. In 1969, an attempt on his life was…
EventBafana Bafana lose to Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final
… coach Jomo Sono, lost 2-0 against their Egyptian opponents in the final of the Africa biannual soccer spectacle, Africa Cup of Nations, staged in Burkina…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… contentious issue at the Cape that contributed to the rise in tensions and eventual outbreak of war between the settlers … and skilled artisans. Settler…
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… Central Prison. She was the last woman to be executed in South Africa. Smith had been convicted alongside her … of Abrahams. Smith was tried and sentenced…
ArchiveThe Black Sash: a case study of liberalism in South Africa 1955-1990
… Abstract: The understanding of South African liberalism in the second half of the twentieth century, and particularly … of the Black Sach organisation, from…
EventThomas Thornton becomes the first passenger on an aeroplane in South Africa
… Kimmerling, a Frenchman, made the first powered flight in South Africa in a Viosin Canard Seaplane. This flight took place in East London on 28 December 1909…
EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
… opened fire on a vehicle which they had been transported in across the Swaziland border into South Africa. The four … and continue with the struggle they had…
EventThe ANC Youth League is re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto
… Youth League (ANCYL) was re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto after an absence of thirty years from the political arena in South Africa. The Youth…
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… to persistent cough. The famous jazz bass player was born in Langa , Cape Town in 1947. As a teenager, Ntoni gradually established himself in the townships…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… order that affects his freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia. This came after Nkomo failed to … Julius Nyerere, to support his plans for a…