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ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… investigation Albern, Bazil Elsie's River 16 9.9.76 Shot to side of abdomen Allie, Abduraghman Ravensmead 7.9.76 Shot … from front Barnes, Sydney Gugulethu…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the 21st session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, 19 July 1985
… Address by Oliver Tambo to the 21st session of the Assembly of Heads of State and …
”I am Prepared to Die” Nelson Mandela’s statement from the dock at the opening of the defence case in the Rivonia Trial Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… ”I am Prepared to Die” Nelson Mandela’s statement from the dock at the …
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the President and members of the French National Assembly Bourbon Palace, Paris, 7 June 1990
… of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the President and members of the French National Assembly …
Letter reporting on joint meeting of the Executive Committees of the All African Convention and the African National Congress from Moses Kotane to Professor Z. K. Matthews, May 8, 1949
… and the African National Congress from Moses Kotane to Professor Z. K. Matthews, May 8, 1949 …
State of the Nation address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 21 May 2004
… address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, …
Dr D.F. Malan is the first cabinet minister in SA to travel by air. He leaves Cape Town in a Moth aeroplane at 6.30 a.m. and ar
… Dr D.F. Malan is the first cabinet minister in SA to travel by air. He leaves Cape Town in a Moth aeroplane at …
The Bulls beat the Sharks 21 20 in Durban, to win the Super 14 final in the last minute of the game. It is the first time i
… The Bulls beat the Sharks 21 20 in Durban, to win the Super 14 final in the last minute of the game. …
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… flying high and low. The people were throwing their hats to the aeroplanes. They thought the aeroplanes were playing … on the side where I was standing. That…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began … as the Suppression of Communism Act. 1 May, A general strike against all…
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
… New introduction to thesis 2019 by David Hemson Hemson, David (1979) Class … but vitally productive set of migrant workers. The strike We were in a backroom…
BiographyJacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake
… old when, one bitterly cold night, his mother told him to put more coal in the stove. Disobeying her was not an … life-threatening burns from just under his…
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
… south africans, the name Fitzsimons will always be linked to snakes - to their diversity and the treatment of their venomous bites. … where he attended the…
ArticleTransport on land
… on land today Then, thousands of years ago, people started to use donkeys and horses to travel and to transport things … A homing pigeon with a message…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… 1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and … from Fort Hare University for being…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… 1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and … from Fort Hare University for being…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… which takes place on 2 January, and is also referred to as Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year). During the festival … was established more than a century ago…
PlaceBaviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape
… over 100 kilometres, between the Baviaanskloof Mountains to the North and the Kouga Mountains , to the South. Recently … crossings difficult or the current…
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… 1991: Nelson Mandela calls for an all-party congress to negotiate the way to a constituent assembly. April 1991: The ANC publishes its … talks. 4 and 5…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… Blacks – staged a march on the Union Buildings of Pretoria to protest against the abusive pass laws. Estimates of over … they arrest one we all walk in [to…
EventTutu and Mkhatshwa join solidarity fast
… Mkhatshwa of the Catholic Church, held a morning-to-sunset hunger strike to support the hunger strike of prisoners held under the …
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… Trade Unions were organised by British immigrants who came to South African the 1880's, with trade union experience. … was not prepared to accept it ands…
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… was completed. The construction of the Beira Railway to Umtali was completed in February 1989, just before the … first regular freight service began. After…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… and their national aspirations. Yet it is impossible to grasp South African events, political conflicts and … of intolerance and tyranny and are leading the…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Five years after the Government forced him to relinquish his general Secretary, the name of E. Sachs … Industry Chapter 11. Court Cases Chapter 12. The…
EventRamaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested
… staged an 'illegal' march through the city centre during a strike, which turned out to be the longest and costliest strike in the history of the … over 40…
The French Revolution Activity
… Who is the man in chains? Who are the men on his back? Does it look as if it is easy for him to carry them on his back? Does it look as if the two men ……
Opening address by Oliver Tambo to the Conference on “Whites in a changing South Africa”, Convened by the five Freedoms Forum and the African National Congress, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… Opening address by Oliver Tambo to the Conference on “Whites in a changing South Africa”, …
Speech by Oliver Tambo to the people of South Africa on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1981
… Speech by Oliver Tambo to the people of South Africa on the occasion of the 20th …
Tribute by Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Statement at the meeting of the special committee on its tenth anniversary, New York, 2 April 1973
… Tribute by Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, …