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ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… the 18th century, when slaves in the Cape were forced to carry "permission" documents. The issuing of passes was … was initiated in the Free State. In 1918…
The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
… many Boers that they decided that the best thing for them to do was to trek away from the area as their ancestors had done from the VOC power back almost one…
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
… memories also include a visit with my parents and siblings to the Aga Khan Detention Centre in Pune where Gandhi was … and me with tremendous warmth and a…
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… India Company (VOC) that every freeman should be trained to handle fire-arms. The company, under Sergeant Steven Jansz … soldiers, but later developed into…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… in recognition of his endeavours for a non-violent end to apartheid. November, Quote: 'Freedom and liberty lose out … It is to say, 'My humanity is caught up…
Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Fatima Meer
… this foreword, wondering how anyone could do justice to this phenomenal woman’s life. No words seem eloquent … liberated and emancipated soul. Our…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… the longest and most widespread period of black resistance to white rule. The Lekoa and Evaton Town Councils' idea to raise tariffs for municipal services…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at funeral in Maseru, 05 December 1982
… children of the mothers of South Africa. They have fallen to the bullets of a common enemy of the people of this land, … has conducted its struggle with…
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… George Harrison and the history of Johannesburg are closely bound together: it was he who first found gold in 1886, a discovery that gave rise to the largest…
Document 28 - Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… 1. Bill of Rights A. Right to Strike The right to strike should specifically include the right to defend and …
Performance, Violence and the Collapse of a Cultural Movement by Ari Sitas
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference … the RDP Play produced by some of the best creators dating back to the…
Mugabe gags us with the draconian Access of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
… Multicoloured poster. Photograph of a sculpture bound and gagged. Flag of Zimbabwe. …
ArchivePaper on apartheid presented on behalf of the African National Congress of South Africa to the United Nations Human Rights Seminar on apartheid, held at Brasilia, Brazil, 23rd August - 5th September 1966
… on behalf of the African National Congress of South Africa to the United Nations Human Rights Seminar on Apartheid, held at Brasilia, Brazil, 23 August to…
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
… Waratah, with 211 passengers and crew departed from Durban bound for Cape Town, and disappeared without a trace. For 90 … indicating that it had sunk quite…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… two weeks. Ninety five percent of the workforce goes on strike. Pan Africanist Congress youth take control of the … Alliance partners began mobilising mass…
Opening remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability - transforming the world in an era of global change, Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, African Pavilion, Durban, 06 December 2011
… Ladies and gentlemen, It is indeed an honor for me to welcome you to this august gathering of Laureates, state leaders, ministers and other distinguished…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… some foreign land as a "discovery" is because, according to the primitive 'finders keepers' rule, this lends support to any claim they make to "owning" the…
ArchiveAfrique du Sud
… White background with red lettering image of petrol pump bound with barbed wire …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… Question: What has the ANC`s attitude been to violence? TAMBO: For decades we did not think violence had … decided to continue with nonviolence. In 1961 we…
Chapter 21. Civil War in the Factories - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… that several thousand British children were coming to South Africa to escape the horrors of bombing. The Central … promised to behave better in future. All…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… took 20 kilograms of Jack's mixture" , recalls Kasrils, "to make four bombs ”¦We neatly wrapped each bomb in Christmas paper and delivered them to different…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… Selborne, High Commissioner of the Transvaal. In letter to J. C. Gibson, Gandhi refuted the charge that South African … ground regarding their demands…
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
… friends, It is indeed a pleasure and a privilege for me to be with you today at this historic national congress of … at the time. The workers showed the way…
ArchiveNational Detainees Day : Monday March 12
… Black and white graph paper with artwork of hands bound in barbed wire. Length of barbed wire across bottom of …
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… unregistered. Unfortunately, the report does not reveal as to how much land is owned by whites or Blacks, neither does … owned by them. Claims that were…
Chile
… yellow artwork of a soldier, holding money, cutting off a bound man's head, with various people watching. …
ArticleSouth African General Timeline 1976
… are taken by two cars a Fiat and a Soviet-origin vehicle to Dar es Salaam Airport where they flew in a large plane to Moscow. February, Siphiwe Nyanda tells…
BiographyDorothy Adams
… ) also studied. His sons Edward, Levi and Francis went on to become preachers in the AMEC, and one of them, Francis, … the 1880s. Adams grandfather, Edward…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… years ago, in 2007, Dr Saleem Badat stood on this stage to deliver his first graduation address as Rhodes’ new … but Dr Badat is a person who would not want…