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EventHistory of December 16
… instrument in the arsenal of the White Afrikaner drive to build Afrikaner Nationalism when in 1952 it became the … of one civilian. Subsequent to the meeting…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… Alfred Nzo submits a letter, on behalf of the ANC, to the United Nations which condemns the announcement by the … attack and dies in Moscow, USSR. 1973…
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
… deep in soapy washing-up water. “But, Mum, you’ve got to hold the book to see if I’m saying it right.” “Oh, just … hand in hand reciting poetry. They would…
“India’s Step Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948
… Dr Y. M. Dadoo On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The … situation in South Africa . South…
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… Govender. When he was a year old, the family moved, first to Umzinto and then to Port Shepstone, where he matriculated in 1975 at Port … to Maputo for six…
Toast Remarks by President Jacob Zuma at the State Banquet in Honour of the President of Zambia, His Excellency, Mr Rupiah Bwezani Banda during his State visit to South Africa, 02 December 2010, Pretoria, Presidential Guest House
… and family, Distinguished guests, It is a great honour to welcome you to our country, your Excellency my brother and friend, … countries and peoples. Your…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… content' written in 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new curriculum but further updates … lack of available labour for factories…
Opening address by CDE Nelson Mandela on the occassion of the signing of a statement of intent to set up a national capacity for Economic Research and Policy formulation 23 November 1991
… on the occassion of the signing of a statement of intent to set up a national capacity for Economic Research and …
To mark his 10th year in office, the South African Prime Minister, Mr. John Vorster, as interviewed on SABC-TV by Chris Rencken. Here are extracts from that interview
… To mark his 10th year in office, the South African Prime …
Up to this date 5 483 187ha have been bought in terms of the Development Trust and Land Act of 1936 at a cost of R1,27bn for th
… Up to this date 5 483 187ha have been bought in terms of the …
Move from Condemnation to Confrontation of Apartheid and Colonialism - Statement in Committee II of the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo by O. R. Tambo, 11 April 1973
… ... I should like to say that in discussing political and diplomatic action … from what has been world condemnation of these systems to world confrontation…
Lerato Maduna
… and Documentary Programme(PDP) in 2006.Was invited to the International Institute of Journalism in Berlin- … in 2006. International Organization of Migration…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… books lean heavily towards white political development to the detriment of studies of the history and interaction of … this was a challenge because of…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… of South Africa: Steve Biko. He was too much of a threat to the rotten core of the monster. He had to be eliminated so … of his incredible activism, Biko…
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
… leadership had been summed up in their telegram replying to a request by an international trade union body for information about the 1946 African mineworkers…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… for smelting iron used for tools Dung-lined pits used to store grain Look at the map below. The map shows only a … and KwaZulu-Natal. Iron implements such as…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… SS Waratah was a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve as a…
ArchiveA distant clap of thunder: Fortieth anniversa
… Booklet to commemorate the 1946 Miners Strike: "A distant clap of thunder". Fortieth anniversary of the 1946 mine strike. The booklet gives a detailed…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… pages of South Africa's rich worker history from 1903 to 1921. It includes socio-historical analysis of the Cape Town 'answer" to the Bolshevik Party (the…
EventPolitical parties call for Constitutional changes
… parties in parliament tabled more than 300 amendments to the constitutional legislation. The New National Party … for the insertion of a lockout right as a…
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… nor of deportation. He must neither mind being reduced to poverty, nor be frightened, if it comes to that, of being … of the satyagraha in 1913, when Indian…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… settle in South Africa for the first time and begin to further colonize and trade with the Khoikhoi at the cape, … given to Van Riebeeck. He works for the…
EventThe Rand Revolt Ends
… The strike by mineworkers on the Witwatersrand, also known as the … 18 1922. The rebellion was a response by White mineworkers to a perceived injustice that…
ArchiveThe defiance campaign
… Barbie Schreiner In 1952 the ANC decided that we are going to organize a Defiance Campaign. Everyone decided that we … sent a letter to the prime minister…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… t was in 1996 that a court challenge led to the first government provision of a cheap basic water … wages, the brothers led a Natal-wide furniture workers'…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… of southern Africa. It is both a duty and a privilege to pay tribute to the unique contribution which IDAF has made … democracy in southern Africa. The work…
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… of South Africa becoming a major weapons supplier to the rest of Africa. The chief executive of the Armaments … organisation, announced that he expected…
ArticleThe Western Front
… would face a war on both her Western and Eastern borders. To prepare for this eventuality, German Chief of Staff, Count … devised a strategy whereby Germany…
ArchiveMay Day 1986 COSATU rally Tape I
… week of December 1985. This movement encouraged workers to have unity and stand together; MAWU - May Day 1986; Bitter roots; Mzwake - The people's poet; You…