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EventFormer SANNC President Sefako Mapogo Makgatho dies
… in 1917. As President of the SANNC, Makgatho worked hard to ensure that the movement remained a key factor in the … was during Makgatho’s presidency that the…
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
… freedom and democracy by new methods, which are necessary to complement the actions of the established national … We shall not submit and we have no choice…
EventA wave of strikes hits Durban and spread countrywide
… rejected their demand for a wage increase from R8,97 to R30 per week. Subsequently, workers in various sectors around Durban also went on strike demanding…
PlaceUpington, Northern Cape
… recognizes the enormous contribution that this animal made to the development of the region during the revolutionary … under leadership of Klaas Lucas and of…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… did not shun black consciousness nor find it antithetical to class consciousness – hence the adoption of the name … Azania in the publication titles. Azania…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
… Jotello Festiri Soga, the first South African of any race to obtain a degree in veterinary medicine, was born in 1865 … the death of his father in 1871, the…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… principles enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. To the honour of his name, his people, and his country, … African mine workers in Johannesburg and…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 2 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… from the single quarters in Nyanga East. He was here to visit Father. It actually all started on Friday night. … at his own house or just running from them…
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
… Samora Machel Public Library. This library was opened to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of Samora … the plane crashed, the South African…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
… exclusion. The protests had caused significant damage to property and threatened the safety of students and staff. … of demonstrations. At Wits, students…
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
… in the trade. Some of the White Unions are affiliated to the South African Trade Union Congress, with headquarters at Johannesburg; some are affiliated to…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of apartheid. The African National Congress (ANC) reacted immediately to the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… Chinese civilisation stretches back to least 2000 BC. It became a single empire in 221 BC. … keep their feet small and feminine. When women’s feet were bound…
Chapter 9
… its programme, having turned from the role of passivity to that of active leadership, the Convention was in a … a maturity engendered in the heat of the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… holds its last legal conference in Johannesburg prior to its dissolution. February, At an African National Congress … Market Square to support a call for a…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to present a petition against the carrying of…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA’s richest gold deposit
… as $18,000 a ton. The discovery was declared the richest strike in South Africa's history. According to reports, no shares soared as rapidly as those of Free…
Chapter 7
… The Clarion Call-A Call to Unity "From the people comes the call to the Convention, a … of great hopes by the Non-Europeans. "But again we were bound to be…
ArticleBalfour Declaration
… (with support from Canada, Ireland and India) decided to form a committee to discuss and clarify the status of dominions. They would then report back to the…
’Our alliance is a living organism that has grown out of struggle’, Speech by Oliver Tambo at meeting to observe the 60th Anniversary of the South African Communist Party, London, 30 July 198
… grown out of struggle’, Speech by Oliver Tambo at meeting to observe the 60th Anniversary of the South African …
Response by Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the first session of CODESA, World Trade Centre, Kempton Park 20 December 1991
… Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the …
Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by his Excellency, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Constantinos Stephanopoulos at the Presidential Palace, Athens, Greece, 24 February 2005.
… Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by his Excellency, the President of the …
PlaceWinterberg Mountains, Amatola
… crisp, clear air, and incredible scenery allows one to experience real rustic, countryside living. One of the … is renowned. The area is steeped in a history…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… Abrahams is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg in March 1919 to an Ethiopian father and a Coloured mother. His father passed away when he was young and Abrahams…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
… the ladies in Cape Town were prevalent. Ladies used to smoke publicly, especially in the ever-popular trains used … and manufacturing of tobacco in…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… was Nomsa's last day at school. Some boys came round to see the principal and the next thing Nomsa was home with … that everyone is present. There were…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
… Abrahams, L., (2005). Married to the Struggle. Worchester: Diana Ferrus Publishers.|African … feminism among women in the ANC, 1950-1990’ in The Road to…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… Free State particularly Bloemfontein passed the laws to regulate black people in 1893. For example Law 8 passed in … black people drew up a petition which…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… the SAHO site, webteam please select an image from there to insert in this section. South Africans of Indian origin … to remain operative. Chelmsford swiftly…
History of the Labour Movements in South Africa
… history of working people, and particularly Black workers, to organise is inextricably tied to the struggle against racism and national liberation. The roots…