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BiographyRichard Steele
… was born to a Scottish father and a South African mother, in Pretoria, in 1956. His father emigrated to South Africa at the end of … attending protest…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… the Women's Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of … unusual type. This was in South…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… the World Council of Churches, the Republic's policy in respect of the Black states in Africa and the arms sales to the Republic. In … along. They believe…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VII - “The Missionary Charter”
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Treaty or no Treaty, the control was in the hands of the military and at this…
EventRugby player Breyton Paulse is included in the national team after the ANCYL challenged the decision to omit him
… Rugby developed as a sport in South Africa in the late nineteenth century. It is said to … and soon became representative of the exclusion that the Black…
ArchiveWelcome to Mariental : Another blot on our stained conscience : No to the war in Namibia
… Offset litho; black and white … : Another blot on our stained conscience : No to the war in Namibia …
BiographyNowongile Cynthia Molo
… Nowongile Cynthia Molo was born in 1949 in the former Transkei (now Eastern Cape). She completed the … awards. She currently serves as a council member for…
From the 1973 Durban strikes to the Marikana massacre and De Doorns conflict: How trade unions acquired their power and what has gone wrong with employment relations in South Africa subsequently by Johann Maree
… January and February 1973 mass strikes by African workers in Durban broke out in protest against low wages. In total … they faced. Straight after the strikes…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… Students’ Representative Council (SSRC), Dan S. Montsitsi in connection with plans to commemorate the Soweto uprisings. … Act (National States Citizenship…
ArchiveWorld day of prayer for free Namibia May 4th 1988 : In Commemoration of the Kassinga massacre
… Offset litho; black and brown; World day of prayer for a free Namibia May 4th 1988 : In Commemoration of the Kassinga massacre, May 4th 1978 … World day of…
ArchiveHow much more bloodshed before he is free to be human in the land of his birth?
… Offset litho; black; How much more bloodshed before he is free to be human in the land of his birth? When Justice rules, then will Peace … How much more…
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… 27 February 1937 The traditions of the labour movement in South Africa young as it is are traditions that we can be … to slip into a dim memory of the past,…
BiographyReggie Williams
… established by the white dominated National Party (NP) in 1948 to consolidate the process of racial segregation in … a year before he was assassinated. His…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… which for over a century has played a major role in the life of the country. The Afrikaners have a remarkable history, rich in suffering and sorrow, courage…
Address during a joint sitting of Parliament to mark 10 years of Democracy In South Africa Monday 10 May 2004, Cape Town
… are deeply moved and humbled by your magnanimous gesture in inviting us to address this joint session of the two … that an exception to the standing rules…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Nosipho Majeke was the pen-name of Dora Taylor. She worked in the liberatory…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
… of every race. These political prisoners represent, in the words of our late President-General Chief Luthuli, "the highest in morality and ethics in the…
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… Trevor Andrew Manuel was born in Kensington, Cape Town on 31 January 1956.Manuel first became involved in politics when he joined the Labour Party Youth in…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… In response to attacks on the Sasol oil refinery in Secunda, the South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland. The attacks claimed…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… editor of the banned Daily Dispatch a newspaper based in East London arrived in Britain with his family after fleeing South Africa via … fled the country…
Chapter 9. The Struggle against Sweating - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… among the workers, and nearly all of them are punitive in character. Before Union each of the four provinces in South Africa enacted its own laws. One of the…
Chapter 3. The Poor White Problem - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… of South Africa. People abroad believe that all Europeans in South Africa live, and have always lived, in comfort and affluence. In South Africa itself, even…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke IN THE LATE SIXTIES the old … . . Are we only to obey the word of God because we…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… engineer, began the construction of his own aeroplane in 1907 at Brandfort, in the Free State. This was the first South African built … is possible that John…
EventDouglas Portway, European-based South African artist, is born in Johannesburg
… Douglas Portway was born in Johannesburg in 1922. He studied fine art at the Witwatersran Technical … of Johannesburg. After his first solo exhibition in…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 - Introduction
… From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos … a fact, that academic production isolated from the person in the…
EventDr. Margaret Roach ‘Killie’ Campbell, collector of Africana, dies in Durban
… Margaret Roach "Killie" Campbell was born in Mount Edgecombe, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 9 September … 1881. She was educated at St. Anne's Diocesan…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa by G. R. Bozzoli
… In this paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 1 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen It is by no … disabilities that have been placed upon our…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after independence was gained from the British in…