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ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… the Republic of South Africa. Public submission amounted to a staggering number of 1,753,424 were made to the Constitutional Assembly during its inclusive…
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… I am hereby sharing some letters Ismail Mohamed wrote to me in 1980/81/87. But first I give a snapshot of his life, … many other parents. On the labour front…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… governments in many African countries and continue to take centre stage there. Currently in India, in the name … their supporters and teachers, the students…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1947 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… in October 1945. The Indian people of Natal had decided to give the new policy advocated by the Progressives a trial … Conference at Johannesburg last year,…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
… The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century when Major H.D. Warden … (Korana) and groups of mixed ancestry (Griqua)…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… 1652 Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape with 90 soldiers to establish a refreshment station for the Dutch East India … of residential areas by race was…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… in 1939. By 1941, the Japanese had launched a military strike on the United States by attacking their naval base in … Hawaii. The Americans then entered the…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… a vibrant workers’ cultural movement, and attempting to assert working class leadership of the struggle for … and their experiences of organising and going…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… who enjoy being cuddled. We are talking about men who want to be with their families, husbands who just want to work to … is behind the veiwfinder. Violent…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… CDV This is an interview with Sunny Singh. We are speaking to him on May 28th; interviewer is Christian de Vos from the … I can say that today because I…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… of reports have highlighted various issues contributing to xenophobia; some of which include poor service delivery … attacks occur in certain communities,…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… severely crippling MK. The organisation’s early attempts to infiltrate its trained guerrillas back to South Africa were unsuccessful due to white minority ……
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native
… Papers by D.D.T Jabavu The franchisement was first granted to the Native of Cape Colony in 1854, without, distinction as … in the councils of a State in…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… who later became known as “ Afrikaners ”, were forced to move to urban centers. [3] As many of these poor whites were unskilled, they were unable to compete…
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… some might focus on political differences from one period to another. We examine political revolution (French … transfer of wealth and power from the feudal…
Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, on the Occasion of the State Banquet, Palais Du Peuple, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 30 November
… Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by His Excellency, the President of the …
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… saw a growth of African nationalism that positioned itself to challenge the rising Afrikaner nationalism. The ANC which … As a result pass law prosecutions…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… education”, the threatened extension of the pass system to African women, the forcible removal of Africans from the … began. There were two options:…
EventThe first museum is opened in Soweto, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprising.
… in schools. Another boy, Hastings Ndlovu, is believed to have been the first child to be shot by police on that fateful day. Earlier in the … school children…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… for two years now. I don’t know if you’ve had a chance to look at the paper that I… Chaskalson: I did read through … control, around labour - we acted in…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… traditional leaders and chiefs in South Africa. It seeks to work with the South African government, which is currently … Movement. The creation of this group…
ArchiveRelease this dying man : and all other political prisoners
… white lettering. Photo of Johannes Simelane, on hunger strike in Bophuthatswana. …
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… When we look back at the past and the struggle leaders that we have lost, … thriving cartoonist community who take it upon themselves to immortalise our…
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front Pledges support for Striking mine workers.
… Front Pledges support for Striking mine workers as they strike for a living wage. …
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… Six , where he photographed the area before it was to be destroyed and rebuilt into a white area because of the … apartheid South Africa, and then going into…
Die Eerste Vryswartes Van Stellenbosch - 1679-1720 by Prof. J.L. Hattingh, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 1981
… also went in search of a farm of about 29 acres next to the Eerste (First) River in Jonkershoek. He did this … 1683 Louis owed Houwer 62 Rds and had promised…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… Department of Education Thenineteenth century, leading up to the unification of South Africa in 1910, saw the making of … went to the towns to earn wages…
ArchiveVukani zizwe
… distributed in the Port Elizabeth area calling for a strike. …
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… for Boer Commandos. Through that experience, he learnt to speak Dutch as well as a number of African dialects, which … Matseke also championed the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye,1 September 1981
… the Headquarters of the racist SADF with, according to reports, 122mm rockets. This is the first such attack by … Liberation Army of Namibia. But the racist…