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PlacePrimville, Soweto- Johannesburg
… dividing line between Black and White! As Pimville fell on the ‘White’ side of this line the committee recommended … representations. As Government policy…
EventThe fall of the Berlin wall
… to flee into West Berlin, the East German regime, on the 13th August 1961, started to build a wire fence around … wall. The East German regime was forced to…
PlaceJohannesburg Public Library
… Library. A new Building was erected, READ IN FURTHER READ on the Market Square site – completed in 1935. The Library … had major fire risks! (READ IN FURTHER…
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
… after a certain Korana chief, Klaas Pofadder , who lived on Kanoneiland and died in the area when he was gunned down … more to entice you to visit the town…
PlaceLake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… Construction on Lake Kariba began in the early 1950's out of the necessity … valley were relocated. This relocation was negotiated on the basis of the…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… Mozambique. Her work, researching Mozambique’s dependence on South Africa, would have, according to Gillian Slovo in … of Mozambique signed the Nkomati…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VIII - “Christianity and Civilization”
… was extremely simple. He proposed to employ Africans on public works, the making of roads and such like, which … money, the coin of the new economy. He had…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… ‘De Zwarte Meteoor’ (The Black Meteor) – a novel based on Mokone’s successful spell at Heracles that saw them win … trawling through the archives looking for…
ArchiveDemocracy and the Left in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ben Turok interviewed by Carilee Osborne
… democratic government, he was first head of the Commission on the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) in the … Assembly in 1995. He was the Co…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… Movement Paper prepared for the United Nations Unit on Apartheid in 1971 1 The system of white supremacy in South … discrimination is allowed against any…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2014 (before National Elections)
… Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town … this opportunity to speak to the…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… "scorched earth policy" during which those who lived on White farms were removed to concentration camps, as were … of the Black camps, situated along railway…
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
… national public profile and attempted to mobilise students on a large-scale. Mobilisation and Collective Action, 1981 to … like SANSCO, and the imposition of…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… attended ANC meetings in Durban instead of going to school on weekends. The ANC was officially banned in April of 1960. … the World newspaper in 1963 where…
ArchiveAn Analysis of the Imprisonment and Detainment Treatment of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by Monica McCausland
… Introduction Reflecting on her past years of imprisonment in 2012, Winnie … National Congress (ANC) posted their bail, and Winnie went on to give…
Court Verdict Docket, 11 February 1978
… suit local conditions. In this chapter there is reflection on these changes. It is also the aim of this chapter to give … Ten prisoners captured in the…
Chapter five: A Historical Overview of Madressa Education
… suit local conditions. In this chapter there is reflection on these changes. It is also the aim of this chapter to give … Ten prisoners captured in the…
An historical overview of madressa education - Chapter 5 by A. Akhalwaya, I. Waja, A.H. Gabru, A.K. Dockrat, S. Pandor and E. Garda
… suit local conditions. In this chapter there is reflection on these changes. It is also the aim of this chapter to give … Ten prisoners captured in the…
PlaceErmelo
… the white farmers who had to drive through the community on route to their properties. The settlement was also … area and used the bulldozed bricks to…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… Grendon near the start of the twentieth century. A chapter on Grendon appeared in his dissertation and was subsequently … …”. The Cambridge History of…
“Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa”, Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference, Arusha, 4 December
… and shall attack the apartheid enemy of all humankind on all fronts and from all corners of the globe. We shall … organisations and other formations. This is…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
… Robert Harold Lundie “Jock” Strachan was born in Pretoria on 1 December 1925, died in Durban on 7 February from complications of liver disease, and was ……
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 7 - Participatory Democracy for South Africa
… a situation in which merely removing the apartheid brakes on mobility and ending racial discrimination will not … international terms, a highly restricted…
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… This system of segregation placed an inhumane burden on African, Indian, and Couloured people of South Africa. The government placed heavy restrictions…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… were discovered by police in a township near Springs on the East Rand. Later in the same month, a Pretoria court … were found guilty of recruiting and…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North … union-leadership's…
ArticleSouth African Council of Churches (SACC)
… Brief political context on the formation and history of the SACC ... read on 5 July 1995 statement to a workshop on The role of the Church and the 'Healing…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… 2 expeditions between 1497 and 1502. This feature focuses on the first, as it was during this expedition that Vasco da … The reason why groups often state…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1930-1939
… a village near Dandi where Gandhi had broken Salt law on March 5, by the British District Magistrate of Surat under … There was no trial, no sentence…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… will at least add new information to and throw more light on one of the most important radical groups following the … because the splinter group so formed…