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ArchiveConcerning hopes
… Palestine. Poem entitled 'Gone are those we love' by Fadwa Tuqan. Artwork of a masked head and a hand holding a scythe by Palestinian artist Kamal Boullata…
Zuma to grow ANC membership in tribute to Madiba, 17 July 2011
… million, members of the media are reminded of the address by ANC President Jacob Zuma in officially launching the drive … Mbete 10am - 11am: Comrade Baleka…
EventSlachter’s Nek rebels are hanged
… Colony. Following the prosecution of an Afrikaner farmer by the name of Frederik Bezuidenhout, by the British aministration, Frederick's brother, Hans, and ……
EventThe British successfully thwart the Zulu attack at Rorke’s Drift
… 22 January the small garrison at Rorke's Drift was warned by two survivors that the British camp at Isandlwana had been wiped out by the Zulus. The small…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… had been fragmented, their beliefs were being tested by a mixture of missionary teachings and European technology and their cattle herds were devastated by…
ANC National Disciplinary Committee, 29 February 2012, Luthuli House, Johannesburg
… The National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) was instructed by the National Disciplinary Committee of Appeal (NDCA) on 4 … its duty without fear or favour and…
Part 2: Ahmed Kathy Kathrada Addresses Gandhi Satyagraha Tour Delegates
… This recording was produced and first published by Catalyst House . Video shoot and edit by Lynnea Bylund . Recorded on 9 June 2014 at the Nelson … Tour of…
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… up to standard IV. His proposal was unanimously adopted by three provinces but rejected by Natal. In 1919 the Dutch Bible was translated into … a joint…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… Town', was named after Henry Barber on 24th of July 1884 by the Gold Commissioner David Walson, after Barber and his … The Fairview Gold Mine , Discovered in…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… struck after a bitter, two year struggle for recognition by the Black Allied Mine and Construction Workers Union. … mine owners fired all of the workers, who…
STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
… , vol. IV (1960), pp. 315-17. Despite continuous attempts by the South African ruling class to suppress and contain the … Despite the fact that this Act…
ArchiveAzikhwelwa: Parents co-operate with us!
… Circular, issued by the Soweto Students' Representative Council, calling for a boycott and stayaway by parents and workers from the 13-15 September 1976 in…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention
… A flyer published in Zulu by the Black Peoples Convention urging unity and solidarity of its members. The flyer is accompanied by a handwritten draft in…
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… is a description of the ANC's 1937 conference written by Ralph Bunche, an astute observer. He justifiably depicts … as its servility toward whites in…
PlacePhilippolis, Free State
… of stillness overtakes, of slow, quiet lives untroubled by the outside world. On Voortrekker Road, the town’s main … under the shade of the great pines. A…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
… the southern tip of the same continent, is aptly captured by Edward Behr in his book, "The Algerian Problem" quoting a report by Jules Ferry, who helped to…
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai One hundred and ten … in a Charter for Change, a document that…
ArchiveSpeak : women making history
… and white image of women marching. Story of the march by women on 9th August 1956. Taken from the book 'The parotts Egg' by A Blondel, S Lamb, A Hashemian,…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Nineteen-eighteen was a significant … which had claimed several thousands…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 6
… Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In the middle thirties a case came before the … for more than twenty years; He…
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… fountain, was originally the southern part of a Farm owned by Frederick Jacobus Bezuidenhout, and was proclaimed a … In 1897, the freehold of the Suburb was…
Albert Luthuli`s speech to ceremony for presenting him the Christopher Gell Memorial Award, 21 October 1961, Port Elizabeth
… the bottom of my heart for the high honour bestowed on me by making me the recipient of the Christopher Gell Award. … He was a man we are sad to lose…
Part 3: Ahmed Kathrada and Arun Gandhi - Gandhi Satyagraha Tour SA
… This recording was produced and first published by Catalyst House . Video shoot and edit by Lynnea Bylund . Recorded on 9 June 2014 at the Nelson … Tour of…
EventThe Declaration of Windhoek
… is a statement of press freedom principles put together by African newspaper journalists. The context for this declaration was the many dangers and pressures…
EventWinnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela is sentenced to six years
… of Nelson Mandela was sentenced to six years in jail by a Johannesburg court presided over by Justice Michael Stahl Stegmann for her involvement in the … was…
PlaceCato Manor Heritage Centre, Durban
… ‘Durban System’, which was administered and implemented by city officials, links themes explored at the Cato Manor … with an ideal opportunity to explore the…
EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… On 24 January 1960, nine policemen were killed by an angry mob at Cato Manor in Durban . The incident happened after a raid by police searching for illicit…
PlaceTimour Hall Primary School, Plumstead
… In the early 1900’s land was set aside by the owners at Timour Hall Estate for the establishment of … On April 11 1904, the first pupil was enrolled. By…
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
… society with a strong army able to prevent colonisation by early Portuguese explorers. However, the Fang were not … from settling on the island of Biko,…
EventSouth Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
… communist rule The North Koreans were heavily supported by soldiers from the People's Republic of China, received large amounts of weapons, and were…