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EventSol Kerzner admits to the Harms Commission, that he has paid R2m for the personal benefit of Chief George Matanzima
… Kerzner has a reputation of being connected to both the apartheid government and the ANC government. He has since …
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… the hope that they could contribute in the eradication of apartheid and achievement of equality. One of the companies …
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… Cape Colony in 1890. Rhodes was from Britain and had made his fortune in South Africa by mining diamonds. He was also a … to stop the raid, but it was too…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… Cape Colony in 1890. Rhodes was from Britain and had made his fortune in South Africa by mining diamonds. He was also a … to stop the raid, but it was too…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… order to enslave the Bantu completely, to deprive him of his few remaining rights, and to shut fast the door for his economic, political and social…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… in the run-up to the election. According to Reg Rumney, in his three-part exploration of the parties’ policies: “The EFF … and stayed away from campaigns…
An evolution of Worker Education in South Africa since 1973 and its impact on Worker Movement by John Mhandu
… and the negotiated compromise between the ANC and the apartheid State resulted in changes to worker education in … in various historical epochs, that is,…
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… (now Mpumalanga), recruited workers were expected to work long hours on farms in extreme weather conditions, …
EventSouth African History Online goes live
… expression and open access to knowledge. SAHO continues to work to strengthen research and education in the field of …
Document 127 - 6 Point Communist Programme f c. 7 941)
… and Italy. Hitler's strength has not come only from his guns and tanks and planes. It comes also, and chiefly, from his friends the Quislings, the Petains…
ArticleMapungubwe
… Mowena, led E.S.J. van Graan (farmer and prospector), his son and three others, to Greefswald farm on Mapungubwe … of Pretoria, Professor Leo Fouché. As a…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife, by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. The … heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian…
Address at the Opening of the 24th General Assembly of the World Veterans Federation, 1 December 2003
… because of the horrendous massacres to which he and his fellow soldiers were exposed. General Dallaire has … own country because some were intent on…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… Centre in Cape Town. It was a broad coalition of anti apartheid organizations that opposed the government's …
Turning Points Books 1-6
… by The Department of Education Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Book 6: …
EventInternational Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting
… South Africa was faced with many challenges because of its apartheid policies. At one stage South African goods were …
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
… in the 1950s and conducted a massive campaign against apartheid laws, the pass laws in particular. FEDSAW was multi … on 29 August 1987’ , from South Africa…
EventNUSAS disbands
… to members of all races; and also called for the end of apartheid and all discriminatory policies. While the …
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… of workers were laid down. Due to various restrictions and apartheid still being imposed on labour unions, many Black …
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… political unity among Black political prisoners opposed to Apartheid, as prisoners from political movements across the …
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… was the embodiment of the vision of generations of anti-apartheid freedom fighters and democrats who had fought for …
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… Steve Biko. In the 1980s she joined the anti-Apartheid organisation the Black Sash . In the 1990s Zille …
Inqaba ya basebenzi
… resistance to the repressive National Government apartheid policies. Capitalism, socialism, imperialism and …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), King George Hotel, Athens, 24 February 2005.
… 1999 in the context of what Michael Edwards had said in his book. I would like to start first with developments on … a disciplined and steadfast role to…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Muslim News' stand against the South African Government's apartheid policy, the newspaper faced much harassment from … a full-time basis; he resigned in 1969…
PlaceHumansdorp
… 1849. This was when he donated 1.5 square Kilometers, of his Farm “ Rheboksfontein ”, to erect a Dutch Reformed Church … new crowd to our town as people go…
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
… is considered by many critics to be among her best work.[2] End Notes [1] Sibongile Khumalo, Available Online: …
ArchiveSouth African political prison-literature between 1948 and 1990: the prisoner as writer and political commentator
… to the holding of political prisoners and discusses the work of Michael Foucault on the subject of imprisonment as …
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
… been closed for some time, in order that vital maintenance work be done. Therefore it is not at all possible to gain …