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PlaceThe art lover’s summer road trip through the Western Cape
… art adventure across the Western Cape offers the perfect balance of beauty, storytelling and discovery. Here’s a route … stop at Cavalli Estate , where the…
EventElisabeth Eybers, South African poet, is born
… poems), 1957 Neerslag (Precipitation), 1958 Balans (Balance), 1962 Onderdak (Shelter), 1965 Kruis of Munt (Head …
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… Africa did not have crude oil reserves, the country's balance of payments had to be protected against increasing …
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 1) by Thabo Mbeki, 21 March, 2016
… especially in terms of avoiding undue inflation and balance-of-payments difficulties.” And later: “It is clear … RDP. If they were to cause excessive…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
Josiah Tshangana Gumede was born on 9th October 1867 in Healdtown Village, Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. His father, John Gumede, and his mother were…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… The initially insignificant Langalibalele affair had striking results. It had become the practice for the diamond …
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… The initially insignificant Langalibalele affair had striking results. It had become the practice for the diamond …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… the authorities and many were arrested. A march of 2000 striking persons took place from 6 to 13 November, meant to …
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on striking mineworkers, killing 34 workers. The farm workers … the police utilised rubber bullets to…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… a public statement announcing his intention to lead the striking workers out of the mine compounds in an attempt to … they fail to keep up with the enormity…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… for diplomacy under the circumstances, with the need to balance the undertaking of the armed struggle back home. As a …
PlaceSebokeng Township, Johannesburg
Sebokeng is a middle-class Township in Southern Gauteng. Very near the Industrial Cities of Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging. It falls in the Region of the…
Document 16 - F. W. de Klerk’s speech at the opening of Parliament
… programme should take into account the political context/ balance of power both internationally and in South Africa. … programme to rally around progressive…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… The Clarion Call constituted an analysis of the political balance of forces and provided three routes for the radical …
Place'Aba Mponjwana', Drakensberg Mountains
… vegetation is the result of abundant rainfall, making it a striking contrast to the dry canyons found elsewhere in …
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… chaos. Blood flowed in the streets of Johannesburg as striking truck drivers turn violently on other truckers on …
EventA wave of strikes hits Durban and spread countrywide
… had not been prepared. Wide media coverage of the striking workers caused an outcry from various quarters …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education Chris Hani The most talked-about turning point in…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Introduction
From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education The nineteenth century deserves…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… unions. The sexual division of labour in the industry was striking. By the 1950s, Coloured women constituted over 30 …
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… commons after a prolonged lull. 'States of Emergence' is a striking debut. Charting an epoch in South African art, this … time to comment on the Sharpeville…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… but this was not practically possible, “ given the balance of forces. There was instead a stalemate between … project which was stalled not by the…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Bonner, Philip. African Urbanisation on…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… men and R14 for women. Several Indian were assaulted by striking black workers and were instructed not to come back … home after a negotiating committee…
Post-detention weapons
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As we have seen in Chapter 3, detention without trial,…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… Africans and a Portuguese national, Jose Ramos, who bore a striking resemblance to Joe Slovo. For a short period of time …
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… were jailed including Gandhi; some were even shot for striking, refusing to register, burning their registration …
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… December 16 as a public holiday was an attempt to strike a balance between a divided past and promoting national unity …
ANC NGC 2015 Resolutions on International Relations
… with the complex and ever-changing world order. The balance of forces and the balance of power is about concrete analysis of the dynamic … Better Africa and…
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… the University of Western Cape pledged their support for striking union workers of food manufacturer Fattis and Monis. …