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At a summit meeting in Lusaka (14-16 April) the leaders of East and Central African States on 16 April 1969 agree to issue the
An amount of R1.3m is paid out in compensation to thirty-two South African seamen who lost fingers as a result of frostbite inc
The state banking institution of the Republic of China, with total assets of about R86bn, opens its first African branch in Joh
The bodies of world-famous South African opera star Deon van der Walt and his father have been found on their wine estate near
South African athlete Paul Harwood Nash is born in London. He was viewed at one time as the fastest White athlete in the world.
Comic Relief is launched live on BBC ONE from a refugee camp in Safawa, Sudan, in response to the African famine. As well as do
BiographyNomhle Nkonyeni
… black actress in theatre during the apartheid era in South Africa. She performed with different stage groups such as the …
BiographyVincent Mbamama Hlamandana
… appointment of Chief Albert Luthuli to reign over South Africa. The “Makulu Team,” it was alleged, reigned through …
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… the UNO in 1948, the National Party came to power in South Africa. They put into practice the racist policy of … declared a Crime against Humanity by the UNO…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… An international outcry, and condemnation of South Africa’s security laws led directly to the West’s decision to … Security Council vote to ban mandatory…
BiographyAbraham Faure
Abraham Faure was born on 29 August 1795 in Stellenbosch. Faure was one of the leading personalities of his tune in church and intellectual circles at the Cape…
BiographySimon van der Stel
… extending from the present day Northern Province in South Africa into neighbouring Namibia) in search of the area’s … sons had all, at one time or another,…
BiographyHelen Newton Thompson
… “The Black Sash was the conscience of White South Africa.” Newton Thompson’s conscience is seen through her …
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… of the end of apartheid society and governance in South Africa. Following an upsurge of violent and non-violent … - which had seen the minority White…
BiographyLaura Jean Levetan
… United States as an exchange student and returned to South Africa in 1975 to commence a B.A./B.Sc. degree at the …
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… Anti Apartheid Movement protesting British Arms to South Africa, Source: African Activist Archive The AAM developed … oil supplies and access to arms, and…
“The most patient of animals, next to the ass:” Jan Smuts, Howard University, and African American Leadership, 1930 by Robert Edgara and Myra Ann Houser
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the United Nations habitat II African housing minister’s conference World Trade Centre, 18 October 1996
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE UNITED NATIONS HABITAT II AFRICAN HOUSING MINISTER’S CONFERENCE World Trade Centre, 18 October 1995
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the business leadership meeting World Trade Centre, New York, 21 June 1990
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… social and political concerns between India and South Africa. For the poets, it was slightly easier. There is a … poetry text between Ari Sitas and Pitika…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… Congress . The National Party , in contrast, viewed South Africa as a ‘multi-national’ state comprising of between 10 … framework in their manifesto of 1948,…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… on the stories of those discriminated against in South Africa, and all across the world. Key words George Hallett, … circulated photographs of Nelson Mandela…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… Massacre added to the bleak political situation in South Africa. The massacre took place on 7 September 1992 in Bisho, … Klerk on the grounds that Ciskei did…
ArchiveSouth African Students Organisation: Constitution and standing rules: adopted as revised and amended at the 2nd General Students Council, July 1971, Durban
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… plenary session of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA I) began on December 21 1991, at the World … white South Africans prevailed. On 27…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
… in its 2020 ‘100 Women’ list which celebrates women from Africa and the diaspora who are forerunners in their …
ArchiveInventaries van stukke gevind en op beslag gele deur Luitenant J. I. De Waal op 1977-10-19 in the Kantoor van die South African Students movement te Lekton Huis Nr 505, Wandererstraat 5, Johannesburg
An inventory of items found in the offices of the "South African Students Movement" and submitted as evidence by Lieutenant J L De Waal on 1977-10-19.
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… and for access to land and public services in South Africa’s past and present. She is a history student and … organized resistance to slum clearance in…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… addition, it also became the birth place of many of South Africa’s strongest trade unions. Strong political and … also saw the largest influx of missionaries…