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EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… (ANC) member, Walter Sisulu attended a secret meeting at the house of George Xarile together with F. Van Rensburg, a shift boss … made bombs for Sisulu,…
EventRiky Rick, one of the most esteemed South African hip hop artists is born
… Rikhado Makhado, stage name Riky Rick, was born in the KwaMashu township of northern Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 20 July 1987.[i] He is a … South African hip…
ArchiveLetter from Cape Town Branch of the South African Communist Party to Moses Kotane
… Letter from the Cape Town branch of the South African Communist Party to Moses Kotane, outlining the state of the organisation and report on activities in…
Letter from Cape Town Branch of the South African Communist Party to Moses Kotane
… Letter from the Cape Town branch of the South African Communist Party (SACP) to Moses Kotane, outlining the state of the organisation and report on…
EventA ferry carrying 200 passengers capsizes near the coastal town of Robersport in Northwest Liberia
… capsized in Robersport, Liberia on 14 December 2002. The passengers were returning from the funeral of a well-known local footballer when tragedy struck…
ArticleNewspaper article: "The Coolies Here from the Natal Mercury", Thursday, November 22, 1860
… "The past week will long be memorable amongst Anglo Natalians. At last, after the discussion of years and the extinction of hopes innumerable, the ……
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… Oliver Tambo the then President of the African National Congress (ANC) was responsible for … apartheid. Chalk emphasised on the need to suspend the use of…
ArchiveProfile of a Death Row Prisoner: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… Profile of a Death Row Prisoner: Paper Presented at the Black Sash … and reasons for conviction, human rights, Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty…
Message to the World Festival of Youth and Students by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, July 1985
… Let the fortieth anniversary of the victory over fascism inspire and mobilise the world youth … enshrined in the Freedom Charter - the policy document of our…
ArchiveFirst meeting of the South African/Angolan Joint Monitoring Commission: Lusaka, 16 February 1984
… Minutes of a meeting of the Joint Monitoring Commission to discuss the processes required for monitoring the withdrawal of … First meeting of the South…
ArchiveRole of riot police in the burnings and killings, Nyanga, Cape Town, Christmas 1976
… Circular from the Christian Institute of Southern Africa containing personal eye-witness accounts of the role of riot police in provoking violence in Cape…
ArchiveReport of the Social Scientists Seminar held in Moscow from 17 - 22 March 1987
… Report on a Social Scientists seminar in Moscow around the theme of the struggle for national liberation and the implementation … Report of the Social…
ArchiveMinutes of meeting held to discuss the critical housing shortage in Grahamstown's townships
… Extract from Minutes of a meeting held by Black Sash to discuss housing problems … Minutes of meeting held to discuss the critical housing shortage in …
Prime Minister P.W. Botha and President Samora Machel of Mozambique sign the Nkomati Accord
… Prime Minister P.W. Botha and President Samora Machel of Mozambique sign the Nkomati Accord at the common border on the banks of the Komati River a step ……
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… Contents Early settlement patterns of exclusion Towards racial segregation Segregated city Conclusion Once the fort and the early settlement were established…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… The year 1658 marks the beginning of the slave trade at the Cape colony. During the first four years of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settlement at the…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their attempts to break up a … Numerous factors…
ArchiveLetter from Sipho Buthelezi, Secretary General of the Black Peoples Convention, to Brothers/Sisters
… Letter from Sipho Buthelezi, Secretary General of the Black Peoples Convention to Brothers/Sisters written … as a reminder to Black South Africans to…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… by Dan Cameron in Art Forum as “what may turn out to be the most important exhibition of the 1990s”, the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale , which opened on … The…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… Context In the early 1980s the government took steps to control the level of resistance in the country. Its solution was to arrest key … The Pietermaritzburg…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… The school students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools … Baruch, H. (1979). Year of…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… The International Socialist League (ISL) was formed in September 1915. It was created by a progressive faction of the South African Labour Party (SALP) as a…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… How did the Cold War period shape international relations after the Second World War? After the Second World War, there was a … it called the ‘Cold War’ ?…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… an attempt to restore artistic exchange and dialogue after the Cultural Boycotts of the Isolation Years, the first Johannesburg Biennale titled … The 1st…
ArchiveThe future aint what is used to be
… Love life talk about it poster. Artwork of three girls partying with question mark regarding HIV status. Grey, white, black and gold poster. … The future…
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… pieces to help you practice dealing with complex sources. The questions do not reflect the structure of the examination paper source-based questions, but…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… Resistance to apartheid Umzabalazo - The Freedom Struggle in South Africa Conditions in Rustenburg point to deprivation throughout the segregation and…
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
… relations and severe problems and conflicts between the White colonists and the new arrivals. Within a decade, irregularities in the employment of Indians…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… During the early 1960s, civil society was disempowered and social movements were repressed. Although the capacity for social movements to impose change…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… Enforced racial segregation in South Africa began with the arrival of the Dutch and English colonisers. Following its victory in … Enforced racial…