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ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
… the Industrial Commercial Workers Union (ICU), founded by Clemens Kadalie , with support from the dockworkers in …
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… church had to vacate the venue quickly they were attacked by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members. The security police …
ArticleClassroom: Educational sites for learners and educators
… the understanding of Apartheid. The project is supported by the Department of Education and it is a great resource to …
Durban Historical & community
… set up his first experiment in communal living inspired by Tolstoy - in Inanda, it was called the Phoenix settlement …
Activity: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… societies facilitated the export of Christian slaves by these two states to other Islamic countries. dramatically …
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… marks its centenary. It is perhaps not generally known by present generations that the Society was the first to …
Passage to Natal - The Journey
… (1½ years) and Kirbay (4 years) who were indentured by WH Savory and JL Crompton. Between 1861 and 1865 eleven …
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 45 - Ray Alexander, "Trade Unionism … 1 6,1952 [....] The first Trade…
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… National Congress acknowledges and salutes the role played by Cde OR, keeping the African National Congress intact and … organisation and the movement at…
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… nuclear power station in the world. Koeberg is surrounded by a 3 000-ha Nature Reserve owned by Eskom, containing more than 150 different species of birds ……
PlaceEastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town
… the Western side of Hout Bay . In 1794 this was replaced by three new forts, named Sluijsken , Gordon and Little Gibraltar . A fortified blockhouse was then…
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… This fort was built by the firm Schneider & Co, which was connected to the French … was also equipped with electricity, which was provided by dynamos, and…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… A week long strike by African mineworkers, led by John Beaver (JB) Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' … Union, started on this day. The strike was…
EventStompie Seipei’s murderer goes to jail
… member of the infamous Mandela Football Club established by Winnie Mandela as a front for the political mobilisation … of Seipei, who was sjamboked and…
EventAlan Paton is born
… later they had their first son, David who was followed by Jonathan in 1936. In 1930 Paton joined the South African … was soon adapted into a musical, "Lost…
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War) was executed by a firing squad beside an open grave in the veld near Graaff-Reinet. He was captured in October…
EventMore than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa
… through an incline shaft. The miners were suffocated by methane gas and crushed to death by rockfall. No machine capable of drilling holes large … nationals…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… ANC and the PAC was to declare an armed struggle, marked by attacks by Umkhonto we Sizwe and POQO, military wings of the ANC and PAC respectively. Measures…
EventCPSA is founded
… on 29 July 1921 in Cape Town. It was founded mainly by radical White workers and socialists who had experienced workers' struggles in Europe and were…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… prison on Hospital Hill . It was a novel design produced by a military engineer, Mr G H Winsen, and built by local contractors. It was intended to hold in…
Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… meeting of the year. Below are some of the decisions taken by the Executive Committee. 1. NEDLAC We reaffirm our … April 1996 and the National Women…
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
… the anti-communist crusaders have been made possible only by the tacit support, cowardice and confusion of large … Kahn, who had been elected with an…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
… From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu The old order changeth; and so we behold … to the elementary and secondary schools…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… nerve and pinpointed the cause of the misery suffered by the majority of the people: the perpetuation of the cheap labour policy fostered by the South…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… is no doubt that the overt leadership has been dominated by men, the seemingly unacknowledged and informal segment of society controlled by women has been…
Say It out Loud - The 1921 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 29th March, 1921
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1921 Presidential Address, Cape Town, … the country's exploiters. " Needless to say, I was charged by…
Address at the SANEF Conference on the Media, the AU, NEPAD and Democracy ,12 April 2003
… had absorbed an image of the African continent projected by a media that was relentlessly contemptuous of many things … Festival and its contribution to the…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Themes to Think About This Feature has … the nature of production affected the…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… in Brooklyn, Pretoria- South Africa . Founded in 1901 by The Hon. Lord Milner . Its academic performance places it … 300 boarders, from South Africa and…
Document 93 S. B., “Unite Against Reaction and Oppression: United Front Against National Oppression and Fascism”, Umsebenzi, 23 May 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 93 S. B., "Unite Against Reaction … The position in South Africa is very…