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EventSouth Africa Grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu homelands
… falling short of full diplomatic recognition. The African National Congress (ANC) objected to the creation of …
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… the general election in September, in which of course no African will be allowed to vote, is being perceived in some … society cannot encompass any division…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… the general election in September, in which of course no African will be allowed to vote, is being perceived in some … society cannot encompass any division…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… Hector Pieterson, a 12-year-old South African boy, was one of the first students to die. On June … Johannesburg, defiance came at a terrible cost. South…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… world, it can obscure as much as it reveals. Today’s South African political music is rarely written about: even when … ( Dubul’ iBhunu ), it is prosecuted…
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
… the Secretary of State in London formally asked the South African Government if it would provide health care facilities … 1947). Post war plans were already…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… on 19 April 1980, high school and tertiary students in the African, Coloured and Indian areas of the Western Cape … in both rural and urban areas, and…
Document 64 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
… time of writing there is being held in Bloemfontein an All African Convention to which all political organisations that … the Chamber of Mines, the bourgeois…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… between the Nationalist Party (NP) government and the African National Congress (ANC). In response to the massacre … involvement in the massacre. He…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… and the Restitution of Land Rights Act. The South African Constitution of 1993/1996 gave people and communities … 24.5-million hectares by 2014. The White…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… International feminism was a catalyst for South African feminist organisation to address violence against … structures, with CABW making recommendations to…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XII - End and Beginning
… for the mines, the farms, the towns. In other words, African labour was to be exploited in order to build up the South African State, but the Black man was…
David Goldblatt’s Portraits of Ex-Convicts at the Scenes of their Crimes by Max Campbell, 6 October 2016
… at the Scene of the Crime,” a series by the South African photographer David Goldblatt, we see an older woman … Another subject, Hennie Gerber, joined the…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… State which at its height was the largest kingdom in the African sub-Continent. The establishment of Mapungubwe as a powerful state trading through the East…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… Act were expanded to create a more formal structure for African Urban administration. In 1923 the Urban Areas Act was … those clauses of the 1923 Urban Areas…
Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999
… them to reach their full potential and are themselves the African pioneers leading all of us into the African century which should also be the century for…
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… and judicial independence. Only a statement by the South African Communist Party (SACP) drew attention to the fact … although his nomination was at the…
PlaceKwaMashu
… was now compelled to take action on the housing of the African population of the city. Subsequently, in 1952, an … township, but it also had to place buffer…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
… On this day in South African history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls became the first …
EventIan Roberts was born on this day
… The South African actor, playwright and singer was born on this day in …
EventPresident Barack Obama visits South Africa
… Jacob Zuma and hosted a town hall meeting with young African leaders. …
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 3: Dont help sellouts to get R40 000 a year
… about 90% of the people boycotted the elections. APDUSA (African Peoples Democratic Union of South Africa) is calling …
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 2: Aug. 22 elections and you
… APDUSA (African Peoples Democratic Union of South Africa) is calling …
ArchiveInterview with Sibongile Mthembu Mkhabela
… Mthembu Mkhabela, conducted by a third year class in African Politics, University of the Witwatersrand, …
ArchiveSport: Threat to the security of the state
… harassment of people and events connected with the South African Sports Association (SASA) are mentioned. Brutus …
PlaceBlockhouse in Hekpoort, Krugersdorp
… The Building was erected during the South African Boer War by the British Military, under the guidance …
Place'Boekenhout' Farm in Rustenberg
… Click on image to enlarge South African Republic president Paul Kruger's farm was declared a …
EventDr. Andries P. Treurnicht is re-elected NP leader in the Transvaal
… later (1994) the NP lost control of the country to the African National Congress (ANC)and formed part of the … (Accessed: 15 August 2012) | South African…
EventCOSATU issued a statement on Marikana Massacre
… On 24 August 2012, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) issued a statement expressing … statement on Marikana Massacre , from Congress of South…
EventUN Special Committee releases its report
… United Nations and Apartheid Chronology. Sources: South African History Online …