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… Documents, Video and interviews relating to United Democratic Front …

… Documents pertaining to the Death of Revolutionary (Samora Machel) …

… Speech of Comrade Nelson Mandela to Soccer City Rally …

… into exile in the early 'sixties, Ron Press contributed to the struggle by providing much-needed technical expertise. … and electrical wiring. He made a rotary lawn mower way back in 1945. It did not hover like the modern ones but it … told of the days in 1913 when the white miners were on strike. As a lad he was on the roof in the market square in …

… by the U-178 a German submarine sank the SS Mendoza a ship bound for Durban on the Indian Ocean. The SS Mendoza was an … After its construction in 1920, the ship was registered to the Societe Generale Transport Maritime. After its capture the ship was handed over to the Blue Funnel Company for manning and management. Later …

… first met Vladimir Lenin in 1905. Stalin was so committed to Bolshevism that he organized bank raids to boost party funds. He travelled to Vienna, Stockholm and London at Lenin's request and was … Stalinism and how Stalin used his power to change Marxism-Leninism …

… Koenig was born in Budapest, Hungary, 1902. He emigrated to South Africa from Hungary in 1931. After his training at … Academy in Budapest he won a scholarship which allowed him to study further in Germany, France and Italy. Although he … running such therapy courses for convalescent soldiers back in Johannesburg. In 1948 he was a founder member of the …

… as a Wesleyan. Ordained as a minister in 1881, he proved to be a man of great ability and strong personality. In 1894-1895 he was sent to Britain on a fund-raising tour, but on his return he … bishop, and the majority of Ethiopians did not follow him back into the white church. The Order of Ethiopia became a …

… the general elections. Sir or Madam, You may be surprised to receive this message from the African National Congress: … petitions, memoranda, deputations and other memoranda to the Government. These appeals have fallen upon deaf ears. Today we are addressing ourselves directly to you, to voters, who in the last resort are responsible for …

… on 17 October 1924, Esther Barsel (nee Levin) came to South Africa in 1927 when she was three years old. She and her mother followed her father to South Africa, settling in Middelburg, Eastern Transvaal … other women who had also been detained went on a hunger strike soon after their arrest. Barsel lasted for 35 days, …

… Pinetown (near Durban) giving her son Joseph advice on how to come to Natal. Joseph's location is not known. Source: I.A.3/4, … Natal Archives. My dear Joseph, I have got a pass for you to come to Natal which I am sending to Mr. Leach by the next … 16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal …

… and his mother was involved in teaching. Archie was sent to Healdtown, and a significant influence in his life at the … he studied Zoology for one year. Then in 1956 he moved to pursue his studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT) … However, instead of being tried, he was fined and sent back to Cape Town. Archie was known as an ‘intellectual …

… for all the people of our country. Those who have chosen to turn their backs on our festivity are the small minority who continue to cling to the anti-human concept and practices of racial … Andrew, Wilton and Oscar, (2)  welcome to you all. Welcome back to the foremost ranks of the mass army that is engaged …

… a prominent role in causing the South African War returned to South Africa to become British administrator for the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. His other responsibility was to negotiate a peace treaty that ended the South African War. … Lord Milner leaves England to return to SA …

… in the country’s representative bodies.  Black opposition to this political dispensation began with the first election … National  Congress (A.N.C.) in 1923. Appeals by the SANNC to the British government were ignored and a new Union … main opposition party, the Unionist Party, was considered to be promoting British “imperial” interests. The third …

… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference … Board of the South African Labour Bulletin from 1976 to 2008 and was chair of the Board from 1978 to 2006. He … Durban strikes, when 60 000 Black African workers went on strike, was an event of great historic significance. It …

… her father, Daniel married his second wife, Notuthuzelo to whom Nomkhitha was the first child. He was a wealthy man who owned livestock. When she was 13, she was sent to a boarding school in Mt. Authur. She remained there until … of her sons went into political exile, one of which came back and was tried by the courts for having the intentions of …

… Affidavit signed by Wanent Alfred Nazo refusing to be relocated from Klipfontein to Glenmore … Refusal to be relocated from Klipfontein to Glenmore …

… Offset litho; black, red and yellow; No! to the Labour Bill : No! to restrictions : Organise! Resist! : Johannesburg May 14-15 … No! to the Labour Bill: No! to restrictions …

… discontent among the residents of the township led to the formation of the Cradock Ratepayers’ Association … (CRADOYA) in 1983.  Both organisations affiliated to the United Demoratic Front  (UDF) in December 1983. Mkonto … The four men were handcuffed, separated and driven back towards Port Elizabeth under the impression they were …

… letter. The national executive has agreed on the sit down strike on June the 26th. My chief, let us not carry our … another strike. The nation is not ready. If we are to be at the mercy of the Communist Party, take it from me, … thousands whose children do not eat until the mother comes back from the white man's kitchen carrying scraps of food …

… It took nearly two years of formal talks to remove the obstacles in the path of multi-party … to breakdown. The ANC called for a two-day general strike, mass protests, a consumer boycott, and a day of … that they are likely to succeed, the world will stand back; and although there may be some investment, the massive …

… by Side by Helen Joseph Forty years is a very long time to be away from the faith into which you were born and … which you were brought up and confirmed. Yet it happened to me and I cannot really account for it. There was a period … church ought to be. I realised that if I were to come back fully to my faith, then I ought not willfully to remain …

… originally from the Pietermaritzburg area that were forced to leave after colliding with Matiwane's Ngwane during the … was 'Sotho-ised' into Mofutsanyana. 8 Although attached to the Basotho kingdom, Witzieshoek was cut out from … them and never fulfilled their promises. These babies were bound under a six months' contract. They went underground for …

… Sash, which she had left as a result of its inactivity, to campaign for justice and the upliftment of black … her assistance. In 1983, she was asked by Matthew Goniwe to officially inquire about rent restructuring in the … and was arrested a couple of times. In 1985, while driving back to Port Elizabeth from Oudshoorn, Blackburn, her sister, …

… protesting in the background. List of important days to remember. Declaration adopted at TASC Congress on 23rd … Grassroots 83 : No to PC - forward to a unit …

… in 1956 when she adopted a mute Black boy (6). She wanted to send the boy to the school for the deaf in Worcester . The police forced … support for the people in the so-called ‘Homelands’. Once back in Holland the letters and parcel activities also grew, … Rensburg, J. No piece of cake, a short autobiography given to SAHO. Written in Gordon’s Bay, 27 October 2004 …

… President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was allegedly forced to flee his country, the fifteen-nation Caribbean Community … Caribbean countries refuse to send troops to Haiti …