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The first company to be indicted under the US Anti-Apartheid Act pleads guilty to importing four used jet-aircraft engines from
… first company to be indicted under the US Anti-Apartheid Act pleads guilty to importing four used jet-aircraft engines …
Michael Shivute
… Shivute was detained on 16th June 1969 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act and was held at the Ondagwa police cells in South West … less than 24 hours…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… Hayden Proud, Curator of Historical Collections of Painting and Sculpture, Iziko … authorities. The issue, justifiably, was the lack of representation of…
'Opening Address' at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress by Dr. S. M. Molema, 25 January 1952
… Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th … that was robbed and ruined by such…
"Opening Address" at Annual Conference of the South Afri­can Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
… Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th … that was robbed and ruined by such…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… Abstract The paper reviews the life of South African poet Mongane Wally Serote during apartheid … wrote many works that conveyed the suffering and anger of…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… operated on the understanding that prisons were places of punishment which was mainly executed through forced prison labour. By the late 1800s, the idea of…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
… Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now … on 2 September 1947. He studied at the…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries
… Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… Women at the start of the 20th century It is only over the last three or four … felt bitter and disappointed about the recently passed Natives Land Act (1913…
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… (ANCYL). 1959 Zuma joins the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and becomes actively involved in its … Party (SACP). June, Zuma is arrested …
”The Future of the Bill”. Editorial in August 15, 1894
… and, usually, he exercises that power on the advice of his Ministers. The way the Native Bill has been passed … in regard to the Bill dealing with the lands…
BiographyJohn A. Mavuso
… times as a messenger and a shopkeeper. He was a member of the African National Congress national executive committee … in the Alexandra branch in…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… Umkhonto we Sizwe logo 16 December 1961 is seen as the date of formation because Umkhonto performed its first acts of violence on this date. Popularly called…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
… 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively involved in local … mother, Sophia Herman, was active in…
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
… Red Riding Hood sailed from Durban with the first group of repatriated ex-indentured workers for India, arriving in … 10 April with 382 passengers on board…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 … of apartheid, laws such as the Suppression of Communism Act hit unions hard. Black…
BiographyPieter Arnoldus Beyleveld
… at farm schools. He joined the army at the outbreak of World War II, when many of his neighbours were violently opposed to South African … he was jailed in…
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… Background On 1 April 1997, the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) was established with a membership of around 515 000, becoming the second…
Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa.
… Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa. …
Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa.
… Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa. …
Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa,
… Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa, …
Minutes of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, February 1-2, 1947
… M. Xuma and Mr. M.M. Kotane. IT WAS DECIDED: "That minutes of the last Executive be deferred until the arrival of the … directing a boycott of all elections…
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… in South Africa received a major stimulus as a result of increased demand inside the country and a growing export market. The war had reduced the role of…
BiographyPiet Mokoena
… State [now Free State Province], was a strong supporter of Paulus Howell Mopeli,also a banished person, and was alleged to have undermined the authority of…
BiographyAbraham Mogale
… when he was dismissed for misconduct involving the copying of confidential documents from the files of the Native Commissioner (NC) of Zeerust [North West…
BiographyGopallal Hurbans
… Indian schools in the Tongaat district and was chairman of the Natal Vigilance Committee which protested against the Group Areas Act. He was Vice-President…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… 1919 Formation of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (ICU). 1924 Introduction of Industrial Conciliation Act. 1941 Formation of the…
BiographyWilliam Luscombe Searelle
… Luscombe (in South Australia) and an imperfect anagram of “Israel.” As a child he was taken to New Zealand and ran away to sea at the age of thirteen. …
BiographyHarold Athol Fugard
… born Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard in the remote village of Middleburg on 11 June 1932, grew up in Port Elizabeth. His … mother English-speaking. Fugard…