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Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… Most of Gomas's time was taken up with reading and making notes, interspersed with his own acid, bitter and often …
Foreword - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
BETWEEN THE FREEDOM FRONT, THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
In 1887 Zululand was annexed by the colony of Natal and the Zulu were gradually stripped of most of their arable land. There was widespread poverty, made worse…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… and they will find ways to pay tribute to him. End Notes [1] Written for the seventieth birthday of Oliver …
The curious case of the missing ANC members – and the crisis plan to win them back by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick),14 October 2015, South Africa
… e-tolls: “The ANC supports the user-pay principle. The NGC notes the concerns raised about the current e-toll system in …
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… inaugural Convention of the Africanists open. IZWELETHU! NOTES 1. W. P. "Willem" van Schoor (1913-71) trained as a … a large measure of their original…
PlaceKroonstad
… . Writes about South Africa’s high prison population and notes: ‘South African apartheid laws turn innumerable …
EventDale Steyn retires from Test cricket
… and arguably one of the greatest of all time. End notes [1] Siviwe Breakfast, “Dale Steyn retires: Fast bowler …
PlaceElandsfontein Farm, Pretoria
Our farm, Elandsfontein, is about 18 km (25 min drive) from Pretoria, about 25 km (45 min drive) from Johannesburg; and about 25 min drive from Jan Smuts…
PlaceClarendon Circle, Johannesburg
Clarendon Circle was a Landmark Intersection, of the North East Route into Johannesburg. It was a Circle of note Located where East Avenue crossed Empire,…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… Ilse Brookes, Amber Fox-Martin & Simone van der Colff End Notes [1] Author Unknown, “The Age of the Mughals,” Victoria …
ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
… opponents of the regime. George Bizos in his autobiography notes that if we had lived in a completely fascist state the … denied being a member of the…
10 YEARS PROJECT
close Document 4 'Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering': report in the South African Worker 31 January 1929 The Seventh…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Background - "The Road to Reconciliation." South Africa experienced numerous human rights challenges during the apartheid era. The White-dominated government…
ArticleAreas indentured Indians came from
Finding the area ones ancestors came from is a daunting task. To assist the searcher, the table below has been created. The table distinguishes between the…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
The fruit-canning industry in South Africa can be traced to the late nineteenth century, when the first jam factories opened in Paarl and Stellenbosch in the…
ArticleCOVID-19: The Whens and Whats of the Deadly Virus
… Cape Town. Image source (Accessed on 1 April 2020). End notes [1] Unknown Author, “Coronavirus,” World Health …
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki resigned as president of the Republic South Africa on Sunday 21 September 2008. Parliament convened on Monday 22 September and accepted…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the 118th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly: Cape Town, 13 April 2008
… its own basic food requirements". About Burundi the Review notes that the country is most unlikely to meet the MDGs. …
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
1910 First general election that followed the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Only White males had the right to vote. 1915 Second general…
ArticleTswana
(seTswana [language], baTswana [people]) The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
Historical BackgroundBarberton, the 'Daisy Town', was named after Henry Barber on 24th of July 1884 by the Gold Commissioner David Walson, after Barber and his…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
1930 White women get the vote. This means in effect that the weight of the black vote is decreased from 3.1% to 1.4%. The first restrictions against the…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
For many years there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different ideological and theoretical views. One of these views…
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
At a special conference of the South African Labour Party (SALP), Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war won majority votes. Prior to this special…
EventSuppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 severely limits what the media could report
Suppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950: One of the most infamous of all security laws during the apartheid era, it severely limited what the media could…
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
Lived off the environment The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. They mostly survived by hunting Gemsbok and other antelope…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… students regarding their registration fees. Van Staden notes the national policy forbids him to enrol students …
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
1918 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born at Mvezo in the Transkei 1939 He enrols at the University College of Fort Hare. 1940 He is expelled…
Trade unions and Popular Resistance in the 1980s and New Alliances and the Different Unions Traditions by Kaizer Thibedi
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference THE BRIEF: TRADE UNIONS AND POPULAR RESISTANCE IN THE 1980S AND NEW…