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Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… go into recession as the New York Stock Exchange collapsed and saw shocked investors withdraw their investments, with many losing all their money and scores…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa , Annual Conference … re-introduced in Parliament. 5…
ArchiveCiskei Commission: transcript of an interview with Sheena Davis, Advice Office Director and Joyce Harris, President of Black Sash regarding the Transkei Independence
… of an interview with Sheena Davis, Advice Office Director and Joyce Harris, President of Black Sash regarding the independence of the Transkei and its socio…
ArchiveReport of meeting between President of the ANC, Oliver Tambo, and the U.S. Secretary of State, George Schultz, State Department, 28 January 1987
… of meeting between President of the ANC, Oliver Tambo, and the U.S. Secretary of State, George Schultz, regarding apartheid and violence in South Africa…
ArchiveA reply to Livingstone Mqotsi and the anonymous members of the Unity Movement in Zambia by a member of the Unity Movement in South Africa
… regarding a circular sent out by Livingstone Mqotsi and members of the Zambian Unity Movement which contained accusations against I B Tabata and the Unity…
Summary notes of a meeting between a South African and United States delegation on the question of South West Africa/Namibia: Geneva, 13 February 1986
… Report of a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in … to the United States, Cuban withdrawal of troops,…
EventThe South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu
… rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu. The government also promised to improve … The statement was made by the Minister of…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… Kies was an important South African political activist and theorist from about the middle of the 1930s until his … strategy of non-collaboration with the…
ArticleThe Order of the Baobab
… distinguished service. The service awarded is well above and beyond the ordinary call of duty. It is an award for exceptional and distinguished contributions…
ArchiveLetter addressed to the Churchwardens and councillors, Christ Church Kei Road describing events leading to the eviction of farm workers from Wolseley Estate
… to the eviction of farm workers from Wolseley Estate and the church's involvement … Letter addressed to the Churchwardens and councillors, Christ Church Kei…
Summary of notes of a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation on the question of South West Africa: Geneva, 21 April 1986
… Report from a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in … Summary of notes of a meeting between a South…
ArchiveA message from the Administrator-General of Namibia and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to all SWAPO personnel
… of Namibia to SWAPO soldiers to lay down their weapons and return to Angola giving them an undertaking of safety if … A message from the Administrator…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… miners embarked on a strike that lasted barely five days, and were crushed by a brutal police force. The strike was … February 1942 the Secretary of Native…
ArchiveFamily Life, Poverty and Crime in the Black Urban Townships: Memorandum for Urban Foundation Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1978
… Family Life, Poverty and Crime in the Black Urban Townships- Memorandum for Urban … Family Life, Poverty and Crime in the Black Urban Townships: Memorandum…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… idea. It can be considered to be made up of the practices and traditions that are passed on from parents to children, … do with what has been passed on from…
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… Order can be awarded in three categories: Category 1 = Gold Category 2 = Silver Category 3 = Bronze. … made from animal hide, particularly cattle, is…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… the important events in your life – birth, marriage, death and school certificates, your passport – they are all … ears of wheat, that in turn frame a…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
… wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived below the bread line. Black … an employer would write a reference in the…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… namely, mass political mobilisation, the reconstruction and strengthening of the underground structures in the wake … of opening the historic first meeting…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… Gottlieb Mauch, allegedly the first person to discover gold in South Africa, died in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. He made geologic and archaeological…
Document 47 - “Answer to Government’s Apartheid Unions”, The Citizen. 1 3, 30 April 1956
… RIGHT OF WORKERS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD AND THEIR ORGANISED STRENGTH FELT IN BOTH THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FIELDS" SAID MR. JOHN GOMAS WHEN INTERVIEWED…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… of the British trading forts. In 1844, Fanti chiefs on the Gold Coast (as Ghana was then known) signed an agreement with … in establishing firm control over…
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
… Director; Members of the families of Bopape, Dlephu and Motloung; Members of the PEC and REC; The Executive Mayor and Councillors; The leadership of David…
ArchiveMoses Mayekiso : can never be silenced : his
… artwork of workers protesting at bottom of poster. Words - worker power in black letters. Call for organisation, worker leadership and worker unity. …
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… The Role and Impact of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile and Women in South … after a discovery of a R25-million share allocation by Gold Fields, a gold-mining firm…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… of Independence. To the honour of his name, his people, and his country, Abraham Lincoln translated these great … practices as apartheid in South Africa,…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
… Minister Transport S`bu Ndebele, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Jeff Radebe, MEC for Transport and Community Safety and Liaison Willies…
Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela edited by Ruth First", 1965.
… MANDELA AND TAMBO said the brass plate on our office door. We … of the Group Areas Act fell to declare the area "white" and landlords were themselves…
Closing remarks to the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 03 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
… of the African Union, Excellencies Heads of State and Government, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, … Union, Distinguished Guests, It is with…
63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There had long been a feeling among some, … Enquiry Committee. The colonial…