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PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
Precolonial and Early History Almost four hundred years ago, Khoe-San people moved into the interior of South Africa from the Cape (what is today the…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
Introduction The transition from the Apartheid era to the new democratic dispensation was a powerful and fundamental process for South Africans. With many…
ArticleKey sites
Cafes A number of notable restaurants arose in the Grey Street area. These included Simon’s Cafe, Goodwill Lounge, owned and run by Pompie Naidoo who brought…
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
My paper is about two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand labour for social reconstruction after the Second South African War of 1899…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… tasks. POM So this government would be more like a coalition government where the ANC and PAC would be the …
Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
… widened divisions in the ruling class. The capitalist coalition which the UP had held together since 1933-4 began …
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
… The prime minister, chosen from the majority party of a coalition in the lower house, would appoint the cabinet. A …
PlaceAngola
… state allied with Lunda forces [cii] . Together the new coalition swore to drive the Portuguese into the sea, and in … . They never managed to take back the…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
… place last year. One of these was the formation of a new coalition government in the Western Cape. This has created … these problems. Accordingly, we wish…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… insisted that the NP continue to play a central role in a coalition government lasting well into the next century, for … shift from insistence on a minority…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… Republican and National parties to accept the principle of coalition at this stage, with the ultimate aim of … Republican and National parties to accept the…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… Minister would be chosen from the majority party of a coalition in the lower house, and would appoint the cabinet. … and the power-sharing principle would be…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
The accepted view of black, and especially African, politics after the Rivonia Trial, held by historians and other scholars of South African resistance, is…
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
- The Quest for a Political Base, October 1978 - August 1979 [I]f our own independent efforts had taught us anything in the recent period, it was that our…
South Africa: Liberation and Reconciliation Role of International Solidarity, 8 April 2004
… Anti-Apartheid Act in 1986. A large bipartisan coalition in the Congress supported the legislation. When …
PlaceZimbabwe
… of ZANU's votes. The two parties decided to enter into a coalition to ensure national cohesion and to avoid any …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
The South African Communist Party and Mozambique Introduction The Mozambique Liberation Front, popularly known by its Portuguese acronym, FRELIMO (Frente…
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre, when police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and…
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
Preface I am hereby sharing some letters Ismail Mohamed wrote to me in 1980/81/87. But first I give a snapshot of his life, achievement and involvement in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TIMELINE — 2011 – 2020 2011 8 January 2011 African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma delivers the traditional ANC…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… around the world take part. UNAids launches the global coalition on Women and Aids to raise the visibility of the …
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
Mahatma Gandhi achieved greatness for the struggles that he fought on the political, economic, cultural and moral fronts. His ideas about love, truth, soul…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
Few alumni know this, but one of South Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part of the University of Minnesota family. One hundred years ago,…
Say It out Loud - Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, 1919
Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, c. 1919 1 At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Dr. Abdurahman and the A. P.O. supported the government in…
PlaceGauteng Province
The Area of Gauteng Province is small; stretching from Pretoria in the North to Vereeniging in the South. Gauteng in Sotho means: 'for place of gold'…
Has Socialism Failed? by Joe Slovo South African Communist Party
1. Introduction Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker Founded in 1869 by American Board Missionaries, Inanda Seminary was the…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 3 - Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s by Albert Grundlingh
… United Party had 65 and the Labour Party held six seats. A coalition with the Afrikaner Party was necessary for the …