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EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… and the Azanian Liberation Movement. The unbanning allowed all political organisations to resume their political … Mokhou, Tandisile Jada, Mcebisi Waqu and…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… of prisoners via access to food, clothing and jobs, all skin colors shared in the poor conditions they suffered … [4] In 1910, the Women’s Jail was built to…
ArchiveUnomsa for African Renaissance by Thobeka Sinxo
… included in the government programme to ‘Reprint South Africa’s Classics’. As usufructuary of the book, I assigned … The play gained popularity on TV…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… original meaning changed through the history of South Africa. It is a term used in archaeology, history and anthropology: (1) It named a major linguistic…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… broke. A sonorous, unmistakably South African voice, all clipped cadences and martial rolling “r”s, announced what … did their best to keep forbidden ideas…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… follow-up conference during 1980. Owing to a ban on all political meetings the conference could not be held. … activities. Such working groups generally…
How the Ahmed Timol case was reported on at the time by South African Institute of Race Relations (Politicsweb), 28 June 2017
… police. There were many calls for a judicial enquiry into all aspects of detentions, for the repeal of Section 6 of the … as a national day of mourning in…
Don’t eat potatoes!
… our leaders decided that if we felt that way then we must all start boycotting potatoes and get everyone to boycott … Most of the people were not at home…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… ethnic group. The challenge of ethnic survival confronts all small nations living in the proximity of nations that are … by Cillié’s argument that what was…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… dissatisfied with the pay offered. The Cape Corps in East Africa The First Battalion of the Cape Corps embarked for East Africa on 9 February 1916 on board…
ArticleAfricanist News and Views (1968-1973)
… by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania (South Africa), expressed the Pan-Africanist viewpoint in the … Publishers: Pan Africanist Congress of Azania …
Stuart Commission Report
… and was fully independent. It was authorised to examine all documents, reports and records of either the ANC Mission … the Special Commission visited and…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… the causes of popular protests that erupted across South Africa between 1948 and 1960, showing that they were largely … was yet to be completed. But by 1957…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… I had just begun to lack when misfortune struck. It is all these things which keep turning up as the mind strays … melts away altogether when I think of Mum…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… and Indian jurors. The desire for Indian, involvement in all matters concerning Indians is clearly expressed. Source: … draw your Excellency' attention to a…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… My parents stood with me during the Rivonia trial and in all the years of my imprisonment while they were alive. Tim … philosophy. Without the willing…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) is South Africa's second largest trade union federation with more than … trade union federations (The Federation…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… conducting business or farming in the Orange Free State. All Indian businesses are forced to close by 11 September … 9309 White voters registered in Natal…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
… In August 1960, Dugmore Boetie fled South Africa and entered Bechuanaland (present day Botswana) on … in the early 1980s, explained that persecution “all…
PlaceHaarlem
… the San , who left their traces in caves and overhangs all over these mountains. Then came the small livestock … the battling giant who left his legend – and…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
… 829 signed petitions, which were handed to him. They were all united in their request that South Africa should withdraw from the war. The first Afrikaner …
Address by President Nelson Mandela opening the morals summit called by the National Religious Leaders’Forum Johannesburg, 22 October 1998
… are so critical to our future. The time has come to do all we can to seek out, beyond the political differences … these evils. Uneven though progress has…
Closing speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… Zuma Cde Chairperson, Cde Deputy President Motlanthe and all officials, Members of the incoming of the National … NEC collective will do its best to build…
EventPrime Circle released their album ‘Hello Crazy World- 10th Anniversary Special’
… Circle is often described as the ‘best rock band’ in South Africa due to their longevity and musical success. The band … straight. This set a new record for…
EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… the South African government. The homelands: After South Africa became a Union, the government wanted Black and White … was a homeland for every major Black…
PlaceJames Pearce Park, East London
… City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. James Pearce Park has a length of 0.88 kilometres. … training, exercising and photographic shoots…
PlaceMachadodorp, Mpumalanga
… is a small town situated above the escarpment in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, with the world famous Elands … accommodation establishments available in…
PlaceSedibeng District Municipality
… , Boipatong , Bophelong , Sharpeville and Ratanda " All which have, a rich Political History and Heritage. It has … while protesting the pass laws of the…
References and links: Transport through time
… [Accessed: 18 February 2015] Smart learning for All, (2014), ‘ Modes of Transport (Land, Water and Air) ’, …