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ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
… 1971 Statement by OR Tambo to the People of South Africa on the 10th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe . 16 … " Speech by Oliver Tambo at Meeting to…
BiographyOprah Winfrey
… & Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy For Girls, in South Africa. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by … has made a significant contribution to…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… The birth of the Industrial and Commercial Union of South Africa (ICU) came about after the ICU strike in Cape Town … and Charlotte Maxeke of the Bantu Women…
ArticleConclusion: Black Consciousness Movement
… about the plight of Blacks in apartheid South Africa that could not be ignored. Contrary to expectation in … colleagues in the BCM, as well as in the fight…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… of the Adventure Galley - a ship with a mission to capture all French vessels as well as the pirates of Madagascar. … 1697. By this time, the Adventure…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… Congress . The National Party , in contrast, viewed South Africa as a ‘multi-national’ state comprising of between 10 … framework in their manifesto of 1948,…
PlaceSaldanha Bay
… The Saldanha accommodation available to travelers from all over the World includes guest houses, lodges, bed and … Bay - the largest and deepest natural bay…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… looking forward to pursuing her graduate studies in South Africa. Project: Timeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected … especially interested in regional…
Secret Ballot
… this narrative follows the rallies of the first week after all the results from all the votes are counted. It is at these gatherings where we …
Timol: Salim Essop testifies of beatings, torture following arrest, News24, in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… even though he had dreams of studying law. “I applied at all the universities and got accepted but I chose Wits … of the apartheid system and he hated it. “I…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Legislatures and Governance, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… by the executive as well as the legislature to consult all relevant role players, including the judiciary. … Court should be the highest (apex) court for all…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… from North of Cape Town down the Cape Peninsula to Africa’s southwestern extremity, the Cape of Good Hope . … The 6th August 1663 found the Commander…
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… his massive, 1 metre, 91 cm (6 ft. 4 in.) muscular body all through the night, keeping the wild animals at bay, with … was a newly dug grain pit. They…
Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… there was no one to enforce the Act and secondly, like all South African labour legislation, it was drafted so … contact the union; but quite a large number…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… factory gates and at taxi ranks. 400 workers attend, and all sign an objection to the Wage Board's latest ruling on … Cheadle, Paula Ensor, David Hemson and…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… It remained Dutch in character, despite employing men from all over Europe. The colony grew slowly during the first 50 … Initially education was limited to…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… strike for fellow meat workers and called for boycott of all red meat. The boycott encompassed meats such as polonies, … On 16 July 1980, the 'Committee of…
ArticleThe impact of Lenin and Stalin’s policies on the rights of the Russian people
… the rule of the Tsar and Lenin. It was Stalin's aim to see all farms nationalised, with the state becoming the sole … of new schools were built to provide…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… were demanding authentic democracy and equal rights for all. Analysts have seen the ‘reform’ process as a move from … back to the NEC. Very heated debates…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… Isadore W. Schlesinger made his home in South Africa after the Boer war, and founded several insurance … (FEPACI) and has taught and mentored throughout…
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… of the 1972 inquest was the first of its kind in South Africa and the current inquest was constrained because around … a beginning to uncovering (the truth…
PlaceBuntingville, Eastern Cape
… in OR Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is … One of the most cherished District dreams…
PlaceMamre, Cape Town
… From one of South Africa’s oldest Churches to the delight of wine tasting and … In time a thriving Mission Station became established and all of the…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents' meeting
… its decision and offer the Peelton people land in South Africa. This was one of the great rural victories of the 1980s and it gave all other people living in…
PlaceBloemhof, North West
… banks of the Vaal River in North West Province of South Africa. It was founded in August 1864 when diamonds were … Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserve, Sandveld…
Covert operations
… destabilisation, that is, the destabilisation of South Africa's neighbours. In this chapter we explore the depths of … information, making decisions and…
Document 35 - Constitutional principles Schedule 4 of the Interim Constitution
… social security net to offer basic incomes to all unemployed people; Above all the government, labour and business must be willing to … and improve the…
Chapter 12 - Certification of the final constitution
… other minority political parties. These principles offered all parties a guarantee that the final ConstiÂtution would … of the Constitutional Assembly, also…
ArticleGrade 12 - Forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s to 1970s
… us contextualise the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa in the 1970s. Also, it is impossible to understand what happened in South Africa (the …
ArticleProvincial histories
… topic we will look at the heritage and identity of South Africa’s different provinces, including each one’s government … can participate in a democracy will…