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BiographyRosalie van der Gucht
… Van der Gucht moved to South Africa in 1939 and took up a position at the … directing many performances. In 1946 she was promoted to head of the Speech and…
BiographyBenjamin S. Rajuili
… Church in Dube township, Johannesburg . From 1959 to 1962 he was general secretary of the Interdenominational … African Ministers Federation. He was elected…
BiographyLorna Peirson
… She was born in Beckenham, London. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1927. She obtained a BA(FA) in 1950 from UN(P). From 1941 to 1950 she taught at…
BiographyJoseph Albert Mokoena
… While a student in Johannesburg, he was elected to the first executive committee of the Youth League in … Bloemfontein conference of December 1949 he was…
BiographyJan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk
… in 1911 into a strict 'dopper' home. Hoogendyk was married to Jackie, an accountant. He enlisted with the South African Forces in 1942 to fight against Nazi…
Finding Courage: Young Women's Writings edited by Shamim Meer
… lime in the midst of lemons by Lawrentia Lukhele A visit to the clinic by Lawrentia Lukhele From hardship to being a leader by Keitumetse Self Love by…
EventThe United Nations (UN) imposes sanctions on Libya
… Nations (UN) imposed sanctions on Libya for refusing to hand over two men suspected of bombing the Pan Am flight … Seven years later (1999), after the UN…
“I want to live not survive”: the politics of refusing low-wage work in a time of mass joblessness by Hannah Dawson
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference … “I want to live not survive”: the politics of refusing low-wage work …
EventDeath in detention of Imam Haron
… he initiated the tradition of getting progressive speakers to address his congregation. This tradition persists still today. He was the editor of Muslim News…
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
… international news agencies and two official photographers to visit the prison on Robben Island where 370 men, convicted … a place where people were isolated…
EventSA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster reveals that SA scientists have succeeded in developing a new process for uranium enrichment
… country’. It is widely believed that the uranium was used to manufacture nuclear weapons by the South Africa … The history of nuclear energy in South Africa…
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… led by Justice Cecil Margo. The commission was instituted to investigate into the aircraft crash in which President … by a decoy beacon as was alleged…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… a lot of ground. They have failed in all their efforts to hold back the forces of change. They fought Angola, Mozambique and … Angola several times and…
EventThe Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade the Republic of Biafra
… truly integrated as one country. It served the British to have the country in turmoil because it would make it much easier for them to have access to the…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… (SACP) secretary-general, Chris Thembisile Hani also known to many as Tshonyane (his clan name), was shot and killed in … home. Soon after, Janus Walus, a…
Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954
… first national Conference of women, held in Johannesburg, to light for women's rights and for full and equal … some with their babies. Our women have come…
150th Anniversary; Anxieties of Commemoration - Towards a National Dialogue by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske
… and political perspectives have raised similar questions: to what extent does celebrating ?Indian contributions? to South African history falsely isolate the…
BiographyAbraham Faure
… versatility, integrity and will-power which enabled him to undertake so many activities in spite of having poor … Reformed minister at Graaff-Reinet in 1818,…
BiographyConstance Greaves
… was renowned for her work in a field now seen as peculiar to the colonial period. This was the "native study". The … time as a result of efforts by the likes…
BiographyPortia Modise
… game in the world. She also played a key role on the road to the final of the African Women's Championship held in … Arsenal women’s squad, but saw the move…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 12 January 1982
… against Apartheid a debt of deep gratitude for inviting me to represent the African National Congress (ANC) at this … and replacing them with its own puppets…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
… against Apartheid a debt of deep gratitude for inviting me to represent the African National Congress (ANC) at this … and replacing them with its own puppets…
EventAt least twenty people are injured in a collision between the Blue Train and the Trans Karoo at Deelfontein, near De Aar
… and whiling time when the Karoo Train was diverted on to the same track and they collided. 24 people were injured … was a failure in the signaling system and…
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… where eleven people were killed, many of them shot in the back, and more than 48 casualties were hospitalized and … seen as supporting the apartheid…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… claimed that behind it lay Doorasamy Pillay’s desire 'to procure employment in some official capacity'. Be that as … respectfully pray that it may please…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by … Republics. The National Party (NP) , after…
Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
… for National Liberation The Communist Party is pledged to work unceasingly and without qualification for the … struggle for bread, freedom, and socialism…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001
… the USA conducted a nation wide poll and asked Americans to indicate those words that seemed to describe best the … peoples of Africa and the Central and…
Address at the University of Havana, Cuba, 28 March 2001
… the USA conducted a nation wide poll and asked Americans to indicate those words that seemed to describe best the … peoples of Africa and the Central and…
BiographyG. S. (Smart) Gumede
… in the Ndwedwe district, excelling at craftwork. He went to Amanzimtoti Training College to train as a teacher. While there he received a bursary to train…