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1973: Neo-apartheid and the Sleeping the Giant by Mbuso Nkosi
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference 1973: Neo-apartheid and the sleeping the giant. Mbuso Nkosi …
PlaceSecunda
Built in the 1970s/80's for Sasol's second and third CTL plants, its name means: "second" in Latin, referring to its status as the second refinery after…
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
… of the Frontline States proved decisive in enhancing our striking capacity. If these countries had not acted together … of the anti-colonial struggles in our…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 3) The Broederbond Just as it was the white man’s way to think and dream for the…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… her lifetime, Zarina has continued to maintain a balance between her family and her political life. Over the … for Zarina, especially with Mac being away,…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… movement. The outcome of the elections showed a desire for striking a compromise arrangement that excluded Blacks from …
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… Transvaal branch of the SANNC gives active support to the striking workers. 1922 The Communist Party of South Africa …
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… were obviously aiming at an exhibition of quality and balance and work that showed an awareness of the direction …
Address by President Mandela on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Geneva, 19 May 1998
… Certainly we don need to stop endless bickering around the balance of the agenda in the WTO's work. South Africa … the view that more work should be done to…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA's richest gold deposit
On 3 June 1954, a mining engineer at the Erfdeel farm in the Orange Free State pulled up a drill-core laden with ore from nearly 6,000-feet. The Essayists…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… 30 at meals - and the lofty ceilings are finely moulded. Striking features of these rooms are the large fireplaces …
ArchiveThe Mission by Denis Goldberg - Foreword by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
As the only White amongst those convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial, Denis Goldberg will always have a unique place in that story…
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
The shards of South Africa’s fragmented history share a common thread throughout; at the core is a struggle for equality and visibility. Over the course of the…
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… based in the Old Medical Building, which seeks to strike a balance between conservation of historical materials and …
Appeal by Oliver Tambo to the people of the world on the 75th anniversary of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987
… into a deep and worsening crisis. Inside our country, the balance of strength between the forces of democracy on the …
PlaceAddo Elephant Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth
… The collars will also enable management to reach a fine balance of managing the lion population carefully in relation …
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women's Day
In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
Introduction We are not dealing with sets of statistics. We are talking about people of flesh and blood, who laugh and cry, who love and hate, who enjoy being…
44. Gandhi explains ‘satyagraha’
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M K. Gandhi introduced a new weapon in the…
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885 Signed by the representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium,…
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
… century in Quebec for example contains particularly striking similarities with that of idealised Afrikaner … and seldom lost mental control under this ordeal…
ArticleSS Clan Stuart
The SS Clan Stuart was blown ashore in 1914 between Glencairn and Simon's Town, along Cape Town’s west coast. The SS in the vessel's name stands for ‘steamship…
NEDLAC, Union Investment Companies, the Tripartite Alliance and the Shock of the Government's New Economic Policies by Sifiso Gwala
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference
Allies or collaborators? Dladla, Buthelezi and the KwaZulu regime, 1972-75 by David Hemson
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… both in support of mine security services against striking mineworkers in Transvaal and OFS, and against striking workers in a number of other industries. In…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
On 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day, a group of about 15 people protested on the steps of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town to demand medical…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
'Laws do not make a better society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution' …
Durban 1973, a National Breakthrough, in the Context of a Globally Developing Socialism? But what if the reality was actually an emergent 50-year international capitalist 'counterrevolution' of 1973-2022? by David Cooper
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference ABSTRACT FOR PROPOSED CONFERENCE 26-27 JANUARY, 2023: ‘CELEBRATING…
From Durban Falkirk to Defy: Changing sources of workers’ power in the metal industry by Andries Bezuidenhout and Edward Webster
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Conference on Fifty years since the 1973 Durban strikes Durban…
Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
… main operational zone and the racist regime as the main striking force in Africa and the southern hemisphere. This is …