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BiographyEmil Sachs
… 11 November 1900, in Kamaai, Lithuania. He was the fourth of the five children of Abraham Saks, later changed to 'Sachs', and his wife, … to assist the…
BiographyArnold Selby
… when not many whites were prepared to face the hazards of joining the struggle for the rights of the black majority, he became involved in the trade union ……
ArticleThe aftermath of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… The fate of Natalia After the defeat of Dingane, the Kingdom of the AmaZulu was hurled into political strife. Mpande was … The aftermath of the Battle of…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… (the company owned by the Gupta family) sign a memorandum of understanding with the Samajwadi Party government headed … unit in Greater Noida, India. With an…
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… struggle leaders that we have lost, our opinions and views of them are directly impacted by the way they were portrayed … they have past away. Here you will…
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern To the … unite "existing embryonic national…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of apartheid. The African National Congress (ANC) reacted … immediately to the government’s…
Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba
… Gauteng , in December 1950. She was the second eldest of four daughters and a brother. Her father was the nephew of Samuel Matshoba, an adviser to Gijima,…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… The arrival of the British at the Cape changed the lives of the people that were already living there. Initially … but the laws were often ignored. The…
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… African National Congress (ANC). Though one should be wary of imposing artificial periodisations such as decades and … people for “national freedom” and…
CONFERMENT OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE HONORIS CAUSA UPON FATIMA MEER
… CONFERMENT OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE HONORIS CAUSA UPON FATIMA MEER …
ArticleLives of Courage
… The writing of the history of the Liberation Struggle only began in earnest after 1994 with the establishment of the new democratic government and the…
ArticleCradle of Humankind
… The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs The … and the North West Province and is also called the Cradle of Humankind…
ArchiveThe proposed structure and functioning of the Department of Political Education
… Document outlining proposed structure and functioning of the African National Congress Department of Political Education. Includes graphical representation…
BiographyAchmad Cassiem
… Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He … that ended in the Sharpeville Massacre . At the age of 15,…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings … and positive associations with this pidgin; the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch
… Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… women get the vote. This means in effect that the weight of the black vote is decreased from 3.1% to 1.4%. The first … Land Act, No 18 becomes a law. This…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… a figure who has undergone many transformations in the eye of the South African public as well as in the global imagination. He has played the role of…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… all separate, with their own governments. In 1910 four of the colonies were brought together as the Union of South Africa. The four old colonies became the…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… from the Wesleyan Methodist Church and joined the Church of God and Saints of Christ, a small church based in the United States of … the state used…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… maiden name Bhengu, (also known as MaBhengu) was the wife of Chief Albert John Luthuli . Although she never became as … Dr Dube, he was also increasingly…
Report of the Joint Planning Council of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress, November 8, 1951
… To the President-General and members of the Executive Committee of the African National Congress … war on Pass Laws and Stock Limitation, the Group Areas Act…
BiographyJane Gool
… Town on 19 March 1902 to Yusuf and Wageda Gool, the sixth of nine children. Her father, an immigrant from India, … took Mahatma Ghandi into his home for a…
BiographyJohnson Ngwevela
… African National Congress (ANC) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the Western Cape, and in the late … on the CPSA district committee for…
BiographyRowley Israel Arenstein
… Rowley Israel Arenstein was born on 7th of July in 1918. Arenstein was a prominent Durban attorney,the son of immigrant eastern European jews and a leader of…
BiographyLot Kgagudi Maredi
… was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support. This led to the suspension of Paramount Chief Sekhukhune as Regent for a…
BiographyVernon Celliers Berrange
… in 1924. He was involved in the Springbok Legion a sort of an auxiliary body, although he was not in the army. Since … a left wing radical. Berrangé joined…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… Context: The Emergence of a Pan-African Rhetoric The Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established on 25 May 1963, was the … Charter. It was…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… One of the key instruments used by the apartheid government to neutralise political dissent was the State of Emergency (SOE). In periods when the government…