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EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… The Fawcett Commission headed by Millicent Fawcett in 1901, was established as a result of … in June 1901 and the British Colonial Office responded by…
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A new and younger set … over Indian political leadership in 1945…
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… throwing stones in retaliation. Police then responded by firing live bullets, killing thirteen year old Hector … the rioting. Youth Day marks not just the…
Closing remarks to the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 03 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
… on which we fundamentally disagree, we should be guided by the principle of unity, and remain true to the founding … in our commitment to African unity and…
Chapter 6 - TOWARDS HOME
… Congress, organised in Havana in April 1989, and attended by 49 delegates, was the highest point the Party could reach … in the Path to Power, was…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
… over and over again rejected with contempt the efforts by the South African State to divide them from the African … Savage sentences of up to twenty years…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Durban
… long ago, the majority of us present here were prohibited by law and the force of arms to determine the future of our … we also celebrate the contribution to…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… Act. The Government was called upon to repeal these laws by 29 February 1952, failing which the A.N.C. and the … Government of the Union to repeal the Acts…
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… energetically began to apply these Nazi tactics. By 1936, the Dutch Reformed Churches, the predominantly … and ministers of the Dutch Reformed Churches-not…
38. The Natal Franchise Bill, 1894: Do not make our sons pariahs
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Franchise Law … of the parliamentary franchise. Below, a…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin And so indeed it was. Kajee was on the way … as ever, too lively for this condition…
First National Consultative Conference: Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee, 25 April 1969, Morogoro
… liberation movements and revolution. The concerted support by the imperialists of the racist minority regimes of … potential. Politically they are weak and…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… and gathering way of life. Until recently, people living by hunting and gathering could still be found in different …
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
… was a beacon of light that gave a world dominated by aristocratic privilege and monarchical tyranny a hope of …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… of the National Peace Accord being in operation it appears by and large to be in tatters. Would that be an accurate … two people who were at that conference,…
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
… Looking After Freedom is curated by Raél Jero Salley and Nkule Mabaso, this exhibition … displays contemporary, “decolonizing” art practices by African…
Statement on the release of the NDC decision, 29 February 2012
… involved and the organization on the matter, as informed by our Constitution. Issued by: Derek Hanekom Chairperson of the NDC African National …
ArchiveThe end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… Changing whites attitudes to conscription as reflected by the white commercial press; Changing white attitudes to conscription as reflected by white popular…
ArchiveTrade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
… Hons) in African Studies at the University of Cape Town by Riyaad Schroeder, February 1988. The aim of this … always operated as one. The division being…
EventCape Coloured Board agrees with the Department of Education on the establishment of an Art Centre for Coloured children
… a letter stating that the existing art centre, attended by nearly 170 learners, was being conducted privately at St. … fact that the centre should be taken…
PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
… a separate Government Notice, three stone rondavels built by Preller in Pelindaba in 1920, and initially used by the family as a weekend residence, were also…
PlacePolokwane Art Museum
… This museum was founded in 1970 by Jack Botes, a former Town Clerk. Today there are over 1000 … one of its kind in Africa. The museum also includes works by…
EventSouth African swimmer, Penny Heyns, wins a gold Medal at Atlanta Olympics
… was part of Team South Africa in Atlanta. She made history by winning both the 100m and 200m events at the games. She … named Female World Swimmer of the…
EventSouth African refugees leave Lesotho
… liberation movements banned from operating in South Africa by the Apartheid government. Others were in Lesotho after … longer safe as the country was…
EventPaul Biya becomes president of Cameroon
… Ahidjo resigned as president of Cameroon, he was replaced by Paul Biya, the current Prime Minister. Ahidjo handpicked … was forced into exile. Biya has been…
EventThe Herstigte Nasionale Party is established
… the South African National Party (NP). The party was led by Albert Hertzog, son of former SA prime minister, General … Hertzog, as reaction to a perceived…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… eighty-four years of control over the Walvis Bay enclave by handing over the port and twelve offshore islands to the … dispute, which stretched back to 1878,…
EventGoldstone report on police shootings in Sebokeng is released
… The report of the inquiry, led by Justice Richard Goldstone, into the shooting by the police of anti-Apartheid protesters in the township of …
EventANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands
… Walter Sisulu, denied allegations levelled at his party by the South African parliament and press that the ANC was … dictatorships. The unrest broke out…
EventFirst formal school opens at the Cape
… of the slaves to their owners. This school was founded by Commander Jan van Riebeeck for the slave children brought … them off a Portuguese slaver. A second…