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Chapter XIV - End of an era
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph I drove back alone to Johannesburg, to my … the same family, and to forbid publication of statements by banned…
PlaceUniversity of Fort Hare, Alice- Eastern Cape
… poor students, and university infrastructure development by years. In this age, where we are talking about lack of … of behaviour. This is unacceptable.” “We…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with a lecture by the internationally renowned writer and postcolonial … place at the Baxter Concert Hall and will…
PlaceLinden, Johannesburg
… city pressures. In fact, Linden lies almost encircled by green parkland of some description - most of them bird … of the best kept secrets in the city. It is…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… on legs in the form of horses' hooves. A post topped by a lantern rises from the centre of the trough. It is a … piece of Victorian ironmongery of its time,…
PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… Public Schools. Theses are schools which are characterized by a strong emphasis on tradition, sports, and leadership … traditional, National Monument…
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 52 - International Secretariat of … on the part of the minority will be…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… attention to the unnecessary suffering and death caused by the untreated epidemic. Passers-by were surprised. Not many of them knew that you could treat ……
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not … Affairs Department. The Anti-C.A.D…
12. The pickled money-order receipt
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Indian immigrants sent … difficulty in tracking down the money…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Acknowledgements
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede We first met each other in 1984 at … experience for both of us. And we have been assisted…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… in order to live with their ‘illegal’ wives, as perceived by the authorities (who had prohibited women to visit men in … 'Save Crossroads' in 1978. The…
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… The Cape Colony , started off as a small trading post run by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) from the Netherlands. … and restock on supplies. This trading…
PlaceGrey Street now Yusuf Dadoo Street, Durban-City Centre
… outside of India! Originally brought in during the 1860’s by the British as indentured workers for the sugar cane … minaret, which still stands today and was…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… on 1st May and actively set about disrupting meetings held by the Convention organisers. In response to the 1st May call … the Suppression of Communism Act…
Chapter 14 - Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
… that the Constitution could not be drafted unilaterally by the elected majority. Furthermore, the new dispensation provided reassurance by making the…
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
… United Democratic Front was granted a court order by the Minister of Law and Order and Divisional Commissioner … The UDF issued the call a few days after the…
ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… year of the youth in Soweto that has been organised by a community organisation in the same month, an artilcle on … in Atteridgeville who lost her life she…
PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… the streets lined with trees, dominated architecturally by British trends, with the public buildings and shops more evenly spread out and the skyline…
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… annual conferences. The Defiance campaign was adopted by the African National Congress (ANC) in December 1951. The … in South Africa and the first campaign…
EventANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban
… with ANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets was found by a member of the public. At the Grand Parade, Cape Town, an … explosions, a tape recorder with ANC…
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
… interfering with Congo’s internal affairs. The move by Hammarskjöld followed the adoption of Resolution 143 by the UN Security Council, which demanded the…
EventLiberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign
… truce meeting, tortured and on 9 September he was executed by his kidnapers. His execution was recorded on video. … the country. On 26 April 2012, Taylor was…
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… Sizwe (MK). On June 14, 1985, Thami Mnyele was shot dead by South African Defence Force (SADF) soldiers outside his … of his works that were packed into a…
EventSA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster reveals that SA scientists have succeeded in developing a new process for uranium enrichment
… that a pilot plant for this process was under construction by the South African Atomic Board (AEB). Vorster described … that the uranium was used to…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… fined R24 or 60 days in prison for breaking the municipal by-laws. The young man was charged on 29 counts for resisting … on 17. Too many wayward laws were…
EventUN Secretary-General Hammerskjöld arrives in Congo
… solve the civil war in the Congo after an appeal to the UN by Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, following the rebellion by soldiers against the government. He…
EventSA artist Anthony Nkotsi is born
… South African art and was particularly impressed by a large drawing by Dumile Feni. His involvement in the student uprisings of …
EventSA joins World War II
… After the invasion of Poland by Germany in September 1939, SA Prime Minister Gen. J.B. … neutrality during the war. Hertzog's attempt was rejected by 80…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… parliament and saw this as a serious form of repression by the government. In early 1984, the UDF claimed a … This led to a state of emergency being declared…