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Wathint'abafazi, wathint'imbokodo - Exhibition to salute the role of Women in the Freedom Struggle
… wathint'imbokodo - Exhibition to salute the role of Women in the Freedom Struggle …
South African cricketers walk out in protest against apartheid after just one ball is bowled by Arunabha Sengupta, 3 April 2013
… April 3, 1971. In a trend-setting protest against the Apartheid policies of … just one ball during a high-profile First-Class match in Cape Town. Arunabha…
ArchiveReport and information given by Group M-4 Commander Cde Kapoko from their mission in Grootfontein Area
… Report by a Commander of a mission in Okavango and Namibia and the reasons for failure … given by Group M-4 Commander Cde Kapoko from their mission in…
ArchiveSoccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries, 1960s
… 1960s, Soccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries. … Soccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Apartheid, Reflected in an Inventory of Simple Objects by Sarah Boxer (The New York Times), 24 July 1998
… David Goldblatt sold his family's menswear business in South Africa to become a photographer in 1962. But the pictures he made of the nation under … But in…
ArchiveIf someone you know is detained, arrested, harrassed or injured in terms of security legislation
… they know is detained, arrested, harrassed or injured in terms of security legislation … you know is detained, arrested, harrassed or injured in terms of…
EventOver 7000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation of the Afrikaner Volkswag
… Over 7,000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation on 4 May 1984 of the … Over 7000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… Party', pamphlet published by the War on War League (SA) in March 1915. Document 2: 'Pamphlet 'The Labour … Socialism and the Native - No Labour Movement…
ArchiveAlleged Police Violence in the Port Elizabeth/Uitenhage Area: Paper Presented at National Conference 1986
… Alleged Police Violence in the Port Elizabeth/Uitenhage Area: Paper Presented at … Alleged Police Violence in the Port Elizabeth/Uitenhage Area: Paper…
ArchiveMkhumbane our home African shantytown society in Cato Manor Farm, 1946-1960 by Iain Edwards
… structures of everyday life and the nature of power in the African shacklands of Cato Manor Farm. Click to read: … Mkhumbane our home African shantytown…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… Steve Biko was born in King Williams Town and began his political career as the co-founder of the all-black South African Student's Organization (SASO). It…
EventTwenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa.
… Mpumalanaga. This kind of rescue was the first of its kind in Southern Africa. It was also the largest number of men … Twenty-six miners trapped in a…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he … the leading section of the NEUM, and…
EventMembers of Mau Mau uprising in Kenya to receive death penalty for resisting colonial rule
… of Mau Mau involvement. Abuse and torture was commonplace in these camps, as British guards used beatings, sexual abuse … Members of Mau Mau uprising in…
BiographyJennifer Schreiner
… Jennifer Schreiner (known as Jenny) was born in Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) in 1956 to G.D.L. Deneys and Else Schreiner. Else and Deneys ……
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
… 1976 as your starting point: to understand what happened in 1976 you’ve got to understand the analysis of the … not PAC, they were largely students who were…
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… almost socialist liberal to an arch imperialist serving in a Tory cabinet. A successful businessman, he became the … The British suffered heavy losses in…
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… Francois Pienaar was born on 1st January 1969 in Vereeniging into a working class Afrikaner family. Although he participated in various sporting activities…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Chapter Three 1945 … the meeting and Mandela "emphasised that…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… farm workers, Levi and Jerita Bopape. He was born in 1915 at Houtboschdorp near Pietersburg in the northern Transvaal. In 1916 his father fought against ……
EventMakhaya Ntini represents South Africa at Newlands
… Makhaya Ntini becomes the first Black SA cricket player to play in a five-day test in Cape Town, in which he takes 2 wickets. …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… by The Department of Education The1950s and 1960s in South Africa were marked by the apartheid state's tight … proving costly and had a negative effect on…
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… Town Lenin Club have asked us to intervene immediately in the discussions now taking place. The majority of the … the small peasants are all Negroes and that…
BiographyIndres Naidoo
… Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo, a leading political activist, in 1953. Indres was an active member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and he became Secretary…
ArchivePromise of hope
… A2 litho black on white photo two young boys crying; text: What is … but fundamental rights -- the right to sell their labour in the best market and to live…
Letter from D. V. Naidoo and Steve Biko to Fort Hare re Conference in December at Mariannhill, Oct. 14, 1968, with enclosed statement, Background to the conference,
… Invitation to Black universities and training colleges to attend a … be an extension of dialogue amongst the non-white centres in South Africa. … D. V…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… greatest sons of our nation, Stephen Bantu Biko. His hope in life, and his life of hope, are captured by his resounding … liberation, lapping at our own…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… 10:30 on 16 June 1976, thousands of students had gathered in Orlando West to begin a protest march against the … News of the events in Soweto sparked off…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… 10:30 on 16 June 1976, thousands of students had gathered in Orlando West to begin a protest march against the … News of the events in Soweto sparked off…
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer was born on 23 April 1908 in the Orange Free State. He was born into a prominent … was entirely English speaking. Bram, who was…