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… Threat'. The apartheid state used the label 'communist' to justify its repressive actions against anyone who … and economic sanctions against apartheid, but continued to supply the South African regime with military expertise … Communist Party's emphasis on a world revolution dating back to 1917 and was intent on cutting back on nuclear …

… National Congress (ANC) in Harare, Zimbabwe, agreed to "use its good offices" to facilitate the readmission of South African rugby into … a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 . Westport: Greenwood … ANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby’s return to international games …

… the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed to Orlando in Soweto ; however her parents managed to relocate to Sophiatown . In Sophiatown, Mashinini attended … flattened by bulldozers and people were forcibly moved back to Soweto. Her parents separated when Mashinini was 14, …

… the prime minister of the Orange River Colony from 1907 to 1910. Abram had married a Scotswoman and Percy had married … was at Grey College, Bloemfontein; from there he went to Grey University College in his hometown. Bram excelled at … and was charged with incitement during the  mineworkers’ strike in 1946 .The return of the  National Party  to power …

… (near Giants Castle). His forefathers had settled there to escape the regiments of King Shaka. The family later moved on to Ntabazwe (Harrismith district) in the Sotho region of the … among older members for life on the land takes most back to their rural family smallholdings for all domestic …

… The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Conference decides to prepare to resist. It also decides to send delegations to India, …

… Tose was born when Dr Hendrik Verwoerd was chosen to succeed the country’s late Prime Minister, Johannes … between 1975 and 1977. The Open School was opened in 1974 to equip high school learners with foundational skills in … is seen carrying a chair on her head and a baby on her back. Another is seen moving a single bed on her head while a …

… education at Witbank, he won an athletic scholarship to Rand Afrikaner University (RAU), now the University of … watch the Transvaal side train and then tomorrow return to put himself through the same paces as the players. In 1989 … hit the headlines as he led 13 Transvaal players on a strike against the Transvaal Rugby Football Union. Their …

… article discusses the speech delivered in October 28, 1977 to the Security Council of the United Nations during its … An appeal to the world: give purpose to this pain …

… Muntu Myeza was born on 3 December 1950 to Jacob and Julia Myeza in Natal where he also did his early … school education at Orlando West High School before moving back to Natal where he completed his matric at Ohlange High in …

… had no institutional art training; his father taught him to carve traditional and functional items such as utensils … showed the ways in which Maswanganyi adopted older forms to make new ones. Like the older forms the figures had … in the two sculptures in the collection, which date back to the late 1980s. Different, however, is that they are …

… Natal on February 26th, 1903. He was the second son to Ezra and Sardinia Dhlomo. Ezra came from a line of … the ICU, called for the mobilization of labour unions and strike action alongside his ally Gumede, whose close … than a means for their reprisal. In the play, Dhlomo goes back to what he saw as the origin of the segregationist …

… imperialists, headed by Britain, are running a campaign to portray the ceasefire agreement as a signal of the end of … to maintain the  status quo  in South Africa and to strike at the revolutionary gains in Mozambique and Angola. … TAMBO : South African involvement in Zimbabwe dates back to the early days of Ian Smith's regime and the opening …

… of the Witwatersrand, and changed her name to Judith Mason. Together they had two daughters, Tamar … by the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg . She was chosen to represent South Africa at the Venice Biennale in 1966 … at Scuola Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence, Italy.  She came back to South Africa in the early 1990s and taught drawing …

… It is important to note that South African events do not occur in a vacuum, … on what happens here. For this section, it is important to understand the international background, and what the … in South Africa in the 1970s. Also, it is impossible to understand what happened in South Africa (the ‘small …

… bred in Johannesburg, Ray Berman left South Africa in 1966 to go into voluntary exile in Swaziland and has since become … Promise Exhibition in Johannesburg. This motivated Berman to spend a year studying Fine Arts at the Academie de la … too commercial for his liking and soon after, he returned back to his home in Swaziland and chose to paint full time. …

… of GEAR, its impact on social spending and failure to create jobs, the deadlock in negotiations over the Basic … and domestic workers ). • The attempt by business to roll back our gains on worker rights as is happening on the Basic … and control of the means of production. • The investment strike by the private sector in the productive sector of the …

… class. Mohl's father eventually withdrew him from school to tend to the goats. Nevertheless, Reverend Hale soon recognised … His fine, gentle and sensitive brushwork can be traced back to his extensive art training both locally and abroad. …

… Her father was the nephew of Samuel Matshoba, an adviser to Gijima, chief priest of the Israelites - a Christian Sect … then Western Transvaal. In spite of being first in line to the chieftainship upon her father’s death, Matshoba’s … General Hospital as a radiographer and then went back to university. Her activism led to several arrests …

… was imprisoned for six months for illegally brewing beer to help make ends meet, and Miriam went to prison with her as she was just 18 days old. She grew up … African melodies. Makeba’s appearances in the films  Come Back Africa  (1957) and as the female lead in Todd …

… moment in his political understanding, according to Asmal, occurred when footage of Nazi concentration camp victims was shown to him, and he decided on a career in law in order to oppose … relevant ministers and MPs "to take this appalling measure back to the drawing board". He was just as vocal in his …

… born on 19 June 1935, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) to Allison and Maria Mzimela. The entire family was raised as Anglicans and as a child, he wanted to become a priest. He obtained a degree from the University … he officially retired from politics in 2001. Mzimela moved back to Atlanta, USA in 2002, where he served as an associate …

… was a garment worker who had become the first Black person to work on the cutting floor - work that was previously … location triggered her interest in opposition politics due to the permits that Black people were subjected to carry in … Association and undertook community work. She also went back to her church, the African Methodist Church, which she …

… A visual archive of letters from South African Police to Walter sisulu …

… Documents, books and further readings pertaining to South African Communist Party …

… Commission of Enquiry into Matters relating to the Coloured Population Group …

… Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd 26 June 1961 …

… Speech at the Award of the National Order to Prince Bandar …

… Letter from John Gomes24 to C. F. Glass 25, 31 May 1927 …

… Letter from Workers' Party of South Africa to G. H. Gool, 4 March 1937 …