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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…
BiographyRichard Feetham
… His father was the Reverend William Feetham, Vicar of Penrhos, Raglan, England and his mother, Mary, the eldest daughter of the Venerable Archdeacon William…
BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
… (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was the eldest child of Alimal and Appasamy Cooper. Cooper matriculated from … A. degree at the at the University…
BiographyBarbara Anne Hogan
… Convent School. She then registered at the University of Witwatersrand where she obtained a degree in Development Studies. While at Wits, Hogan joined a…
BiographyDevikarani Priscilla Jana
… family. [i] From an early age Jana developed an awareness of the unequal society she was born into, stating in her book … system. [iii] The family 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…
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…
Chronology
… 1935 May , Joint Select Committee of Parliament tables the Representation of Natives Bill and the Native Trust and Land Bill October , …
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… Name Koni Benson & Asher Gamedze Organisation University of Cape Town Biography Asher Gamedze currently cuts up most … (2007). Title “National liberation is…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… for the first time women were admitted as full members of the ANC in 1943, leading to the establishment of the ANC … ranging from the question of Army…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… in exile. Klug believed that South Africa was in need of a constitutional democracy that allowed for the majority to be represented by the rulers of the…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South … intention to introduce the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… 1940 Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins … African Convention (AAC) special session…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) was established in June … 1979 as a national organization to represent the interests of Black school students…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation…
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan
… Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan …
ArticleLineages of Freedom: a Celebration of Culture and Shared Ties
… Lineages of Freedom: a Celebration of Culture and Shared Ties …
Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa
… Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa …
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… Race and ethnicity have been and still is at the heart of South African history, politics, society and economy since … African population into three main…
ArchivePress statement on the Industrial Conciliation Act following a joint meeting between the Federation of S.A. Trade Unions, The Western Province General Workers Union, The Food and Canning Workers Union and The African Food and Canning Workers Union.
… Press statement on the Industrial Conciliation Act following a joint meeting between the Federation of S.A. Trade Unions, The Western Province General…
Questions of a worker
… Questions of a worker …
ArticleCountries of Africa
… Countries of Africa …
METHODS OF STRUGGLE
… METHODS OF STRUGGLE …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the African National Congress (ANC), and a period of greater action was introduced. Xuma was still…
BiographyAbednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo
… became a trade union spokesman, he entered the University of Natal, where as president of the non-European Students' Representative Council he … to a two…
BiographyClive Zamani Xaba
… offered at the African Art Centre at the Durban Institute of Technology under Langa Magwa and Thando Mama. Barely out of high school, Xaba in one of his…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… Introduction December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… The indigenous inhabitants of Australia The continent of Australia was settled about 60,000 years ago. Before … and an 'inferior race'. The Aborigines…
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
… and Indians were denied the right to parliamentary representation. White political domination was maintained through the election of national office holders…
BiographyKhotso Seatlholo
… Seatlholo, together with Tsietsi Mashinini , was part of the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC) , with … Seatlholo as Deputy. Seatlholo took over…