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EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… huge tracts of inhospitable country, which were difficult to fight in; rough hills, tenacious bushes and hard stony … knew the country intimately and who…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
… some of the challenges that the previous year had posed to us as a people and pointed out some of the main directions … Sactu had also proclaimed the Year of…
BiographyJoseph Royeppen
… and his companions are imprisoned for their opposition to legislation that prevents Indians from entering the …
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… he realised the futility of mere petitions and deputations to the racist white authorities against oppressive laws and regulations. He decided to defy the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Freedom Day Celebrations at the ABSA Stadium, Durban 27 April 2005
… guests, Fellow South Africans: I am very pleased to address, you, fellow South Africans, on the occasion of … as well as from other parts of our country…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… separate and oppressive, these are words that were used to explain South Africa’s Apartheid regime, which officially … during the apartheid and their…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) both announced plans to tackle the pass laws for…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… performed for a short period in South Africa before moving to Europe. Key Words Johnny Dyani, jazz, music, double bass, … exile, Islam. Introduction Johnny…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.2 Apr-May 1979
… of Staffrider Vol 2 No. 1 March 1979, Soweto Speaking to Miriam Tlali,Khauleza Creative Society (Alexandra) Poems … ... . Mtutuzeli Matshoba (Orlando West) A…
ArticleWomens Rights
… up a disproportionate section of the unemployed and tend to occupy more of the lower-paid jobs, as domestic and farm … than men for the same tasks. South…
BiographyFlora Mogano
… Flora is a mother, grandmother, church elder, foster mother to 9 AIDS orphans, and manager of 8 voluntary HIV/AIDS …
BiographyThembile Benson Ndimba
… Born 1921. Messenger-clerk. Came to active politics in 1937 during the mass removal of the …
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… up a disproportionate section of the unemployed and tend to occupy more of the lower-paid jobs, as domestic and farm … than men for the same tasks. South…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… expansion into Africa began with the desire of King John I to gain access to the gold-producing areas of West Africa. The trans-Saharan … able to control it…
BiographyPatricia Jobodwana
… Jobodwana was the first and youngest Black woman to graduate from a South African university. She enrolled at … Youngest Black women to graduate from a South…
BiographyA. B. Nogaya
… the Defiance Campaign led a batch of 40 volunteers to defy apartheid regulations, for which he served two months …
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… battle are a matter of considerable debate. The background to this event can be found in two concurrent historical … on the Eastern Cape frontier with…
May Day
… against Apartheid. May Day , as we know it refers to various socialist and labour movement celebrations … ago. Serfs, slaves, trades people and others were…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… struggle against Apartheid. May Day, as we know it refers to various socialist and labour movement celebrations … ago. Serfs, slaves, trades people and…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… of an Apartheid State, it took time for the world to take notice and action. That said, one year before the … in 1947, India had been the first international…
ArchivePACT Dance Company: 2nd Season 1994
… Artwork of the back of a naked black man with his hands behind his head, and …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… from the miserable patches of land which they could afford to buy or rent. Fannin Government aided Indian School, … of a piece of crown land in exchange for…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… was little change in the situation from the late 1970s to the early 1980s in South Africa. After the crisis of the … mid-70s, the government's 'total…
BiographyHenry “Black Cat” Cele
… Africa. As a member of the Cele family he was referred to by his clan name Ndosi (Bavela KwaMthetwa), or Magaye. …
PlacePilrig House, 1 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
… the arts and crafts style, with a stone and mortar base up to first level, and the second storey with a rough mortar finish to imitate an earth look, painted…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress
… of the formation of the African National Congress. Looks back over seven decades of struggle by the ANC for liberation …
BiographyMark Fish
… soccer career in South Africa, but has departed our shores to pursue his career in England. …
BiographyMichael Lapsley
… of Sacred Mission and then dropped his first name “Allan” to adopt “Michael” as his religious name. …
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph When I began to give evidence, my knees were actually trembling for the first time in my life. Somehow I managed…
33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… Carim Haji Adam and others from Durban sent a petition to Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary. The petition … an Indian, trans-shipping into a German…