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Year of women of South Africa by E.S. Reddy
… she's going to travel very far I was born in 1925 and grew up near … climate in Paarl was not good for his health so we moved to Cape Town where he worked as…
Statement by the ANC on the Invasion of Angola by South African Troops by O. R. Tambo, 31 October 1975
… Then, as now, the forces of imperialism intervened to try to turn back the moment for Africa's liberation and the achievement …
Testimony of the Delegation of the South African Native National Congress, Ermelo, before the Eastern Transvaal Land Committee,January 8, 1918
… and the thing decided one way or the other. Another point to which we wish to draw the attention of the committee is that there has been … has given his…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
… that during this decade, each year has brought us closer to our cherished goal - the total liberation of our country. … over-lean pockets and made a modest…
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
… that during this decade, each year has brought us closer to our cherished goal - the total liberation of our country. … over-lean pockets and made a modest…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… the Isitwalandwe award by the ANC for his contribution to the struggle. Here follows a transcription of Elinor … seriously. He returned to Johannesburg in…
BiographyLouise Latsky
… at the University of Stellenbosch, and was the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at this university. She later … Author and zoologist, first women to…
38. The Natal Franchise Bill, 1894: Do not make our sons pariahs
… Pachai The Franchise Law Amendment Bill of 1894 sought to deprive Indians in Natal of the parliamentary franchise. … the second clause was 'in' or 'out', as…
BiographyMbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa
… Mbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa was born in 1923. Inspired to join the African National Congress by the Defiance …
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
… served as president of South Africa from September 1989 to May 1994. He is widely recognized for orchestrating the … democracy that resulted in giving equal…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… Nkomo and Dan Tloome. The aim of the Youth League was to galvanise the youth to step up the fight against segregation within the country. … 69 demonstrators…
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… into lush vegetable gardens. Their produce was hawked door to door around Durban. They experienced flooding many times … Queen Street and was a keen soccer…
"Attack, Advance, Give the Enemy No Quarter!" by O. R. Tambo, Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 74th Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 1986
… movement, the African National Congress, we extend to you our warm revolutionary greetings. We salute you also … of the Soweto Uprising. We shall therefore…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 74th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1986
… movement, the African National Congress, we extend to you our warm revolutionary greetings. We salute you also … of the Soweto Uprising. We shall therefore…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the inauguration of the National Council of Traditional Leaders Cape Town, 18 April 1997
… Many years ago, a British army commander reported to his superior: 'The camp is in the hands of the enemy, … one-hundred-and-twenty years later, we gather in…
Chapter eight - Conclusion
… His greatest achievement may be seen in his contribution to the development of national liberation theory and … familiar and yet a strange ring. But there…
PlaceKoopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
… the 18th century by Governor Willem Adriaan van de Ste l to a rich merchant, Reynier Smedinga. Tradition has it that … materials necessary for the job on his…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… Laws, were unfulfilled. Africans were looking for outlets to voice their objection against their pressing position. The … are detained by the Chiefs on the…
BiographyMartha Mohlakoane
… Mohlakoane was born in 1906 to a family of farm squatters. She worked in domestic service …
III - Black Consciousness
… Bernstein, 1978, South Africa What had Steve Biko done to be so persecuted by the police? Why did they pursue him so … which he still uses and enjoys becomes…
Document 48 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Native Question (Majority) (1934)
… producer in agriculture and the mines, and also, though to a lesser degree, in industry generally. Almost all the … the white population, is equally harmful,…
PlaceDiep River
… Rathfelder was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the colony, he … was appointed its first postmaster…
BiographyActing Chief Moepadira Mphahlele
… Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]to Msinga, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] on 19 February 1953. His …
BiographyAbdullah Haji Adam Jhaveri
… He was commonly referred to as Dada Abdulla. His brother, Abdul Karim Jhaveri, and …
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… into the beginning of the year 2009 we are gathered here to pay our last respects to an adorable man, uBab` Cleopas Madoda Nsibande. Sad and … hospital. This…
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
… of the game with stakes so high that something might have to give. But Mbete, the poet and veteran leader, is making … poet left South Africa in 1976. She…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… in force after Union. They made it a criminal offence to breach the contract of employment. Desertion, insolence, … also criminal offences. Theoretically…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… The Pass was constructed between 1984 and 1988. Leading up to the Huguenot Tunnel from its South side, is an … high-altitude viaduct bridge (the first of…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… produced as part of her nationwide reading road show to South African rural schools. Her work has received awards … history alive and has encouraged South…
BiographyMarion Gill
… born in 1879, United Kingdom. She lived in SA from 1924 to 1957. She first studied at the Slade School of Art, … craftwork. She discovered her true medium…