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Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
… their mythical 17th-century journey from Europe to South Africa, which they claim as their divinely promised land. And … in A. M. Duggan-Cronin’s 11-volume …
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
… that beleaguers the nationalism playing out in South Africa today. In the latest issue of the Chimurenga Chronic , … every predictable turn, even if he was…
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
Premanathan "Prema" Naidoo, the youngest son of Ama and Thambi Naidoo, was born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1945. He attended…
ANC ‘Military High Command’ Leader Interviewed
… From the "Focus on Africa" program BBC World Service 4th July 1986 South African … restrictive form of reporting which is coming from South Africa are…
Cataloguing the archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
… of the AAM and the creation of ACTSA (Action for Southern Africa). The activities of the intervening 36 years have … the AAM ran on political prisoners,…
Address to the Botswana National Assembly, Gaborone, 11 March 2003
… that were made to ensure that the people of South Africa attain their freedom. Without your sacrifices and … impossible for you fully to enjoy your freedom…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
… was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century. Not to be confused with the present-day Republic of…
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… Liebenberg, B.J. & Spies, S.B. (eds) (1993). South Africa in the 20th Century, Pretoria: Van Schaik Academic, pp … C.F.J. (ed) (1981). Five Hundred years: a…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Amos Ndwalane
Struggle veteran Amos Ndwalane, who escaped the noose by seven days due to the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1990, was allowed out of his…
BiographyJoseph (Anti-Pass) M. Kumalo
During the 1955-1956 Evaton bus boycott Kumalo was banished in terms of the 1927 Native Administration Act to Duiwelskloof. From there he was brought to stand…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… Mfecane was thoroughly exploited and a great part of South Africa was won for European colonisation in this manner. … oil and diamonds cause war and…
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… The Administrative capital of South Africa , Pretoria, or the ' Jacaranda City' is best known for … of the Transvaal in 1860; administrative capital of South…
Phakamani
… to stand up and join the democratic forces inside South Africa and abroad to oppose the legality of the South African … struggle for a non-racial, non-sexist…
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… appointed in 1968 to investigate the activities of South Africa's White universities and the University of South Africa (UNISA), was submitted to Parliament…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
… National Congress and the oppressed masses of South Africa we express to you our immense joy at the glorious … Oliver Tambo President African National…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… government well. Voster however, warned that South Africa will have to act in self-defence if Mozambique makes … agreed to expel the ANC from their country…
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… regardless of the support Rhodesia received from South Africa demonstrated the non feasibility of minority rule as … (uprising) brought enormous pressure…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… led to the formation of the Aeronautical Society of South Africa in 1911. It was the start of the John Weston Aviation Company of South Africa, which did…
EventLiberia is established
… The country was one of only two countries in sub-Saharan Africa, along with Ethiopia, without roots in the European Scramble for Africa. Slaves freed from…
EventParliament opens with the debate of no confidence on Government
… De Villiers Graaff. He argued that the Republic of South Africa was situated along the most important sea route. He pointed out that South Africa is an…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
… political situation affecting the Indian people of South Africa is of the view that a restatement of the position is … For the last 17 months the Indian…
EventNelson Mandela is appointed the Secretary of the National Action Council
… Secretary of the National Action Council during the All Africa Conference attended by 1 400 delegates from 145 … opposition to a regime which is bringing…
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… Robert Mugabe assured members the 14-member Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) that the 9-10 March … after the 2002 elections prompted the…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… the Soviet Union. At the age of five, Lungi came to South Africa and settled in Soweto with his grandmothers, Greta … death on 3 January 2008, his body was…
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… about 156 anti-apartheid activists were arrested in South Africa and accused of manoeuvring against the incumbent … missing’. Available at the National…
EventCPSA is founded
… The founding conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July to 1 … formally established the Communist Party of…
BiographyMono Badela
The biography below is from a tribute to Badela written by Prof Guy Berger, the head of the department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University …
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… through stories, a tradition that is still used in South Africa. Many South African cultures have storytellers who …
Chapter 3. The Poor White Problem - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… "Poor White" problem, one of the major tragedies of South Africa. People abroad believe that all Europeans in South Africa live, and have always lived, in…