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Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the Northwestern Transvaal struck after a bitter, two year struggle for recognition by the Black…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… was drawn into merchant politics because of his legal background and fluency in Gujarati and English. Although he …
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
… past 19 years, greatly widened his interests. 7. With this background of a broader education in various fields, Mr. …
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… discrimination as well as poverty. It is against this background that women then organised themselves within the … countrywide; working-class women with…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… with men injured and killed. The mines were always in the background of my world. 'My brother Dan was 18 or 19 when the …
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… us. Please briefly introduce your schooling and political background: I went to school in Pretoria and became very … be clean, but we must not see those that…
Raymond Tucker: Attorney interview with Rupert Taylor 26 January 2000, 32 St John Road, Houghton, Johannesburg
… I remember talking to Charles Nupen and he told me the background to the Rikhoto case, where he had to get his … that you would not have expected knowing the…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… leaders involved'. Finally, they agreed that 'against this background, the way is now open to proceed towards … reports of the joint working groups. It was…
Chapter 3 - Gumede’s role in NNC and SANNC Politics, 1909 – 1919 ‘We pray that the people be allowed to live in peace in their own land’.
… wariness of Christianity should be seen against this background. Where the church had made an impact was in … no black Communists in 1919 should be seen…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
Inseparable from the photographic images of world-renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt, are values. Values, like waves of light, are in some…
Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
Cecil John Rhodes was the sickly, poorly educated and otherwise unremarkable son of an English parson of meagre means. He knew from an early age that he was…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Accepting the Deutscher Medienpreis Baden-Baden, 28 January 1999
Master of Ceremonies; Distinguished guests, It is a distinct privilege and great honour to receive this esteemed prize tonight. You honour me not only by…
PlaceSea Point
Early HistoryFor years prior to European settlement, Sea Point formed part of the Gorachoqua and Goringhaiqua grazing paths, which stretched out to Hout Bay…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… predecessors, especially Hegel. Arriving from a rural background he lacked the sleekness of the youths born and … in Johannesburg. Despite his extreme right…
Black Power by Richard (Rick) Turner
… of the average white "liberal". His school and home background fills him with racialism. He starts with certain …
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
… before we proceed to answer this charge an historical background of the Congress of the People and the Freedom …
Address at the Opening Session of the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha,1 December 1987
… these important issues as well. Certainly, with the background of recent events in our region, including the …
O. R. Tambo Interview with Mayibuye on the Current Situation in South Africa and Southern Africa in General 1984
… in our country as revolutionary. He does so against the background of all that he has known about our struggle over …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye on the current situation in South Africa and Southern Africa in general, 01 March 1984
… in our country as revolutionary. He does so against the background of all that he has known about our struggle over …
Address by Oliver Tambo at the opening session of the ANC Conference, Arusha, 1 December 1987
… these important issues as well. Certainly, with the background of recent events in our region, including the …
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
… manage the home and her other responsibilities. With that background he could not but have become an Afrikaner …
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… to ensure and protect white Supremacy. It is with this background and with a full sense of responsibility that, …
The melody of freedom
… to turn to other odd jobs or hire themselves out as studio background musicians. In 1952, the white promoter, Alfred …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… final events leading to the uprising? It was against this background that Minister of Bantu Affairs and Development, …
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… conflict would help make that happen. It was against this background that negotiations to break the deadlock continued …
Chapter 9
… Scheme, The New Fraud,"which placed the scheme against the background of the whole "Native Policy"of the rulers, with …
Chapter 6
… Regeneration of the All-African Convention: The Background In spite of all the forces ranged against the …
Chapter 3
… The Formation of the All-African Convention: The Background In 1935 the Union Government confronted the …
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… and living, education, industrial training, cultural background, tradition, none of which is the attribute of any …
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… easier to agitate amongst workers with the same cultural background. As Indian trade-union organisation started the …