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Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education homelands ”” those territories reserved for black people and…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… violence. The police batoned, bayoneted and fired on the striking workers to force them down the mine shafts. The full … pregnant worker bayoneted. By Friday…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… in Durban with over 60 000 workers from 150 factories striking against racial oppression. May, Winnie …
EventDale Steyn retires from Test cricket
On 5 August 2019, Dale Steyn South African cricketer announced his retirement from the Test format. He made his Test debut against England in December 2004. In…
PlaceVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
… ecosystem are a vital part of the region’s ecological balance, supporting both plant and animal life while serving … Park, South East Bulawayo, Zimbabwe ,…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, 11 November 1987, Leipzig
… has been in existence for an incredible 400 years, is a striking example of how the objectives of academic … interpreted the world but are fighting to change…
Speech on the Occasion of the Award of an Honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by The Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic by O. R. Tambo, Leipzig, 11 November 1987
… has been in existence for an incredible 400 years, is a striking example of how the objectives of academic … interpreted the world but are fighting to change…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… since the Sharpeville massacre.” [1] By 1961, “the balance was tipped in favour of violent resistance by the …
Directive concerning the nature of the forthcoming ANC consultative conference in Morogoro by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1969
… gone through tremendous trials and difficulties. But on balance, and despite the intensive propaganda of the enemy …
Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
… become an easy prey to unnerving fears that throw them off balance in their thinking and actions. Non-whites on the …
Directive Concerning the Nature of the Forthcoming ANC Consultative Conference in Morogoro by O. R. Tambo, March 1969
… gone through tremendous trials and difficulties. But on balance, and despite the intensive propaganda of the enemy …
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
Emily Hobhouse, Beloved Traitor, by Elsabe Brits, published by Tafelberg, 2016, 336 pages, illustrated. A few weeks ago I reviewed Rob Eales’ book on Emily…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
In the 1920s, with the First World War (1914-1918) over, the pattern of female employment began to change. The war and the protectionist policy of the Pact…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in London around 1983 by Roseinnes Phahle and other individuals of various broadly leftist political…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
IntroductionNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as the …
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone-if possible-Jew,…
Review Essay: Crisis, History and the Challenge of Reinvention in the Postcolonial: The African National Congress after Apartheid by Laurence Piper
Susan Booysen. 2011. The African National Congress and the Regeneration of Political Power. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. Anthony Butler. 2012. The…
Trade unions and Popular Resistance in the 1980s and New Alliances and the Different Unions Traditions by Kaizer Thibedi
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference THE BRIEF: TRADE UNIONS AND POPULAR RESISTANCE IN THE 1980S AND NEW…
The British Government, The Trade Union Congress, and Black South African Trade Unionism, 1973 to 1994 by Dan Feather
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference In the aftermath of the Durban Strikes (1973) the British Trade Union…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
In 1950 the apartheid government introduced the Unlawful Organisations Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950 the African National Congress …
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
Popular violence in the decade between 1984 and 1993 is well documented. Existing literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
Introduction The migrant labour system marks a period in which African men were integrated into wage labour. Black men changed from being farmers in their…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
… grow in size and combativeness. As a consequence, the balance of forces, both continently and internationally, has … to the system of apartheid. They form…
Trade Unions in South Africa by Ari Sitas and Bianca Tame
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South African trade unions had a decisive role in the political life of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
… be done. Questions have been asked whether we have got the balance right between the rights of criminals and those of … econometric models may require…
Archive1999 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 5 February 1999 (Before National Elections)
… be done. Questions have been asked whether we have got the balance right between the rights of criminals and those of … econometric models may require…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… War Measure 45 of 1942, which prohibited Blacks from striking. Amongst those charged were prominent CPSA members; …
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… activity to which many families turned to as a strategy to balance their monthly household budgets. Therefore, during …