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Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 34 - Letter from the Executive … the following cable dated Berlin 22…
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
… By Sara We salute one of our best known heroines of South … half a century and suffered cruel and vengeful persecution by the racist regime - a series of…
Stuart Commission Report
… life was organised and dynamic. Military instructions (by Cuban comrades assisted by MK stalwarts) was of a high quality. The level of … impressive and given…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 21 May 1962 during the second reading of the General Law Amendment Bill
… threat proved well-founded and far-sighted as is proved by incidents such as Rivonia and various others. The United … members opposite and their Press want…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 84th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1996
… of the historic Passive Resistance Campaign waged by the Indian people in 1946; the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom Charter by the ANC at its…
Chapter 11
… of the people is actually a corpse deliberately propped up by all the agents of the Government in our midst. An … when the rate of growth of the living cells…
Wosa on the 1997 Conference for Socialism
… and the candidates for the Peninsula were "ticketed" by each particular party, for- which you were asked, allowed, … and wood carver, and that he had been …
Document 15 - ‘A document to create a climate of understanding’; Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… "Communique" by SASO, July 1969 For the first time after 1959, Non-White … that be. There is no way of stopping this process except by interfering with the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo in Luanda after summit meeting of Presidents of frontline states and Southern African Liberation Movements, 01 March 1977
… in this matter. On Zimbabwe it is more the position taken by the Zimbabwean leaders that is of importance and in the … want for their country that influences…
O. R. Tambo interviewed in Luanda after Summit Meeting of Presidents of Frontline States and Southern African Liberation Movements, 1977
… in this matter. On Zimbabwe it is more the position taken by the Zimbabwean leaders that is of importance and in the … want for their country that influences…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph In January 1957 we were back again in the … was only into regions. Johannesburg came first with by far the…
45. Mass meeting at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, 1906
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 11 September 1906, a … The pass, it seems to us, will be like…
Chapter 8
… After a lengthy discussion "the final decision arrived at by the joint committee by majority vote was that the All African Convention shall be … sections…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… Abbeville where the SANCL were working. He was accompanied by Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales. The men were stood in … opportunity of thanking you for the…
EventRhodes statue removed at UCT
… on the 9 April 2015 at 17:37. The removal was voted upon by the UCT Council on the 8 April 2015 in consultation with … of the #RhodesMustFall movement, which…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… desert areas.Following civil action, a decision was taken by the French government in July 1960 to dissolve the French … 1970s, Diori was removed from power…
PlaceAluin Krantz West, a Farm Near Alexandria
… Alum. However, different substances were distinguished by the name of 'alumen', but they were all characterised by a certain degree of astringency, and were…
ArchiveUrban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
… are essentially devices of political control. This is done by presenting a critical analysis of political issues … of resistance and no surrender to…
Imijondolo
… addresses the contemporary local history of the Inanda. By 1985, when Imijondolo was published, Inanda had a … and even images from Phoenix, the settlement…
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York City, presided over by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. She was accompanied by her husband Bulelani Ngcuka, the former…
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… Mr Hannes Beukes, had been kidnapped in Bechuanaland by South African forces on 11 August 1963*. This was one of … in respect of its colonial possessions was…
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… and entering licensed premises, which prevented employment by licence holders. Many people already employed in the … to illegal enterprises such as shebeens…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… beating men who were drinking there. The women were lead by Florence Mkhize and Dorothy Nyembe, and were dispersed by the police. To read more about the 17…
EventThe UN decides not to support the request of the Union of South Africa concerning the treatment of Indians in SA
… and later decided that it should be considered jointly by the First and Sixth Committees. In November a multi-racial delegation from South Africa, led by Dr…
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… procedure. The Military Police was to maintain discipline by measures like the establishment of examining piquet's at … investigation of minor offences, were…
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. Mussolini … was to boost Italian national…
EventThe AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs
… (AA) was formed at a meeting in Port Elizabeth attended by several provincial and other motoring clubs, in order to … Automobile Club of South Africa. This…
EventUDF members challenge the government to arrest them on charges of high treason
… on the night of 27 February 1985. The meeting was attended by more than 5000 people at the Durban campus of Natal … be charged and put in jail." He is joined…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… from governments across the globe, it was never celebrated by the South African government. This award pressured President P. W. Botha 's regime by its…
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… 127 days, the new tricameral constitution was passed by 119 to 35 votes on 31 August 1983 and signed into law by State President Marais Viljoen three weeks…