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Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… in which the problems affecting the revolution in South African be discussed. We feel, however, the need that …
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… new areas set aside solely for Black occupation. Second, African farm labourers made up the largest number of forcibly …
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… conflict between White settlers moving Northwards and African pastoralists and refugees from the Mfecane moving …
58. Congress has sold our rights
… and Bridglal Pachai Moonsamy Naidoo charged that the South African Indian Congress consisted of a few wealthy …
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… in the conflict between the British Empire and the South African Republic. Interestingly, and a complete aside, the …
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
… that a University be established. By 1899, the South African War had broken out between the ZAR and Britain. In … University College '. In the Years…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… two million years old hominid fossils. Human Origins South African scientists have been actively involved in the study … highest civilian award. Because of…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE SA FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATIONS Upington, 27 April 1997
… oppression and conflict, in order to found a new South African nation whose watchwords are Unity Peace And … en Afrikaner;San en Xhosa;Keurling, Blanke,…
EventBusiness Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.
… around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black South African what apartheid has done, he will say it has caused …
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… leading to the first democratic elections the South African Students Organisation (SASCO) continued the tradition …
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
… historical documents), the Grey Collection, at the South African Library in Cape Town. Their collection, started in …
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… at the monument. The name “Pretoria” and rewriting South African history After the 1994 elections South Africa’s new …
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… was meant to dislodge the two groups from an alliance with African nationalists and other anti-Apartheid forces that …
ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… and a quintessential part of the transition. The South African Truth Commission positioned itself between two … amnesty and where hearings were held in…
EventAllan Boesak's plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… an extra-marital affair with a white employee of the South African Council of Churches. He later divorced his wife to … was the ANC Western Cape president…
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack is assassinated.
… The African National Congress (ANC) activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack …
Chapter 10 - The Character, Role and Significance of SANSCO
… and essentially Marxist, race-class analysis of South African conditions, implicitly committed itself to the … of the Franco dictatorship (Maravall, 1978)…
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
… organisation. Gerhart locates SASO within the "school of African nationalist thought in South Africa" which … bourgeoisie as a whole in the reordering of the…
Sue Williamson Book Launch
… 4 October 2025 Time: 11h00–13h00 Venue: Iziko South African National Gallery RSVP online on WebTickets: …
PlaceEldorado Park, a Township of Johannesburg/Soweto
The District located in the Province of Gauteng, near Johannesburg. Since 1973 there has been extensive expansion of the Area, due to demand of more housing…
EventA 13-year-old Welsh school-girl’s letter reaches the wrong hands
… and hoped that her letter would be passed on to any African girl in Cape Town. The letter was addressed to the …
EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'
… many already disenfranchised Blacks who had their South African citizenship cancelled, by actively encouraging …
PlaceLanseria International Airport, Roodepoort
… International aerospace calendar and a milestone in South African aviation History. For the first time, South African buyers were afforded the opportunity of…
EventGandhi demands end to White 'hooliganism'
… New Delhi, Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi called on the South African government to stop the hooliganism by Whites. The …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1946
… and if possible of all associate powers to order Asiatic, African and general colour policy arising from Asiatic Bill. … contents our cables. Gandhi…
EventThe SA government grants 'Independent' status to Venda
… Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African government granted 'independence' status to Venda, …
EventWalter Sisulu's appeal is dismissed
… section of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Walter …
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke's Drift
… Kwazulu-Natal. He was the only Black student of the South African College, now the University of Cape Town. During his …
Reclaiming Radical Traditions of Workers' Education by Linda Cooper and Sheri Hamilton
… 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South African trade unions have a long and rich history of … the many histories and contemporary studies…