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ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… At the start of the 20th century South Africa faced a poor white epidemic. The state justified … not willing to fulfil these demands. The Union of South…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… Prehistory of Southern Africa Farming people did not inhabit the Greater … Bantu-speaking people brought a new way of life to South Africa. For the first…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… By 1985 the struggle for democracy in South Africa had intensified, and the country found itself on the … must also be a catalyst to initiate this process…
BiographyBalelekeng Sam Masemola
Born in 1926, Masemola worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and helped to steer his branch in Alexandra Township away from …
Chapter X - Final word
… of course, because the prohibition on quoting me in South Africa still remained. I continued to be a listed person, … in the past by very prominent people…
ArchiveMeeting with Secretary of State Shultz during a working lunch at the Department of State, Washington D.C. on 26 November 1982
… from Angola and financial assistance to South West Africa …
Speech at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
… of peace and stability in the region of southern Africa. This aggression invariably increases with the escalation of the struggles of the peoples of South…
Statement Issued By GCIS: Briefing on the Case of Robert McBride - 21 May 1998
… of the investigation by Mozambican authorities. South Africa unequivocally recognises the sovereignty of … in the judicial processes in that country. Has…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… BWL was under the leadership of Charlotte Maxeke , South Africa's first women graduate, who had been educated in the …
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… work in the United States of America. He then left South Africa on an exit permit. He was made a professor in African … into English under the title Tales…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… oppressors, and of the French Huguenots, who came to South Africa at the end of the 17th century to escape religious and … was an opportunity for national…
BiographyJoel Mabi Lengisi
Joel Mabi Lengisi was born in 1920 at the Sitholeni Location, Engcobo, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], Lengisi later moved to East London African…
BiographyLydia Kompe
Lydia (nee Ngwenya) Kompe was born in 1935 in Matlala, near Pietersburg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). Her father was a small-scale farmer…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… as the first president of the democratic and free South Africa. The 9th of July 2011 was a historic day for South … for self-determination and freedom for…
BiographyDaniel (Sampie) Malope
Born in 1915, Malope was a house painter. He joined the ANC Youth League in 1944 and was arrested in 1946 for assisting in the African mine workers' strike. He…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… INTRODUCTION No significant change has occurred in South Africa in the last decade. Apartheid and racism continue … for the very peripheral impact of…
EventJan Smuts is born
… Jan Christian Smuts, who became South Africa's second Prime Minister in 1919, was born on the farm …
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… the pass laws rife and full in force in apartheid South Africa. There was always an actor who would get arrested for …
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… alike. With the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, Nelspruit passed from colonial township into …
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Mohale Dam, Kingdomof Lesotho, 16 March 2004
… water to a thirsty soul' of industries and homes in South Africa. This project sparkles like a jewel in the crown of … gold", for the benefit of both our…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… Torch and New Age banned. (Merrett:44-45) Apr- Editor of Africa South, Ronald Segal, flees the country Apr 11- Myrna … the impressions of 2 Canadian tourists…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging 1910 31 May, Adoption of South Africa’s first constitution 8 Jan 1912 Formation of the ANC … military action in Bophuthatswana…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… of our movement was confirmed by the people of South Africa, who gave birth to the clauses of the Freedom Charter … a non-racial, non- sexist, united and…
David Goldblatt,The Transported of KwaNdebele by L'oeil De La Photographie, 26 September 2016
… the social and political developments of his native South Africa with a critical yet compassionate eye. Drawn “to the … is epic. He is one of a kind, and his…
PlaceGabon
… On 17 August 1960, Gabon, a country in west central Africa, astride the Equator. The Country gained independence … lived and interacted in the changing…
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… wife, in a territory strategically placed between South Africa and the Rhodesias, caused outcry among white settler politicians. South Africa had come under…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … dark forces of Reactionary Capitalism. "Our part in South Africa may seem a…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Cross-roads of Native Policy
… by D.D.T Jabavu The beginning of the year 1926 sees South Africa standing at the cross-roads of race relationships. The … tribes) in the Cape Colony. The…
PlaceFreedom Park
… heroes would be honoured and the complex story of South Africa and its people would be told. Freedom Park is a … ceremonies, to acknowledge the major…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… was organized by white trade unions in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1922. This was in response to intensified … of Fordsburg and Jeppe. The Communist Party…