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EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
African delegations at the United Nations headquarters in New York requested Secretary-General U Thant to help obtain the release of Nelson Mandela, leader and…
EventTobacco Products Control Ammendmant Bill passed
The National Assembly votes by 213 to 106 to pass the Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill, which bans all forms of tobacco advertising and prohibits…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 30 Novermber 1976, Volume 71
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Professor Helm and others, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa…
Bishop Tutu hits back at Dr Koornhof
Journal article with a reaction by Desmond Tutu to a statement made in Parliament by Dr Koornoof about an alleged conspiracy by certain organisations to…
ArchiveViolence and the cross in South Africa today
Journal article containing extracts of an address by Dr Manas Buthelezi at South African Leadership Conference held in July 20, 1979, about violence and the…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… p175-182|Olwoc, S. Y., Frene Ginwala, John Goldblatt “Notes in Transition” Transition , No. 35 (Feb. ”“ Mar. 1968) …
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
*Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to a…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
1961 FNLA and MPLA begin a guerrilla campaign to overthrow Portuguese colonial rule. 25 April 1974 Portuguese colonial rule ends after a coup removes…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
The ANC in exile issued its first January 8th statement in 1972, the founding date of the ANC. This statement outlined the organisation’s programme for the…
ArchiveMandatory economic sanctions and the oil embargo against SA at International Conference
Conference paper on mandatory economic sanctions and the oil embargo against SA prepared by the African National Congress of South Africa for an international…
Steve Biko: Gone but not forgotten by Robin Comley and Claire Keeton (Times Live), 12 September 2017
… Community Programme. He came to a meeting and took lots of notes before realising that what we were doing was very …
PlaceCabo Verde
… translated when used in an official capacity. [xxxiv] End Notes [i] Diffey, Bailey W. and Winius, George D. 1977. …
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee
… and individuals in cities. OBITUARY. Your Executive notes with regret the irreparable loss sustained by the …
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
… its campaign for a national minimum wage of £1 a day. NOTES [29] Quoted in Simons and Simons, Class and Colour in …
Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… the union but, as he had no cash, we accepted promissory notes. The woman who was in charge of the factory proved …
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArchiveBeyond reform: the challenge of change - NUSAS July festival speeches
Speeches presented at the NUSAS July festival held at the University of Cape Town which include speeches about State strategy regarding constitutional…
Appendix I: Correspondence Between Mahatma Gandhi And Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
[Note: Most of this correspondence is from the Pyarelal papers at the National Archives of India, New Delhi - a large part of which are also in the ANC…
Nelson Mandela
Black Green and gold poster. Photo of Nelson Mandela in centre. Nelson Mandela in gold lettering. Note to the people of Sweden in Mandela's handwriting . The…
EventCharles Taylor wins presidential election
Liberian rebel leader Charles Taylor ascended to presidential power in a peaceful election following a seven-year civil war, launched from neighbouring Cote d…
EventCrime statistics released
The South African Police National Crime Information Management Centre released statistics that confirm South Africa's status as the most violent country in the…
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller's troops relieved British forces at Ladysmith near Durban, KwaZulu Natal. The British forces had been under siege by the…
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
Levy Patrick Mwanawasa was born in Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) in 1948. He studied law at the University of Zambia and went on to form his own law firm,…
ArchiveThe philosophy tenets and traditions of NEUM
A presidential address delivered at the 9th Conference of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM).It is noted that this conference has been convened at the most…
ArchiveStatement of the South African Council of Churches
Journal article containing a statement by various church bodies including the South African Council of Churches, the Christian Institute, IDAMASA, the World…
Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
Table of Contents List of Photographs Acknowledgements Foreword by A. P. Mda Foreword by Walter Sisulu Introduction Early Writings Congress Youth…
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
COSATU SPECIAL EXCO PRESS STATEMENT ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS. The COSATU Executive Committee met in a special session today. (04.05.96) The Executive…
PlaceHluhluwe and Umfolozi Game Reserves
Formerly known as: The Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve, now the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park. The park is the oldest proclaimed reserve in Africa. 960 square…
PlaceDwarsvlei Farm, Karoo
The earliest Title Deeds could not be found, but it is believed the Farm 'Dwarsvlei', was established in the middle of the 19th Century. The first Homestead,…
Race and Caste: Hierarchy and Universality - CAS in partnership with Dept. of Sociology and Dept. of Anthropology Panel Discussion
… University Press, 2014), later adapted into Made in India: Notes from a Baby Farm , a multimedia performance she …