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Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… have played so significant and honourable a role in South Africa’s legal sphere. The loss of his incisive mind and … to the bench of the Constitutional Court…
EventWalter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
… of African workers in protest of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act of 1961. This incitement was seen as …
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… of their countries. When the British took control of South Africa, a leper colony was started on the island. Initially … history serves as a sad reminder of…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… labour that kept the city’s wages the lowest in South Africa. In 1926 a Wage Board investigation expressed concern … resulted in 142 deaths. By the mid 20th…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… the beginning of the rise of apartheid. Although South Africa was already a very segregated country, apartheid laws … the segregation of the Black…
ArchiveBantustans, Colouredstans and Indianstans
… Mqotsi at the African People's Democratic Union of South Africa Conference. …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… and a failure to take into account warnings that South Africa would be short of electricity around 2005-2007 meant … by ESKOM. The document envisaged an…
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
… But much of this is disappearing within the New South Africa. I have been working off and on for almost thirty … one of the most impoverished and…
Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … Sub-Commission as follows: "The national question in South Africa, which is…
Address to the SANC Local Government Conference, 30 July 1999 Johannesburg
… times structures of local governance existed here in Africa. In studies carried out by Meyer Fortes and E.E. … Forms of Local Participation and Self…
Speech on Receiving the Freedom of Durban, Durban, 16 April 1999
… In paying this tribute, through me, to the people of South Africa; in this gathering and in a ceremony which reflect the … to them from the 1960s. Today,…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 19 February 2015
… price for the cause of building a more humane South Africa, underpinned by a better life for all. It is now … of all especially the poor and the working…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… human rights document, the African Claims in South Africa at the 1943 National Conference of the ANC. Sixty five … and inferior education system for black…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… a group of political ideologies, mainly within Sub-Saharan Africa, which are based on the idea of national … of Dutch-speaking colonists in the interior of…
EventFifth banning order for Albertina Sisulu
… Stalwart anti-apartheid campaigner of South Africa, Albertina Sisulu, wife of African National Congress …
EventMinister Kobie Coetsee on meeting between Botha and Mandela
… confirmed their support for peaceful development in South Africa. However, the document which Mandela gave to Botha …
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
… State of the Nation Address in a free and democratic South Africa. This year, as a diverse people and as a united … sacrifices and their undying commitment…
Statement at the Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 21 February 1986
… end of the globe. Yet the geographic distance of South Africa from these shores has not reduced the deep sense of … mere support for us and for the…
ArchivePresidential Address
… Town, for the African People's Democratic Union of South Africa. …
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… The South African team was coached by one of South Africa's reputable coaches, Stanley "Screamer" Tshabalala. …
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… President of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa Awarded the W E B DuBois International Medal by the … , of the people its readers would like…
BiographyGodfrey Rosenbaum Zibuse Kuzwayo
Godfrey Rosenbaum Zibuse Kuzwayo was born in 1909, he grew up in Bloemfontein, graduated from Wilberforce Institute, and studied journalism through…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the departure of former president Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… I have ordered that all flags of the Republic of South Africa be lowered to half-mast from tomorrow, December 6, and … non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and…
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
… the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44 of 1950), South Africa was enjoying a tranquility which was disturbed only ' … story of communist plots to poison…
This doccie about a SA photographer is worth the watch by Garreth Van Niekerk (channel24), 28 May 2017
… to sit back and experience the history of South Africa as it passed his trained eyes. He’s one of the many … his first body of work observing “the dying…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… elected to the National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa and served as a Member of Parliament from 1994-1996 … Texas, USA. In 1998, the Medical…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… between NUMSA (the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa) leadership and VW management in 1998 to ensure that … and the Trajectory of COSATU in Post…
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… and World AIDS Day. The campaign began in 1998 in South Africa as one of the intervention strategies towards creating …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014
… of the first democratically elected president of South Africa through his childhood in rural Transkei, the beginings …
Conclusion: Treks & Land conflicts 1600s - 1800s
… oil and diamonds cause war and destruction, especially in Africa and the Middle East. …