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EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… Movement, and non-governmental organisations in South Africa, the Bloemfontein Appeal Court commuted James Mange's …
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
… April 1960, about 1,575 people were detained under South Africa's state of emergency that was declared by the South … Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day in Africa…
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9. …
BiographyMoses Mphahlele
… A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 ”“ 1964. …
BiographyAaron Mahlangu
Born in 1914 Mahlangu was a trade unionist. As a domestic worker, Mahlangu took part in the 1942 anti-pass campaign and was sacked. Later he was again…
ArchiveVasterviks Kommun mot apartheid
… of an African with a spear and a shield on a map of Africa. Notice of a concert to support the ANC in Sweden. …
EventSADF Gaborone raid kills 4
… who were in hiding in Gaborone, Botswana, the South Africa Defence Force (SADF) killed four innocent people. …
ArchiveLetter from Stephen Chesine to Oliver Tambo
… suggestions for new constitutional arrangements for South Africa. Includes copies of letters from Buckingham Palace and …
Archive2013 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2013
… Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament … inequality and unemployment. It is a roadmap to…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
… enroll in the Transvaal Scottish, served in the South West Africa Campaign, was awarded a Military Cross for his heroic … of Union Castle Lines, to transport…
Died in the struggle
… and a list of famous Black political leaders in South Africa, issued by the Black Peoples Convention and the South …
Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… June, 1989, is a shocking insult to the people of South Africa. The idea that our people should fold their arms and … are genuinely interested in the…
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
… June, 1989, is a shocking insult to the people of South Africa. The idea that our people should fold their arms and … are genuinely interested in the…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
… A press release from the Poetry Africa festival, which ended in Durban last night, touted the … reference to his inclusion on this year’s Poetry Africa bill…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… recognised organ of Marxist-Leninist thought in Africa. Its pages contain a rich storehouse of Marxist … forever be inscribed in the history of our country,…
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
… to be citizens of a “homeland” and not a citizen of South Africa. Apartheid, the reviled and tortured political system, … They were the labour reservoirs of…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… QUESTION 1: HOW WAS AFRIKANER NATIONALISM PROMOTED IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE 1930s TO 1940s? Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C … its 1902 defeat to undisputed …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… was affecting the lives of everybody living in Southern Africa. By the 1920s, one or more members of nearly every … with those of Natal and the Cap to form…
ArchivePersonal Message to H. E. R. F. Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information from Under Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger
… of Foreign Affairs regarding the situation in southern Africa and urging discussions on key political and military …
ArchiveProposed legal conference
… Richard Dworkin's proposal of a conference about South Africa and the idea of legality or rule under law. …
ArchiveRemember all our women in campaigns
… by the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, London. …
ArchiveThe Basotho Origin of Mathematics - A Public Lecture By Zulumathabo Zulu
… The popular myth in South Africa is that the African natives were devoid of …
EventZola Budd and Annette Cowley are banned from the Commonwealth Games
… sanctions against the apartheid government of South Africa. …
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… the Soweto uprising took place that caused uproar in South Africa and abroad, where it became the most talked about …
EventMbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… ministers. Source: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1618194,00.html …
EventLegal action against election results
… during the second election of a democratic South Africa under ANC government. However, President Nelson …
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… prophecy by leading a rebellion against the Union of South Africa, which was formed after the defeat of Boer Republics …
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… was necessary for the success of communism in South Africa. He is the father of Alex La Guma, one of the 156 …
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… when whites were moving towards forming a Union of South Africa within which blacks had such limited rights. Indian … 1904 its aims had simply been to…
ArchiveANC Call to the Nation: the future is within our grasp!
… Congress. Call to the nation saying that change in South Africa is moving at a rapid pace and that intensified …