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EventNelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.
… Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. The couple were re-united in 1990 after … While Madikizela-Mandela never remarried,…
EventThe DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast
… On 24 September 1980 the Director General of Transport, Mr. … and salvage tugs. Eksteen said: “My Department is working on legislation to create an area of…
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… the successful conclusion of Anglo-South African talks on aspects of the Simonstown naval agreement for the defence … base and Naval Dockyard were handed…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education
… Turning Point 2 focuses on the imposition of colonialism and explores its impact on African societies. Colonialism is often viewed as an …
EventKwame Nkrumah, the first President of independent Ghana escapes 5th assassination attempt
… On 2 January 1964, Kwame Nkrumah, first Ghanaian President … were jailed. Just months after he was re-elected, on 24 February 1966, he was deposed as…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at funeral in Maseru, 05 December 1982
… the people of South Africa, and the peoples of the world. On behalf of the African National Congress, and of all its leaders in South Africa and its jails,…
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
… activist, feminist and educationist from early on in her life.As with so many left-wing personalities, … present-day Daan Viljoen in 1955 made a lasting…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… the illicit dealers who were opposed to the JCCs monopoly on the sale of Kaffir beer. Within the JCC there was considerable opposition to municipal monopoly…
Testimony of the Delegation of the South African Native National Congress, Ermelo, before the Eastern Transvaal Land Committee,January 8, 1918
… is that there has been no land set apart for natives on the highveld. Joseph Hlubi. I am a Swazi and … What we object to is that a native and his family…
63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… forces in this country which we fear will, as times go on, make our position worse than it is. You know that for … has been in existence and like its…
36. The fault of Indian immigrants is their poverty and their skin
… Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Indian Opinion reflected on the way in which the 1903 Immigration Restriction Act … or newspaper style. Speaking of the complaints…
Early Beginnings
… appeal by the time this reaches you. I hope to see S.P.B. on his return to England and get acquainted with the final … class. We have got to put forward…
Document 49 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: Introduction (Minority) (1934)
… development of Capitalism in South Africa, that one side, on the side of the ruling class we find the most modern and … the highest form of concentrated…
59. The South African Federation challenges Congress over the settlement
… and Bridglal Pachai A convention was held in Johannesburg on 28-30 December 1928, at which the South African Federation … all parts of South Africa for the…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… the newspaper grew to acquire an international reputation. On the front page of its initial publication, the Muslim … issue [Muslim News] was published by…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… and the creation of a united democratic South Africa on the principles outlined in the Freedom Charter. To support … branch or provincial secretary, as the…
PlaceZimbabwe
… settlement was organised so that the royalty would live on top of the Hill in a enclosure separated from the rest of … of Zimbabwe's early stone walled…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… land in Nyae Nyae. Today they have hardly any land on which to hunt and gather. Although modern hunter-gatherers …
ArticleThe New Group
… at the group's first exhibition, which was held on 4 May 1938 in Cape Town. Works valued at R400.00 were sold …
ArticleWages Commission
… and volunteered their services. The students were acting on the advice of Durban activist academic Rick Turner, who …
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… developed by our ancestors. They didn't have to rely on the availability of wild animals or plants any longer but …
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… 1 300 auto workers were dismissed by Volkswagen on 3 February 2000 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, for not returning to work after going out on an unprocedural…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… 63, denied the charges when the trial began in the city on Monday. He was one of the country's most popular … but has not yet been named. The trial is to…
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… Europeans landed, that was Bartholomew Diaz and his crew, on 3 February 1488. Here they found a spring with which, to … occupied the territory more recently…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… system. When the Arab Khartoum Government reneged on its promises, a mutiny began that led to two prolonged … secessionist referendum that began in Southern…
PlaceBo-Kaap, Cape Town
… PROVIDED IN FURTHER READING) Cape Town is a city built on layers of history and landscape. Beyond its iconic … for neighbours to meet. Over time the…
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 On 10 December 1996, the signatures on the country's new and final Constitution fixed a milestone ……
Document 83 “Native Bourgeoisie as a Class”, Umsebenzi, 16 February 1935
… naive and sarcastic criticism of an article which appeared on January 26, entitled "What the A.C.C. Means." The latter … crisis and thus makes all attempts…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot
… in 1962, there were some conditions that were imposed on the Independent State's administration. The British had … in Singapore, Idi Amin staged a coup and…
A Helots’ Bill of Rights
… At present the capitalist class has got the chief hold on the minds and even sympathies of the native masses, or at … demands and prove themselves worthy of…