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… The Lowveld Massacre We would like to thank the leadership of the Province, the Region as well as the Branches for allowing us to address a lecture on the 25 years commemorating the … in March 1986. We non there less need to go a little back, centuries back to fully understand what Madiba meant …

… the dock, at his 1962 trial for inciting African workers to strike and leaving the country without a passport, Nelson … a boy brought up in my village in the Transkei, I listened to the elders of the tribe telling stories about the good old …

… along the Indian Ocean . The need for a reliable Harbour to service the Frontier Region of the Eastern Cape began to surface during the 1830's. This was when the British … "East London has a genuine sense of hospitality and laid back style of living. The inhabitants of East London will …

… people united with progressive forces across the world, to fight against an oppressive regime. As South Africans, … On this 99th anniversary of the ANC, we are proud to state boldly that whilst others may change their … entity for transformation of our country. We have not back-tracked, we have worked to achieve the goals of the …

… there is a demonstrable readiness on the Pretoria regime to engage in negotiations genuinely and seriously, could create the possibility to end apartheid through negotiations". We look back at this historic document which led us to 1990 and 1994 … ANC Department of political education. June 1990. The road to peace. Resource material on negotiations. ANC Negotiations …

… Trial and I certainly had no idea at all of the extent to which his imprisonment would come to influence my life. I am even unclear as to precisely when … the struggle of South Africa`s political prisoners firmly back on the campaigning agenda. The AAM Annual Report for …

… incarceration, even torture by the security police to extract information from helpless victims, was the order … We Sizwe sabotage continued and multiplied, always keeping to the policy of avoiding loss of life. Installations and … Surely it could not be possible for human beings to stand back and allow these laws to be passed, to operate with all …

… two distinct periods. The first covers the years 1979 to 1986 during which various political reforms were … target date for the national adoption of the EC was put back to 1987. However, the ECC was once again disrupted by … Association which, although rejecting a SRC call for a strike, provided other forms of assistance, including …

… the end of the 1970s. They had both dedicated their lives to the struggle for freedom, "sparing nothing of their … organiser. It was not this that endeared "Auntie Mary" to us; it was her courage, her compassion, her boundless love … Father Leo Rakale drove me in his car, very slowly, at the back of the procession. I did not know then that within three …

… of these pictures were published in a book called "An end to waiting". He has also done an essay on Working Women for …

… based on their skin color and treated them according to the White supremacist ideology of the Nationalist Party … of Nelson Mandela and maybe Desmond Tutu, both integral to the fight against apartheid, is about as knowledgeable … is another matter” (Lindfors 2002, 323). Rive claimed that back then, just as now, writers had to get published to …

… disgraceful and so distasteful, that we would prefer not to write about it at all. When an event which should be of first-class importance turns out to be not only a failure but a farce, it is usual to think … accordingly. This All-Bantu Convention by its failure is bound to make him think and learn in this direction. This and …

… Location: back to this day in history search archive On 22 July 1994, … was characterised by mostly good governance, he failed to address the endemic corruption in the Gabonese army and … Senegal, Jawara enjoyed their support for most of his rule to the extent that they suppressed an attempted military coup …

… fashioned German hamlet, but a closer inspection showed it to be a decidedly dirty and unimpressive little place'. He came through Heidelburg, (his spelling) back in 1877 and was not very impressed with the place. I am …

… military training in Maputo, Mozambique and was sent back home as an underground African National Congress (ANC) … Iggy had no knowledge of this. Harden handed Iggy over to the security police at a restaurant in Hillbrow , … in January 1987. His whereabouts are still unknown to this day. Mthebule’s story is remembered in an interview …

… by local farmers. In 1918 the name was officially changed to Theronsville, but the original name stuck and was … which was built by the Missions. The town's history dates back to 1875, when a mission station was built and named, …

… who would help out wherever he could. He would be as ready to help hang up the washing as he was when a comrade needed to be hidden from the apartheid secret police. His defining … in 1989, Anton was instructed to return to South Africa. Back in South Africa, his mission was to set up new military …

… the Durban strikes of 1973, was formed in 1979 and aimed to build democratically organised, worker-controlled and … and adopted as Fosatu policy, was a direct challenge to the claims of the ANC and SACP to represent the nation as … can play in this struggle. That worker resistance such as strike action helps build worker organisation but by itself …

… our background. When this case started, Counsel tried to show that this Court had no jurisdiction to try us. What they had to say was of a technical and legal … by waging battle. When some of my country’s soldiers came back I foresaw the trouble there would be for S.W.A.P.O., my …

… as "wasted years". New forces converged with old ones. How to reconcile the class with the national struggle remained … Communist, FIOSA, Greyshirts - finally drifted back to the National Party in 1937 - facts about Lopes which … contemporaries who felt that he was not even trying to strike a balance between his personal commitments to his …

… having first taken a step away from war, may be edging back toward the precipice. Sudan is walking a fine line between war and peace, with an agreement possible to end what is now Africa's longest-running conflict. "Civil … wars in Burundi and even Congo may be a little closer to resolution than they were a year ago. Sierra Leone seems …

… the nature of housing and shows how it was related to the labour needs of the employers on the Rand. Housing in … was fairly easily overcome—it was not difficult to build another hut if the family got bigger. With more … at their places of work. Domestic workers lived in the back yards of the houses they cleaned; cooks, waiters and …

… countries, including the United Kingdom, will continue to act in their various ways to help bring about genuine change in South Africa. The real … means to bring about change, we were expected to sit back and wait on the magnanimity of our rulers to take pity …

… countries, including the United Kingdom, will continue to act in their various ways to help bring about genuine change in South Africa. The real … means to bring about change, we were expected to sit back and wait on the magnanimity of our rulers to take pity …

… Africa and as Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement to extend to you our sincere congratulations on your election to the … I will continue to hope that Africa's Renaissance will strike deep roots and blossom forever, without regard to the …

… Thank you very much for making it possible for me to be part of the closing session of this important … stay in our country and would take memorable experiences back home. I am confident that the deliberations that have … and the outcome of this meeting, would assist all of us to make the necessary progress in improving the quality of …

… from whose life we must draw inspiration as we prepare to mark Freedom Day. The life of Comrade Chris was a life given to the struggle for liberation not as an accident of history … education for all our people. Socialism is about rolling back the tyranny of the market. As long as the economy is …

… the experience of apartheid would be narrated for decades to come. When he died in New York, just less than 25 years … some 60,000 negatives apparently discovered in its vaults to the family of the late South African photographer Ernest … and also the fact that the Cole never fed photographs back to the Ford Foundation, the received wisdom has long …

… as serfs in the Colony. The Dutch had then settled down to an isolated feudal existence at the Cape. The taking over … policy that dictated the course of events relative both to the Africans and the Dutch; at all times the initiative … forces routed the marauding Dutch and chased them right back as far as George, where the English soldiers came to …