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ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
Turning points in modern South African History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… Nonetheless, the defeat proved to be just one chapter in a saga that would continue until the fall of …
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… movement, and indeed, his passing on closes an important chapter in the struggle for freedom and democracy in our …
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… and social upheaval (see Gaitskell, 1983: 249). This chapter looks first, briefly, at African women's response to … for group prayer on Thursday. As already…
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner There were such a lot of things happening at that time, and some very good…
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… Subsequent demands of clandestinity closed this chapter on open membership inside the country both for the …
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
March 20, 1602 marked the beginning of the inexorable end for many a state in the then known world. On that day, four hundred years ago, a group of Dutch…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The African National Congress, the S.A. Indian…
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… which should not only urge the Security Council to invoke Chapter VII of the Charter against the Pretoria regime, but …
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre, when police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 93th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2005
Umtata, 8 January 2005 Compatriots and comrades, On the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of the African National Congress, January 8th 2005, we extend…
From retirement to parliament
(Including 'The Atlantic Charterfrom the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa' and 'Bill of Rights,' adopted by the ANC Annual Conference.)…
PlaceKliptown Museum
The story the Kliptown Open Air Museum tells of the thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom Charter through photographs, news…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
1892 16 March, James Sebe Moroka is born in Thaba Nchu., Bophuthatswana in the Free State province. 1909 Moroka completes his primary school education,…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… had lobbied for during the negotiation process. [xxi] Chapter 11 of the Constitution of South Africa recognizes the …
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… a new state of grace and serenity in the novel’s closing chapter. J. M. Coetzee’s controversial novel Disgrace …
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town, 12 February 2015
… Legislatures, Chairperson of SALGA, The Heads of Chapter 9 Institutions, Chairperson of the National House of …
Archive2015 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 12 February 2015
… Legislatures, Chairperson of SALGA, The Heads of Chapter 9 Institutions, Chairperson of the National House of …
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 at the Boksburg-Benoni Hospital. He grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His parents,…
ArchiveT B Davie memorial lecture : Raymond Suttner
White poster with black lettering. Photo of Raymond Suttner. Regarding The Freedom Charter. The People's Charter in the 1980's. Lecture at Jameson Hall on…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely with the SACP, putting behind the antagonistic relationship between the two parties in…
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
Context As the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), founded in 1963, was established as a loose association of African states with limited mechanisms for…
ArchiveJune 27 Freedom Day Rally
37th Anniversary of The Freedom Charter Rally. Black, green and yellow striped poster. Rally on 27th June 1992. Venue - Kliptown Market Place (Historical site …
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… since 1945 . Johannesburg: Ravan Press. See particularly chapter 6: ‘Women's protest movements in the 1950s'. Musiker …
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
SAYCO was regarded as the most significant youth organization to emerge during the 1980s. Initiated by COSAS, it focused on organizing the non-student youth,…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
Background to the formation of the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) The emergence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the adoption…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
The Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held its opening conference on 20th December 1951. Led by I. B. Tabata, SOYA was closely linked to the Non European Unity…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… This and all other government reports mentioned in this chapter are listed in the Bibliography under Republic of …
EventDay of the African Child
The 16th of June is commemorated each year as the Day of the African Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 June 1991 to honour those who had laid down…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… according to Hindu or Moslem religious rites (see chapter 6). Protests by African women in Natal in the late … of economic and social change, is a basic…