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ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… election which was to be decided by the white population of the country. A manifesto outlined how Apartheid would be … struggle and were implemented under…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson … for example to participate in the system of separate…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
… and the National Executive Committee; Chairpersons of MKMVA Provincial Committees; MKMVA stalwarts and veterans; … National Executive Committee to this…
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… Lensfield Road Cambridge England Dear Comrade Your letter of the 5th January has been received last night … didn’t, still we are pleased to see that you…
66. G.M. Naicker: We will not colloborate
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the Government passed the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian…
66. G. M. Naicker: we will not collaborate
… the Government passed the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act (referred to as the 'Ghetto' Act in the next document). … a defiant spirit. He…
PlaceCyphergat Station
… The village of Cyphergat was the headquarters of the Cyphergat Coal Mining Co (Ltd). The railway line … by Historians, that De Beers issued compound tokens…
Chapter 4
… Why the "Compromise"? What is the explanation of the wholesale reversal on the part of the leaders? It is … have paid dearly for these mistakes and it would…
Speech by President Mandela on receiving an honorary doctoral degree from the University of South Australia at a graduation ceremony at Fort Hare University University of Fort Hare, 23 April 1998
… receiving an honorary doctoral degree from the University of South Australia at a graduation ceremony at Fort Hare University University of Fort Hare, 23…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
… 1935 1 Another year has just closed, but the lapse of time really never ends, it is but the year that ends. The … 1902, was violently disrupted in 1910 by…
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
… agreed after three hours' tense debate on the principle of uniting the two bodies. Their executive committees were … referred to its policy of the boycott of…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… population in the Western Cape make up the highest number of workers in South Africa in the fruit and wine industry. In … in the Western Cape belonged to a…
Say It out Loud - The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913
… 1913 Presidential address by Dr. A Abdurahman, President of the African Political Organization (APO), Kimberley , 29 … and a chorus of hosannahs, wildly…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important to understand that the focus of THIS section is…
BiographyJan Smiesing
… was written by Joline Young for SAHO The school Outside of the Slave Lodge, under a tree in Spin Street, enslaved … by the actions it witnesses as much as by…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Congress Youth League Activities
… league manifesto," Issued by the Provisional Committee of the Congress Youth League, March 1944. Preamble WHEREAS … on him from above and elects to develop…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… as the non racial political party, IFP. The headquarters of the IFP were in Ulundi, the former capital of the … would be run by an assembly elected by…
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
… demonstrated the party's opposition to any domination of any kind. However the ANC rejected the proposal on the … parties irrespective of the proportion of…
ArticleWomens Rights
… It was not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal … NO ( read the judgment ) Section 44 of the Insurance…
Tribute to President Reginald Oliver Tambo by ANC Treasurer General Dr Mathews Phosa on the occassion of the OR Tambo Lecture, 27 October 2011, Kimberly, Northern Cape Province
… Programme Director Leadership of the Organisation of Cde. Oliver Tambo and the Alliance Business Community … apartheid laws, including, but not limited to,…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… The exploitation of workers was a feature of life in South Africa for decades. Apartheid thrived on … is not expressly included. However, the Labour…
Message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union by O. R. Tambo, July 1974
… On behalf of the National Executive Committee and all members of the African National Congress of South Africa, I convey warm greetings and profound ……
Address at the Welcome Ceremony of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 25 August 2002
… Friends, Peoples of the World: On behalf of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Honourable Kofi Annan, the … Address at the Welcome Ceremony of…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke THE COMING of the missionaries to Southern Africa at the end of the 18th century…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… neglected the existence, evolution, and activities of the early labour movement in general and the radical … Jones and Katz, 1 have attempted to improve our…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the National Council of Provinces Cape Town, 7 August 1998
… Premier and MECs; Honourable delegates and representatives of local government; Ladies and gentlemen, One of the signs of the maturing of our democracy is…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… religious and secular sites that declare or are expressive of the values or ethos of the people who built them. These sites also allow us a … The experience…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… Thirty years ago in 1977 the beast of Apartheid snuffed out the life of one of the greatest thinkers in the liberation pantheon of South … The Little…
”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
… My dear Mandela, Now to the discussion on the question of organisation, which is every day assuming greater … me state from the outset that I do not support…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE FUNERAL OF JOE SLOVO Johannesburg, 15 January 1995
… Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, Ministers, leaders of the Tri-partite Alliance; Dear comrades; Fellow South Africans; We are assembled to mourn the passing of…