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Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
The evidence that Stephen Ellis refers to about Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party is pretty definitive. It is based upon recollections of party…
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Indian Congress was formed in…
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
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There had long been a feeling among some,…
Early Beginnings
British Association for the Advancement of Science RECEPTION ROOM UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW 5 September 1928 General Secretary C.P.S.A. [Communist Party of South…
PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
East London, (Afrikaans-'Oos-Londen'), is a Port City is situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies at the mouth of the Buffalo River along…
Insurrections: The Storming
September 2015, District Six Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Performance Curated by: Sumangala Damodaran, Tina Schouw and Ari Sitas Performance Visual: Piya…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
September 2015, District Six Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Performance Curated by: Sumangala Damodaran, Tina Schouw and Ari Sitas Performance Visual: Piya…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
Introduction During the late 1970s and early 1980s the issue of drawing up a Workers’ Charter became a leading item on the agenda of the South African labour…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
Between the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation struggle. However, some of these events were carried out…
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
At a farewell meeting of the Tamil community in Johannesburg on July 15, 1914, Gandhi said that the Tamils bore the brunt of the satyagraha struggle and that…
PlaceCape Peninsula University of Technology
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology was established on 1 January 2005, when the Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon merged. This merger was part of…
PlaceNelson Mandela Museum, Mthatha
A Quote from Facebook: "Then Nelson Mandela Museum is celebrating Youth Day in style attending National Youth Day Careers & Opportunities Expo held at Peter…
PlaceThe Space Theatre
In 1970 Brian Astbury, a Professional Photographer, was hired to take rehearsal photos of Athol Fugard, Yvonne Bryceland, Val Donal and Wilson Dunster who were…
PlaceUpington, Northern Cape
Upington is the chief City in the Northern Cape Region, of South Africa. It was formed by uniting Christian Schroder's 1871 Mission Station, 'Olyvenhoutsdrift'…
PlaceGrassy Park, Cape Town
Grassy Park is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town set on the Cape flats, just east of the M5 and the Princess Vlei, and closest to the suburbs of Ottery…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source Essay Question: To what…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 106th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 13 January 2018
Fellow South Africans, The African National Congress turns 106 years this year. We are in the Eastern Cape, the home of legends. As the newly elected…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
It took nearly two years of formal talks to remove the obstacles in the path of multi-party negotiations. However, it was not until nearly ten months after…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
On June 13, 1996, President Nelson Mandela inaugurated a year-long observance of the 1946 Indian passive resistance in South Africa. Speaking at the University…
Chapter 3 - THE MOROGORO AFTERMATH
From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The end of the 1960s was another important phase in the history of the exiled liberation movement…
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
Anti-dangerous work. This organisation happened in the context of people living in their racial or cultural ghettos, with their own experiences, histories and…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
Please note that this information was part of our old 'history classroom content' written in 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new…
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
Queenstown was founded in 1853. It was intended to be a Military Outpost designed to protect the British subjects from attack during the time of the Frontier…
PlaceUmdoni Municipality
Umdoni Local Municipality is located under the Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. It is made up of 10 wards, most of which are rural…
PlaceValdezia Mission Station, Soutpansberg District
Situated in the Soutpansberg District to the south-east of Louis Trichardt is Valdezia Mission Station, an establishment that has come to represent a portion…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
The settlement was founded in 1884 by Scottish railwayman James Douglas Logan, who recognised the area’s potential as a stop along the expanding railway line…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 12 January 1982
Mobilise the world for sanctions against Apartheid We owe the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid a debt of deep gratitude for inviting me to…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
Mobilise the world for sanctions against apartheid! We owe the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid a debt of deep gratitude for inviting me to…
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
New introduction to thesis 2019 by David Hemson Hemson, David (1979) Class consciousness and migrant workers: dock workers of Durban. PhD thesis, University…