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Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
The COSATU Executive Committee met on Friday, 24 May 1996 in its second ordinary meeting of the year. Below are some of the decisions taken by the Executive…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
Xenophobic violence against foreign nationals in South Africa has worsened. South Africa witnessed widespread xenophobic attacks since 1994 in provinces such…
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
Thirty-one years after being expelled, South Africa had its membership of the Football International Federation Association (Fifa) reinstated on 3 July 1992…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
Preface In the decade preceding the dramatic February 1990 unbanning of South Africa’s black liberatory movements, many hundreds of concerned South Africans…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C). In 1930 the University College was upgraded…
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
In 1979 the African National Congress launched an attempt to receive international recognition as the “sole legitimate representative of the people of South…
V - The Funeral
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa Thirteen Western nations sent diplomats to the funeral on 25 September. Police…
Lanseria International Airport, Roodepoort
Commercial and private planes can easily be spotted on the runway a few meters away from their open air viewing deck. It all began when In 1974 the dream…
PlaceOliver Tambo District Municipality
The OR Tambo District Municipality (ORTDM) occupies the Eastern Coastal portion of the Eastern Cape Province, bordered by KwaZulu-Natal and by the Eastern Cape…
Damon – The Malabar Slave (Historic Alleys)
Read this characterization of a Slave from Malabar (Walks & Sketches – Robert Semple) – He is in all respects the best of the household slaves. Without the…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
The formation of the Pan Africanist Congress’ (PAC) Africanist Task Force (ATF) preceded the formation of party’s military wing Poqo in February 1960. After…
Notes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
Preface I am hereby sharing some letters Ismail Mohamed wrote to me in 1980/81/87. But first I give a snapshot of his life, achievement and involvement in…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
The school students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: 'We haven't…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
While the abolition of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory by abolitionists like Granville Scott and William Wilberforce,[i] for the…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
BackgroundWhat is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in the town of Olympia. As…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE HIGH COURT OF…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
Innate resilience in conjunction with unmatched passion forms a characteristic that proves to be unstoppable, yet the rarity of this combination stems from the…
33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 2 July 1897 Abdul Carim Haji Adam and others…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
This chapter is not about the general role of the South African Police (SAP) and the South African Government in KwaZulu-Natal; it is about their alleged…
PlaceDrakensberg Mountain Range, Lesotho
"Kahlamba" is an alternative name for the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountain range in South Africa.The range is more than 200 kilometres long and combines rugged…
Chapter 13 - The public participation process
It is therefore important that as we put our vision to the country, we should do so directly, knowing that people out there want to be part of the process and…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984Chapter 5 - The Freedom CharterThe Freedom Charter, a programme which still embraces many of the…
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
"Cape Town has just been voted as the top city in the world by the prestigious Time Out publication. And I fully agree with this, having just returned from my…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
Introduction Following British victory in the South African War, the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The Union…
Bloukrans Bridge Rest Camp, Southern Region
The Bloukrans Bridge is a stunning single span arched bridge, located in the Southern Cape region of South Africa. The bridge is one of three commissioned on…
PlaceMorgan Bay-Gxarha
The Eastern Cape Wild Coast runs along a rugged coast of untouched shorelines, Shipwrecks and traditional Xhosa Culture. From marine safari activities to local…
Burundi: A year later, still in crisis by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 05 May 2016, South Africa
This, according to Marie-Louise Baricako, a prominent gender activist from Burundi, is what life is like at the moment for that beleaguered country’s citizens…
EventBreyten Breytenbach was born on this day
Breyten Breytenbach was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 Jon Soske Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Department of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
9 July, The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) meets in Durban and appoints S.R. Naidoo as the SAIC's nominee to the Young Committee. Albert…