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The widows of the reserves
… living conditions experienced by African women living in the reserves while their husbands are forced to work in cities, mines and farms and because of the…
Umberto Eco on the Merits of Studying History (and the Terrors of Losing It) by Charles Chu (The Polymath Project), 24 September 2017
… dipping various appendages into water, and allowing the limb to freeze. Once frozen, which testimony from a Japanese officer said “was determined after the …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Honoris Causa Degree Ceremony, at the Salón de Diputados, Old Congress, Santiago, Chile, 7 June 2005
… Rector of the Universidad de Chile, Luis Riveros, Prorector, Jorge … and honoured to receive this high accolade from one of the pre-eminent universities of…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at the University of Stellenbosch on 22 February 1971
… occasion. Adv. Vorster expounded in a most original way the responsibility of being a student. Discovering life is a personal responsibility as also the…
Extract from a speech at the conclusion of the Republic Festival on 31 May 1971 at Goodwood, Cape
… 0n this occasion the Prime Minister directed a special word to the youth of the Republic and pointed to the great … to our own people. Nothing, of course, is…
”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
… Street, Cape Town. 16th June, 1948 My dear Mandela, Now to the discussion on the question of organisation, which is every day assuming … you think we are…
The TRC: commissioning the past
… Notice of the conference held at Wits University from 11-14th June 1999. … The TRC: commissioning the past …
Press statement of ANC Deputy President, Nelson Mandela, on the Operation Vulindlela and the Indemnification of ANC members
… Press statement of ANC Deputy President, Nelson Mandela, on the Operation Vulindlela and the Indemnification of ANC members …
Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA
… Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA …
Letter from the African Metal Trades Union, Johannesburg, to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 21 February 1937
… Letter from the African Metal Trades Union, Johannesburg, to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 21 February 1937 …
Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936
… Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936 …
Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936 …
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda Kigali 19 October 2000
… Guests, Brothers and Sisters of Rwanda, We bring the greetings of the people of South Africa. The people of South Africa feel … be ignored either. We decided…
The strategy and tactics of the revolution and the role of the various national groups and the revolutionary forces in the revolution
… Annotated paper about the armed struggle, the enemy's strengths and weaknesses and the role of Coloured and Indian people. … The strategy and tactics of the…
46. The Gandhi-Smuts compromise explained
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Leuing Quinn and Thambi Naidoo, wrote from prison to the Transvaal Colonial Secretary, J. C…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… This topic investigates the ways in which the politics and culture of the Boer Republics clashed with the modernising thrust of the … The topic investigates…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… one Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943] Document 1 In spite many leading representatives of the Coloured and Malay people,…
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
… Lived off the environment The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. They mostly survived by hunting Gemsbok and … San hunter…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… The revolution in Cuba, culminating in Fidel Castro’s seizure of power on 1 January 1959, was from the beginning based on a non-racial ethos, and…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… Photography is not encouraged because I think it threatens the core of what this country is about. It’s a very powerful … want to look at. [1] Tambo’s voice…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… Introduction December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… In 1948 the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of apartheid. The African National Congress (ANC) … ANC and the early…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… ● Federation of South African Women The Defiance Campaign of 1952 would catapult the ANC Women’s League into a new era of action and … female leadership…
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners (the GRA, the Fellowship of True Afrikaners) was launched in Paarl, … The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of…
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… Introduction The South African War of 1899-1902 was essentially a 'White … power in South Africa but other populations groups like the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazis…
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… The rounding of the Cape and the establishment of the trade route to the Far East had far reaching consequences … Early struggles, contact and conflict in…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slaves. Instead many slaves’ attempts at …
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… During the 1960s most of Africa’s countries had gained independence … Namibia is made up of savannah, dry scrub land, as well as the Kalahari and the Namib…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… The Day Our Kids Lost Faith. 1976. © Bailey's African History Archives During the 1970s, and particularly in the late 1970s after the Soweto uprising of 1976…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… The South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) was formed in 1916 in response to a request from the British Imperial Government for an African labour…