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EventThe DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast
… Eksteen outlined plans for a marine line along the South African coast, similar to the United States coastguard but …
EventGeorge Pauling, builder of railway lines in SA, dies
… Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and other Southern and Central African countries. He came to South Africa at the age of 20. …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education
… the imposition of colonialism and explores its impact on African societies. Colonialism is often viewed as an …
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by RIXAKA, January 1985
… the struggle. Question: We have this situation where South African artists who are by no means apologists for the … our struggle, we give all the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Rixaka, 05 January 1985
… struggle. Question : We have this situation where South African artists who are by no means apologists for the … our struggle, we give all the encouragement…
South Africa’s armed struggle: where the ANC’s ineptitude was a virtue by Howard Barrell (The Conversation), 10 July 2016, University of Pretoria
… Whatever the virtues of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) – we are assured it still has … is a snippet from his account of the night…
A Farewell To Madiba! National Assembly, Cape Town, March 26,1999.
… the road of our heroes and heroines. For centuries our own African sky has been dark with suffering and foreboding. But … we have never surrendered, for…
Free Nelson Mandela - Margaret Thatcher
… in response, being accused of preferring British jobs to African lives, of being concerned with pennies rather than … secure Commonwealth backing for…
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
… (Fifa) reinstated on 3 July 1992. In 1956, the South African government introduced its first racist policy on … 1955 a Fifa emergency committee had ruled…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… of South Africa’s democracy and formed part of the African National Congress’s constitutional committee, which … after having been diagnosed with cancer.[ix]…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… one of the founder members of the Federation of South African Women the following year. She was one of the … League secretary to represent the Federation of…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… Alliance. The official COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) press release read: COSATU General … press release quoted in: Ndandani, WM. “Sacked…
ArchiveAppendix 5.1 The First Anniversary of the Declaration of the State of Palestine by Denis Goldberg
… the Zionist State of Israel and the Apartheid South African State. The facts of that alliance in the fields of … have been well documented by Abdul Minty …
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… this country demand so. Yesterday it was the turn of the African, today it is the turn of the Indian, tomorrow it will … struggle, to assure us that other…
Circular Letter To Trade Unions, Progressive Organisations, Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946
… this country demand so. Yesterday it was the turn of the African, today it is the turn of the Indian, tomorrow it will … struggle, to assure us that other…
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
… defects weakened the foundations of the modern South African state that were laid in the great upheaval at the … citizens, is: Let us join hands and build a…
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… political terrain resulting from the banning of the African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress also … politics, academics and the education arena;…
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
… but Mandela became increasingly interested in native African culture, making his first non-Xhosa friend, a Sotho … War broke out. Although having friends…
Document 69 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937
… W.P.S.A. C.T. Branch. Dear Comrade, The strike of the African Metal Workers Union has been defeated with … 3) Natives scabbing through the general in…
A Helots’ Bill of Rights
… South African Communist Party Documents. 1923 A Helots’ Bill of … Tweedie . Every intelligent worker, whether of European or African descent, must associate…
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… Apartheid. The World Council of Churches (WCC), South African Council of Churches (SACC), Black Sash and other … Minister Kobie Coetsee. Pressure was…
PlaceUNISA’s Department of Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology
… while pushing boundaries of what is possible. The South African painter, Walter Battiss is one outstanding alumni of … and practice. "UNISA is the largest…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… at its worst, ESKOM had 848 skilled vacancies. Two skills areas were of particular importance; maintenance planning and … climate change. Renewable energy…
Establishment of Food Committee
… the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the South African economy was very weak.Unemployment and food shortages … of women’s struggle in South…
EventPolice constable is buried alive at Ackerville cemetery near Witbank
… in the political struggle. The killers of 150 South African police officers received amnesty. Mandlazi Solomon …
WhatsYourHeritage
… is also committed to making the university an inclusive African university, accessible to all. For more information …
ArchiveThe rehabilitation scheme: a new fraud
… they claim, was due to overstocking and therefore the African people should reduce the numbers of their cattle. The …
PlaceSmuts Hall, University of Cape Town
… of this hall was Mark Shuttleworth, who was also the first African in space. "The first thing that you will notice about …
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
… was brought about by a combination of pressure from some African states, demonstrations and disruption of rugby and … Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… back in school when he was awarded a bursary by the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) to study at … South African History Online, Michael…