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PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
… City is situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies at the mouth of the Buffalo River along the … , were recruited for service as soldier…
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… Side by Side by Helen Joseph Soon after my return to South Africa in 1955, I had a brief personal link with the Black … coloured vote was entrenched in the…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… of African women in Igbo, Nigeria, and ultimately all of Africa. In each of her writings, Emecheta laments as well as … and men. Emecheta shows her audiences…
UCT Summer School 2020
… 3. Making an Atlantic world 4. Africa and the Indian Ocean world 5. The Great … early nineteenth century sociocultural…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… that supported the economic system of White South Africa and exploited Black workers, and opposition to …
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… Education Trust (2004). The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1960-1970. Zebra publishers. pg. 357. Vassen, R. …
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… enormous contribution to the liberation struggle in South Africa is without dispute. He has been lauded as one of the … Available at: anc.org.za [Accessed 6…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… were UDF affiliates and sought not only to liberate South Africa as a nation, but also liberate its women. The role …
EventOne-fifth of SA’s military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… It was announced that at least one-fifth of South Africa's military was infected with the HIV virus that causes …
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… into the causes of his death. Even close allies of South Africa, Britain and the United States of America, expressed …
BiographyWilliam Cock
… sailed back to Cape Town. William Cock’s return to South Africa was a busy period of financial activity, first in Cape …
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
… celebrate its anniversary as a legal organization in South Africa. The event brought together some members of the party … 'The ANC's Early Years, Nation,…
EventThe Rand Revolt breaks out
… I was followed by a global depression that affected South Africa as well. Soon after the war, in 1918 and 1919, Black … Giliomee, H and Mbenga, B. (2007) New…
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
… and 1927. The delegations comprised of intellectuals from Africa, the West Indies, and the United States. As Du Bois …
Community histories of Rustenburg
… the Reformed Church in the Transvaal and later on in South Africa had been associated with Van der Hoff and Rustenburg. … anniversary of the arrival of…
BiographyAlfred Toto Metele
Alfred Toto Metele was born to farmworker parents,in the farming area of Qumhra, Eastern Cape. He attended school at Mooiplaas, outside East London, where he…
We are a Force - Speech at Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College by O. R. Tambo, Mazimbu, Tanzania, May 1984
… about in freedom or imprisoned in some cells somewhere in Africa. It doesn't rest with us. I'm struck here by the … vast population of young people who came…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… to Bernard Magubane in The Road to Democracy in South Africa, “the ANC’s institutional commitment to non-violence … “although never completely, ceased to…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… I opened my eyes to politics, I came across this slogan "Africa for the Africans". Then "Africa for the Africans, Africans for the World" was the … whether…
PlaceTsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape
… '. This region is found in the Southern Cape of South Africa. The Park incorporates 80 km of rocky coastline with … Protected Areas in the world, conserving…
Who was Khwezi? Here’s what we learnt during the Zuma rape trial by TMG Digital (Sowetan) ,10 October 2016
… Swaziland‚ Tanzania‚ Britain‚ the Netherlands and South Africa. Her life was a fractured existence punctuated by … According to her court testimony‚ she came…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Glossary
… political organisations have used it to refer to South Africa. Here you can see that in its original usage it refers to the coast of East Africa between…
ArchiveA History of Botsotso by Allan Horwitz
… collage of poetic identities to reflect the changing South Africa and dramatized poems so as to reach a wider audience … varied cultures and life experiences…
Arthur Chaskalson: 24 November 1931 - 1 December 2012 by Jeremy Gauntlett, 4 December 2012
… institutions concerned with justice both in South Africa and across the world. Chaskalson's professional life … of the General Council of the Bar, he led…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… as a particularly important period in this respect. South Africa experienced an economic boom during World War 2 (1939- … and labour-saving techniques. By…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma, at the Funeral Service of Advocate Mvuseni Edward Ngubane, at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 18 May 2012
… Mogoeng Mogoeng; Heads of various courts in South Africa; National President of the Black Lawyers Association … served two terms as Co-Chair of the Law…
Pravin Gordhan on a leash by Daniel Silke (Politics Web), 16 May 2016
… so well into this scenario. With rumours swirling, South Africa is being treated to an unedifying public spectacle of … effects on domestic and global…
Document 28 - Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… on Freedom of Association concerning the Republic of South Africa (International Labour Office Geneva, 1992) accepted … on all social and economic matters…
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
… end of B. J. Voster 's term as State President of South Africa. In an attempt to deflect attention from his role in … and the Bureau of State Security (BOSS)…
EventSA rugby team plays and wins the first test match against Ireland
… On 30 May 1981, South Africa played its first rugby test match against Ireland at … was the first black player to start a test match in South Africa during…