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PlaceRiverside Mosque and Mausoleum, Umgeni, Durban
… Africa in 1895. He was responsible for the construction of 11 other mosques, the establishment of 13 Madrassas and … Saheb arrived in Durban in 1895 he…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of the Witwatersrand on 2 April 1987. Kuzwayo was born into a … to force the Apartheid government…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… This period began with the intensification of the anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of … and fined £100. 7 April, The Unlawful Organisations…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 6
… in which a European man avowed that he would marry a Native woman with whom he had been living for more than twenty years; He stated that the land owned by…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… The 1960s witnessed the banning of both the ANC and the PAC in the aftermath of the … the United Kingdom). 7 April, The Unlawful Organisations Act No. 34…
ArticlePoverty and development
… One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the apartheid years, black women were forced into the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… (ordinance or statute) restricting the importation of Asian slaves is promulgated. Dlamini chiefdoms move south from Delagoa Bay and settle on land north of…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976 . The apartheid era ended in 1994, and people hoped … delivery of services such as houses, water…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Debates and Relations with Other Organizations
… as strengthening his claim of rightful possession of this land by reason of his conquest. Besides, to say that … on the ground of colour or race. The Union…
ArticlePoqo
… sabotage campaign. Unlike other resistance organisations of the time, such as uMkhonto we Sizwe , Poqo made no effort … B. J. Vorster , enforced the 1964…
Support our People until Power is Restored to Them - Statement at the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 26 October 1976
… For the first time in the history of the United Nations, a representative of the majority of … I recall that two years ago the highly commendable act of…
Albert Luthuli`s speech to ceremony for presenting him the Christopher Gell Memorial Award, 21 October 1961, Port Elizabeth
… I am deeply grateful to the members of the Christopher Gell Memorial Award Committee for giving … He flayed the havoc brought by the Group Areas Act and its…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… History of Cato Manor Cato Manor was established in Natal (now … first Mayor, George Christopher Cato . In 1843 the land which later became Cato Manor was…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… to show why those who formed the Workers Party placed the land question at the top of their demands. Perhaps it came … [10] Burlak, who drafted the document …
Chapter XIII - Journey to the banished
… chosen to invoke the power of banishment under the 1927 Native Administration Act, passed thirty years ago. This empowered the Governor … lives, to bring up…
The Cape Northern Frontier
… The Dutch farmers moved further north to colonise more land to cultivate in order to meet the requirements of the service post set up by the Dutch East India…
EventBeauclerk Upington dies
… Upington, advocate, politician, yachtsman and president of the South African Football (Soccer) Association (1913-22), died in Cape Town under impoverished…
Message by Albert Luthuli, 1 May 1955
… "Prepare for congress of the people" On June 25 and 26, only five weeks from now, … dark and great uncertainty has set in everywhere in the land. No one is…
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… prepares to assemble for its new session, the people of South Africa face the grim prospect of more fascist … implementation of the Nazi ghetto law – the…
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after Durban’s first mayor, George … the area was declared a white zone…
Message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union by O. R. Tambo, July 1974
… On behalf of the National Executive Committee and all members of the African National Congress of South Africa, I convey warm greetings and profound ……
Statement by Nzo Mnumzana in the plenary meeting of the General Assembly, 20 November 1984
… In the name of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress of South Africa and on behalf of the struggling people of … Statement by Nzo…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… religious and secular sites that declare or are expressive of the values or ethos of the people who built them. These sites also allow us a … The experience…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… Thirty years ago in 1977 the beast of Apartheid snuffed out the life of one of the greatest thinkers in the liberation pantheon of South … The Little…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE FUNERAL OF JOE SLOVO Johannesburg, 15 January 1995
… Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, Ministers, leaders of the Tri-partite Alliance; Dear comrades; Fellow South Africans; We are assembled to mourn the passing of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising, 16 June 1986
… On June 16, 1976, as we all know, the children of Soweto, Mamelodi, Gugulethu and other areas rose united in … unprecedented in its nature and scale. On the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 5th National Congress of COSATU 7 September 1994
… Gomomo, Comrade General-Secretary Sam Shilowa, Members of Central Executive Committee, Distinguished delegates, Dear … invitation to take part at this, the…
David Goldblatt: In the time of AIDS by Galeria Elba Benitez, 31 March 2009, Madrid
… galería elba benítez the artist presents his “In the time of AIDS” suite, which features medium sized colour photographs. The carefully chosen selection of…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… this year, took place against a favourable backdrop of positive developments towards independence for Namibia, and chances of a durable peace in the People's…
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… In 2001, the ANC National Working Committee (NWC), of which I was a member, issued the seminal document, “Through the eye of a needle? Choosing the best…