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"Strategy and Tactics" - Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
… taking place within an international context of transition to the Socialist system, of the breakdown of the colonial system as a result of national…
PlaceJohannesburg Art Gallery
… The Johannesburg Art Gallery was first commissioned to be built in 1910, and was initially housed on the campus … the wealthy northern suburbs of the city;…
Statement on naming of OR Tambo International Airport, 31 October 2006
… roles in the successful renaming of Johannesburg Airport to OR Tambo International Airport. The renaming process, … the period of public consultation, has…
EventEgyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland
… al-Sadat, with U.S. President Jimmy Carter signing as a witness. The treaty was denounced by other Arab states. Under the agreement, Israel agreed to return…
EventRenewal of land acquisition programme in Zimbabwe
… President Robert Mugabe renewed his pledge to persist with his government's controversial land … it was harrowing to see everything going down the drain in a…
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… On Lord Roberts' return to England in November 1900 Lord Kitchener succeeded him as … his views of what it would take to end the war. He thought a new…
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… Boer War), 1899 - 1902, was that the Afrikaners attempted to assert their independence as a nation in the face of British Imperialism. This was … in…
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… history of ‘everyday life in the Witwatersrand’, a long ridge on the Highveld, explores the period from the … when the discovery of gold propelled South…
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… establishment of its kind in KwaZulu Natal , located in a so called “White” area under the infamous Group Areas Act , to be granted a license to sell food…
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… said that it was no coincidence that he has chosen New Age to make this statement. "New Age has already been threatened … can be no compromise in our…
PlaceOld Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth
… This building is today commonly referred to as the ‘(old) Post Office Complex’ but contains 4 … in Cape Town. The entire complex on erf 3787 was declared a…
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… Arts Centre. The Alexandra Motswedi Centre is trying to the revive arts in Alexandra! They will have High School … bringing art classes to Schools that do…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… labour movement since the days of my youth, my election to the position of general secretary the union was purely … themÂes workers; indeed many of them…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… ' Laws do not make a better society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution '…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … of the Passive Resistance Council, 'had been prepared to accept a status of…
Constitution Hill - Free tours for pensioners during October and November
… To celebrate the International Day of the Older People on … the site during the Month of October and November. This is to commemorate all those who lived to…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on behalf of Liberation Movements, at the International Conference of experts for the support of victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa Mobilise world support for African Liberation struggle, 09 April 1973, OSLO
… stand in NATO, where it clearly expressed its opposition to Portuguese colonialism. He also praised the cooperation … with armed action, the people of…
Mobilise World Support for African Liberation Struggle - Statement, on behalf of Liberation Movements, at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo by O. R. Tambo, 9 April 1973
… stand in NATO, where it clearly expressed its opposition to Portuguese colonialism. He also praised the cooperation … with armed action, the people of…
ArchiveThe Little Freedom Fighter with the Ponytail by Greg Ardé
… Who will listen to this feisty little woman with the grey ponytail and caftan? Greg Arde spoke to Fatima Meer, once a shining light in the fight against…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… Introduction The Robben Island prisoners settled down to the mindless timetable of imprisonment, filling hours with … TO WINNIE: I have been fairly…
Freedom Day Call by Albert Luthuli, 3 June 1956
… Albert Lutuli calls on all lovers of freedom in our land to commemorate the past deeds for freedom and to rededicate … "We should recognise June 26 for what…
For Richard Turner by Peter Sacks
… point." When I left, you thought me still evasive, trying to pass off my own fear of suffering as a form of wisdom. I'd said, "There's nothing left for us,…
PlacePhilippi
… December 1896, and in August 1898 its name was changed to Philippi. Philippi is one of Cape Town’s Townships formed, … what is known as The Cape Flats…
PlaceTimour Hall Primary School, Plumstead
… the owners at Timour Hall Estate for the establishment of a school. The first structure was a wood and iron building consisting of two classrooms. On ……
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer … Joint Honorary Secretary of South African Indian…
Resolution of the Executive Committee of the AAC, February 15, 1936 46
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann,"…
EventIt is announced that a child prostitution and trafficking task team rescues 14 underage prostitutes in downtown Johannesburg
… as well as the sexual acts these girls are forced to perform, are often caught on film and sold as pornographic … Children and women from Mozambique and…
Arthur Chaskalson Chief: Justice Emeritus, Constitutional Court of South Africa
… was appointed by President Nelson Mandela in June 1994 to be the first President of South Africa's new … from November 2001 until his retirement in 2005. He…
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
… and is the largest Catholic Church in South Africa – able to seat 2 000 people, with standing room for 5 000. The Church played a major role in the struggle…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… of 20, when he took an overnight train from Johannesburg to Cape Town to meet a pianist everyone was talking about in South Africa: … the floor in the back…