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Freedom Charter sold out the dispossessed by Motsoko Pheko (The Sowetan), 2 Feb 2012
… of the original 1912 ANC more than 50 years ago. In 1955, a section of the 1912 ANC leadership was captured by a section of the white ruling class. Despite…
ArchiveMemories of Trafalgar High, District Six by Warren Ludski
… in 1966, and early in 1967 I began my working career as a cadet journalist with the Cape Post newspaper that operated … dreaded announcement on February 11…
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
… workers will gather in Durban, the birth place of COSATU, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Federation. This … launched, few could have predicted…
“Our Greatest Leader since Gandhiji”, By Dr Yusuf Dadoo
… the privilege, honour and, indeed, the pleasure of being a close associate and comrade-in-arms of Dr Naicker - MONTY to all of us - in the political arena…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… landscapes, some with people, but no one in them appears to be sick. Some of the prints, which date from 2003 to 2007, include a looped and crossed red…
Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
… our regular series, “Under the influence”, we ask experts to share what they believe are the most influential works of … in 1996 felt like something between…
PlacePacaltsdorp
… (prior to 1910) The settlement of Hooge Kraal was established in 1813 as a station of the London Missionary Society (LMS) . In 1818, … 7…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… The main building of the SA Army College was designed in a so-called block-house style and its cornerstone was laid by Lord Kitchener on 12 June 1902. It…
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … Furthermore, the Unions are stultified and pacified by a…
May Day
… On 1 May, South Africa will enjoy Worker's Day (effectively a May Day holiday). Worker's Day celebrates the role played … against Apartheid. May Day , as we…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… On 1 May, South Africa will enjoy Worker's Day (effectively a May Day holiday). Worker's Day celebrates the role played … struggle against Apartheid. May…
EventHistory of December 16
… led by Dingane at the Battle of Blood River, it became a powerful instrument in the arsenal of the White Afrikaner drive to build Afrikaner Nationalism when…
PlaceEmpangeni
… Empangeni, a town about 160 km from Durban on the R34 just off the N2, … the Uthungulu district. The area around Empangeni brings to mind sugarcane…
PlaceHaarlem
… East of 'Avontuur' and 29 kilometers from Uniondale , a village was established by the Berlin Mission Society and … is so lush, fertile and enclosed, it has…
PlaceLoftus Versveld Stadium, Hatfield
… stadium was called 'Die Springbokpark', it was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 21 September 1979. Home to the Sundowns Football…
PlaceFreedom Park
… The site of Freedom Park was carefully chosen, a 52 hectare undeveloped hill overlooking the city of … South Africa and its people would be told. Freedom…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … throughout South. Conditions of the Railways workers…
EventPansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces her resignation
… Commission (IEC). She submitted her letter of resignation to President Jacob Zuma. She was appointed the IEC’s … Tlakula had flouted procurement regulations…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… Ethiopian passport by Haile Selassie , and classified as a journalist, under the name David Motsamayi, which allowed him to travel the region. On 11 January…
EventPatrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo Republic, is assassinated
… of the Congo Republic , Patrice Lumumba , was assassinated a few months after Congo gained formal independence from Belgium. The killing of Lumumba remained…
EventDurban magistrate rules the death of Dr Haffejee accidental
… A Durban magistrate ruled that no one was to blame for the death of a young dentist, Dr. Hoosen Haffejee, who died in police … in South African Democracy…
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… General Christiaan Rudolph de Wet was a Boer soldier and statesman, regarded by Afrikaner … State forces in the South African War (1899-1902) and was a…
EventFighting breaks out on the Johannesburg market square
… On 4 July 1913, a scuffle broke out between police, mounted soldiers and a riotous crowd at the Johannesburg market square. This … strikers attacked them…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… Stock Exchange (JSE) is established in Johannesburg to facilitate the explosion of trade sparked by the discovery … mining and financial companies with…
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… A heated dispute between Mangosutho Buthelezi, Minister of … Mandela was drawn into the conflict when he was invited as a guest of honour during the…
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
… Thomas Statement of principles 14. We believe that a conjuncture of circumstances exists which, if there is a demonstrable readiness on the part of the…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Mahida This book, History of Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology, probably the first of its kind to be published, covers almost the entire history of…
ArchiveBantu Authorities Act, Act No 68 of 1951
… The Act was to provide for the establishment of certain Bantu authorities and to define their functions, to abolish the Natives Representative Council, to…
EventSA Prime Minister speaks before the British Parliament
… Africans, Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts started to redirect his energy to world peace. In a somewhat moving speech to the British Parliament he called …
EventThe South African Military History Society is established
… following an appeal by Commandant-General H.B. Klopper to all South Africans to take an interest in South Africa's military history. The … aspects of the…