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Racists Humiliated - O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Michael Wolfers, Sechaba, March 1976
… these liberation movements over Portuguese colonialism is a victory for the people of South Africa, for the continent … independence celebrations, the ANC…
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…
ArchiveEmergency Convocation of Churches in South Africa: package of preparation material
… Convocation of Churches in South Africa was decided upon to work on and develop effective non-violent actions to pressure the government to the negotiation…
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…
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…
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…
PlaceMuizenberg and Marina da Gama
… of Muizenberg was established by the Dutch in 1743 as a Military Post and is located in False Bay, on the road … Muizenberg on 15 December 1882. Cecil Rhodes…