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Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … comrades, 23 October 1932 Berlin 23/10/32 Cape Town, South-Africa- Dear comrades…
PlaceGroote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
… renowned as the training ground for some of South Africa's best doctors, surgeons and nurses.As an academic … research. Vision is to be the leading Academic…
Interview: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
… a law practice in her home province of Natal in South Africa in 1967. She acted as a defence attorney for … Innes: Firstly, can we talk about your work in…
Chapter 19. The Dutch Reformed Churches - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… from 1934 is the three Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa began to play a leading part in the campaign of the … that the reactionaries who were trying…
ANC Today Volume 10 No.1, 15 - 21 January 2010
… non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa. Under the banner of "WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN DO … of this, the oldest national liberation…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Accepting the Deutscher Medienpreis Baden-Baden, 28 January 1999
… adopted more than forty years ago: "We the people of South Africa declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who…
BiographyWinston Field
Winston Field was born on 6 June 1904, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire in the United Kingdom, where he was brought up. He moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1921. He…
BiographyBoas Moiloa
Boas Moiloa, from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal [North West Province] is described by Advocate George Bizos’ as ‘a dignified, elderly…
BiographyAlex Tikana
Anger at the unilateral imposition of state policies and attempts to appoint pliant pro- Kaizer Matanzima, (chief of the Thembu people) headmen resulted in…
BiographyAbraham Mogale
On 27 February 1958, banishment orders were made out for three key Bahurutshe figures - Abraham Mogale, Kenneth Mosenyi and David Moiloa. Abraham Mogale was…
PlaceTransvaal Province
… is a historical region and former Province of South Africa, located North of the Vaal River, that existed from … it became the Transvaal Province within the…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
… The election was the 18th general election since South Africa since the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. …
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… Airport. Clinton was on a tour of two weeks in Africa, showing a level of interest in Africa unprecedented for a Western head of state. In an …
EventGhana is declared a republic
… Ghana became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence on 6 March 1957. On 1 July … of the British Commonwealth of Nations…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… obliged and, as a result, occupied Cape colony in South Africa. Problems occurred almost immediately because not all …
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… its members who embarked on the unprotected strike. South Africa is world’s third biggest producer of platinum, one of …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
… electricity connections in 1997 alone, today South Africa has reached a 58% electrification level so millions … movement in particular, will agree that…
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
… developed in a complex and relatively slow way. In South Africa, this has been condensed into 60 or 70 years and, from … The working class has experienced a…
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… in the European colonial mission known as the Scramble for Africa . This battle is known as the Battle of Adwa. What led …
*Free Entrance: Emancipation Day and World Aids Day
… Join Iziko Museums of South Africa in commemorating Emancipation and World Aids Day. On Sunday, 1 December 2024, Iziko Museums of South Africa will be…
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … article, "Is there a class of Native capitalists in South Africa," has been…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Communications and the Battle of Ideas, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… It also noted that issues of media diversity in South Africa transcend issues of economic empowerment. Over the … the complex social transformation through…
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
… place can run a government efficiently. Compatriots, South Africa is at the crossroads. Our struggle, complemented by … that I pay special tribute to the…
ArchiveCHAPTER SIX: The Politics Of Non-Collaboration: The Campaign To Boycott The Tricameral Elections by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… The visit was part of a six week tour of 14 nations in Africa, Europe and North America that began on the 6 June … for keeping the economic and political…
EventBar argues against the Suppression of Communism Bill
… Communism Bill was passed, the freedom of people in South Africa would be in jeopardy. The Bar made this point with … Swart, wherein he stated that the…
EventTrader and philanthropist Mohamed Joosub dies
… in 1862, at the age of 14. He undertook a voyage to South Africa in 1876 and opened a general dealer’s in 1883. He had … latter was still in India and when…
EventEuropean Community lifts sanctions against SA
… The European Community lifted its sanctions against South Africa on 4 October 1993. The United Nations only lifted all … arms embargo and all other measures…
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
… Political conflict in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa caused the death of 200 residents of Vulindlela and … of being responsible for the attacks…
EventThe inauguration of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is celebrated
… of Connaught, governor-general of the Union of South Africa, became the University's first chancellor, and … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of…