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EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… opposition to apartheid amongst the black youth of South Africa. In particular, students were protesting against … psychologically mobilise the oppressed…
’UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!’
… the ever ready solution of the race-mad rulers of South Africa. VAGUE PROMISES, GREATER REPRESSION . . . In the midst … rulers of our country. Every effort…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the National Day of Safety and Security Vosloorus, 15 October 1994
… and his provincial counter-parts, as well as the South Africa Police Services for the progress that has been made to … and violence a fatal blow. Now is the…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 4 and 5 Article: The great illusion
… the right to vote for all South Africans in a united South Africa regardless of race, colour, sex or belief. …
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
… International Women's Day is not celebrated in South Africa. Since 1994, Women's Day is celebrated with a public holiday on the 9th of August. On this day,…
Archive2000 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 4 February 2000
… THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, National Assembly Chamber, Cape Town, 4 … of our common universe are confident…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
… to celebrate the launch of LIVES ON THE LINE by David Africa. This is your chance to step into the world of a … covert operation that changed the course of…
PlaceBuffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and East London
… is one of the 8 metropolitan Municipalities in South Africa and one of the two in the Eastern Cape Province. It is … from Cape Town , on the South East coast…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… understand the function of the missionaries in Southern Africa if we see them as one of several agents, each in whom … In all the complexities of the…
STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
… Because of the nature of state repression in South Africa, issues involved in any single strike can easily be … of SACTU, likened strikes by Black workers in…
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
… from all over the globe. Its unique setting in South Africa, on an extinct Volcanic Site among the Pilanesberg …
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban, South Africa on August 30, 1928. She first attended the Durban … editing the ANC journal Sechaba . She moved back…
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… on 'Nongoloza' Mathebula. Introduction Modern South Africa's industrial achievements are often pointed to with … edition of the Official Yearbook of the…
PlaceADAMS CALENDAR also known as: 'Blaauwboschkraal Stone Ruins'
… Interwoven in the Hills near Machadodorp in South Africa’s: ' Mpumalanga Province '. It is a labyrinth of … Stone Ruins'. It’s among these myriad South…
EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
… On 18 January 2020, Peter “Terror” Mathebula South Africa’s first black world champion boxer died. Mathebula was … Transvaal. On 13 December 1980, Mathebula…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
… allowed to fight the apartheid regime back home in South Africa. The Stuart report unflinchingly exposed the … Zulu, Sotho, Russian and Malagasy. He returned…
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
… can be cited: A chapter of Gerhart's Black Power in South Africa (1978); Hirson's Year of Fire, Year of Ash (1979), … the final section of Nolutshungu's…
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
Gerald Patrick ‘Paddy’ Kearney was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 28 August 1942. He was educated at Catholic schools and for some…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Celebration of Workers Day, Swellendam, Western Cape, 1 May 2006
… about Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA). That is the programme that the government … destroys property that belongs to the…
88. Gandhi’s legacy
… by both willing and unknowing agents of the state in South Africa to smother criticism of apartheid and stifle protest … would have, as it indeed did during…
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… in 1488. Finally in 2021, with the aim to distance South Africa from its colonial past and represent the authentic South Africa, the name was changed to…
EventThe first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers, is published
… The Gramstown Journal, one of South Africa's important and influential early newspapers, ran from … the oldest surviving independent newspaper in South…
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… often affects young children, most recently in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although the disease is considered rare, cases of … - July 2010. References: BBC 'Key…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… lesbian nightclub and an abortion clinic. As for South Africa's participation in the 1996 Olympic Games, swimmer … in the woman's 100 and 200 metres…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium hands over the administration of the Congo to the Belgian parliament
… of colonialism in the 1880s following the 'scramble for Africa', the Congo had been regarded as Leopold II's personal … committed by colonial officials on…
PlaceEnon
… Enon is a small town in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is named after the biblical place mentioned in … control of the town was ceded back to the Union…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, when Malay slaves were … Related: SAHO Feature: History of Muslims in South…
PlaceSibudu Cave, North Coast near Ballito (can be spelt Sibhudu)
… (SAHRA) CEO, Lungi Malgas. Considered to be one of South Africa’s most important Archaeological Sites, a cornerstone … discovered. Sibudu is also one of the…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… test of the policy of segregation to which European South Africa paid so much lip service. One would have thought that … of it is provided, in spite of…