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Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… On 26 June 1959, over five hundred people attended a meeting at the Holborn Hall, London in order to launch an economic boycott against South Africa…
Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa by Red Jack (libcom.org), 08 January 2012
… of the IWW in Johannesburg, established in June 1910. A hefty Scots immigrant who arrived in 1906, he worked in the Natal railways as a blacksmith, leading a…
PlaceDie Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
… town, Pretoria (1855). The congregation was moved to Bosman Street where a new church building was inaugurated in 1904. Today it is … Church tradition in…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the Prime Minister in…
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
… The Fugard, a theatre based in Cape Town, was built within one of the … South African playwright known for his contributions to South African theatre and…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
… Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the Prime Minister in March 1927. The document argued that … Union Governments. 4…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… now Zimbabwe) Prime Minister,Ian Douglas Smith, declared a state of emergency. This was prompted by the United Kingdom’s (UK) refusal to grant Zimbabwe…
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… was arrested and appeared in court on charges of trying to enter a Black township without permit, but charges were … subsequently dropped. In the same month,…
EventMalawian President Hastings Banda visits SA
… Following a visit by South Africa's Prime Minister B.J. Vorster to Malawi in May 1970, President Hastings Banda of Malawi … the first head of an independent…
EventMandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
… In an effort to promote peace in Natal, the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela made a trip to Durban to speak to ANC supporters. In a…
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
… Despite visible resistance to incorporation into the Qwa Qwa homeland, the South African … Qwa and severely stretched its meager resources. According to the…
EventAn American Jet is shot down in Ethiopia
… A US registered Lear jet 35 Aircraft was shot to ground by Ethiopian military forces. The incident claimed … (ATC) ten minutes before entering Ethiopian…
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
… an exchange of memoranda is no substitute for face-to-face talks. I was therefore disappointed that you did not … and may lead to the loss of further lives…
PlaceBoschendal Wine Estate, Cape Town
… Working with nature, producing real food and a simple farm lifestyle, is at the heart of Boschendal. One … 1685. "The farm has grown with the passing…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … first document, reproduced in this section, which contains a request for…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … first document, reproduced in this section, which contains a request for…
PlaceSouth African National Archive in Cape Town
… African Archive is made up of records pertaining mostly to Governance and Laws Enacted, but also includes Documents … The Free State , in Bloemfontein . The…
“Don’t Support Apartheid Sport”: Appeal By Chief A. J. Luthuli and Dr G. M. Naicker, June 1962
… "don't Support Apartheid Sport": appeal By Chief A. J. Luthuli And Dr G. M. Naicker, June 1962 77 FIFA - the … Olympics Association will give serious…
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
… This meeting extends its deep and heartfelt sympathy to the relatives of all the victims of the unhappy tragedy … recent Riots are therefore the fruits and…
Document 46. “Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders” [For Closer Co-operation], February 6, 1949
… This meeting extends its deep and heartfelt sympathy to the relatives of all the victims of the unhappy tragedy … recent Riots are therefore the fruits and…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… with their political impotence and economic backwardness. To look into these grievances, Smuts established the Fagan … appointed the Sauer Commission to…
EventTricameral Parliament inaugurated
… 1984, Members of Parliament convened in Cape Town to promulgate a new South African Constitution with a three-tier parliament which would re-enfranchise the …
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… The second Convention for a Democratic South Africa, or CODESA II, ends in a deadlock. … including the African National Congress (ANC) fail to reach…
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… was born in As Sallum in Egypt as Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to … taken care of by…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
… repression in the 1960's, she and her family were forced to flee the country. England became her temporary home. In … Town, where she lived. She contributed…
PlaceIziko Museum's, Cape Town
… Iziko is an isiXhosa word meaning “hearth.” A hearth is the traditional centre of the home where families would get together to share their stories, just as…
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck . They erected a Fort built of sods on a site in the Table Valley, near the Beach and East of what … more…
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… Johannesburg . The Goodman Gallery has been instrumental to the development and professionalisation of how commercial … Affording the same space to artists…
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
… A site of knowledge: Driekopseiland South Africa has a large number of historical rock-engraving sites, where … shapes. Archaeologists have found it…