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BiographyAhmed Timol
… His father came to South Africa in 1918, at the age of 12, from India. He was one of six children, with two sisters, Zubeida and Aysha and … political songs…
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… today has its roots in: (1) the barbarism and injustices of market supremacism, racial supremacism and patriarchy; (2) the inadequacy of liberal democracy; …
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… The majority of Indian South Africans are the descendants of indentured workers brought to Natal between 1860 and 1911 … for the third year. This was in…
Memorandum presented by National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain Organisations - August 1972
… Official memorandum presented by the National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain … Organisations, including NUSAS (the…
Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) meet in
… Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress … Indian Congress (TIC) meet in Johannesburg. The Presidents of the three…
EventThe district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
… The town of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape Province was founded when … there was a need to improve the colonial administration of the Cape areas. The new…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… Marcus Garvey, preaching the unity of all blacks, claimed that liberty would come about only through the return of all Afro-Americans to their ancestral…
ArchiveDirector’s Report on the Activities of the Chris Hani Institute for the period October 2012 to September 2015
… Hani and others in their struggle to serve the aspirations of ordinary working people and the poor in Southern Africa. The CHI aims to engage in the…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… to venture into South America, but were deterred by a bout of foot and mouth disease. The two of them got jobs at The Cape Times instead. By 1944, Norton was…
Verwoerd lets loose terror on All-African Convention and Unity Movement of South Africa: the struggle goes on
… and the Unity Movement on the arrests and bannings of some members of these organisations. … loose terror on All-African Convention and Unity Movement of…
Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse, ANC politician, member of parliament and Codesa delegate, is born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape
… Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse, ANC politician, member of parliament and Codesa delegate, is born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the son of Alan Hendrickse. …
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 1 December 1976
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mr Curry, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South … Commission of…
Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen
… 6: Bake, Jumble and Trust. Chapter 7: In the Family of Humanity . Chapter 8: Haven of our Dreams. Conclusion Notes Glossary References Index … Modernity &…
EventMinister of Defence, PW Botha discloses that South Africa’s northern borders are protected by a radar early warning system
… Minister of Defence, PW Botha disclosed that South Africa's northern … The statement by P.W. Botha regarding the acquisition of advanced radar and navigation…
EventThe UN is informed by the United States that it will suspend sale of arms to South Africa.
… Nations (UN) on 7 August, 1963 that it would suspend sales of arms to South Africa. The Security Council adopted … 181 calling upon all states to cease the…
EventA painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 million in Johannesburg
… often garnered controversy especially in her depiction of Black people. Stern died in 1966 and her home in Cape Town … record five times, with the latest…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… people, who looked spell-bound at Convention, were full of great hopes for the future of this Assembly. In the midst … labour tenants or farm Labourers as a…
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Harry Escombe became one of the most prominent White politicians in the Colony of … laws were passed to this…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… in planning and implementing the successful escape of the four detainees but a massive manhunt and police … was later based in New Delhi as the Asian…
Safety and security issues
… clinic. Northern Province. © Liam Lynch The occurrence of domestic violence has always been alarmingly high in South … Though domestic violence is not…
Document 7 - ‘White South Africa.’ Two Voices.” The International, 27 January 1922
… 1922 History does not proceed with the logical march of a proposition of Euclid. Wars and disputes never arise over clear-cut … at any rate, that "the…
EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
… Nationalists were stunned by the announcement of seven points according to which Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog was … the National Party (NP) and the South African…
EventPatrick Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime minister of the Venda homeland, is born in Dzini, Transvaal.
… Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime minister of the Venda homeland, is born in Dzini, Transvaal. … Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… measures against Blacks, Indian immigrants and those of mixed race. 1949 October 6 , Group comprising workers, … and certain individuals speaks out on the…
Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents Conference presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1972
… Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents Conference presented at the Black Sash National … Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents…
In the Supreme Court of South Africa: In the matter between the State and Sathasivan Cooper and Others
… This is a trial proceeding held in the supreme court of South Africa about matters between the state and … In the Supreme Court of South Africa: In the…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… and will continue to clear up.” [i] - P.W Botha The memory of District Six, also known as Kanaladorp [ii] (kanala is a … word meaning ‘help one another’), is…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education Thenineteenth century, leading up to…
EventA 19 year old Mzwandile Kekana is testifying at the trial of 14 Cookhouse people charged with murdering a teacher.
… Elizabeth Supreme Court that the people who accused him of being a police informer were those who killed Mr Anele … Saldru Clipping collection, Witness tells…
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
… in the relevant research and scientific assessment of the ozone problem, to exchange information and to adopt … Weiss E.B (2008) The Audio Visual Library of…