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… The Mall and over Buckingham Palace to mark the centenary of the foundation of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Nearby in Parliament Square stood the statue of Jan Christiaan Smuts, often described as the founding … One hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John …

… Allison Drew Document 70 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 … 26th August 1937. The Workers Party of S. A., P.O. Box 1940, Cape Town. Dear Comrades, I enclose … to say, this has weakened our ranks considerably. Outside of myself and three comrades from Holland, who are not very …

… is today taking part in celebrating the first decade of freedom and democracy in our country. And as we so, we remain cognisant of the brave collective efforts that all our people put to ensure the birth of democracy. In the same measure, we continue to value …

… Hugh Masekela was an up-and-coming trumpeter, all of 20, when he took an overnight train from Johannesburg to … needed to complete South Africa's greatest bebop band of all time, The Jazz Epistles. On the morning that Masekela … musicians slept on mattresses on the floor in the back of the club. "There had never been a group like the Epistles …

… In the aftermath of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Britain annexed the South … colonies to come together in closer union. After the grant of responsible government to the Transvaal and Orange River … first time on 12 October 1908. By February 1909, a draft of the South Africa Act had been drawn up. The South Africa …

… In the early hours of December 9th, 1982, South African Defence Force commandos …  the border into Lesotho.  Their target was a cluster of houses on the outskirts of Maseru where members of the African National Congress  … A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, …

… In terms of the Treaty of Amiens, signed in 1802 (between England and France), the … It was then renamed the Batavian Republic and the flag of the Batavian Republic was hoisted on the Castle. The Dutch … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970).  Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. p. 202 & …

… 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The origins and development of Trotskyism 171 Document 68 Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, - 26 February 1937   WORKERS' PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA   90 PRESIDENT STREET, P.O. Box 2639,   …

… Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, … established the connexion with the Communist League of Africa? If not it is desirable to do it immediately. Do you dispose of our literature, pamphlets, documents, periodicals, etc? …

… Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania The East African country of Tanzania came into existence through the merger of two small countries, Tanganyika and the islands of … Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han …

… Extract from the report of General Secretary, Bishop Desmond Tutu to the South African Council of Churches' Annual National Conference regarding detention without trial, banning orders, restoration of rule of law and free democracy in the Ministry of Justice. …

… Extract from the report of General Secretary, Bishop Desmond Tutu to the South African Council of Churches' Annual National Conference regarding detention without trial, banning orders, restoration of rule of law and free democracy in the Ministry of Justice. …

… report by Barney Pityana on the 2nd National Conference of the Association for the Education and Cultural Advancement of the African People of South Africa (ASSECA) to which SASO representatives had … Report on the 2nd National Conference of the ASSECA, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, March 31 to …

… Allison Drew Document 66 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 21 February 1937 WORKERS' PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA 90 PRESIDENT STREET,                    P.O. … see from the letter they have sent you, battles lie ahead of us. In leading the first strike of 1937 the "counter …

… Western Powers Contact Group for stregthening the cause of peaceful constitutional transition to independence for … includes proposals for a poltical settlement, monitoring of elections, release of political detainees, the establishment of a Military and … five Western Powers Talks in New York by the delegation of the Namibia Patriotic Coalition …

… An evaluation of South African novelist Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) by … refuse to go to school. No one knows where the end of suffering will begin.” –  Burger’s Daughter South African writer Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature, died on July 13 at …

… forum negotiations agreed on both new structures of the police and defence forces. They agreed that the old … Venda and Ciskei (TBVC states), and members of the military wings of the African National Congress (ANC), Pan African Congress … Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for November, 1993, p. 39723| …

… Civil War arrived in Saldana Bay, on the west coast of South Africa, to resupply. During the course of the American Civil War, the Southern States realised that … regard to their navy, and instead adopted the strategy of sinking and capturing ships belonging to the Northern …

… on other key installations in the area. The reaction of Vendaland’s security police to the attack was brutal. … that there were activists inside the Homeland guilty of aiding and abetting the MK cadres. A search for … in particular were known to have been close friends of Cyril Ramaphosa, with whom they had been involved in …

… In May 1962 Dennis Brutus , Secretary of the South African Sports Association, wrote to Otto Mayer, the then Chancellor of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), requesting that … expelled from the International Olympic Committee because of the country’s policies of racial discrimination. …

… Minutes of meetings between representatives from South Africa and the United States to discuss the tems of the ceasefire and withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola … Summarised Minutes of discussions between South African and United States …

… Address by a representative of the youth of the South African Democratic Movement to The Peoples of the World Against Apartheid For a Democratic South Africa … The Peoples of the World Against Apartheid For a Democratic South Africa: …

… 1987, a car bomb was detonated outside the headquarters of Witwatersrand Command army base in Quartz Street, … was executed by Heinrich Grosskopf, under the instructions of the African National Congress (ANC). Grosskopf had joined … On 30 July, a car with explosives in it blew up in front of the Witwatersrand Command army base, shattering all the …

… Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with … dies in Warmberg, Pietersburg district. Upon the death of Engenas, the founder of the ZCC, the struggle between Edward and Joseph for church … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC …

… President Kaunda of Zambia meets the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha on the … South Africa. This is the first meeting between any leader of a Front Line State and a South African premier since the … in the African press for meeting with representatives of the Apartheid regime. …

… This article covers two issues, wide ranging influence of christianity in the history of South Africa and christianity in South Africa. … Extract of an address given to the Transvaal United African Teachers …

… Branch office administration and the implementation of BPC policies at executive level and the implementation of national congress resolutions. … April seminar on BPC administration and the implementation of BPC policies and National Congress resolutions …

… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from James Mhlunguza and others, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South … Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South …

… The position of Black women in relation to the 99 year leasehold system- … 1981 discussing land ownership, leasehold system, rights of married couples, women's rights. … The position of Black Women in relation to the 99 year leasehold system: …

… Elizabeth and Uitenhage during the second National State of Emergency: Paper Presented at National Conference on 13 March 1987 discussing case statistics, State of Emergency, detentions, forced removals, juvenile … Elizabeth and Uitenhage during the second National State of Emergency: Paper Presented at National Conference 1987 …