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ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… remained a small nation. In 1936 their numbers stood at 1,121 200 and they formed just over half of the white … the South African economy (Stellenbosch…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… The seasonally dictated working day ran from 6:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. the following morning. Workers then had to walk home … area of Vryburg in the Northern Cape…
Women’s liberation by Zanele Dhlamini (Mbeki)
… and the effect of the African vote was more than halved."1 (It was finally destroyed in 1936.) Ordinarily, the number … out to work to earn pin-money and to…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… areas if they had a job. 1939-1945: World War II. Source 2 Young men are coming of age every year but there is no land … follow below next provide more…
Mission Stations - A-F
… generally consisted of a low, circular, thatched hut, (Fig 1.) and of two or three mat-huts for their servants, (Fig.4.) … or stone, interspersed, formed…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… 1 …
Address as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement at the 9th Session of the Islamic Summit Conferences, Doha, State Of Qatar, 12 November 2000
Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairman of the 9th Islamic Summit Conference Your Majesties Your Highnesses Your Excellencies Heads of State and…
PlaceCape Town City Hall, Darling Street
The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, laid the cornerstone of the City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the Hall was only opened in 1905. It was designed by…
PlaceCape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape
… to a report of the; 'Coast Lighthouse Commission' dated 1 December 1871, Captain Skead accompanied by Captain Perry … 120 000 candles. The candlepower was…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Volkskas opened the doors of its Pretoria branch on 1 February 1935. It presented itself in Afrikaans … it began issuing cheques from 1 March 1941. By 1945…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… is a powerful social construct accepted by the public [1] . Recognising her appeal to French structuralist thought … a constructivist rejection of…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… do Cabo (the Table Cape) on account of its shape. 1510 1 March, On his way back to Portugal the Viceroy of … arrival, the first horses are imported from Java…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… at the Presidency, Pretoria, today 6 August 1990. 1. The Government and the ANC have again committed themselves to the Groote Schuur Minute . 2. The final…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… in The Journal of African History , Vol. 19, No. 1, World War I and Africa (1978), pp.61-86. …
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… in Africa: A South African Case Study. Africa Vol 47, No 1. pp 31-40. FOSTER, Joseph, TENNANT, Hercules and JACKSON, … and the Southern Transvaal Ndebele…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… protest. This did not stop the FSAW, and about a group of 2,000 women gathered at Pretoria to speak their mind … [online] Available at https://sahistory.org…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as the date of its official formation…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… Policy in Southern Africa'.|Africa Today, vol 40. No 1.Magubane, B. (1983). 'Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland: …
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… destabilization July 1990-June 1992 HRC, August 1992 Part 1. The record of destabilization 1.1 The toll of death and injury 1.2 The record of the security…
The Detention Weapon
… (August 1990) DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL HRC, November 1988 1. History of detention without trial in South Africa 2. Current legislation with detention powers…
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
… since I assumed the task of leading the National Party. 1 In the course of those eleven months I have very often had … about it right at the start of my…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… Umbilo Road in Durban. The Ghetto Act came into force on 2 June.Passive resistance began on 13 June which was observed … government led by Pandit Nehru took…
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
Rear Admiral Amos Adedeji, Distinguished course participants, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen: Thank you for inviting me to address you at this…
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
… countries' subsidies to their farmers amounted to roughly $1 billion dollars a day, far beyond development assistance …
Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association, Accra 5 October 2000
… technologies; from the emergence of our own genus some 2,5 million years ago to the conquest of fire over a million … of the total world supply and generate…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984Chapter 5 - The Freedom CharterThe Freedom Charter, a programme which still embraces many of the…
ArchiveStatement on Mbeki's recall, by Jacob Zuma on behalf of ANC NEC, 22 September
The National Executive Committee of the ANC met over the weekend of the 19th to 21st September 2008, to deliberate on various pertinent issues. After careful…
ArchiveConcentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts by Fransjohan Pretorius, (The Conversation), February 18, 2019
One of the Boer concentration camps. Photographical Collection Anglo-Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein SA Image source More than a century after 48 000 people…
May Day
… On 1 May, South Africa will enjoy Worker's Day (effectively a … socialist and labour movement celebrations conducted on 1 May. May Day was born from the…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… On 1 May, South Africa will enjoy Worker's Day (effectively a … socialist and labour movement celebrations conducted on 1 May. May Day was born from the…