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ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slaves. Instead many slaves’ attempts at…
Pottery, division of labour, trade, medicine and healing, hunting
… Pottery production was also a very important feature of Iron Age society. The Iron Age women were skilled potters. … is still developing content for this…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… artists who were sidelined, staging large retrospectives of the likes of Dumile Feni and, more recently, Kay Hassan. Although this exhibition is obviously an…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… vote for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This year, 2014, marks 20 years of…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of apartheid. The African National Congress (ANC) reacted … immediately to the government’s…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… that Stephen Ellis refers to about Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party is pretty definitive. It is based upon … of Umkhonto’s initial campaigning,…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… came about in the 1960s. This change was the result of combined elements, including the formation of the PAC, growing frustration among black people, the…
’Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 8 October 1963
… for the privilege accorded to me to address this important body. It was with considerable reluctance that I applied for … policies which are a cruel scourge…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as the “Mother of the Nation”…
Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS)
… a non-profit entity. It was restructured as an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture under the name Performing Arts Centre of the Free State , which…
A list of Books and Speeches pertaining to Robert Sobukwe
… A list of archive items pertaining to Robert Sobukwe: Books : Time … Speech, April 1959 Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of…
Professor Zakes Mda review of Robert Mcbride A coloured Life
… The work is clearly a result of meticulous research and depends on extensive primary … approach it will be an indispensable text for the students of history…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
… The independence of Mozambique, in particular, gave tremendous momentum to the … with the outside.” Throughout 1975 up to the first half of 1976, many people…
BiographyZola Budd
… 1984 she gained international recognition when, at the age of 17, she broke the women's 5000m world record. As this … Great Britain in 1985, clocking 14:48…
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
… was detained without charge for the full length of the post-Sharpville state of emergency from April to August 1960,then return to … in 1976 he came back to…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 Kajee … India should have been informed first."…
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… most prominent leader, who with others guided the movement of student discontent into a political force unprecedented in … King William’s Town, 60km away,…
ArticleA history of Indians in South Africa Timeline: 1654-2008
… This is a collection of timelines of Indians in South Africa from 1654 until 2008. … A history of Indians in South Africa Timeline: 1654-2008 …
List of ANC and MK members killed in combat
… This is a list is part of the The ANC and the turn to the armed struggle: UMkhonto … | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s MK Real Name MK Name Date Cause of death Place…
BiographyHaile Selassie I
… was Lij Tafari Makonnen. He was the only surviving son of the governor of Harar, Ras Makonnen Wolde Michael. Selassie traced his linage back to Menelik I,…
BiographyJames Barry Munnik Hertzog
… (JBM) Hertzog was born in Soetendal Wellington on the 6 th of April 1866. Hertzog was the eighth child of Johannes Albertus Munnik Hertzog, a descendant of a…
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
… clandestinely playing polo outside the restriction zone of his 60s banning order. He was educated privately at … Cambridge. He left this university in his…
BiographySibongile Susan Mkhabela
… The youngest child of Mozambican immigrants, Sibongile (Bongi) Susan Mkhabela (nèe Mthembu) grew up in Zola, one of the poorest areas in Soweto , Transvaal…
BiographyGünther Komnick
… was born in Insterburg in the former German province of East Prussia in 1929 into a cultured family of artists. He lived through the monumental events of…
BiographyRowley Israel Arenstein
… Rowley Israel Arenstein was born on 7th of July in 1918. Arenstein was a prominent Durban attorney,the son of immigrant eastern European jews and a leader of…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1992
… Today, January 8, we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress. Through … of the founders of the African National…
BiographyBob Hepple
… , was a trade unionist and Labour Party member, Member of Parliament, the Chairman of the Treason Trial Defence Fund and Chairman of the South … 1957. He…
Address of the president of the republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, to the summit meeting of the OAU heads of state and government Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, June 8 1998
… Mr Chairman;Distinguished Heads of State and Government;Heads of Delegation;Honourable Ministers;Ambassadors and Members of … when, behind those sovereign…
EventCharles Nqakula , Minister of Safety and Security and Chairperson of the SACP, is born
… Minister of Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa since 7 May 2002 and current … MP's in parliament (who were not satisfied that enough was…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… Preamble: Whereas it is expedient in view of the situation created by the "Native" Policy of segregation, discrimination and other repressive measures … at…