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The Star reports that twenty-two charges of rape were laid against police officers between April 2005 and March this year, the
A memorial tablet for Johannes van der Walt, SA wrestler and national hero of an Afrikaner section, is unveiled at the Rand Afr
Thomas Tommy Trevor Motswai (known as Tommy), SA artist, is born at the East Rand, Johannesburg. He was born deaf and atten
Mary Bailey, wife of the SA magnate Sir Abe Bailey, lands on Swartkops airfield, Pretoria, and leaves again for London, to beco
Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… water mark of the Union’s legislation against non-European land rights in South Africa. Like its predecessors, the chief … is aimed at the entire non-white…
The Construction of Whiteness/Blackness And The Invention of Miscegenation In South African Literary Texts of the 1920s and 1930 by Itala Vivan
… while the process of gradual expropriation of indigenous land and subjugation of indigenous populations was gaining … Not only so: within a short time the…
Letter of intent concerning arts, culture, science and technology and sport between South Africa and Bulgaria.
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi was born on 20 December 1962 on a farm in Hanover, Northern Cape. His father was a mineworker. Vavi has four brothers and seven sisters…
Chapter 1 - Interpreting the Character, Role and Significance of SASO AND SANSCO
As I have indicated the appropriate framework for the analysis of SASO and SANSCO is not a given and by no means obvious. Hence, it is necessary to make…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the struggle continues and grows more intense, 23 August 1984
… masses, exploited workers, the mothers and children of our land, the democratic majority comprising all colours and …
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… and its people, who want to turn South Africa into a land of hope. In highlighting this theme in your address, you … these organisations which have turned…
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
On this day Transvaal coal miners embarked on a strike because of a wage cut of 5 percent per shift. On 10 January 1922 White mine workers on the Rand gold…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… many of his contemporaries – centre on the recognition of land and language rights, which they believe to be central to …
ArticleConference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
Openining address by Prof. Phillip Bonner: "Fragmentation and Cohesion In The Anc, The First 70 Years". Delegates at the 3-day conference “100 years of the…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
When Black workers in Durban embarked on a wave of strikes in January 1973, the government and employers were shocked, and they responded mainly by giving in…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
This article was written by Claire Wilt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectAbstractInanda Seminary, a private all…
Jean and John Comaroff of Revelation and Revolution: Christianity, Colonialism, and Consciousness in South Africa. Volume One by Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff
BiographyHenry Burton
… to take on the case of Saul Mankazana. Mankazana, a land owner and registered voter, had been arrested for not …
The Permanent Revolution and Results and Prospects by Leon Trotsky
Inkatha and national sugar refining and allied industries employees union
Mandela’s Magic (articles and images from The Globe and Mail)
Early ANC leaders and the British world: ambiguities and identities
Black literature and performance: some notes on class and populism
Ethiopia and Kenya sign a treaty of co-operation and friendship.
STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
... A strike teaches workers to understand what the strength of the employers and what the strength of the workers consist in: it teaches them not to think of…
PlaceThe Homestead, 3 Homestead Lane, Homelake, Randfontein
The Property known as the Homestead, situated at 3 Homestead Avenue, Homelake, Randfontein. Consisting of the Dwelling-House and the Outbuildings. It was…
Aaron Khoza
Mr Aaron Khoza,aged 35,from Kagiso was detained on 9 December 1976 in Krugersdorp in terms of section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act. He was transferred to…
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka) lived in KwaMashu, a township to the north of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and was affiliated with the…
Letter from Tony and Laura Goodyer to Hutton and Cook Attorneys
Letter from Tony and Laura Goodyer to Hutton and Cook Attorneys regarding the farm dwellers evicted from Syd Knott's Wolseley Estate and were temporarily…