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ArchiveExcerpts from long interview given by President O R Tambo to Associated Press correspondent, Mr Nicky Hanks on 7th June 1980 in Lusaka
… and his stance on school boycotts, malnutrition in South Africa and the Bantustan programme. Issued by ANC Department …
EventRioting erupts in Soweto
… again in Soweto and spread to other townships in South Africa. The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, again banned …
EventVasco da Gama dies
… sea route from Europe to Asia around the southern point of Africa, died on his final voyage to India as Portuguese …
EventThabo Mbeki announces judicial inquiry
… South Africa's first Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki …
EventCecil John Rhodes (48) dies in Muizenberg
… of the Cape Colony dies aged 48. He arrived in South Africa in 1870 and invested his inheritance from his …
ArchiveEducate for socialism
… Azanian Peoples Organisation flag, over the map of South Africa. Image of the a hand in a fist and words: One people …
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
… a photography exhibited he curated in three venues South Africa. His essays on South African history and politics have appeared in Africa, SAHJ, JSAS, JAH,…
BiographyJoseph Mathunjwa
Joseph Mathunjwa was born in Amatikulu in Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 26 May 1965. He is the son of David Mathunjwa, who was a Christian preacher. He…
BiographyNorman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen
Norman Pietersen (also known as Billy Holiday) was born in 1966 in Paarl, Western Cape. In 1982, he was recruited by uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) veterans and became…
ArchiveRally
… 'the challenge of the cross' on image of map of South Africa. Initials FECA …
ArchiveSeparate development: the challenge of the Transkei
… Africans and the benefits of separate development to South Africa and race policy issues. …
ArchiveLetter from N. Botlani and Z. Peter addressed to Dr Viljoen, Minister of Cooperation and Development
… Glenmore residents to be returned to the Republic of South Africa because of the poor living conditions at Glenmore and …
ArchiveSuppression of Communism Act, Act No 44 of 1950
… The Act was to declare the Communist Party of South Africa to be an unlawful organization; to make provision for …
EventThe World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration is launched
… against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with South Africa was launched in Oslo, Norway. The initiative enjoyed …
ArchiveThe Black Workers Project: A proposal
… Trade unions.The complexity of the race situation in South Africa enhanced this gap between the White and BlacK worker. …
Closing address by President Nelson Mandela in the president’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 April 1998
… are first and foremost achievements of the people of South Africa as a whole. As individuals we have been called upon by … of these is that we are one people…
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… is today the Rainbow legend. Over the years most of South Africa's greatest musicians, who remained in South Africa during the Apartheid years, have…
1973: Neo-apartheid and the Sleeping the Giant by Mbuso Nkosi
… costs of capital’ (Burawoy, 1982: 602-603). In South Africa, during this period of hegemonic despotism, a new form … Durban strikes were to wake up the…
Doing Oral History
… on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal a province of South Africa ( 29°27”²S, 31°14”²E ) it is famous for being the … Hullet. India sponsored indentured…
PlaceBritz, Bonjala Region-North West
… role in the South African Mining industry: 94% of South Africa's Platinum comes from the Rustenburg and Brits … contrast to the days when the cheetah…
PlaceBuffalo River, East London
… is the largest of the four rivers and is home to South Africa’s only river port. This river is also the playground … also home to the oldest national…
PlaceCala, Eastern Cape
… political and racial conflicts that have afflicted South Africa’s past! During 1985, there was an incident similar to … of the community. His legacy lives on…
ArchiveReligion and oppression: the misuse of religion for social, political, and economic subjugation
… Councils and Church Leaders from Eastern and Southern Africa,which took place in Edisesa, Harare, in 1-3 August …
ArchiveTambo pokes a few holes in the blanket
… the debate over the cultural and academic boycott of South Africa which was rekindled by an announcement by Oliver Tambo …
EventMac Maharaj announces his retirement
… former Special Envoy and former Cabinet Minister in South Africa's first democratic administration, he retired at the …
ArchiveA Black South Africans view of the present
… as part of a study project on external investment in South Africa and Namibia, entitled The Conditions of the Black …
ArchiveLand and national oppression
… economic conditions and the fact that the people of South Africa were landless, voteless and illiterate. …
EventDerek Hanekom is born
… Cape Town. He was apponited Agricultural ministry by South Africa first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela …
EventUN investigative team visits SA
… Abby Farah, under-secretary-general, visited South Africa from 9 to 10 June to meet representatives of the …
EventThe Progressive Teachers’ Congress is secretly launched
… by the banning of the National Education Union of South Africa (NEUSA) and the National Education Crisis Committee …