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ArchiveThe Original Chris Hani Memorandum
… a bone factory whose original purpose was to provide cover for underground work in Botswana is now being used as a … Israeli Intelligence Organisation…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 09 February 2012
… this regard, comprises various inter-related projects that cover roads and railways, border crossings, energy and …
Challenge to the church: A Theological Comment on the Political Crisis in South Africa | The Kairos Document, 1985
… is about to be shown up for what it really is and no cover-up will be possible. What the present crisis shows up, … to use the same word violence in a…
Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… at times purposefully misleading, while trying to cover for or protecting those it supported; in other words, … banned, it was alleged that the Government…
BiographyKing Mzilikazi
Mzilikazi (meaning The Great Road), was a Southern African king who founded the Matabele kingdom (Mthwakazi), Matabeleland, in what became Rhodesia and is now…
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ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
When the story of the founding of the Congress Youth League (CYL) — the forerunner of the ANC Youth League — is told, usually it is only Anton Lembede, AP Mda…
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
The discovery of a diamond on a farm in the British controlled Cape Colony in 1867 and of gold in the Afrikaner “Boer” controlled Transvaal Republic…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
BiographyPetrus Nzima Nyawose
In the 1970s, Petrus Nyawose worked as a bouncer at The Paradise, a popular nightclub in Durban. Nyawose spent most of his working hours at the offices of the…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza was born at King Edward Hospital, Umbilo, Durban, in June 1967. The second child of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or…
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
Krishna Rabilal was born on 6 November 1952 to working class parents in the township of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). A quiet…
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BiographyMatsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]
Early Life and Teaching Career Matsie Angelina Motshekga (popularly known as Angie Motshekga) was born on 19 June 1955 in Soweto, Transvaal (now known as…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… were injured. The South African government tried to cover up how many lives were lost during this massacre to …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… On the same day, Sisulu addresses a meeting under cover of the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions …
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… the existence of a 'third force' that operated under cover of military intelligence in fomenting violence. These …
ArticleClassroom: Educational sites for learners and educators
Interactive and educational sites for learners and educators: These websites are recommended for use as an extra resource and as an 'activity' tool for the…
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
The Wonderboom Nature Reserve and is Home to a 1000 Year Old Fig Tree, or Ficus Salicifolia, known as the 'Wonderboom' [wonder tree]. Legend states that the…
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… that the values his political rivals stood for were a cover for neoliberal policies that, like colonialism before …
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… art director of the Sunday Times Magazine who printed a cover and a 5-page spread of Cole’s pictures. For the next …
Apartheid power in crisis
… This latter figure represents about 6 weeks import cover, regarded as a dangerously low level. But the official … still grope for phrases such as 'minority…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
For more than 95% of the last 100 000 years, most people all over the world followed a hunting and gathering way of life. Until recently, people living by…
Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993
… in protection and extortion rackets; and even seeking cover within hostels and other community structures, often in …
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… he appealed to the town council for an insurance policy to cover assaults. Because of Weeks' ruthless assault on the …
”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
… amongst the African people, who are to-day used as a cover for all the nefarious deeds of all the careerists and …
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… is shown broken on the globe in the famous picture on the cover of the old "Communist International". …
56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed
… to one or two points or whether they intended to cover the whole range of our grievances. We decided however …
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
Nokukhanya Luthuli, maiden name Bhengu, (also known as MaBhengu) was the wife of Chief Albert John Luthuli. Although she never became as public a figure as her…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… Programme, 2000: 5). This chapter will not try to cover all aspects of the political, social and economic …
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
< Menu page < 6. The Moderates' Eclipse | Conclusion > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 7. Events leading up…