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ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… example, the Garment Workers' Union established a Number 2 Branch for coloured members. They were not, however, … The government reacted very quickly and…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Country Number Percentage Madagascar 397 30,63 Ceylon 20 1,54 India 653 50,38 Indonesia 189 14,58 Malaysia 4 0,32 Indo-China 1 0,08 Japan 1 0,08 Cape of Good…
Undelivered statement by Albert Luthuli at the time of his Trial for burning his pass, 05 July 1960
[This statement was to have been made to the court before the passing of sentence, after which I had been found guilty of burning my pass, guilty of disobeying…
South African Tragedy: Jail Part Lovers by Joseph Lelyveld (New York Times), 5 January 1983
She and Neil Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a decade. In that time, they both became doctors, then followed separate paths into welfare and…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony(Media friendly) by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
My discipline is historical sociology. Sociology looks behind and beyond everyday appearances. It tries to discover the deeper processes at work in society…
“What I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi”: An Article, September 16, 1948
"what I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi": An Article, September 16, 194821 I was eight years old when Gandhiji left South Africa. I could not understand then the…
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
President of the General Assembly, Mr Jan Kavan, Secretary-General of the UN, Mr Kofi Annan, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to add my…
Chapter 12 - Certification of the final constitution
… and oral representations would be received and fixed 1 July 1996 as the date for the commencement of oral … relevant views. ... Hearings commenced on Monday…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
… the formal opening of the conference had been put off till 2.30 in the afternoon that day. I was met at the station by …
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
Josiah Gumede, 1867-1946: An Historical Assessment"Gumede and John Dube are the pioneers who were the inspiration and foundation upon which the new leaders…
PlaceCenturion, Gauteng
… current house for more than 5 years. The Suburb comprises 2,344 houses and 584 sectional title townhouses. The Suburb … 2004 with an additional 28 712 m² in…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… were intended to sell not news so much as a party line.’ [1] The history of the press houses and their publications is … suspected of having been funded by…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… programmes into which all its activities fell: Programme 1 would focus on political trials and secure funding for legal defence; Programme 2 would take care…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… a variety of unique purposes since its creation in 1893. [1] In an ironic way, it echoed its inhabitants during … military invasion, giving it the name it…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… a halt when he was arrested under the 1967 Terrorism Act [1] . In 1967, the South African government passed one of the … abuse by police forces. Others died…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… 212 of the Constitution of South Africa states that: (1) National legislation may provide a role for traditional … at local level on matters affecting local…
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… are arrested and among the 156 Treason Trialists. 1957 The 1-pound a day campaign is regarded as South African Congress … oppression. 31 May, Beginning of…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… been married twice, and later divorced twice ( Disgrace 1) , David believes he has ‘solved the problem of sex rather well’ ( Disgrace 1). Throughout Disgrace…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… Boers against the British enemy. There were only about 1 800 British soldiers stationed in towns across the … decided to keep on defending the fort. The…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… may have facilitated his bride-to-be’s purchase of a R5.2-million home in the upmarket Pretoria suburb of Waterkloof. … governments. Out of the 719…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… Cordoned Heart opened at the University of Cape Town. • 1 June - 21 June Staffrider Annual Exhibition organized by … with Paul and Santu was published in…
Document 119 - Non-European United Front of South Africa, Minutes of Conference held in City Hall, Cape Town, 8 to 10 April 1939
… -complete segregation. In their Petition they ask for: (1) Complete Residential Segregation; (2) Making mixed marriages a criminal offence; (3) Political ……
The Pioneers
… rag and jazz became the rage for both black and white. (1) These were times of enormous change and movement of people … There is also the question of…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
… South Africa and the Peoples Republic of China on January 1, 1998, there has been a qualitative improvement in our … in his speech in the Great Hall of the…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle …
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… the theatre’s founding was actually several years earlier (1 December 1950), by an Athlone School Committee. This … the greenery donated by the local office…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… Oliver Tambo [1] In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of … and they will find ways to pay tribute to him. End Notes [1] Written for the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the frontline states and Lesotho, Lisbon, 25 March 1983
We are gathered here in Lisbon, representatives of governments, non-governmental organisations and liberation movements, because there exists a situation in…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… Natal from 1860 when the first indentured workers arrived.1 They were followed from the mid-1870s by entrepreneurs from … were Muslim, as were most of the 4…