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BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
… Free State. De Wet said he was prepared to carry on the struggle beside President Steyn to the bitter end. The Treaty … rebel leader. His name is…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to late 18th century, domestic…
ArchiveWomen raise your voice in the future constitution
… people with fists raised. ANC logo. Produced by the ANC Womens League (PWV). …
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape II)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand …
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape I)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand …
The Sweet Workers’ Union
The Sweet Workers’ Union (SWU) originated as an offshoot of the short-lived Women Workers’ Union, founded by Fanny Klenerman in the mid-1920s, when that…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… the economy to generate change. That same year she led the struggle at Cato Mano r along with Doroth y Nyembe in … Natal, including the participation…
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… and sheds invaluable insight to an early liberation struggle against the encroachment of African land and African … but he had not consulted the King. [47]…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… March 1950, Bertha Mkize of the African National Congress Womens League (ANCWL) was a leading figure, while in Port … be fully aware of the commitment of…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
What is Gender-Based-Violence and who does it affect? Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) is any violent act or action directed at a person on the basis of their…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… procession, South Africans across racial barriers sang struggle songs as they accompanied the “People’s Doctor” to …
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
1994: South Africa's first non racial, democratic electionsSouth Africa’s democratic system was endorsed by voters drawn from across the country’s racial…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… related transgressions. The African National Congress Womens League (ANCWL) was very much involved in the campaign. …
BiographySydney Kumalo
… of worth in their communities, and led the way in the struggle to assert a resurgent pride in African culture. …
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… search for a passage to the Indies was a move in the great struggle between the Moslem world and Christendom. The …
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… bigger international picture economy during the political struggle. Two years later, in 1987 he was appointed at …
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… Today, he remains a celebrated political figure in the struggle for a democratic South Africa. …
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… to the liberation movement by depicting Black peoples’ struggle through various creative mediums, including choral …
EventTryphina Mboxela Jokweni is honoured by the ANC
… Jokweni and recognized her contributions to the liberation struggle by laying a new tombstone for her at the Wentworth …
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… of what an average black citizen faced. In the in the long struggle of overcoming this injustice and retaking their … it clear that he fell.” [16] Andile was…
Article50 Facts on Africa
In the modern-day world the view people are given of Africa is often a narrow one. In this piece we present 50 facts about this continent that people may not…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
The 1940s saw a growth of African nationalism that positioned itself to challenge the rising Afrikaner nationalism. The ANC which was weak in the 1920 and…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 104th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… fifty-five years ago and which bravely led the armed struggle against the apartheid regime. This year marks the … fulfilled its purpose, as one of the four…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 106th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 13 January 2018
… anniversaries of several milestones in the history of our struggle for democracy: - It is 210 years since the 1808 … and the first organisation in the…
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
… already a veteran activist, proposed a move to armed struggle. Popular violence erupted. In the dramaturgy of … defined the pictorial genre that came to be…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
At the height of the South African War 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War), General Christiaan Rudolph De Wet was defeated at Bothaville, South Africa by British forces…
EventFeminist writer and activist, Diana E. H. Russell is born
Diana E.H. Russell was born in Cape Town on 6 November 1938. Her mother was British and her father South African. After completing her bachelors degree at the…
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
Anti-Apartheid activist and founder member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), Lilian Ngoyi died on 13 March 1980. She was 68 years old. …
ArchiveWomen and the Satyagraha Campaign
… given official recognition. Transvaal Indian Women in the Struggle for Democracy by Muthal Naidoo Valliama R Munuswami: … Eventually, they too became…