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PlaceAlbertville, Johannesburg
… Alberts, who was affectionately known as 'Hennie'. Black Africans make up the majority of the Population, of the …
EventEsther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, is born in Zurich
… outstanding work in restoring sight to thousands of rural Africans. …
Address to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki, 21 September 2008
… Fellow South Africans, I have no doubt that you are aware of the … to address the major challenges we face. Fellow South Africans, Since the attainment of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the workshop for Human Rights Education Durban, 21 September 1994
… this is an African workshop conceived and organised by Africans involving 42 delegates from 38 African countries. It … this system, to learn from the…
88. Gandhi’s legacy
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Jerry … bio on site), the father of the Congress…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… small areas in municipalities earmarked for residence by Africans". The major Black suburbs of that time were: … in the 1940s marked more changes for all…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… The Native Service Contracts Act of 1932 The Act drew all Africans outside of the reserves into the agricultural … aims to prohibit marriage between Asiatics…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… deliverance to themselves but also point the way to the Africans and vindicate the honour of India. I am proud of … of the ANC, NIC and TIC respectively, on…
EventP.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues
… P.W. Botha. The petition, signed by 30 000 White South Africans, was organised by a Durban housewife, Mrs Lolly …
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE Pretoria, 4 December 1997
… Guests, We have assembled once again as South Africans, our Palestinian guests and as humanists to express … be less than human if we did so. It behoves all…
First National Consultative Conference: The Freedom Charter revolutionary programme of the ANC, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… have largely centred on the relationships between the Africans and Europeans, they are not the only peoples who … population. The Coloured and Indian people…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… our people often resulting in merely confusing our people. Africans must learn to rely on their own advice if they hoped … in Central East Africa known as…
Chapter 6
… that millions of morgen of land were to be given to the Africans. He had said: "We are now establishing a trust, and … not going to work on the mines."…
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
… Umkhonto we Sizwe is a new, independent body, formed by Africans, It includes in its ranks South Africans of all races It is not connected in any way with a …
ArchiveHugh Masekela - what I'm thinking about ... a crisis for African culture (The Guardian)12 March 2013
… they are, they'll say "it is rumoured that we used to be Africans - long ago". I'm very interested in heritage … the aims of education, and later on through…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… and political movement, and in promoting joint action with Africans and whites.- ESR] I knew Dr. Goonam and shared the … South Africa Committee was…
BiographySolly Mokoetle
Solly Mokoetle was also known as Solly Mpoli in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) circles, Solly Mokoetle left the country during the first half of 1976. As the influx…
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…
BiographyTraci Mackie
Traci Mackie was born to a working-class family, in an industrial village called Blackburn in Scotland. When she was nine years old, her parents decided to…
BiographyJeanette Carlson
Jeanette Levinson Carlson was born on 21 June 1929, in Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape Province). She was the youngest of Israel and…
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…
EventCOSATU issued a statement on Marikana Massacre
… taken in the Marikana Massacre. They joined all South Africans who lost their loved ones in their grief and the …
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… parks and buses. This meant that in future all South Africans, irrespective of race, would use the same amenities. …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… on the frontier and included portraits of the Khoikhoi and Africans as well as landscapes. …
Address at the Third African Renaissance Festival, Durban, 31 March 2001
… Our friends from the USA Distinguished participants As Africans, we are faced with the urgent challenge of ending … but to fall in line with what the centre…
ArchiveA Place In The City - The Rand On The Eve Of Apartheid by Luli Callinicos
… left South Africa for other countries. Most black South Africans had a different response. African National Congress … against dispossessed, exploited and…
'We Go To Action': Statement on the Launching In Natal of the Defiance Campaign, August 30, 1952
… develop to our fullest capacity our God-given talents. As Africans we are glad that at the invitation of the African … Bantu Social Centre in Durban on…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… Africa, which recounts a deliberate process of coercing Africans into the economy on extremely unequal terms. The …
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… the constitution was altered in such a way as to debar Africans from membership. From now on the council would …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… drastically reduce the education standards of Black South Africans. Read Tutu's acceptance speech . Other awards …