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ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, the Government declared a State of Emergency (SOE), in 83 magisterial districts – the first state of emergency declared by the…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
… Prehistory of the Nelspruit area Prehistory of Southern Africa Lying just below the escarpment, Nelspruit is the capital of a region with important Iron Age…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… Enoch Mgijima is born at Bulhoek, Eastern Cape, the son of Jonas Mayekiso Mgijima. 1907 19 April, Enoch Mgijima, who … vision, he receives several…
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
… The Predecessor of this left-wing publication was The Guardian. The Guardian … against apartheid, especially in the 1940s. As a result of this newspaper's…
ArticleThe “Wind of Change” speech
… "The wind of change is blowing through this continent and, whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all …
BiographyJohn Stephen Gomas
… near Malmesbury in the Western Cape.He was the only child of divorced mother,he completed most of his school before … being a coloured person,the South…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… list was drawn from press reports and the Annual Surveys of the SAIRR. These are not MK records. There are probably … era and other difficulties in…
ArticleState of the Nation Addresses
… The State of the Nation Address (SONA) by the President of South Africa is a speech given by the sitting President of South Africa. It is normally an annual…
ArticleBattle of Blood River 1838
… In the early hours of the morning of 16 December 1838, a battle was fought between the Voortrekkers, under the leadership of Andries Pretorius , and the…
Budget Speeches of South Africa
… South African budget speech is given by the Minister of Finance. The event gives a detailed break down of the collected revenue of the prior year and how…
ArticleThe Aftermath of the war
… The Second Anglo-Boer War resulted in heavy loss of life for both the Boers and the British. The Boers had … should surrender completely. 15 May 1902 saw the…
The Order of Good Hope
… Foreign heads of state Neck badge This medal is awarded to heads of state and foreign dignitaries to signify peace, … The Order of Good Hope …
BiographyJ B Marks
… his mother, a midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1919, his parents succeeded in getting him … and trade…
BiographyZachius Botlhoko Molete
… was born in 1930 in Winburg in the Orange Free State of mixed Tswana-Ndebele parentage. His father was a teacher. … P. Mda at the annual conference of the …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the 104th Annual General Meeting of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa
… Nelson Mandela at the 104th Annual General Meeting of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979
… Fellow countrymen, Militants of the African National Congress and of the struggle for … of all the oppressed and exploited, as well as all true democrats of…
BiographyBartholomew Hlapane
… Moru Hlapane was born in 1918 in in the Ficksburg distric of the Orange Free State. Hlapane was a factory worker. A traitor to the African National Congress…
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… Your Excellencies Heads of States and Government, Former Presidents of the ANC, … the world, Comrades and Compatriots, The African National Congress, the…
BiographyWalton Zacharias Fenyang
… 'Nchu distric in the Orange Free State. An early treasurer of the African National Congress (ANC) and for some years the ANC provincial … of nine officials…
ArticleA change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s
… no discernable change in government policies, some members of the African National Congress (ANC) began to move away from peaceful protest. The … is commonly…
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
… Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal was the son of the Jariam Singh, a former President of the Transvaal … African Indian Conference (SAIC) at the Indian National…
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
… Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street … brother. In 1947 he joined the Transvaal Indian Youth…
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
… Cape Town in early 1930s. Mafekeng left school at the age of 15 to support the family. Her first job was at a “canning … she joined the Paarl branch of the…
BiographyXego Michael
… his political career in youth politics. He was a member of the Student Christian Movement(SCM) in 1974, before … where he would become a member of the…
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… , in the Western Cape . She was born into a large family of 8 children, and attended a multi-racial school in Paarl … general secretary from 1956 to 1964…
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… Humansdorp on 31 May 1958. Jack was the second youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic … the banning of SASM, was among those who…
BiographyNatvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
… liberation. Babenia played an active role in the Indian Congress movement in Baroda, and served several terms of imprisonment in that country, before…
BiographyViola Hashe
… In the early 1950s she was elected Assistant Secretary of the Chemical Workers Union and the Dairy Workers Union. Hashe also joined the African National…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… Abstract The paper reviews the life of South African poet Mongane Wally Serote during apartheid … Mongane Wally Serote, poetry, apartheid, African National…
BiographyMohamed Ismail Dinat
… meetings with his Father, Ebrahim Dinat, who was a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) … Dinat…