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ANC statement on more lies inside the Cape Town story, 14 May 2011
… the many revelations, which have punched countless holes in the party`s so-called the Cape Town Story`, bear the … of the election. This will surely help…
The Polly Street Era
… and Gerard Sekoto, that the foundations of a fine art by black South Africans had been established by the 1940s. All … of these early figures had produced…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education
… "The Turning Points in History project has invited four leading academics to … from the 1970s through to the beginning of negotiations in 1990..." Contents…
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of Churches, and Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the … the SACC, including its management…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Native Unrest
… Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu Introductory. The aboriginal black people of South Africa have not remained unaffected by the general world movement of…
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
… After protests against Barclays Bank's involvement in South Africa and its apartheid government, Barclays Bank (SA) announced its new name - First National…
EventDelmas Treason Trial starts
… The Delmas Treason Trial, up to that time the longest trial in the history of SA, started in Delmas, east of Pretoria. Twenty-two Transvaal United …
EventThe University of South Africa is officially opened, replacing the University of the Cape of Good Hope.
… of the Cape of Good Hope since it was established in 1873.Today,Unisa is one of the mega universities of the world, with over 300 000 students in 130…
EventEzrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born
… Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae, South African artist, was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg. He studied at the Polly Street … under Cecil Skotnes and Sydney Kumalo…
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… sent by authorities to demolish their homes at Dobsonville in Soweto. The women's protests were ignored and the … Soweto residents to be humiliated and…
Remembering Nadine Gordimer (The Conversation), 15 July 2014
… knew her, it will also be an enormous personal loss. Born in November 1923, Nadine Gordimer came from a different era. … to; the energies, passions and…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… For decades we did not think violence had a role to play in the ANC`s struggle: not until the National Party came into … 23 this year, in which at least five…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… power to working people and played an important role in defeating apartheid. First, the strikes triggered the … These unions became the core of the…
Summary Minutes of exploratory discussions held in London on 3 May and 4 May 1988 between a South African Delegation and an Angolan Delegation, facilitated by a Delegation from the United States
… African People's Organization (SWAPO) at a meeting held in Washington DC on 30 March 1988 … Summary Minutes of exploratory discussions held in London on 3…
Moses Kotane Timeline
… 1905 9 August, Moses Kotane is born in Tamposstad, to Samuel Segogwane, a lay preacher and … member of the Lutheran church. 1924 After a few stints in…
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian prime minister, was assassinated in parliament following his announcement that Egypt was … declaring war on the Axis powers. The…
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 2 September 1982, Volume 3
… Tutu and Joseph Wing (honorary life Vice-President of the SA Council of Churches), of the Commission of Inquiry into … the SACC, including its management and…
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
… booklet produced by the Institute of Industrial Education in the immediate wake of the strike wave, The Durban Strikes. … of everyday workplace resistance as…
EventJohannesburg municipal workers strike
… biggest strike by the migrant municipal workers took place in Johannesburg, the largest and most industrialised city in South Africa. The strike involved…
EventDr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advice is criticised
… reported that the special mixture prescribed by SA Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to fight … Aids. The minister's prescription was widely…
Summary Minutes of a Meeting held in New York on 11 and 12 July 1988 between a South African delegation and an Angolan delegation, facilitated by a delegation from the United States
… Minutes of a meeting in New York of delegates from South Africa and Angola, … by Angola based on principles for a peaceful settlement in southern Africa. ……
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… Richard John Maponya was born in Lenyenye in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). The founder … Maponya is also a trustee of the Urban Foundation…
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first multi-racial elections. The elections resulted in the establishment of the new…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… helped to shape South African society. They impacted on black social life and politics in a particular way. In the first half of the twentieth … its own…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… want you to write me a poem about Doris.’” In this story, which is about an storyteller teaching a … more questions. What is a state? What is…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their attempts to break up a demonstration. … the freedom struggle against the…
EventNational Party wins national elections
… majority. Race plays a critical role for the first time in SA politics. Hertzog accused Smuts' party of supporting … for the second consecutive term, having…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… provides some historical background to the role of English in the Namibian public by tracing it within the country’s … [16] This is likely the first non…
Increase Assistance to Liberation Movements - Statement at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa by O. R. Tambo, Oslo, 11 April 1973
… been made out for the support of the liberation movement in the various divisions of action in southern Africa, in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. We believe…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… Fall (#RhodesMustFall, #RMF) garnered much media attention in March of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement … their own countries. This speaks to the…