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Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September…
BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
… this time Mati was working at the municipal laboratories, from which he stole chemicals to be used to make explosives. … to travel between South Africa and…
Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann,” 26 December 1922
… of the people remain banned, restricted and prevented from operating freely and hundreds of key individuals remain … Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews…
From death row in Pretoria Central Prison, October 1964 [Extract]
… constitutional text (the AT). It contains many changes from the previous text, some dealing with the Court's reasons … judgment. Objections to certification…
EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
… with about thirty other prisoners, attempted to escape from Robben Island in three boats. The boats capsized and … History Online , (2013), ‘ Chapter IV -…
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk, 26 June 1992
… the negotiation process itself. The central blockage stems from the refusal of the NP government to move together with … The crisis in the negotiations…
EventGovernment declares that five 'non-White' South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa
… On 3 April 1968, South Africa Prime Minister B.J. Vorster announced that five 'non-White' South African University Colleges will be released from their…
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
… as "The Mahatma" or "Great Soul" was forcibly removed from a whites-only carriage on a train in Pietermaritzburg, … M.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… of your Government, you may still save our country from economic dislocation and ruin arid from civil strife and bitterness. Alternatively, you may ……
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
… in court. This led to a better settlement for the union. From 1935 to 1948 the GWU, a militant and multiracial trade … 1949. Scheepers also was stepmother…
BiographyHarry Themba Gwala
… He was detained again in 1975 and towards the end of 1976 Gwala and a number of other ANC stalwarts were arrested … robbed him of the use of his arms,…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… made up of former soldiers who had recently returned from fighting against fascism in Europe, campaigning against … Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). She was…
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
… of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from Bavaria, Germany in 1894, and Chlothilde Theilheimer. … a dominant influence on South African…
BiographyFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
… Primary, and the Pietersburg Primary School, matriculating from the Pietersburg Afrikaans Hoërskool School in 1958. He … the University of Cape Town as…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. … Robert Sobukwe , Robert Mugabe ,…
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… in 1943 when he was admitted to a hospital suffering from tuberculosis. After completing his schooling he received a bursary from the Department of Education…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… The ‘People’s Doctor’ ‘He struggled to liberate society from oppression. He gave his life so that others may have a … led patients to nickname Asvat ‘the…
The government admits responsibility for the death of the Black leader, Joseph Mdluli on 19 March 1976 and agree to pay damages
… Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … the death of the Black leader, Joseph Mdluli on…
BiographyMichael Gagashe Zondi
… Johannesburg (two-person exhibition with David Koloane). 1976 France (group). 1977 National Gallery of Rhodesia, … - Michael Gagashe Zondi (10 March 1926 -…
BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
… conference held in KWT in December 1975. Detained in early 1976, Keke was eventually charged with terrorism alongside … Barnes, Antony Bugg-Levine, Thomas…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
… Town and Zwelitsha. A month after the start of the 1976 Soweto uprising, in a swoop of Black Consciousness … without charge on 16 July. Twenty days later,…
The Neptune returns to England from Simons Bay, where it lay anchored from September 1849. Aboard are 288 prisoners who couldn’
… The Neptune returns to England from Simons Bay, where it lay anchored from September 1849. Aboard are 288 prisoners who couldn’ …
Police announce that they have picked up twenty-five bodies from various parts of Katlehong township, mostly from the area arou
… Police announce that they have picked up twenty-five bodies from various parts of Katlehong township, mostly from the area arou …
From Transformational Leadership to Mafia State? Observations from South Africa’s Two Decades of Democracy by Dr Mzukisi Qobo, 25 November 2014
… From Transformational Leadership to Mafia State? Observations from South Africa’s Two Decades of Democracy by Dr Mzukisi …
The names of the four ‘homelands’ are changed: from Basotho ha Borwa (Southern Sotho) to Basotho-Qwaqwa; from Tswanaland to Bop
… Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … The names of the four ‘homelands’ are changed:…
The government moves ANC leader Nelson Mandela from the private clinic in Cape Town, where he has been recovering from tubercul
… The government moves ANC leader Nelson Mandela from the private clinic in Cape Town, where he has been recovering from tubercul …
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
… differentiate the love and affection shown by his parents from the unwanted attentions forced on him by his headmaster. … internalised the issue and tried to…
ArchiveMandela 'Only hope to control youths' from Saldru Archive
… Mandela 'Only hope to control youths' from Saldru Archive …
ArchivePress statement from the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference
… Press statement from the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference …
ArchiveSteyn Commission II: How to Separate Truth from Fact
… Steyn Commission II: How to Separate Truth from Fact …