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Document 13 - Sarah Mokone [Victor Wessels] “The T.A.R.C.”, Majority Rule : Some Notes. Chapter XIX
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two …
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… and solid interests in this Colony, as in other parts of Africa, by reason of the full liberty and freedom which they …
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
SASPU National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU Focus. A non-profit newspaper,…
PlaceBarnyard Theatre in Cape Town
… There are currently 12, Barnyard Theatres in South Africa. While each theatre is a product of its individual …
PlaceWelkom
… second-largest City in the Free State Province of South Africa. It is located about 140 Kilometers, North East of … second-largest City in the Free State…
PlaceLake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… largest man-made lake in the world and the 2nd largest in Africa! This Lake in Zambia is one of those undiscovered … largest man-made lake in the world and…
PlaceQuanza Shipwreck, East London
… was discovered among the catch of a fisherman in South Africa . A curator at East London Museum, Marjorie …
PlaceNatures Valley, Garden Route
… road. It is also the end of the Otter Trail, one of South Africa's flagship hikes that navigates 42 kilometres of …
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
The Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu…
ANC Secretary General meeting former political prisoners on the Cuban Five, 21 May 2010
In a move aimed at strengthening the campaign for the release of five Cubans - who include trade unionists - incarcerated in Miami, United States, in 1998,…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… (ed) (1981). F ive Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed ., Pretoria: Academica, p. 498.|Reader's Digest. (1988). Illustrated History of…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
Steve Biko was born in King Williams Town and began his political career as the co-founder of the all-black South African Student's Organization (SASO). It was…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
Oral interview with Julius K. Nyerere (1922-1999), the first president of Tanzania (known as Tanganyika until 1964). He served as prime minister and then as…
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
The Defiance Campaign was planned in the 1950s in response to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South African government. During the African…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
On 29 May 1994 the South African government signed an agreement establishing diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The diplomatic relations…
EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
Nationalists were stunned by the announcement of seven points according to which Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog was willing to cooperate with Gen. J.C. Smuts to form a…
EventANC calls for the dismissal of Adriaan Vlok and Magnus Malan
The African National Congress (ANC), in an emergency meeting, called for the dismissal of Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister Magnus Malan…
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal (now Ilanga), dies in Umhlanga,…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 3: The Sounds of Kora
… all Khoisan languages and indeed many other languages of Africa as well as Asia, Kora is a tone language, which is to … be specially indicated, [9] but…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
On 8 July 1895 the Delagoa Bay railway line was officially opened by Paul Kruger. Its link to Pretoria was completed on 20 October 1894.The railway line was…
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
A heated dispute between Mangosutho Buthelezi, Minister of Home Affairs and leader of Inkatha Freedom Party, and his nephew King Goodwill Zwelithini, escalated…
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
The African National Congress has learned with sadness of the passing of 67 South African nationals who died and scores who were injured in Lagos as a result…
EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 16 October 2013]| South Africa, (2004), Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima (November 15, 1915 - November 15, 2003) , from South…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
The Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) was formed at an inaugural conference in Roodepoort, near Johannesburg. The organisation was based on the philosophy…
EventBill Flynn, popular SA actor dies in Johannesburg
… Bill Flynn Found Dead at Home ’, from Cape Times (South Africa) , 12 July, [Online], Available at www.questia.com …
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
Mazisi Kunene was born on 12 May 1930 in Amahlongwa, Southern KwaZulu Natal to a Swazi mother and a Zulu father. He studied Zulu Literature at the University…
ArchiveHeroes of the people : viva ANC viva
Black, yellow and green poster. Artwork of african people dancing. African shield on right hand side.
ArchiveConfidential briefing for the information and publicity sections of the ZAPU-ANC alliance
Briefing regarding fighting by the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union and the African National Congress against the Rhodesian army.
Amandla-Matla
Amandla-Matla, a newsletter published and distributed underground by the African National Congress, supported and incited revolution against the South African…
ArchiveReport from Underground Operative
Report from an African National Congress underground operative on the South African political situation, underground work, enemy forces and the Labour movement.