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ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… Contingent (SANLC) was formed in 1916 in response to a request from the British Imperial Government for an African … Front and in French ports. In 1916 the…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the … various groups in the four former…
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… agreements to bring an end to conflict and usher in a new process of negotiation towards the final constitution. … with two separate and distinct mandates:…
PlaceLesotho
… North and South, join the main range in the North, forming a plateau from 2,700 to 3,200 metres, in elevation. This … origin- (composed of, relating to, or…
’UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!’
… The ANC urges you to respond to this call and make 1980 a year of united mass struggle. Oliver Tambo: President, ANC … townships, the racist army and police…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… doctorates to its former vice-chancellors, but Dr Badat is a person who would not want us to be bound by tradition, and … we are not simply following…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… Harry Snitcher , Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943] Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943] Document 3 - National…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the paramount chief of the Thembu and a member of the Madiba clan…
ArticleList of passenger on the Truro, 16 November 1860
… 63 Kolapen Page Missing 30 M Christian Madras Madras 64 Moonien Page Missing 18 M Malabar Madras Madras 65 … 29 F Muslim Vizagapatam Vizagapatam 235…
Propaganda and the Pursuit of Hegemonic Goals – The Myanmar and Zimbabwe Experience by Thabo Mbeki, 29 February 2016
… and the OAU to impose sanctions against Nigeria produced a negative response throughout the Continent, leaving South … the matter of the release of Mr Abiola…
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… A comparison of prison experiences and conditions of Mahatma … indentured on the coal mines of Natal. That march evoked a massive response from the Indian…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… existence. The basis for what is commonly agreed to be a literary crisis following World War Two, can also be the … relationship to realism. [2] Documentary…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… In the early months of 1960 the PAC leadership launched a campaign against the pass laws. The aim was for a mass turning-in of passes at police stations,…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement defiled a Rhodes statue on the Upper Campus of the University of Cape … statue was taken down by the…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… Domestic Worker during Apartheid Nobengazi Mary Kota is a South African domestic worker for a wealthy family in Cape Town; when asked in 2004 about the ……
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
… Cape of Good Hope, it has multiple telescopes, a museum, a mechanical workshop that can “build, maintain and support … and the MeerKAT telescope (Karoo Array…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… endowed the Governor-General with the right to declare a political party unlawful at any time if they were found to … for receiving or soliciting any…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… Paul’s Cathedral in 1956. Its mission was to work towards a peaceful solution to the problem of apartheid through … even after some of them were imprisoned…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… CPSA, 20 June 1931 (extracts) Document 5 Report of A. Nzula to ECCI on Situation in CPSA, 5 August 1931 Document … CPSA Members, 13 November 1932 Document 20…
Archive2009 - President Motlanthe, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2009 (Before National Elections)
… I have had to occupy the highest office in the land as a consequence of the unique circumstance arising out of the … in government to recall the former…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… and Khotso Seatlholo , sought to transform the SSRC into a national liberation movement distinct from and autonomous … of SAYRCO’s brief existence, though it…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens Rachel Fenton ‘Politics and the … argue that Zakes Mda’s novel, Heart of Redness ,…
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
… published by Tafelberg, 2016, 336 pages, illustrated. A few weeks ago I reviewed Rob Eales’ book on Emily Hobhouse … and Pretoria the war did not end but…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… and shifted the country towards the construction of a new political, social and economic order. 27 April, The national flag was designed by a former South…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… territories, remained in force after Union. They made it a criminal offence to breach the contract of employment. … Permitted the granting of certificates of…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and remains contested. This timeline … of South West Africa from Germany, it…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… July 1927 (Extract) Document 46 Minutes of Bureau Meeting, A-UCP(B) to ECCI, 25 August 1927 (Extract) Document 47 Letter … Sixth Comintern Congress, 25…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… experiences in Nylstroom and Pretoria Central Prisons as a female political activist who was detained for her work in … of black Africans in South Africa…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… of Communism Act, Act No 44 of 1950 The Act was passed as a result of the National Party government's fear of the … any person he viewed to be pursuing…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… focuses in Burger’s Daughter. The movement mobilised a large number of black South Africans to unite and fight for revolution, however, it also brought with…