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EventSteve Tshwete is born
… Steve Tshwete (1938 - 2002) was born in Springs on 12 November. He spent his childhood in the village of Peelton, and later in King William's Town … 50's…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
… turned to Africa, including the Union, "to see." But, in the end, he did more than "see." He gave us oppressed people some inspiration and hope and to all…
ArticleBizana and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962
… The system of Black authorities and the reforms brought about in the agricultural sphere were not unreservedly accepted in … the Pan Africanist Congress,…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… was remorse and regret. There is not a glimmer of this in any of his letters with regard to the position he has … could have spent with his family. There is…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… of its founding and wishes you ever greater successes in your efforts to mobilise all anti-racist forces in Britain in a united front of action against the…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson In the more liberal climate of Cape Town Johnny Gomas seemed … The ICU was formed through the…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University … 15 February 1986, the University admitted its first twenty…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… In 1949 the government appointed the Eiselen Commission with … to the apartheid government’s Bantu Education Act, 90% of black South African schools were…
Exhibition Opening: Tales of History Retold
… Visual Arts (AVA), a not-for-profit gallery and collective in Cape Town, as source material for an artistic response. … to the entanglement of art, politics…
42nd African National Congress Conference: Resolutions, 20 December, 1953
… to work out a "FREEDOM CHARTER" for all peoples and groups in the country. To this end, Conference urges the A.N.C. … them the plan of Congress and obtain…
Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Manmohan Singh, on the occasion of the Official Dinner, Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, 2 October 2006.
… Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, …
ArticleThe Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
… A decade by decade events account of the women's struggle in South Africa. 1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… movement. There are many varieties of Pan-Africanism. In its narrowest interpretation, Pan-Africanists envision a … emphasized the commonalities between…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
… Goldblatt, are values. Values, like waves of light, are in some ways absorbed as the social information of a … he protected by not becoming politically more…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… One pound a day for the builder of mansions who lives in a shack. . . . A minimum wage of one pound a day for all … boycott action signalled to the ruling…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… October 25 1991, ninety-two organisations that were united in their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to form … points out, this would have meant in…
PlaceCala, Eastern Cape
… A Town in the Sakhisizwe Local Municipality, part of the Chris Hani … the University of Transkei where he played a leading role in the Student Representative…
New Generation Sculpture
… During the 1980s the work of a number of sculptors working in the northern part of the country, Gazankulu and Venda, … 'TakeÂaway' to the extent that the…
Our Greatest Indian Leader since Gandhiji -Tribute to Dr. Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (From: Sechaba, second quarter), 1978
… the pleasure of being a close associate and comrade-in-arms of Dr. Naicker - MONTY to all of us - in the … of building the "Unity in Action" of all the…
“Our Greatest Leader since Gandhiji”, By Dr Yusuf Dadoo
… the pleasure of being a close associate and comrade-in-arms of Dr Naicker - MONTY to all of us - in the political … of building the "Unity in Action" of all…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… changed its name to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923 - did not accomplish much to improve the lives of black South Africans. Short of funds and…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… to the natural beauty that is still remarked even in our day. But the name it was given by Bartholomew Diaz, … Town had been the sites of the first armed…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… Africa's interim constitution which was adopted in November 1993 came into effect on 27th April 1994 to … police officers have confessed to the 1977 murder…
The War
… they were wrong. The two Boer republics that were involved in the conflict were the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. … The Boers lost over 34 000 people…
Document 8 - S. P. Bunting, The “Colonial” Labour Front, 23 October 1922
… struggle leading to the overthrow of capitalism". In these words the thesis of the Second Congress lays down … there is a great gulf fixed between the white…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… In the early days of the Free State, citizenship was limited … of decision making was governed by the state. Thus, a Black leader of a body could be…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… Tomorrow, April 26, 1994, an historic event will take place in South Africa, 18 year old and over, men and women, black and white, will go to the polls to…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… The International Socialist League (ISL) was formed in September 1915. It was created by a progressive faction of … progressives saw the importance of…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 83th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1995
… free is not merely to cast off one`s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. … and on the consolidation of our own…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played … other women who got deeply involved in…