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George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… got Steve’s book there (Taylor has a copy of Ellman’s book In a Time of Trouble). Taylor: Yeah, and also this one... … with unlettered peasants, who…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… with more 'Africanist views' - An ideology that says that black people should determine their own future - Africa for … It was first expressed by a Xhosa…
The Battle of Square Hill
… Participation as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European … and Society, Participation and Remembrance, South African black and…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… seen to be at odds with one another. Jon Soske states, in his essay ‘ The Impossible Concept: Settler Liberalism, … thesis are the four major South African…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… talent, Buthelezi was among the country’s most influential black leaders for the majority of his long and remarkable … and sister of King Solomon . She was…
EventPortuguese sailors reach St Helena Bay
… Voyage of "Discovery" The reason for putting "discovery" in inverted commas is because the land was not, as so many … from the Tagus River on 8 July 1497…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… the people who live there with us, and the place itself. In the next 3 units we are going to talk about Pretoria, the … time there were no streets, cities or…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… tactics of moderation such as petitions and deputations. In December 1949, with the support of the ANC Youth League, a … to deny political representation and…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… A turning point in the struggle against apartheid came about in the 1960s. … the formation of the PAC, growing frustration among black people, the…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… into Biko’s death revealed otherwise. During his detention in a Port Elizabeth prison cell he had been chained to a … Biko's burial town (King William’s Town…
1. The Way to Fox Street
… Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in 1899 in Witzieshoek (now known as Qwa Qwa), a tiny African … Mofutsanyana's primary job was that of checker, monitoring…
ArticleSharpeville
… 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and … not carrying passes. The PAC saw…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… 1825 Mzilikazi's arrival in Transvaal region. 1836 Andries Potgieter's arrives in the … Selbourne arrives in Pretoria. Lady Selbourne proclaimed a black…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… to grapple with their supply issues through investment in Kusile and Medupi, two large coal fired power stations … place, particularly in the form of giving…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… 1930 Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, the third son of Eli … out of the country to magazines. I did a photograph of a black man walking up the…
Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
… movement. That conference had been a very important one in that it had been composed of several independent unions … must be taught independence. They must…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… Ngawethu! “Power to the People!” The shooting faded in and out, waxing and waning with the chant. Hundreds of … centers in the Cape Flats and thatched-roof…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… to the new slogan (to the extent of accepting it in the abstract while suggesting tactical modifications in its concrete form), as contrasted with his own…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… used by the Khoikhoi, as the Dutch setup farms, resulted in conflict between the two groups. Over time, the Dutch … that would consolidate their wealth,…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… 4 'Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering': report in the South African Worker 31 January 1929 The Seventh … controversy during the year. There…
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk, 26 June 1992
… that it would been possible to overcome many obstacles in the path of realising this goal. 2. Our country is on the … and the ANC would have to address in…
ArchiveWomen and the Satyagraha Campaign
… families under these conditions, also became involved in the passive resistance or Satyagraha Campaign. With … Naidoo. Conditions did not improve for Indians…
Damon – The Malabar Slave (Historic Alleys)
… from Malabar (Walks & Sketches – Robert Semple) – He is in all respects the best of the household slaves. Without the … de Kaap' (note this term did not only…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 6
… for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In the middle thirties a case came before the Courts in which a European man avowed that he would…
"A Vision for Southern Africa"- address by President Nelson Mandela at the World Economic Forum Southern Africa economic summit Harare, 21 May 1997
… Forum has become one of the most significant events in Southern Africa's calendar. For SADC in particular it provides an unparalleled opportunity to … make a…
Vakalisa Art Association
… The Vakalisa Art Association was founded in 1982. It was a network of Black cultural workers that operated in the Western Cape . James Matthews , a well…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to late 18th century, … [vi] . Poor housing and the fact that…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… working class Document 1 - Keir Hardie, "Stoned in South Africa", 1907 Document 2 - Letter from the Cape … Glass to John Gomas, 7 June 1927 Document 15 - E…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath … in South African liberation history. On this fateful…
ArticlePoverty and development
… One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the apartheid years, black women were forced into the…