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ArchiveThe apartheid city and its labouring class: African workers and the independent trade union movement in Durban, 1959-1985
… Durban's economy, which significantly changed the lives of Africans. It shows how, during an era of economic boom, of …
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
… The reason the Dutch imported labour is because the black Africans were unwilling to work for them. Most Indian people …
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… trial. Mandela was one of the 156 leading figures, 104 Africans, 23 Whites, 21 Indians and 8 Coloureds, of the South …
EventSA Prime Minister speaks before the British Parliament
… that his policies had finally been accepted by White South Africans, Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts started to …
EventPope John Paul II visits Africa
… behalf of those who did not have a voice, in this case the Africans. Source: …
EventProgressive Federal Party is formed
… principles included full citizenship rights for all South Africans and the negotiation of a new constitution at a …
EventThe South African Military History Society is established
… an appeal by Commandant-General H.B. Klopper to all South Africans to take an interest in South Africa's military …
EventWorld No Tobacco Day is observed
… and sponsorship. Statistics show that a third of South Africans are heavy smokers, with the average smoker spending …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education
… equally important to highlight the various ways in which Africans shaped colonialism. This is not to deny the negative …
Helen Zille and the myth of the White Saviour by Panashe Chigumadzi, (Sunday Times), 19 March 2017
… imagination. Having been met with resistance from Africans when they first began to settle in the region under … Column", proceeded to map out an imaginary…
Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography by Daniel Gallan, 14 Jun 2017
… stating that Goldblatt is “complicit, like all white South Africans [during apartheid] who never really looked at the … a part in the national narrative that…
2003 New Year Message, 30 December 2002
… Fellow South Africans: Friends and guests visiting from other lands: The … work aimed at building a better life for all South Africans. We must thank all of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 1995 National Conference of IDASA Cape Town, 18 August 1995
… of the past. Under our democratic constitution all South Africans enjoy the right to be protected and not abused by … one of those ideals that unite us. It…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… in the privileged class of Natal kholwa - a tiny group of Africans that played an influential role in the early history … the mass of ordinary workers…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… Massacre Reclaiming the land from the past will require Africans to do so by appreciating and internalizing Frantz … (British and Dutch) and the baboon the…
III - Black Consciousness
… a new and hitherto unknown proposition. National unity of Africans, founded on national consciousness, was the first … ANC Youth League in which he rejected…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Religion and Churches
… wa Bantu, 29 July 1944. In their spiritual make-up, the Africans exhibit indications of striking affinity to the people of the Orient, i.e., Asiatics…
ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo, 31 January 2007
… home in Johannesburg this evening. The ANC joins all South Africans in mourning the loss of a true heroine of our … life to the freedom of our people…
ArchiveThe Mission by Denis Goldberg - Foreword by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… the point of risking his life for freedom for Black South Africans. What happened to his family? How can an armed … with organisations of the oppressed Black…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… Mutwa’s garden is the product of his vision to enlighten Africans about the folklore of the land and to protect African heritage , teaching Africans how to…
The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959
… come in to attempt to give guidance and direction to all Africans concerned with the demonstrations. To do otherwise … ensures the white Government full…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
… our struggle for liberation, Comrades and friends Fellow Africans, Dumelang, sanibonani, molweni. Only two months ago, … outstanding leaders who make us…
Address on South African Freedom Day 2001, Pietersburg, 27 April 2001
… that still blights the lives of millions of South Africans. But we also know that unity in action can bring … of opportunity". I know that the majority of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… ground for the South African transition? The world, South Africans included, called it a miracle. But what made that … privilege under apartheid negotiated…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… In 1946, the year of the great strike the wages were: Africans R87 and whites R1,106. In both cases it would be … held in the Newtown Market Square: no hall…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… in adult education and other local projects for and with Africans. Also becomes a member of the Bloemfontein Joint Council of Europeans and Africans, which…
BiographyPeter Moonsammy
Peter Moonsammy was born on 25 March 1928 in Market St, Johannesburg. Moonsamy was the elder brother of Paul and Dasu Joseph who were Transvaal Indian…
Address by Nelson Mandela on behalf of the ANC delegation to the Conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa Addis Ababa, January 1962
… machine-guns, and rifles, opened fire on unarmed Africans, killing 163 persons, wounding 129, and during which … people refused to pay dog tax. On 1 May 1950…
Statement congratulating Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira on winning the Hopman Cup, 8 January 2000
… was entrusted with the hopes and aspirations of all South Africans to return with the first international tennis …
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1954-1955
… affecting specific groups - The Coloured people, Asiatics, Africans; Regional group planning, Group areas and siting of …