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ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… by a letter bomb sent by the South African Security Police in Maputo, Mozambique on this day, 17 August, in 1982. At a … of the African Mineworkers Union,…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… Native found himself, not actually a slave, but a pariah in the land of his birth" (Plaatjie, S.T. (1916). Native Life … of a number of African "reserves"…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… for parliamentary representation for Coloureds and Indians in one of three separate chambers, a supposed reform and … to apparently broaden political…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… conditions. 1840s and 1850s The shrinking hunting frontier in Pedi territories forced many young men into migrant … mine owners showed a propensity to…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black…
The diary of Maria Tholo - November 2 - December 1 by Carol Hermer
… a result of that party I had at the end of August, right in the middle of the riots. The order was delivered last … the wind. They looked like angels. The…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… World opposition to Apartheid Enforced racial segregation in South Africa began with the arrival of the Dutch and English colonisers. Following its victory…
Eye of the Needle - Preface by Richard Turner
… sensation that a cosmic drama is being played out there-black against white, integration versus separatism, democracy … Africa. It is also a careful…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
… Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and four years later advised the Coolie Commission … per annum. The first university…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… late 19th century Pan-Africanist movement which emerged in the United States of America (USA) among Black American intellectuals such as Martin Delany and ……
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… to white minority rule and domination by a disenfranchised black majority. Coming shortly after the Defiance Campaign of … the scope for extra-parliamentary…
Chapter VI - A strange kind of goal bird
… June 1977, was to be commemorated at St Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg by a twenty-four hours' vigil, organised … organisations and people of all races,…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… 1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) … crowd of Blacks in Newclare, Johannesburg attack a Black policeman attempting to…
PlaceAnton Smit's Sculpture Park, Bronkhorstspruit
… Smit’s work has been shown and lauded internationally in places as diverse as Rome and Milan, Italy (1991), the Sweeguan Art Gallery in Singapore (1993),…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… of the organization. 18 March 1960 – the PAC calls on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and … themselves up at the nearest police…
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… doubt some justification for this pride. A country which in 1981 had a gross national product of approximately R70,000 … pass laws which were designed to…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… justice. The ideological shifts that took place in the ANC’s economic views from 1990 can only be described … narrow interests of the old white elite and the…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… Matthews was a member of the clandestine SACP’s leadership in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He told the Cape Town based Russian researcher Irina Filatova…
Reply by President Jacob Zuma to the debate of the Presidency budget vote, 13 May 2010
… same organisation of South Africa`s first Bill of Rights in 1923, which was 25 years before the adoption of the United … divisive past of racism and division…
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
… Formed in 1928 by Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs , this was a union of … workers that transcended barriers of colour and class. In the late 1920s and 1930s,…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… was the right thing to do. This was giving me confidence in the work I took on. So when the exceptional case of … of the disparity and discrimination he and…
”The Global Information Infrastructure - What is at stake for The Developing World?” address to the Infodev Symposium, 9 November 1999
… your morning.I'm sorry that I cannot be with you in person but I'm happy that this satellite technology has … as a Knowledge Bank. The digital revolution,…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… activist. After she was exiled from South Africa in 1960, she used her success to shine a light on the ugly … present Republic of South Africa… until all its…
SAHO Milestones
… an NGO South African History Online (SAHO) was established in 2000, as a not-for-profit Section 21 organisation 30 … SAHO and Unisa Press. The principal…
ArticleZulu
… The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga … The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… 5, 1 November 1948 Document 15 - "Ruth First , "Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle", The … 21 - E.L. Maurice, "The RÁ´le of the…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… periods of time, working under contract on the mines. In both town and rural areas the traditional pattern of the … to protect the increasing number of ‘poor…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… to a study, titled Sleeping giant is stirring: Farmworkers in South Africa , the farmworker population in the Western Cape make up the highest number of…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… and policies. However, there are still glaring gaps in critical areas of the township's history that need to be … white areas had to be resettled in areas…
BiographyHyman Meir Basner
… Hyman M Basner was born in Russia in 1905, and moved to South Africa at an early age. Basner and his mother joined other family members in South Africa in…