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Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
… morning, Mrs. Moodley, her friend and neighbour, and one or two other women, appeared at her door to prepare breakfast … and shopkeepers in the location,…
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… Farms were eventually sold off in pieces for mining or, if no payable gold was found, were eventually laid out to … in 1853. Either Viljoen bought the farm…
From death row in Pretoria Central Prison, October 1964 [Extract]
… Objectors were free to raise issues not raised before, or to submit that the Court had erred in some or other finding in the previous judgment. Objections to…
Document 41 - Letter from the Communist League of America to T.W. Thibedi, 30 May 1932
… as fully as we are able. Is your group newly constituted or has it been functioning for some time under its present name or under any other name? If you can,…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 1 - The First Farmers by Jeff Guy
… view. A religious person might choose the life of Christ or Mohammed; someone with a Eurocentric viewpoint might … arrival of the first Portuguese sailors,…
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… majority of the people. Church denominations, individually or collectively, had made some representations to the … suffered as a result. They were either…
EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… observed complete hartal, that is, a day of mourning or protest on which all the shops were shut and no-one went to work or did any shopping, throughout the…
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… (VOC), and were sent to assist dissatisfied free burghers, or farmers who had been given land independent of the VOC, on … statesman, was later responsible…
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… that recognises marriages concluded under any tradition, or system of religious, personal or family law. …
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… Transvaal Colony, former Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) or Transvaal Republic, was granted self-government status by … and the Orange Free State the right…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… people dying for a belief, that they want a free country or that they strongly believe in an ideology or something, but what are people dying for in the…
ArchiveAppendix 6 Studies in Asia by Denis Goldberg
… Policy which was the basis for positive discrimination, or affirmative action in favour of the Malay people has … nor ability to work at the going wage rate…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
… Nature deigned to employ; Whether her fearless visitings, or those That came with soft alarm, like hurtless light Opening the peaceful clouds; or she may use…
Say It out Loud - The Coloured People and the Franchise, 1906
… will be mainly concerned with the question of whether Boer or Briton shall get possession of the reins of Government, … point, whether it will be a pure …
Giyani, Polokwane
… More or less 550 kilometres north east of Johannesburg you will … National Park, even if it is a further 200 kilometres or so to reach the Phalaborwa Gate…
PlaceSomerset Road, Green Point
… Waterfront. On days when there are Soccer Games, Concerts or other Special Events; the road closes to traffic and … time, you can get access to the area…
The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963 to 1994
… moderation and the avoidance of utopian experiments or great leaps forward. Professor Hugh Macmillan is a … Jean Witten , Tel (021) 4668004, Fax (021) 461…
78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
… our leaders have been imprisoned on Robben Island, banned, or forced into exile, and so many more are added with … let me say immediately that despite the…
Save South Africa calls ‘People’s Assembly Against State Capture’
… Ivan Pillay – for charges which appear at best spurious or at worst politically motivated. The People’s Assembly, … support on the day by wearing doeks,…
PlaceLinden, Johannesburg
… try one of the trendy coffee shops such as The Whippet or The Fat Zebra, both known for their large breakfast selection made with locally sourced ingredients…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… the first sort of criticism whether from its own members or from well-disposed observers, for only by coolly analysing … can a movement become strong. When,…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… way to the Transvaal. They walked, rode on horse back, or came by ox-wagon. Ships no longer passed South Africa on … hoped to find jobs so that they could…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… to the people from his sick-bed.] There are no guns or bullets or clubs which can destroy courage and unity, and as long as …
EventThe British High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland issues the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation
… it an offence for persons to conspire against, incite, or instigate violence in South Africa or other neighbouring countries. The history of the British …
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
… and amend laws to abolish restrictions based on race or membership of a specific population group on the … utilisation of land; to provide for the…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… purpose in a situation where there are suspects with guns or any weapons and they confront or attack the police and a shooting takes place and there are …
African Claims in South Africa by Dr Xuma, ANC Conference, 1943
… of residence and no right of freedom to purchase land or fixed property from anyone and anywhere. Under the guise … this matter so that they can declare…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… to parliament that in its opinion (AAC), no permanent or peaceful solution of the franchise or land question is possible unless it is the result of … races,…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… preferred to assume a stance of “positive neutrality” or non-interference, for which the OAU would later come under … subversive activities on the part of…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
… I had become accustomed to spending time in detention or under arrest for one contravention of the banning orders or another; held incommunicado; or in…