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72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… A joint planning council of the African National Congress and the South African Indian … resolved to embark upon a mass campaign for the repeal of a battery…
PlaceFree State Province
… The Free State Province lies in the heart of South Africa, with the Kingdom of Lesotho nestling in the hollow of its bean-like shape. … are still active in…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… POM I remember one of the main points, Archie, that you made two years ago when … was a General was more or less accepted after signing the Treaty of…
Local Government
… When disaffected groups of Dutch farmers from the Cape reached the Trans-Gariep … rural and agrarian in nature. Their constitution of 1858 divided the…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… links on this site which deal with the depth and breadth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. This Grade 12 classroom section gives a broad…
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… English. He said that some people wondered at the reason of the conference. A Cape Town paper had stated that to all … was necessary or not. He put Education…
Interview: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
… and welcome to Podrights, or this week Vodrights, a series of podcasts from the Australian Human Rights Commission. I'm … first woman to start a law practice…
83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Some 297 040 Indians out of a total of 350 000…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 11 - … Alliance Despite the isolation and consequent defeat of the March-April 1960 Cape…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… The colonisation of Africa was part of a global European process reaching all the continents of … Ashanti that led to a brief occupation of Kumasi and a …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they were being tailed by … police. They hold 25 civilians hostage…
Address by President Mandela at the 53rd United Nations General Assembly New York, 21 September 1998
… Mr. President, may I take this opportunity as President of the Republic of South Africa and as Chairperson of the Non-Aligned … its decision to accede to the…
Statement at the 19th African-American Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 12 January 1989
… High Commissioners, Comrades and friends, The Chairman of our Conference, His Excellency the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Zambia, Luke Mwananshiku,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the 19th African-American Conference, 12 January 1989, Lusaka
… and High Commissioners, Comrades and friends, The Chairman of our Conference, His Excellency the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Zambia, Luke Mwananshiku…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
… 1935 1 Another year has just closed, but the lapse of time really never ends, it is but the year that ends. The … succession: The discovery of gold, the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important … and economic. During the Cold War, South Africa was of strategic importance in the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… like Donald Trump are committed to exclusive notions of citizenship and command the support of vast populations. … suppression. In 1979 Israel and Egypt…
PlaceTranskei
… An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included the territories of Idutywa Reserve, Fingoland (Mfenguland) and Galekaland … Chief of…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… the Sharpeville massacre, Soweto uprising and the release of Nelson Mandela and unbanning of liberation movements have been selected to gain a deeper … a…
ArchiveChapter 7 Arrest at Liliesleaf by Denis Goldberg
… On 11 July 1963 I was sitting in the living-room of the Liliesleaf farm -house reading Robert Junk’s Brighter than a Thousand Suns, the story of the first…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… 1943 (Including 'The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa' and 'Bill of Rights,' adopted by the ANC … its charge…
From Amsterdam with euphoria
… A Report of the CASA Conference and Festival We want the world to … rain and the wind which did it all Within the resonance of the Renaissance New Church…
PlaceAngola
… Angola has a long and rich history, and is home to some of the largest historical kingdoms in Africa such as the … and her brother travelled to Luanda to…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… his denialist position, which hampered the roll-out of anti-retrovirals (ARVs) to ordinary South Africans and, is said to have unnecessarily claimed the…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… Town arrived on the HMS Melville in 1838. [i] Their date of arrival was telling, having coincided with enslaved people … during the 19th century. [lxiii]…
From retirement to parliament
… (Including 'The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa' and 'Bill of Rights,' adopted by the ANC … its charge and…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… people, who looked spell-bound at Convention, were full of great hopes for the future of this Assembly. In the midst of the onslaught then being … than the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… townships, increasing military attacks and the imposition of international sanctions forced the regime to the … Vula (Open), aimed at facilitating the…
Extract from a speech made at Heilbron on 16 August 1968
… made this now well-known Heilbron speech. As a result of disturbances in South African politics the Prime Minister … necessary on this occasion to state his…
64. Congress addresses the Union Parliament, 1946
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M. D. Barmania, one of the secretaries of the…