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ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… and they began to openly criticise South Africa. On 1 April 1960 the Security Council also discussed the issue, … and also agreed that each member state…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… of registered unions rose from 637,480 in 1972 to 1,226,454 in 1982. Total union membership, registered and … per 1,000 live births. Reported cases of some…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… charges arising from recent events. The crowd swelled to 1,000 and were forcibly moved by riot police. The rest of the … that was one of the few means open…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 4 - B.M. Kies "The Background of Segregation",…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… Development Programme (RDP). This plan intended to: create 2.5 million jobs in ten years; build one million low-cost houses by the year 2000; provide…
Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… March 1 marks the 120th anniversary of the Battle of Adwa, a … invading Italians at the Battle of Adowa in 1896.” 1. INTRODUCTION Today, March 1, 2016, is…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… of June 1992 there have been 373 deaths and 395 injuries. 1 806 have been killed and 2,931 injured during the period January, 1992 to June 1992. …
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… wars of independence Africa had seen that caused nearly 1 million Algerian deaths (A Voyage of Discovery), the … training’” through her theoretical writing …
Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
… history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943] … provision for the Coloured people." - (…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the European Parliament, Strasbourg: 17 November 2004
President of the European Parliament, Josep Borrel Fontelles, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen: On…
From Amsterdam with euphoria
… Camera). Here 300 South African artists and an audience of 1,000 gathered for the last time. In the afternoon of the … are partisan and cannot be separated…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… borders between countries, provinces or districts. Part 1:Background information and source material on the Transvaal … The number of dwelling houses is 278,…
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… put it, 'the economic workshop of the African Continent'1 Yet common sense as much as class analysis would lead one … assess the nature of South Africa's…
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… against apartheid, the non-racial Congress Alliance, (2) formed from previously organised racially-based and worker … would be required to carry reference…
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… as Christians in 1911 constituting just over a quarter (26,2 per cent) of the African population whereas by 1946, over … and Anglicans comes through: at a…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… useful document. Source: N.I.C. Agenda Book, 1947. PART 1: POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE STRUGGLE A. SOUTH AFRICA The … the sacrifice and suffering for our…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… the whole Indian community had to answer. Resolution No.2 of the Seventh Session of the South African Indian … to oppose the proposed legislation of the…
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… utmost walker of the talk, of our struggle for freedom. [2] On his final return to South Africa, in 1975, he threw … first democratic parliament as one of…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… voyage to Africa, in 1562, in the reign of Elizabeth 1. Hawkins made three such journeys over a period of six … Cinqué and the Amistad mutiny 1839 Amistad…
Mission Stations - I-L
… limestone, and thatched. The chapel will holdupwards of 1,000 people. Behind the houses, there are several patches of …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against … by the state for the white general election…
How the Ahmed Timol case was reported on at the time by South African Institute of Race Relations (Politicsweb), 28 June 2017
… was refused. Mr. Timol was buried on 29 October. About 1 200 people, mostly Muslim, but including Hindu and 'people …
Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
On behalf of the Women`s Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of South Africa, I wish to…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
In 1976, the United States suddenly turned its attentions to Southern Africa, wary that events there might escalate into a new Cold War conflict fought along…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
Mr. President, The Honourable Heads of State Your Excellencies Honourable Ministers Allow me to express my great appreciation to you for affording me the …
PlaceNigeria
… for a 3-year transition to civilian rule In an October 1, 1995 address to the nation, Gen. Sani Abacha announced the … attacks in southeastern Nigeria. In…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… a state of emergency was declared in South Africa, about 2,000 leaders were arrested and the two main political … of Pakistan Institute of International…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
… had can be measured by the fact that in the Transvaal 1,300 delegates came to the provincial conference despite the … but also in relation to our work in…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… next door. Streets are demarcated by number from NY 1 up to hundreds. There is street lighting and streets were … in 1958 it was planned for 7 800 family…
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… and Sons, Trenance Estate (NA, Indian Immigration Files, 1/191 416/1916)2 INDENTURED LABOUR IN NATAL During the late nineteenth and … of employment (NA,…