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ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… June 12, 1964 was the day for sentencing in the Rivonia Trial in Pretoria. The prosecution wanted the maximum sentence – … forced them to set the date of the…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… bread and above all, dignity.” And a proper starting point in this exercise is about remembering the Bulhoek Massacre, … including fighting against marauding…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… Europeans had visited the Cape before, 1652 was the year in which they took permanent possession of the Cape … from outside the Cape. The first group of…
Tell no Lies, Claim no easy Victories by Thabo Mbeki, 4 April 2016
… (TMF), posted a Notice on this Facebook Page that starting in January this year, we would post a number of articles I … comment on matters which arose during…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… "We are now witnessing the first glow of a new dawn in South Africa and a decisive turning point in her history. … after the establishment of a democratic…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
… parliament. I wish all of you a productive New Year in the service of the people. As government, we are confident … after the delays in the launch of the…
Archive1998 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 1998
… parliament. I wish all of you a productive New Year in the service of the people. As government, we are confident … after the delays in the launch of the…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
… Background to the project This book had its origins in an extraordinary discovery in 2007 by Mike Besten [1] , that two or three elderly people … Griqua Past…
Chapter 11 - Negotiating the final constitution
… concluded some of the most successful negotiations in recent constitutional and political history. The most … and were also outstanding. For the first time…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… support of vast populations. Image Source Introduction: In the previous section, we have covered issues of race and … and Anthony D. Smith, eds. Nationalism…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… recorded during this period ensured that obstacles in the way of substantive negotiation were removed. The … untold millions of investment capital will pour…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… Conference opened at 10:10 a.m. on the 15th December 1949. In the absence of the Senior Chaplain the Speaker, Cr. R. V. … that spirit of mutual distrust and…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… it lies west of the imaginary line that splits the world in two from top to bottom, the Greenwich meridian. There is … who had financed John Cabot's…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… Narratives refugeesTo many Afrikaans speaking white people in South Africa the narrative of what in South Africa is called ‘The 2nd Anglo Boer War’ (or just …
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Celebration the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2005
… a great privilege that we mark this day at the very place in Kliptown, Johannesburg, where the Congress of the People … We pledge to you that we will…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
… of Joe Gqabi by agents of the apartheid regime in Zimbabwe in 1981, as this regime tried to extinguish the … Good management of the economy since we took…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlaceDundee
… The Battle of Blood River Heritage Site in KwaZulu-Natal represents a unique way of Historic … story of the Battle of Blood River, an epic battle fought in…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… “across the Vaal,” originated with the Afrikaners who in the 1830's migrated to the region after crossing the Vaal … by the Sotho , Venda , and other Bantu …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… History, Michigan State University Albert Luthuli's place in the history of South African liberation movements derives … at age 50. This paper begins to…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… Trial which ended on 29 March 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of preparation for both sides, … By the end of the Rivonia Trial he was…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… dominate the world, this topic now explores how and why, in less than two centuries, Europe was able to colonise large … began soon after the arrival of the…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… NEUM. The anc had allied itself with other organisations in the ConÂgress Alliance. The latter consisted of the ANC, … grouping that eventually led the…
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
… all Black South Africans. Some were students at school in Lesotho. Some were visitors from South Africa. Others, … the body politic. It was the banning of…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
… International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961 [....] In March and April 1960, the African population staged a series of demonstrations, marches and stay-at-homes…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 17 June 2014 (after National Elections)
… hearts go out to the families of SANDF members who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Mpumalanga today during a training camp. We wish the … Africa is a…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… will off course recall that the masses of this country, in their different formations, responded with determination … who we have specially invited to join…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… over the 30 months between January 1974 and June 1976. In 1974 the ANC was almost wholly exiled or jailed, … delivered this change. The ANC itself was a…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… The Khoisan are established as the dominant power in the southern and south-western Cape regions. 1460 … Bay and soon after at Lüderitz Bay. 1488 Dias…
PlaceNgoye University of Zululand, Richards Bay
… university, equal to any of the centres of higher learning in South Africa. 1961 : The University is officially opened … operations. 1983 : A farm of 2500…