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… strata of society. This outstanding quality reminds me of my first encounter with you in 1945 or 1946 at Ismail Meer’s … There were just a handful of students at Wits University who were not white. And my meeting with you became special. … to boast to my school mates about this university student who showed so much interest in me, my studies, my interest in …

… the All African Convention (AAC) expresses his view in an article published in The Crisis. He argues that Parliament … of the All African Convention states that anyone who will endeavour to wreck the principle of unity that gave … sixty delegates. The delegates include Rheinallt Jones, who was elected to the senate representing Africans in the …

… government property in Durban?  Mtolo:  Yes, I did. Yutar: Who ordered you to commit these acts of sabotage?  Mtolo: … to encourage people to join SACTU....  Yutar: Do you know who this White man [who was said to be organizing a sabotage … reason. Yutar:  And what was that reason? Mtolo: My heart was no longer with Umkhonto We Sizwe.   Yutar: Why …

… West Africa (Namibia). He was there to defend activists who were arrested for political activity 27 March, Tambo goes … interviewed by New African in London March Writes an article, Racism in Isolation for World Marxist Review 18 … of the House of Commons , in London. 10 November Writes an article, Botha's British Allies for the Observer, London. …

… me at the outset thank the Committee from the bottom of my heart for the high honour bestowed on me by making me the … in re-reading the letters and writings of Christopher Gell who refused to remain silent where a pen was needed to defend the rights of those who would not be heard or could not defend themselves against …

… honorary awards have been bestowed upon me by reason of my present and previous offices. Understandably, therefore, … this University's alumni came each of the Prime Ministers who governed white-dominated South Africa in the era between … Nationalism and white domination is honouring a person who for decades was looked upon as an arch-enemy of that same …

… the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), who was executed by hanging in Pretoria Central Prison, was … killed and Mahlangu was captured along with Monty Motloung who was beaten to the point of severe brain damage. The third … to escape.  His final words are reported to be, “Tell my people that I love them and that they must continue the …

… to the Sanlam Group of corporations were very much against my involvement because of my preference for social-democratic capitalism. During these … ANC was deceived on such a massive scale by false prophets who led South Africa, not to the promised land, but into a …

… hard in school and receiving top marks, while her brother who was a year younger and did not receive good grades was … and them, between myself and the American people. With my students, I lived in harmony. The clash is between the … is not perpetuated by negative world thinking.  This article forms part of the South African History Online and …

… by their visible presence. It is a place where the blacks who serve the white community must be herded to live in a … their heads high, greeting with joy and grace the friends who had found them in their banishment. I have known Winnie … our contact. I hope that what I have to tell of her from my personal knowledge and experience of her will describe …

… on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Sytze Wierda who was the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek State Architect, and … Union of South Africa . All this was done without firing a shot, on behalf of England because of the discovery of gold . …

… its show of might, the Castle is not known to have fired a shot in anger, and is one of a number of fortifications …

… children, while 178 were wounded. At Langa two Blacks were shot dead.  While the killings at Sharpeville ended the …

… of the leadership we must provide, as our predecessors who constituted the Frontline States provided the leadership … reiterate at this important meeting remarks I made in an article I wrote immediately after the Extraordinary Summit Meeting, in which I sought to communicate my views of what our region needs to do to accelerate the …

… loyalty, it is in times like the present... I have all my life dealt with the Natives, but at no other time have … their misery, blacks from the High Commission Territories who had served in the same units were issued medals, as were … them from the battlefield. For the purpose of this article, the citation given to Lucas Majozi, NMC, for the DCM …

… RP:   She is the daughter of the late Dr K Goonam, who is a well-known activist in Durban.  She was also one the … to say how long ago. I married at a young age, much to my mother’s disapproval, and I think everybody knew how she … of Dr Goonam, your mother’s background, you know, what, who were her parents, where did she come from?  Grandparents, …

… My Dear Brother Leader Comrades and Friends There are few … The men and women of Libya are prominent amongst those who will help make the next century one in which our … the continent to danger, insecurity and deprivation. All who call themselves leaders and who have taken it upon …

… of pounds. I decided, however, that the reactionaries who were trying to turn South Africa into a Third Reich and … garment workers were jubilant and so were true democrats. My success inspired all the members of the National Executive … protest to the Minister of Justice, Dr. Colin Steyn, who shared our concern, but was apparently powerless to do …

… stop a people from attaining their freedom to be a people who can hold their heads high, whose dignity to be human persons is respected, who can assume the responsibilities and obligations that are … I am wrong and I have misread history and the situation in my beloved homeland, my mother country, South Africa... A …

… in the rural areas. During this period, many Basuto, who were in the habit of eking out their liveli­hood by the … displayed and sold their carvings at these she a newspaper article dating from 1937 Rebecca Hoi Reyher explains why a … to that I wanted to lecture indirectly or directly to my people of the importance of this type of thing, which of …

… person in the world, and therefore not in South Africa, who, for the sake of his peace of mind, does not want a … 100th minister since 1910 4 . There are other countries who have had that in five years. If that is not a sign of … what is the truth condensed from our history? If any of my UP friends are here, the truth applies to them too. Why do …

… farm house. At 14, she was the youngest of a group of 12 who skipped the country, eventually ending up in a camp in … physical violation. “I thought I would take this to my grave,” she says. “But my real troubles started when I met … initiated communications with MK leaders in Angola, who, she says, “flew to Tripoli and said: ‘This is our …

… and to what you used to say. I ask you further to accept my assurance that there is absolutely no wish on my part or … to seek for anything more than fair treatment of those who are bona fide residents of the country. If the proposal … the Colonial Secretary got angry and said that the people who had offered such a threat to the Government had no idea …

… Hall he spoke to a crowd of approximately 50 000 people, who had waited for hours to see him. He started by expressing … his sincere and warmest gratitude to the "millions of my compatriots and those in every corner of the globe who have campaigned tirelessly for my release". Mandela's …

… Music in South Africa by Gary Rathbone. Poetry: A Child Who survived the soldiers by Shadrack Pooe; The march by Themba Miya; The Student who never Returned by Abner Nyamende; Take and Go by Titus … by Dorian Haarhoff; A Burnt Man by Ken Barris; If I shut my eyes by Peter Anderson; Untitled by Moritso Makhunga; My …

… as one of the exceptional women figures in South Africa who has played a crucial role in fighting for women … the United Nations, discharge these functions and regulate my conduct in the with the interests of the UN only in view. … or accept instructions in regards to the performance of my duties from any government or other source external to the …

… men, Rev. Isaac Wauchope Dyobha said:  "Be quiet and calm, my countrymen. What is happening now is what you came to do … We are the sons of Africa ..." SAHO has prepared an article for the 100 year commemoration of the SS Mendi tragedy - www.sahistory.org.za/article/ss-mendi …

… I had a dream where I visited the renovated premises of my once favourite shop as a kid in Salt River just around the … a group of us young workers under James Dryja and myself who started the All Africa Southern Socialist Working Youth … drifters) from the Goringhaiqua, Gorachoqua and Cochouqua, who called themselves the Goringhaicona (children of the …

… men when their conscience is aroused, nor will they deter my people or the colleagues with whom I have worked before. … an invaluable gift is in the preparation, for those who suffered in the name of all humanity when they sacrificed … and welfare of the mothers and fathers of these children, who must walk the earth without fear of being robbed, killed …

… The welcome from the Wits students at the conference, my first "free" meeting, moved me very deeply. The ovation as … the proof that I was still needed, that I could still make my contribution to the struggle for freedom and justice and … efforts to eradicate it. In this crucial decade it is an article of faith for many people in South Africa and …