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In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are shot and 152 wounded by police during a demonstration. (The official report of the Commi
… Human & Rousseau | Joyce, P. (1990). The Rise and Fall of Apartheid , Cape Town: Struik; Suid-Afrika, Unie Van. … by police during a demonstration. (The…
Imperial Duty by John Ruskin, Oxford 8 February 1870
… refused. We are still undegenerate in race; a race mingled of the best northern blood. We are not yet dissolute in … first aim is to be to advance the power…
PlaceBishopscourt, Cape Town
… Bishopscourt, Cape Town, was a prime example of the Group Areas Act's cruel impact, where non-white families (the Protea … create a "whites-only" area,…
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… mining begins in Griqualand West. 1872 Introduction of pass laws to control labor force in Kimberley diamond … wealthy from diamond mining, set his ambitions…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… Prehistory of Southern Africa Farming people did not inhabit the Greater … , however, depopulated the region in 1823; and so, the land appeared empty when…
32. An unjust and uncalled-for Immigration Bill, 1894
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Amendment Bill. It sought to amend the 1891 Immigration Act in…
New Brighton Vilgilance Committee
… Report from the Town Clerk of the City of Port Elizabeth to Native Affairs Committee regarding …
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
… It was to be expected that this year's debate on the State of the Nation Address should be especially enthusiastic. This being the last session of the first…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… (And the Address by Dr Martin Simon, Executive Board Member of the Anne Frank House on presentation of Anne Frank Award to President Nelson Mandela)…
Mission Stations - M
… by Merensky did not take place, as he states, as a result of Mswati's death, which occurred in 1868, but because the … etc with nails and screws, we had…
Breyten Breytenbach writes to the editor of the Daily Maverick on vanishing UCT artworks and blank minds, South Africa, 11 April 2016
… Please allow me yet again to react to the spasms of abject annihilation of sense, meaning and self-respect being played out around the question of the…
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… (GFWBF) in 1972. They worked closely with Harriet Bolton of TUCSA. The aim of the GFWBF was, through worker … the GFWBF was charged with contravening the…
Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
… with no room to offer them. Having failed in the service of the gods, I shall run to my den in the sewer pipe down by … says Wong, a character in Bertolt…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… Anti-Apartheid Movement on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding and wishes you ever greater successes in your … all anti-racist forces in Britain in…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… A group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted … dissidents attacked the main army camp in Umtata, capital of the Transkei . The coup was…
ArchiveRemembering Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for music of the day by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 23 January 2018
… cancelled his appearance last year at the Johannesburg Joy of Jazz Festival, taking time out to deal with his serious … were forced to return to his recorded…
Message to the Special Committee against Apartheid on its 20th anniversary from O.R. Tambo, President of the ANC, 06 April 1983
… Committee the most cordial fraternal greetings on occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Special Committee. The Special Committee belongs to … in…
Photographer Juda Ngwenya was the face of Reuters in Africa and a special friend by Siphiwe Sibeko (Mail and Guardian), 25 Oct 2016
… other mutual friends who will say the same about him. None of us expected him to go so soon and we are all still … his departure. Juda had respect for…
A critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… An extended research paper presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for B.A.(Honours) Degree in History at the University of Cape Town. The aim of…
South African Constitution 1996
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for … Charter. The Constitution is…
Fighting out of darkness or moving gradually towards the light? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown, 1990
… held at Grahamstown on 2 March 1990, discussing: Release of Mandela, FW De Klerk and reform, end of Apartheid, ANC, Bill of Rights, Constitution. … Fighting…
PlaceBoskop Village, Nature Reserve and Dam- near Potchefstroom
… Reserve is located in the Mooi River Valley 20 km North of the Town of Potchefstroom a short distance from the R501 Carletonville … consisting of a portion…
PlaceOttosdal and Letsopa
… The Town of Ottosdal, was established as a Dutch Reformed Church on the Farm 'Korannafontein'. This occurred in 1913 and was named after its owner, GP Otto…
Telegram from J van Dalsen, Director-General, Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to His Excellency, Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
… Telegram from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, reporting that in light of…
PlaceMorocco
… Mountainous country of western North Africa, Morocco borders Algeria to the east … countries in the Maghreb region. The Berbers are native to North Africa…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… Forces in World War Two was a contentious one on behalf of the South African government. This is because within the … premier, after which General Smuts…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… and 21 others, who were detained under the Suppression of Communism Act, in May 1969, are acquitted. Three are released but … Pretoria Central Prison under…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 21 September, Volume 9 and Volume 10
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Sophie Topsie Tema and Sam Nzima, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in…
PlaceAbbaheigaskop, Northern Cape
… hill tree'. This refers to the Pepper Trees, the berries of which give a reddish apperance. Native to dry South America and cultivated in warm regions, …
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… their passage could be commuted into a grant of Crown land equivalent in value to the cost of the journey back to … limited. This was particularly so after…