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EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… the Westminister Parliament in June 1901 and the British Colonial Office responded by appointing a Six Woman … pp. 378 - 380. Barker, B. J. et al (1989)…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… the Nats invited these individuals to discuss the establishment of a National Indian Council to work with the … 10 December 1963, the conference resulted in…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… and health policies; formation of new political parties; establishment of institutions such as the Independent …
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… buildings, an old-world atmosphere, and a fascinating history. The Lord Milner Hotel, with its grand colonial design, still welcomes guests, and the town’s ……
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… recovering a sense of cultural continuity with the pre-colonial past. One aspect of this process was to appropriate … with new forms of cultural…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… African achievement. The Africanist revival of African history that centred around themes such as African … years after most of Africa had become independent…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 3 - The Socio-economic Impact of the Mineral Revolution on South African Society by Drusela Numvuzo Yekela
… a single and common visible outcome - the shaping of the history of South Africa with all its twists and turns. … historical context - was an important…
Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988
… in the struggle for the liberation of southern Africa, the establishment of a just and lasting peace in this region, and … class origin, sex, or age - in…
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
… to establish the course of this or any of the Massacre, as history would also record it no one was found to be … and compatriots the year 2012 marks 100…
Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South African Worker, 17 April 1937
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew 2 000 … sufferings of the non-European people under…
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… to be made by Germany in particular. It also saw the establishment of the League of Nations, the forerunner of the … As one of the longest and deadliest…
EventThe possessions of Piet Retief are auctioned
… descended into Natal in November 1837 to prepare for establishment of their settlement. Dingane appeared ready to … November 2013] Giliomee, H and Mbenga, B …
EventWorld War I begins
… to be made by Germany in particular. It also saw the establishment of the League of Nations, the forerunner of the … As one of the longest and deadliest…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… Britain would facilitate change in South Africa and in the colonial world. Ismail and Ellen Mohamed in London in 1959, …
PlaceNamaqua National Park
… Cultural History The cultural history of Namaqualand stretches back … deal of their original culture and traditions. During Colonial Times in the 1700’s the…
ArticleSouthern African Development Community (SADC)
… tariffs and currencies gradually in the Community, and the establishment of free trade zone by 2000. The initial member … Workers' Rights, Southern African…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… and health polices; formation of new political parties; establishment of institutions such as the Independent …
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union
… in April, metalworkers from two factories called for the establishment of a union. Two months later, the Metal and …
A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
… that we are active participants in the making of African history here in Angola at this time. The heroic anti-colonial struggles of the peoples of Africa for…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… South African war, will start here again. The Town has a History, steeped in bloody relations between the Afrikaners … and the African inhabitants of the…
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
… Swaziland, where his strong attachment to Zulu culture and history is said to have earned him the affection of the aged …
PlaceAuwal Masjid, Cape Town
The Auwal Masjid, is the first and oldest Mosque built in South Africa. This is evident according to very strong oral tradition which also confirms that Imam…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the book launch of the series on Southern African leaders 1 August 1994
… categories. It is at one a reclamation of South Africa's history in its true and complete form and a tribute to some … of the broader initiative to ensure…
Liberation
… Conference in 1994.) The challenge to undo centuries of colonial and apartheid dispossession, repression, segregation … the fact that White commercial…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… is a celebration of workers and their work. It has a long history , being a day of commemoration and celebration of the … on 20 June 1950. This May Day rally…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… During the Zulu War, on 20 January 1879, British and Natal colonial troops under Lord Chelmsford, commander of the … than Paul Kruger of the Transvaal, and…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… under-recognised, book in South African politics, history and literature. At home and abroad, it is not nearly … Part polemic, part political commentary,…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… will influence how the society develops. In South African history there has always been the fight for ownership of land … people started settling in white…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… South Africa’s Radical Tradition: A documentary history, Volume two 1943 – 1964. Edited by Alison Drew. Part … in the war. “ The Conference unreservedly…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… magazine. Biko’s brutal death made him a martyr in the history of Black resistance to White hegemony. It inflamed … leaders were either in jail, in exile, or…