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EventPercy Qoboza, editor of the Post, states that it is difficult to see how a credible newspaper for Blacks can be created in South Africa
… Percy Qoboza was a journalist and outspoken critic of the apartheid regime. He initially studied in the field of theology, but became involved in journalism…
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
… National Convention must receive the whole hearted welcome of all people both Native and European. Herein lies the beginnings of National Liberation. It is…
Discussions between the Honourable Prime Minister and the Secretary General of the United Nations during a working lunch at the Castle on 23 August 1983
… Report of discussions between the South African Prime Minister and … United Nations Secretary General about the independence of Namibia and the role of the…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 23 September 1976, Volume 12 and Volume 13
… Excerpts from the transcript of continuing evidence of Vusamuzulu Pumelelo Credo Mtetwa and evidence from Langa … both reporters from The Star newspaper, to…
Minutes of the Black Peoples Convention held at the Lay Ecumenical Centre, Edendale, Pietermaritzburg from 8th July 1972 to 10th July 1972
… Minutes of the Black Peoples Convention held at the Lay Ecumenical … convention discussed the draft constitution, the report of the urban and rural politics…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… The inclusion in the Bill of Rights of a special section on the rights of the child was … dependent on others - their parents and families, or the state when…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Photograph of a Khoisan lady. Source: unknown 1300-1599 c.1300-c.1500 … it off on the promise of top level negotiations. The state calls in the military and…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Bloemfontein
… an important role in the Province during the early years of the 19th century as it became the meeting place for … years to come. After the annexation of the…
Minutes of Plenary Meetings held in Geneva between 2 and 5 August 1988 between a South African delegation and an Angolan delegation and facilitated by a US delegation
… Minutes of a meeting between South African and Angolan delegates, facilitated by the United States of America, to discuss a negotiated settlement for…
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
… After the State of Emergency in 1960, when so many of us were locked up for four … would have to challenge the armed forces of the apartheid state. We were…
Notes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa: Fact Paper presented by Western Cape Region at the Black Sash National Conference 1975
… Notes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa- Fact Paper … vote, Franchise qualifications for Blacks, High Court of Parliament Act,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… Far from being a united force for a significant part of the 1930s, the ANC was plagued by divisions and … “ Native Disabilities in South Africa ” 2 July, A…
Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide
… Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide with Republic Day. … Matthews Thobela were later granted…
From death row in Pretoria Central Prison, October 1964 [Extract]
… Certification of the Amended Text of the Constitution of the Republic of … of certain rights from those made non-derogable under a state of emergency did not…
EventGhana’s Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter Finals of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in SA, are defeated by Uruguay
… the first African nation to progress to the semi-finals of the world cup. Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 FIFA World … the only African…
Postscript
… "The Road Not Taken" To a great extent that has been true of the past thirty years of my life ”” I have followed the … thousands of people to read her father…
ANC ‘Military High Command’ Leader Interviewed
… African police today launched a campaign to fight a spate of urban bombs. There have been about a dozen bomb blasts in … - the latest today in Pretoria-since…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman South Africa can heave a … Old attitudes and old…
113 people are killed when a Beirut-bound Boeing 727 clips a building on the end of the runway at Cotonou, Benin and ends up in
… when a Beirut-bound Boeing 727 clips a building on the end of the runway at Cotonou, Benin and ends up in the Atlantic … when a Beirut-bound Boeing 727 clips…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… pretended to be a labourer and investigated the conditions of farm workers in Bethal. He wrote the story 'Bethal Today' … SACP members after testimony from a…
PlaceKenya
… Kenya is a country in East Africa with a population of 44 million people and the largest economy of the region. … fertile land was overwhelmingly owned by…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… is appointed. 10 June, The first newspaper, The Friend of the Sovereignty and the Bloemfontein Gazette are printed. … self governing status. May, Hoffman…
ArticleThe South African general elections: Introduction
… in 1909 combined the self-governing British colonies of the Natal, Cape, Transvaal and the Orange Free State into the Union of South Africa. The Act, which…
ArticleMarxism-Leninism
… on the Russian revolution and the change to a Communist state in Russia, we have already touched on many of the curriculum's remaining questions, but we will…
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
… 50 Years Conference Short Bio Johann Maree was one of the founders of the Western Province Workers’ Advice … and cronyism resulted in large scale corruption…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… The United Nations Organisation (UNO) succeeded The League of Nations which was founded just after the end of World War I. The League of Nations was put in…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… Regular elections have been a feature of South Africa’s political landscape since the establishment … Afrikaner republics agreed to create a new white…
Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5 January 1944
… Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference … 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma, at the Funeral Service of Advocate Mvuseni Edward Ngubane, at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 18 May 2012
… Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr. Jeff Radebe; … Chief Justice and JSC Chairperson, Mogoeng Mogoeng; Heads of various courts in…
The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… rape trial in which President Jacob Zuma was acquitted of rape, there wasn’t much in common in Zuma or Khwezi’s … Saturday evening, when four young women…