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ArchiveSo truth be in the field
… A study of the history of South Africa, from an anthropologists point. With emphasis on the moral elements of social action including the injustice of racial…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… operational strategic heritage, 1960-1975 The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the … selective use of violence is permissible…
ArchiveConstitutional guideline for a democratic South Africa
… Draft of Constitutional guideline for a democratic South Africa … headings, The State, Franchise, National Identity, A Bill of Rights and Affirmative Action,…
ArchiveNUSAS 1982 Resumé
… Illustrated resumé of the activities of the National Union of South African Students during 1982. The theme for 1982, Campus action for democracy, is…
EventSouth African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo
… an African National Congress's 20 May 1983 car bombing of headquarters of the South African Defence Force in Pretoria, ANC bases in … city, were bombed in…
EventProtection for whistleblowers' is ensured
… The Protected Disclosures Act, no 26 of 2000, providing protection of employees against occupational detriment as a result of … disclosed irregular conduct…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the non-violent resistance … time that the prize was awarded purely…
Document 23 - Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… Today marked the beginning of a process of mobilisation against privatisation in support of labour's … on protest would be. We are going ahead with the mass…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… 1960 1 January, Minister of Bantu Education assumes control of University College of … or both. 1 April, The Security Council, in its first action on South…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… 1970s to the early 1980s in South Africa. After the crisis of the early and mid-70s, the government's 'total onslaught' … to suppress much unrest and had it…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… Union Government offered to raise an infantry battalion of Cape Coloured men for service in the First World War. A strict selection process was decided upon…
Excerpts from discussions between a South African delegation led by Minister R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Frank Wisner on questions affecting southern Africa: Cape Town: 13 March 1986
… Minutes of discussions held between the South African Government and … and a United States delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Frank Wisner on…
The strangulation of activity
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The classical … silenced organisations. September The…
ArchiveChurches against violence
… Black poster with yellow lettering. Coloured art image of skeleton hanging on cross with quote from bible. Preach … trains from April 22 - 30 1991. Issued by…
Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970
… I AM DIRECTED by the All-In African National Action Council to address your Government in the following … African National Action Council was established in…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to Conference on Unemployment, Low Wages and Poverty, 21 October 1961, Durban
… and vital conference called to consider the means and ways of meeting the acute situation of the growing number of unemployed workers, especially … denies us…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s … faced low prices and heavy debt. The lingering effects of…
INK: Making Access Visible, ASAI Print Workshops
… especially those working independently without the support of institutions and established galleries, many of whom have a long history of exclusion - to gain…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 3
… Indian Community by C. H. Calpin Mr. A.B. Moosa, partner of "A.I." in Avalon Associated Cinemas and one of the … over in the hope that Hindu leaders would…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… Imbeleko is the women's wing of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), formed in 1982 … struggle. Drawing its name from the Nguni tradition of carrying a…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… The first sign of open resistance against payment of the tax came when a magistrate called A.W. Leslie went to … white settlers demanded that the colonial…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… A. NATIONAL LEADERSHP OF THE BLACK PEOPLES CONVENTION First National Executive … National Organiser Drake Tshenkeng B. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE SOUTH…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
… Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable Chairperson and Deputy … people have benefited from the government's water supply…
EventSA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”
… Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy would take disciplinary action against White policeman who referred to Africans as … du Plooy said that his policy on Africans was one…
Chapter 5
… The Significance of the All-African Convention Notwithstanding the temporary … did not consciously formulate their tasks and work out a programme of struggle…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… Constitution Hill is a Living Museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former … Country’s Constitutional Court,…
ArchiveNUSAS talks to the ANC
… Subtitled: Reportback on meeting between the National Union of South African Students and the African National Congress … discussed, which included the the…
EventMahatma Ghandi sends a telegram to Dr. Dadoo
… Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E.I. Asvat, a decision was taken to launch the Passive Resistance Campaign on 1 August. A Council of…
EventRSA golf team is expelled from Greece
… The Greek Government expelled the two-man South Africa team of Dale Hayes and Hugh Baiocchi from the World Cup … golf championship starting in Athens on 8…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Launch of the Rural Non-Grid Electrification by the Joint Venture between Shell Solar and Eskom Bhipa in the Flagstaff District, 24 February 1999
… Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Launch of the Rural Non-Grid Electrification by the Joint Venture …