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Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… POM I remember one of the main points, Archie, that you made two years ago when … they were supporting the UDF which called for united mass action in one…
EventFrederick Lugard, British colonial administrator, occupies Kano, West Africa
… Frederick Lugard was the British colonial administrator of West Africa from 1895. He was one of the foremost practitioners of the colonial system of ……
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… originally published as Black Sash, is a detailed record of the activities of the Black Sash organisation: the petitions, protests, … conscience that…
ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
… Issued by the Provisional Committee of the ANC Youth League in March 1944. PREAMBLE WHEREAS … of being partly suspicious of progressive thought and action,…
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
… It had taken nearly two years of talks almost exclusively between the ANC and the NP to … took the form of a declaration, comprising a joint programme for a…
Grassroots
… Grassroots was started in 1980 as the first of a series of community newspapers designed to give a voice to the … Western Cape Civic Association (WCCA) and…
Chapter V - South Africa belongs to all who live in it
… was working on the preparations for the coming Congress of the People, the mass multiracial gathering to be held the … time the organisers were more than…
PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… In 1902, the end of the Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. Plans were being … . These had virtually ceased to exist on the outbreak of war in October 1899…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… the Tuareg-controlled desert areas.Following civil action, a decision was taken by the French government in July … grant independence to the four regions…
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… was long overdue, President F.W. de Klerk imposed a state of emergency in KwaZulu-Natal, coinciding with a report by … 266 political killings in Natal since…
Siyanqoba Bafana-Bafana Siyanqoba!!! Siyavena Bafana Bafana Siyavena!!!, 3 June 2010
… Street Bash, tomorrow, Friday, the 4th June 2010, in front of the ANC Head Office, Luthuli House, from 12h30 to 15h00. … Bafana, Siyavena Bafana. This bash…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… a court challenge led to the first government provision of a cheap basic water supply to the destitute. The person … compelled the Durban Metro Council to…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… Monument was erected to commemorate the Jameson Raid of 1895/ 96, in which the Boer Commandos managed to prevent … This monument was interesting because it…
EventUN Security Council urges SA government to end Rivonia Trial
… South Africa's apartheid policy, would fall short of defining the situation in South Africa as a danger to … A common British-American stand increased their…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… This essay discusses my experiences and recollections of the 1957 bus boycott in Alexandra, the township in which I … Nosipho Majeke) and others. The…
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… the African People Organisation (APO) and the Franchise Action Committee were invited to chart a way forward for the … laws. At this meeting it was decided…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
… On behalf of the South African Indian Congress I express my … you. This is not the first time that a representative of my organisation has been accorded the…
Chapter 3
… The Formation of the All-African Convention: The Background In 1935 the … recognise the importance of your deliberations and of the action which you have…
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
… 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. She passed away …
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… Chief Albert John Luthuli , President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 to 1967 and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1961, was one of South Africa…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… Walter Sisulu celebrates his 90th birthday. One of the godfathers of the fight for equality in South Africa, … that her husband was her first and best…
Firstly, as to COST
… 1993: NOTING With revulsion the unacceptable escalation of violence that is engulfing our country; OUTRAGED At the killings particularly of women and…
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… for Liberation has been responsible for: 1. The removal of banished people to places of safety 2. The transportation of people overseas. 3. The … of a power…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… economic impoverishment, and exclusion from citizenship of Africans. Part one examines the historical roots of apartheid, from the colonial occupation of…
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
… Chairperson, Minister Sydney Mufumadi, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Don McKinnon, Executive Director of … when we, on this continent, are engaged…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which … or term Nguni is the collective name for ethnic…
Address on Freedom Day, 27 April 2003
… Traditional Leaders, Distinguished Guests, People of the North West, Fellow South Africans: Today, we celebrate … We must also focus on the community-based…
Links & Partnerships
… All of the below links are to websites that SAHO recommends (and … Gallery, the journal Social Dynamics, and a regular programme of workshops, conferences…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… the 1962 Paarl Riots. The report analysed the main causes of the riots, and included information on Poqo, an armed offshoot of the Pan Africanist Congress …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed … UDF and the…