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ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… in the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) at the time of this interview, was born in 1952 and graduated from … School in Soweto in 1971. He studied at the…
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… as a Professor in both these fields at the University of Cairo. With an impressive academic career as his basis, Ghali started his political career as a…
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… The 5th of December marks the anniversary of the death of revolutionary anti-Apartheid liberation … political activities be allowed by the state. This action…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging 1910 31 May, Adoption of South Africa’s first … 1994 March,…
ArchiveCHAPTER 5 - Armed Propaganda and Non-Colaborattion, Rationalising weakness, August 1979 - December 1980 by Howard Barell
… in 1979 that it had to take one step back in the conduct of armed operations if it was eventually to be able to mount … was Curtis Nkondo, who had chaired…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… [1943] Document 1 In spite many leading representatives of the Coloured and Malay people, the Minister of the Interior, Mr. Lawrence, has declared that the ……
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… and young workers who shared the interests and aspirations of COSAS but could not belong to it. In 1982, a COSAS … Commission was established to investigate…
Message to the Rally to Relaunch the ANC Women's League by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 9 August 1990
… from a land far away on this great occasion, the relaunch of the African National Congress Women's League. I should … my spirit is with you. We are together…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… After the French Revolution, the newly founded Republic of France conquered the Netherlands in 1795. The Netherlands … became known as the Batavian Republic…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national revolution becoming … and a mandatory arms embargo – the first time that action had…
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… The emergence of South Africa's democracy in the 1990s The crisis of apartheid in the 1980s Factors contributing to the crisis: … of isolating Apartheid…
Hinduism
… everything comes from God and that he is like the root of a tree, while the rest of the world is the branches and leaves of the tree. They … of everything he…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… On 30 April 1991, the head of the Lesotho military, Maj.Gen Justin Lekhanya was ousted … that had governed Lesotho since 1986, the ousting of the king of…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… in Zurich, Switzerland, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter , president of FIFA , world soccer's governing body, made an historic … would host the 2010 World Cup. Nelson…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… what the term ‘civil society’ means. “ community of citizens linked by common interests and collective … [ Accessed 25 February 2015] What forms of…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… As the industries grew on the Rand, so did the number of workers. These workers had to find their own … I. The government could not ignore the militant…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… (ICC) following an arrest warrant issued by the Office of the Prosecutor for Gbagbo's involvement in the 2010 … Gbagbo was placed under house arrest in the…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman In Chapter 8 we examined the emergence of a strategy…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… June 1946 and finally suspended on 31 May 1948. The report of the Passive Resistance Council, reproduced here almost in … May 1947. The report contains three…
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
… agreed after three hours' tense debate on the principle of uniting the two bodies. Their executive committees were authorised to meet jointly to work out the…
PlacePeelton
… in 1839 by the Reverend Richard Birt as a station of the London Missionary Society. At that stage it was … Mission, and was located a short distance from the…
PlacePhoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
… The Phoenix Settlement comprised of 100 acres of land and was purchased by Gandhiji in 1904. It was on this … manual labour, social and economic justice,…
EventUDF men takes refuge in the US consulate
… Vusi Khanyile (National Education Crisis Committee) all of them senior members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) took refuge in the … or possible re…
ArchiveChapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More Solidarity by Denis Goldberg
… In the months after I started my incessant round of speaking engagements in 1985 I found that there was a … the one who always reminded us of the concept of…
Book launch: Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
… For over three decades, the remarkable story of Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Special Operations Unit has remained largely untold. Formed under the direct command of…
XIII - The Courts
… exist they tend to play a significant role in the system of domination. They normally claim a monopoly of the right to sanction the use of force, and they…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… courtship with the CPSA and give effect to the ideals of the new Black republic thesis. For Gumede the stakes were … Gumede concluded his speech with an…
Pravin Gordhan on a leash by Daniel Silke (Politics Web), 16 May 2016
… the status quo. How apt therefore that the current saga of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan fits so well into this … Africa is being treated to an unedifying…
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… Wednesday David Goldblatt wrote an email to the Chancellor of Orders explaining that he was declining the Order of Ikhamanga, a national honour awarded by…
ArchiveCHAPTER SEVEN: Resistance Politics In Retreat: Cablism, The ANC Underground And Gandhi, 1985-1989 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book