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ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… indentured Indians and as 'free' or 'passenger' Indians. The former came as a result of a triangular pact among three governments; and the latter, mainly…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… South African police raided the African National Congress (ANC) underground headquarters, the Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, just outside Johannesburg. … would…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… On the 31 August 1997 Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer, the former wife of Prince Charles, was killed with her … Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales,…
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… On 4 February 1999 a group of researchers from the University of Alabama proclaimed that … in a frozen sample taken from a confined member of the sub-group…
In memory of Archbishop Dennis Hurley by Phyllis Naidoo, 16 September 2009, Durban
… Archbishop Emeritus Denis Hurley, centre, at the freedom march in 1989 with other religious leaders. On the morning of the 17 August 2009, my copy of The…
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… The a son of a wealthy businessman, Yusuf Dadoo was all too familiar with the repressive political and social conditions that the … movement. In 1939, Dadoo…
South African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… With the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (or South African War) imminent, thousands of Black men and women were left stranded in Johannesburg. … Brink,…
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… We have no recorded evidence of how the Iron Age community on Melville Koppies was … and quite soon prospectors. The suspicion that there was gold on the…
EventDeputy Minister of Bantu Education,Treurnicht is warned about deteriorating conditions in Soweto
… Rene de Villiers, member of parliament for Parktown, drew the attention of deputy … minister of Bantu education, Dr Andries P. Treurnicht, to the fact that…
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… Two days after the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) agreed to participate in … violence had dropped significantly in South Africa. The most remarkable incident of…
Where do we stand?: APDUSA and a nation free of race hatred and oppression
… APDUSA shows concern in how the Herrenvolk and the Broederbond, and particularly in the Western province, … belong; and that there are only two camps, one…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… and Coloured-are fundamentally warmhearted and friendly. The African in his kraal, even in his squalid "Shanty Town", … his last crumb with a passing…
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… law and practiced as a lawyer in Vereeninging, south of Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). In 1975 he became information officer of the Transvaal…
An historical overview of madressa education - Chapter 5 by A. Akhalwaya, I. Waja, A.H. Gabru, A.K. Dockrat, S. Pandor and E. Garda
… Madressa education does not exist in isolation but is part of the practice of the religion and grew and spread with the … because the Mohammedan community…
Letter from the Senior Administrative Control Officer, Administration Board for Central Transvaal, to the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from the Administration Board for Central Transvaal to the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in Mamelodi,…
EventThomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London
… 1789. Pringle sustained an injury to his hip as a result of being accidentally dropped by his nanny when he was three … his life because he did not receive…
Fifth Summit Conference of East and Central African States: Manifesto on Southern Africa
… The Lusaka Manifesto, with a letter from the Representative of the Republic of Zambia requesting the … Fifth Summit Conference of East and Central African…
Fifth Summit Conference of East and Central African States: Manifesto on Southern Africa
… The Lusaka Manifesto, with a letter from the Representative of the Republic of Zambia requesting the … Fifth Summit Conference of East and Central African…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… No equality under the Union Jack, 1900-1910 Gumede’s hopes that the British … victory in the Anglo-Boer war would result in the removal of the oppressive…
Keynote Address by Dr Blade Nzimande at the Yusuf Dadoo Centenary Conference, 4 September 2009
… Keynote Address by Dr Blade Nzimande at the Yusuf Dadoo Centenary Conference, 4 September 2009 …
E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928 …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the State Dinner Hosted by Canadian Governor General
… Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the State Dinner Hosted by Canadian Governor General …
The 2 nd Nelson Mandela Foundation Lecture, delivered by Archbishop Desmond Tutu , 23 November, 2004.
… The 2 nd Nelson Mandela Foundation Lecture, delivered by …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy
… Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy …
Letter replying to letter from the Prime Minister’s office and statement of intention to launch defiance campaign, from Dr. J. S. Moroka and W. M. Sisulu to Prime Minister D. F. Malan, February 11, 1952
… Letter replying to letter from the Prime Minister’s office and statement of intention to launch defiance campaign, from Dr. J. S. …
Why do millions of workers reject Workers Day and instead celebrate May Day?
… A pamphlet issued by NUSAS/ERC looks at the rejection by South Africa's largest trade union federation COSATU of the government declared Workers Day on the…
A report on the National Executive Committee session held on the 15-24th July 1977
… A report on the National Executive Committee session held on the 15-24th July 1977 signed by Alfred Nzo. Discussed economic crisis, underground activities,…
They come for me in the morning: they come for you in the evening!
… Multicoloured poster. Red border. Photograph of badly beaten legs. Anti Mugabe campaign. … They come for me in the morning: they come for you in the evening!…
Ciskei Commission: transcript of an interview with S. Singapi, Mabel Cetu, C. Kapi and R. Vantyi
… Transcript of an interview with S. Singapi, Mabel Cetu, C. Kapi and R. Vantyi. The interview relates to the independence of the Ciskei. … Ciskei Commission:…
EventANC wins the second democratic election
… The African National Congress won the second democratic election by 266 seats. The Democratic Party, which became the new official … ANC wins the second…