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ArchiveStatement by Social Welfare organisations
… to the proposed Amendments to the Internal Security Act and the Public Safety Act …
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
… Mr. President, The Honourable Heads of State Your Excellencies Honourable Ministers Allow me to … on the basis of one person one vote through proportional…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… Against Humanity, edited by Max Coleman THE MANY FACES OF APARTHEID REPRESSION Repressive regimes abound in the … parliament. Repressive legislation • The…
ArchiveThe Aliens and Immigration Laws Amendment Bill: Paper presented at National Conference 1984
… Conference on 16 March 1984 discussing Aliens Registration Act, Aliens Act, permanent residence, South African blacks as foreigners …
ABBREVIATIONS USED
… ICFTU - International Confederation of Free Trade Unions IDAF - International Defence and Aid … Metalworkers Federation ISCOR - Iron and Steel Corporation of…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
… The frontier war of 1850-53 was precipitated when the amaNgqika, faced with the increased pressure of European settlement upon their ancestral lands, rose in…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Statement by Jacob Zuma, 30 September 2002
… This National Policy Conference of the ANC, held over the four days of September 27th to 30th … including through the speeding up of the implementation of…
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 South West Africa and Angola: Cape Town, 13 March 1986
… Minutes of a meeting between a South African delegation and a United … and a United States delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State, Frank Wisner, on…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… weapons that are based on nuclear energy. The use of nuclear weapons reached its height with the outbreak of … Having no strategic military value, Tsar is…
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… 22 June 1971 a Pretoria court ruled that the former leader of the banned Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Robert Sobukwe, … allowed to use his exit permit …
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… originally published as Black Sash, is a detailed record of the activities of the Black Sash organisation: the petitions, protests, … removals, indefinite…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… This article was written by Carly Spagnola and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … to work toward the removal of all laws…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Introduction We are not dealing with sets of statistics. We are talking about people of flesh and blood, who laugh and cry, who love and hate, who … uses the…
49. The certificates are burned
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 16 August 1908, a crowd of Indians, as well as…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their lives on charges of sabotage. In what was arguably the most…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… itself is progressive but that the implementation of these rights is significantly hindered for numerous reasons. Firstly, the example of Zulu culture and…
Apdusa Views
… issue it was stated: "Apdusa Views sees as its task to act as a watchdog of the oppressed people. We intend to comment to warn and to expose all those who…
PlaceUmdoni Municipality
… Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. It is made up of 10 wards, most of which are rural areas. Umdoni Municipality covers the … of 37 members elected…
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 … acts of omission to acts of…
To All Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa. Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, 15 October 1976
… Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa." Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto … Soweto and all Black townships are…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… THE HISTORY of the South African Trotskyists during the 1930s and into … against British imperialism. The slogan ‘Land for the Natives’ was wholly correct,…
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… Potlako Leballo, the leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), confirmed in Maseru, … revolutionary council was planning the timing and manner of an…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
… South Africa History Online has embarked, with the support of the NIHSS, on researching the role of the arts under apartheid. We hope that our work will ……
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… Frensch Verwoerd assumed office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate of Apartheid, Verwoerd ……
PlaceKwaMashu
… The development of KwaMashu Township, in the KwaZulu-Natal province and located some 19km north of Durban , resulted from the mass resettlement of the slum …
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… , which in the following years inspires the establishment of Namibian resistance movements. 1957 On the initiative of Andimba Toivo ya Toivo a small group of…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
… The text that follows is a brief summary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. You can read far … In an interview, Nelson Mandela said: "With the…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… Co-founded by the artists Kim Berman and Nhlanhla Xaba who act as mentors and teachers, this community-based arts organisation was built in the spirit of the…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… The Segregated City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 Ructions within Afrikaner Politics … Segregated City, 1910 - 1948, The…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a large continent and a much larger world. Therefore, what … relations (the 'big picture') towards…