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The National Flag
… The national flag was designed by a former South African State Herald, Mr Fred Brownell, and was first used on 27 April 1994. The design and colours are a…
Independent Electoral Commission
… INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION IEC) Residents of Soweto queue up to cast their votes in South Africa's … strengthen constitutional democracy through the…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… himself, not actually a slave, but a pariah in the land of his birth" (Plaatjie, S.T. (1916). Native Life in South … to survive off the land. The result was…
ArticleThe Seriti Commission
… former president Jacob Zuma to establish a commission of inquiry into the procurement packages and allegations of … by Judge Hendrick Musi, the judge…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… dominated the organisation. By the 1970s the majority of it members supported PW Botha’s Total Strategy , calling … as many AHI members and officials were…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… More than two and a half centuries prior to the birth of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela , Jan Van Riebeeck and his … in the area that later became known as the…
EventWinnie Mandela's Soweto home reported burnt down
… The Sowetan reported that the Soweto home of Winnie Mandela, wife of an imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was …
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
… to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died of a heart attack on Tuesday. He was 81 years old, but about … hike in the Amatole Mountains near…
PlaceGauteng Province
… The Area of Gauteng Province is small; stretching from Pretoria in the … in the South. Gauteng in Sotho means: 'for place of gold'. Alternatively the ‘gaut’…
Rafique Mayet
… other things. In 1983, Omar Badsha taught him the basics of photography and he started working at the Daily … and later at the New African in Durban and as a…
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
… sportspersons and administrators were in the vanguard of this front of the anti-apartheid struggle. I would like to … and many were injured because of police…
The British Government, The Trade Union Congress, and Black South African Trade Unionism, 1973 to 1994 by Dan Feather
… Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference In the aftermath of the Durban Strikes (1973) the British Trade Union Congress … in South Africa. This led to a visit…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… for the farm labourer who today ploughs the bitter furrow of misery. One pound a day for the builder of mansions who … The bus company, PUTCO, was…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the people had to go into exile to guide the resistance or … authorities have been unable to suppress…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… [1] In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the people had to go into exile to guide the resistance or … authorities have been unable to…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The formation of the … In addition, in the face of…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of preparation for both sides, revealing nothing of the … envisaged could occur only once the social…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… Marcus Garvey, preaching the unity of all blacks, claimed that liberty would come about only … and despotism can fail, in such conditions, to get into a…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… BC Humans begin to migrate from Africa to other parts of the world 8500 BC – 6500 BC In the Sahara Desert region, … the worship of Christ in a church rather…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… youth. Early 1920s Walter is exposed to a mediated version of Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African liberation for black people … 30 March, Sisulu is detained during a…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… Britain takes control of the Cape Once revolutionary armies of France invaded … to be free from British control and to form an independent state to advance…
EventThe government launches 'Operation Iron Fist' in townships
… At the height of township violence in Transvaal, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of quelling the unrest…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Debating Socialist Lineages. Convenors Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza
… Convenors: Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza The Making of the Trotskyist Tradition in South Africa: A Reading of 'The Spark', 1935-1937 by Crain Soudien…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport with his son, Thembekile. He enjoyed visiting … of the ANC. The conference also passed an…
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
… In April 1982 Joe Foster, the General Secretary of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (Fosatu), … the major objective political force opposed to…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants … the hostels were particularly connected to the state since they assisted in…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure of 1930 The (Amendment) Bill is introduced by Minister of … statutory segregation of Indians in the Transvaal end the state…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… is appointed to inquire into laws concerning the right of Asiatics to trade and acquire fixed property in the Union. … in February 1920 to inquire into laws…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in nearby … the grieving families in Boipatong. Then…
The Afrikaner Bond
… The Origins of the Afrikaner Bond The Afrikaner Bond, an Afrikaner … and the two republics, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Until then, Afrikaners…