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Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… Party ling general elections to work for the defeat of the extreme reactionary and Pro-Fascist forces represented … 3 and 4. The conference over 50 delegates…
The Treason Trial: Foreword by Chief Albert Luthuli to a book by Helen Joseph, 1963
… has made an important contribution to the literature of the liberatory movement in South Africa. The treason trial … minds and impress upon the entire nation…
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 …
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… 19th century, as the mineral revolution and development of mines forced smaller farmers off their land. [1] This led … environmental factors and diseases,…
ArchiveAppendix 5 Notes on Palestine and Israel by Denis Goldberg
… anti-apartheid campaigning was an important part of our struggle. The violence of the apartheid regime was as nothing in comparison with the … power was the…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education acolyte – an assistant or follower ad hoc – … Afrikaner Broederbond - a secretive, all…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 - Introduction
… - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Private enterprise is one of the million illegitimate children of historical processes which are determined (and at the sme …
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… described the US as "the most desperately schizophrenic of republics". I wonder what he would have made of the presence of so many of the good and the great …
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the Natal Indian Congress, the Anti-S.A.I.C. committees of the…
Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws, I.C.U. Yase Natal, 1929 [Extracts]
… Branches as may be formed and established in other parts of Africa. In it alone is vested authority to establish … all matters affecting the well-being or…
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … with the strategy adopted by the new generation of…
PlaceUmlazi
… History of Umlazi The history of Umlazi (or Mlazi) dates back to 1845 when British settlers … a township. This prompted the mission community to take action…
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… generally). The influenza epidemic with many thousands of deaths and the end of the Great War which had claimed several thousands more … the determination of…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… generally). The influenza epidemic with many thousands of deaths and the end of the Great War which had claimed several thousands more … the determination of…
Say It out Loud - The 1912 Presidential Address, Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1st January, 1912
… 1st January, 1912 1 Since our last Congress the march of events has, from our point of view, been rapid. Many Acts of momentous importance have … the…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… a student at Sastri College in Durban. [A.I. Kazi, leader of the Natal Indian Congress for twenty years (from 1920s to … were fighting his conservative…
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… THE GENERAL ELECTION ON 27 APRIL 1994 was the product of negotiated agreements to bring an end to conflict and … the time allocated." At the start, parties…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… With the rise of apartheid in 1948, millions of Africans were left to suffer in South Africa. Many groups … Transvaal Indian Congress have received the vast…
Chapter 7 - CONCLUSION
… - 1990 The Party, as an organisation, underwent a number of changes during the exile period, some of which were revisited after the unbanning in 1990. To…
Document 42 - “Boycott the Dummy Elections: 2 000 Demonstrate AT Mass Rally”, The Torch , National Edition, 1 April 1958
… greatest political rally on the franchise in the history of the Coloured people. It is conservatively estimated that … people were present. At 2.30 p.m…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… but protracted rebellion in the eastern districts of the Cape in what becomes known as the Third War of Dispossession between the Khoi-San of the colonial ……
PlaceMountain Zebra National Park, Karoo Region of Cradock
… Mountain Zebra National Park is one of the most beautiful parks in the country, and it lies in the heart of the Karoo, which means it’s easily absorbed into…
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… recent comment, that he intended to "cut the throat of whiteness", by removing DA mayor Athol Trollip in Nelson … as a fascist". Subsequent to that article,…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… city Post-1948 Legislation This period marks the beginning of the rise of apartheid. Although South Africa was already a very … political protest in 1984,…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to New Times, 05 January 1980, Moscow
… : The liberation war in Zimbabwe is part and continuation of the liberation wars which the peoples of southern Africa have waged against colonialism, racism…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed to New Times, Moscow, January 1980
… : The liberation war in Zimbabwe is part and continuation of the liberation wars which the peoples of southern Africa have waged against colonialism, racism…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… As a result, craft workers were deskilled and many of their jobs fell away. New workers, black and white, took over more and more of the productive work…
Chapter 7
… the Convention, a call for a lead. The Executive Committee of the All African Convention at its meeting on the 27th-28th … of the Africans, not only in name,…
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… behave with simple courtesy and tolerance towards people of other races, young people, again with some striking … to turn our theory and wishes into practice…
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… we were taught was, this led me to do reading outside of what was prescribed. During my first year at Wits I joined … To your knowledge, what has been the…