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SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thembinkosi Khumalo
… Thembinkosi Khumalo is a student activist at the University of Pretoria. He is an active PASMA member. PASMA is a student division of PAC. Khumalo is also…
EventAbram Fischer fails to arrive in court
… Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail … to stand trial for conspiring to…
Address by President Mandela at a Masakhane rally in Vosloorus Katorus, 21 September
… Renewal of Katorus In 1993 when I toured the Katorus area with Adrian … were going about their daily lives. The "No Go" districts of the past appear to have…
EventWinnie Mandela’s jail sentence is suspended by the Appeal Court
… aside Winnie Madikizela Mandela's sentence of five years' imprisonment for kidnapping four youths and a one year sentence related to a charge of being an…
Chapter 6 - TOWARDS HOME
… point the Party could reach in exile. With some 70% of delegates above 35 years old, the Party had however … represented at a meeting of the highest decision…
EventJustice Minister, Jimmy Kruger, announces mass arrest
… The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, made an announcement to the effect that 697 were being held for various security reasons. The breakdown of the total…
Document 49 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: Introduction (Minority) (1934)
… only because the Natives comprised more than four-fifths of the whole population, not as in the Thesis of the Majority … was developed under feudal relations…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the African National Congress…
EventThabo Mbeki announces judicial inquiry
… Deputy President Thabo Mbeki announced the establishment of an independent judicial inquiry to investigate allegations … that government ministers and senior…
Address to the SANC Local Government Conference, 30 July 1999 Johannesburg
… Master of Ceremonies SADC Secretary General, Dr. Kaire Mbuende SADC … organisations and traditional leaders are amongst the rich body of experience from the…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… the Native Commissioner. He retired in 1931 after 32 years of service. Although it is not clear exactly when the … get flushing toilets and showers in their…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the brain, thus causing death by apoplexy. Appearance of body:…
14. Suicide among indentured
… By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa … the brain, thus causing death by apoplexy. Appearance of body: A…
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954 In analysing a subject of this nature [... ] it is necessary to warn against a … for example, the use of the Bantu vernacular…
EventCOSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) walked out of a parliamentary budget session on the grounds that its view was being ignored. COSATU had…
EventThe Anglo Boer War
… was largely because they underestimated the resilience of the Boers to defend their autonomy from being usurped by the British government. Instead of lasting…
PlaceBeachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
… in the tidal environment. The Beachwood Mangroves are of significant botanical, educational and Historical value, and being located near one of the Country's…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in the town of Olympia. As far as could … lying down, or to organise…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
EventSRC president Ngwako Ramalepe dies
… Ngwako Ramalepe, president of the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Modjadji … Training College, died in police custody after first being assaulted by…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
… Sisulu. Metetiwe. Born in the Transkei, in the district of Tsomo on twenty-first October 1918. Educated in a lower … school that took me up to high school in…
21. Pariah constables pollute Hindus
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … grievance to your notice. There are two Indians here of the…
EventMiriam Makeba is nominated for a Grammy
… album was released world-wide and featured a collection of songs from buoyant to the plaintive, illustrating the vocal range and power of this celebrated…
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
… new leaders were trying to build". These were the words of A.B. Xuma who in 1943 moved a resolution that the ANC … Natal politicians. It is a truism that…
PlaceTunisia
… kilometres and is home to 10.6 million people. The capital of Tunis is home to nearly 800,000 people, though over 60% of the population lives in urban…
PlaceChurch Square, Dickson street, Woodstock
… rise to Apartment blocks, for much needed accomodation of Doctors and Nurses, aswell as students! Being so close to the City, this is also suitable for …
EventDieter and Ruth Gerhard are detained
… naval base. They were jailed in December 1983 after being convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. … (1999). Southern African Political History: a…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
… democratic elections held in April 1994, the president of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was … black president at the Union Buildings,…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… POM I remember one of the main points, Archie, that you made two years ago when … upon their followers to not fight with each other and out of the wider…
PlaceStump Memorial, near Doornkop
… stump). The stump memorial is really just a burnt piece of wood with a plaque next to it. The three memorials … make a wonderful tourist experience. Little…