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EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… political activist was arrested in 1964 for being a member of the illegal organisation Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). He was later released on bail…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… Kotane, a seasonal dressmaker. He is the second eldest son of eleven children. 1918 Kotane goes to work at Driefontein … 1920 Kotane attends school for the…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… GUMEDE’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD Josiah Gumede, who for much of his formative years offers no apology for his close … own harbour, finally forced the British…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… This article was written by Sarah Rahimi and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … impact on the South African community,…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. From 1950s Slovo became a victim of the government repressive…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… meeting, which was held to inform those residents of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting, of the incorporation of the whole of Peelton into the…
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… The Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) refused … to Janusz Walus and Clive Derby-Lewis, the assassins of Chris Hani, leader…
EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
… " cultural weapons " during their marches. The intention of this ban was to curb growing violence resulting from the use of these weapons to attack…
PlaceJubilee Art Centre
… to the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto when the Group Areas Act made it illegal for Black students to be educated in the city.The laughter of sewing women, the…
PlaceLesotho
… Two-thirds of the Country of Lesotho consists of Mountains. The highest Peak, Mount … denied the right to contact their families or seek legal representation…
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… for justice and freedom. Sisulu was the founder and editor of the New Nation newspaper. He also founded the Media Workers Association of South Africa (MWASA)…
EventBanning orders served on NUSAS leaders
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) a White, student … protests against laws decreed to limit the freedoms of Black South Africans at…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… The town councils of Vosloorus and Reiger Park staged a consumer boycott in … Black and Coloured residents, followed the reintroduction of petty apartheid…
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
… sentenced in Klerksdorp to be hanged to death for the rape of a Black woman, Ginny Gotsoine in February 1985. Two other White men in the same case were found…
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
… (Paper flower). The ceremony was held at the University of Pretoria. The Hertzog prize is named in honour of General J.B.M. Hertzog, former premier of the…
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… On 15 October 1989, five of the eight African National Congress (ANC) long term … Mhlaba, Endrew Mlangeni and Elias Motsoaledi. Three of the eight prisoners…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… The trainees cited their unhappiness with the slow pace of integration into the SANDF and conditions in the camp. All the dismissed recruits were former…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
… does it affect? Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) is any violent act or action directed at a person on the basis of their gender. [1] GBV is considered a global…
Our Greatest Indian Leader since Gandhiji -Tribute to Dr. Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (From: Sechaba, second quarter), 1978
… has had the privilege, honour and, indeed, the pleasure of being a close associate and comrade-in-arms of Dr. Naicker - MONTY to all of us - in the political…
“Our Greatest Leader since Gandhiji”, By Dr Yusuf Dadoo
… has had the privilege, honour and, indeed, the pleasure of being a close associate and comrade-in-arms of Dr Naicker - MONTY to all of us - in the political…
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… supported by the 2009 Southern Sudan Referendum Act, had a 60% turn out and was declared fair and free by … Referendum required a 50+1 result to secede or…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… The leader of the Zulu Territorial Authority, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, called for a National Convention of all races in South Africa to make a…
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
… Mahatma Gandhi. Naidoo was hailed by Gandhi as one of the most important figures in the history of passive resistance and probably, with A.M. Cachalia, saved…
PlaceMendi Memorial, Eastern Cape
… The actual wreck lies off The Isle of Wight, in the English Channel. In Britain the story of the SS Mendi is almost unknown. In South Africa she is famous;…
Chapter Four - The Years with the CPSA: 1925 - 1935
… From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson … worker policies. The Pact's Industrial Conciliation Act…
EventIndian Rights Campaigner Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal is born
… for Indian rights, was born in Johannesburg as son of Jariam Singh, a former president of the Transvaal Indian Association. In 1913 he was one of … and…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… Former South African minister of law and order, Adriaan Johannes Vlok, was born in … Cape Province. He started his career in the department of justice at the…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… Kadalie: The ICU’s “Ginger” Faction and the Transformation of Interwar Black Radicalism Henry Dee International Studies Group, University of the Free State…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… League (YCL) and, by 1946, in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). After the passing of the Suppression of Communism Act and the dissolution of the…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… At the annual congress of the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it … the South African constitution to create a new structure of Parliament…