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Input by Secretary General Gwede Mantashe on ANC Policies and the NDP at Wits University, 25 July 2013
… more, let me extend my gratitude to the Wits leadership of the African National Congress Youth League for inviting … of government with a view to a…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… as wagon drivers, etc. They suffered severely as result of the British "scorched earth policy" during which those who … Springs; Van der Merwe Station;…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… between the Natal Government and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of … High Commissioner received a copy of the Draft…
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… campaign was probably the first recorded incidence of protest by women against the Union government. About 700 … to the Bloemfontein City Council in the…
Durban an Overview
… In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu , a grant of land in the area immediately surrounding the bay of … of a city. Because of…
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 … and a society Whatever the protestations by…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… traces his lineage back to the Thembu Chief Nxeko, one of the early Thembu Kings who ruled over Thembuland, a … The historical record shows Xhosa lived on…
Mandela: Message to India
… Mandela: Message to India 18 June 1994 [ On the occasion of an India-South Africa Solidarity Meet to discuss the … Mandela sent a message in his capacity as…
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, … by Afrikaans speaking neighbours in the Orange…
EventLibya becomes independent
… achieve autonomy through the United Nations (UN) and one of the first former European possessions in Africa to gain … November 1949 called for the…
PlaceOld Presidency
… This building served as the official residence of the presidents of the former Republic of the Orange Free State, it was declared a National Monument under…
EventPretoria receives city status
… was established in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers who named it after his father Andries … Colony (former Boer Republic of the ZAR)…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa 1979 - 1996 - by Kumi Naidoo
… deals with political resistance amongst South Africans of Indian descent in the city of Durban. The variables of … city and shaped the contours of resistance…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… Sharia law refers to a body of Islamic religious laws and deals with aspects of everyday … her to death by stoning. The following year, in the Bauchi state…
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… in a few hours, turned into open rebellion against the state. They decided to use force to overthrow the government … martial law and entered Johannesburg…
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… attacked Rooiwal railway station at Koppies, Northern Free State. At this point he was the commando-in-chief of the greater part of the Free State commandos…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… Callinicos THE CHANGE TO WAGE LABOUR has described some of the different ways in which people lost the use of the … they were ready and able to present…
ArchiveZambia, the ANC and the struggle against apartheid 1964-1990
… A short dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Magister Artium in … following issues have been taken up: the…
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… general election, F.W. De Klerk was inaugurated as the new State President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. De Klerk had been Acting State President since…
PlaceFrankfort
… Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1869 … Street…
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… in Kimberley, John Weston embarked on the construction of his own aeroplane in Brandfort, in the Orange Free State (now known as Free State). Weston lacked…
Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars
… History Online, the Wits History Workshop, the Department of History at the University of the Free State, the Department of Development Studies at Nelson ……
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… election considered the most important since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The ruling African National Congress … policies, the role of the market and the…
EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
… decided whether South Africa should remain a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations or declare a … The two former Boer republics, Transvaal and…
Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956
… Dear Sir, I very much appreciate your sending me a copy of yr 1tr of 1 Sept. I endorse much of what you say, … should come down, not only in the future South…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Glossary
… Ancient: Belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past. BC : … system of government in which there are a large number of state…
Canon Collins Memorial Lecture by Oliver Tambo, 28 May 1987, London
… Canon John Collins passed away. With his departure, many of us lost a dear friend. As a people, we lost a … Africa. Indeed, they will make certain that their…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… measures against Blacks, Indian immigrants and those of mixed race. 1949 October 6 , Group comprising workers, … and certain individuals speaks out on the…
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … to receive a reply previous to this which is I regret to state…
EventPresident Vorster challenges Dr Rhoodie
… Affair. He emphasized that the question was not whether state money had been made available for secret projects, but … money had been misused. He denied that…