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EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… in Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province), Union of South Africa. The campaign was prompted by the introduction of the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance in…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of the Witwatersrand on 2 April 1987. Kuzwayo was born into a … to force the Apartheid government…
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…
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… was carried at its third reading by a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament last Monday night. The voting was: 169 for, 11 … for an interdict by the…
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
… in 1954. The farm was owned by a White man and comprised of the SADT land and Black freehold farms. The homesteads, of the people of Doornkop, were…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… to one human, as early as 1908 in the southeastern corner of Cameroon. 1960s An HIV viral variant known as HIV-2 is … mangabey monkeys in Guinea-Bissau. 1964…
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…
ANC hits back at Jimi Matthews
… for his decision while others say it’s an outrageous act. “We would have expected better conduct from a very … Jimi," said ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa. "He…
PlaceThe AVA Gallery
… The history of the AVA Gallery echoes the social, political and cultural … Africa. Previously known as the South African Association of Arts in the Western…
Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari
… PART II: OTHER MAJOR ADDRESSES Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 The Education Bill, … and the Franchise, 1906 A letter to…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… South Africa) and thirty abstentions, including the Union of Soviets, Socialist Republics (USSR), the US,, Great Britain and France. At the time of the UN’s…
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
… ago, a Gangai Amman Temple was Built at the lower end of Booth Road on the banks of the Umkumbaan River, popularly known as First River. This … Manor was…
EventBreyten Breytenbach was born on this day
… well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid , and as a political prisoner of the National Party –led South African…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
… Founding member and president of the Pan Africanist Congress , Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe , … was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for incitement of…
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
… in central Johannesburg against the detention of a fellow clergyman who had supported the school boycotts … day, after being charged under the Riotous…
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after Durban’s first mayor, George … Christopher Cato. The area has a…
Event’Viva Frelimo’ rallies, organised by the BPC and SASO, take place even though they were banned by Government
… The achievement of independence in Mozambique inspired the South African … SASO and the South African government. The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger,…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderation such as petitions and deputations. In December 1949, with the support of the ANC Youth…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… Indian Community by C. H. Calpin An early photograph of " A.I."with C.F. Andrews The main road south from Durban … from the dust thrown up by the ox-drawn…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… Mr President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Your Excellency, Dr Boutrous Boutrous Ghali, Secretary General of the United Nations, Ministers…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… Peoples’ Organisation (APO) resolution to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales as a day of mourning in protest … Asiatic Transvaal Land and…
ArticleKora
… a chief called Kora (or Gora), who was originally a leader of the Gorachouqua (`-qua’ meaning ‘people of’). This leader detached himself from this group with…
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
… At the request of President F. W. de Klerk, the commission of inquiry, headed by Judge Richard Goldstone, started the … with the National Peace Secretariat,…
EventMethane gas explosion kills 68 mine workers
… were fined R400 for contravening the Mines and Works Act. Despite this explosion, the authorities continued to … 13 September 2013)| Niekerk, P. (1986). " A…
Chapter 11 - Negotiating the final constitution
… The adoption of the final Constitution concluded some of the most … and customary law. The traditional leaders insisted on representation at all levels of…
ArchiveUrban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the MSc in Urban Planning (Housing in Development), … the University College, London (Development Unit)…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches, first Black Archbishop of the Anglican Church in … his…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education African National Congress. Address to the Nation … President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, on…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… was arrested following student rallies to mark the victory of FRELIMO in Mozambique. He was charged under the Terrorism Act and became a defendant in the…