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A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 9
… Sir Rama Rau's successor, Sir Shafa'at Ahmed Khan arrived in South Africa, Kajee had several talks with him on the … with the extinction of the identity of…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… 1990, New York, New York, United States of America In summary: exile, photographer, and author. Ernest Cole was born Ernest Levi Tsoloane Kole on 21 March…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… on the Indian policy of the South African Government, said in New Delhi: "The policy pursued by General Smuts is 100 … to the Nazi doctrine." "What the…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… a role, but its soul, because of its support for freedom in Southern Africa, it is the new Commonwealth. I use the … prevailed. One of its main tenets was…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… Rand between 1886 and 1940. It was a dramatic change, for in only sixty years the Rand witnessed an industrialisation … people of the Rand. Sixty years is a…
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… and here we also say that Comrade Bukharin's speech and in fact the Communist International literature in general, treats those races to a certain extent in…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In the early nineteen twenties the Indian problem had not … today. NeverÂtheless the Indian…
Funeral of Sean MacBride: Oliver Tambo, 05 May 1988
… As a young man, Sean MacBride, an Irishman, spent time in prison for his part in the struggle for independence of his own people. From 1973 … as United…
EventHip Hop Pantsula, the South African rapper is born
… Tsambo, stage name Hip Hop Pantsula or HHP was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 14 September 1980.[1] Hip Hop Pantsula was raised in Mmabatho, and…
PlaceIrma Stern Museum
… prolific and powerful artists who played a leading role in introducing avant-garde art to the country. Born in 1894 in South Africa, Irma Stern receives her…
PlaceLiberia
… Joseph Jenkins Roberts , a former slave who was born in America became the first President. The founding of Liberia in the early 1800s was motivated by the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… south from Durban is never far from railway and the sea. In 1900 it was a sandy earth road, baked in winter and seldom free from the dust thrown up by the ……
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
… have to hold under minority rule. We salute our allies in the South African Communist Party and the Congress of … This Conference is not only unique because…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… not strong workplace organisation, at least strong bases in many townships. But, as one such activist reflected later: "What was disquieting in the closing…
Black Power by Richard (Rick) Turner
… provoke debate rather than to be academically respectable. In simplest terms the idea of Black Power is that it is … people inthis country to begin thinking…
His Life and Legacy - Oliver Tambo
… Reginald Tambo , leader of the African National Congress in exile for thirty years, died on 23 April 1993. Yet his … genuine respect for all people seemed…
Document 55 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Workers’ Party of South Africa and the Communist League of South Africa, 12 October 1935
… attention the documents and letters you have sent us. In particular, we have devoted attention to the efforts that … It seems to us that as a result of the…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… home outside Zululand. 2 Gumede was born on 9 October 1867 in Healdtown Village, Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. His history, however, does not start…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… Claremont, a Suburb in Cape Town , is situated North of Kenilworth , East of Bishopscourt and South of Newlands in the Western Cape Province. The name is…
Say It out Loud - Protest against the Women’s Enfranchisement Act, and the Franchise Amendment Bill, 1931
… measures weakened the Coloured, African and Indian vote in the Cape in relation to the White vote. The Women's Enfranchisement … At a mass meeting of over 2…
Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987
… Kruger, a tiny Prisons Service boat, ploughed the Atlantic in the direction of Robben Island. I and the eight young … country between seven different prisons…
PlaceGreatmore Studios
… Greatmore Studios was established in 1988 but only registered as an NPO in 2007. It is an artist residency and centre with studios and exhibition space in…
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
… existence. Football, like other sporting disciplines in South Africa, was racially segregated. In 1902 the South African Indian Football Association (SAIFA)…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… The Johannesburg's Stock Exchange (JSE) is established in Johannesburg to facilitate the explosion of trade sparked by the discovery of gold in the…
Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
… We come here this morning with our hearts heavy in mourning as we lay a wreath on the grave of one so special … for him and her undying loyalty played no…
PlaceLuderitz, Namibia
… Luderitz is a quaint harbour town on the Atlantic Coast in Namibia . It boasts German history, art-deco architecture … and excursions to the ghost town of…
Ernest Cole: Brave photographer who exposed horrors of apartheid from within by Teo Kermeliotis, (cnn.com), 5 January 2015
… Instead, this is a communal shower room for mineworkers in South Africa under apartheid as captured by pioneering … that brutal era, including mineworkers…
PlaceVredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West
… seafarers sought a trade route to link Europe and the East in order to cut out the Arab middlemen who controlled the … by Manuel I of Portugal, was the first…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to New Times, 05 January 1980, Moscow
… Question : How do you assess the situation in southern Africa after the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front has … signed the ceasefire agreement? TAMBO : The liberation…
Our Greatest Indian Leader since Gandhiji -Tribute to Dr. Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (From: Sechaba, second quarter), 1978
… the pleasure of being a close associate and comrade-in-arms of Dr. Naicker - MONTY to all of us - in the political arena for the last forty years, it can be …