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EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… Members of the South African Industrial Federation (SAIF), a miners … mineworkers strike was the biggest strike in the history of the sector and resulted in…
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
… they are dealing severe blows to the fascist forces of IanSmith and Vorster. Soon they will be fighting the enemy … on SouthAfrican soil. "WE ARE AT WAR"…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local branch of the South Africa Students Movement (SASM), Enos Ngutshane. … authorities on 4…
Document 6 - M. Lopes, “Socialism and the Labour Party”, The Bolshevik, April 1920
… Labour Party", The Bolshevik, April 1920 In a recent issue of our esteemed contemporary, the International, appeared a … This statement is surprising, and…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
… Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Thabang Makwetla Ministers … truly…
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… resume the armed struggle unless their demands, which were being investigated. The African National Congress (ANC) … proper structures. He also berated the…
Interview with Africa Report by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1981, New York
… policemen killed? Why are you responding to the violence of apartheid with isolated half measures? TAMBO : There is a … Our people regard and speak of the…
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… during the Second Anglo-Boer War who is widely regarded as being one of the strongest military leaders during that conflict, was … leader had been killed…
PlaceRosmead
… was inaugurated. Due to its location at the junction of the Western, Midland and Eastern Railway Systems, the … an important role in the Military and…
EventSouth African writer J.M. Coetzee is born in Cape Town.
… his initials as his pen name. He studied at the University of Cape Town and graduated with an honours degree in English … In 1963, while working in London,…
Liberation and Ethics. Is there a connection? by Raymond Suttner, 05 April 2016
… is no exaggeration to suggest that the legitimacy not only of President Jacob Zuma and the ANC, but also the notion of the liberation struggle itself is in…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… On 5 January 1965, members of the African National Congress (ANC) Mac Maharaj, Laloo … Elias Motsoaledi and Walter Sisulu among others were being kept after…
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… both enacted and the authorisation for the establishment of a national police force was given. The South African … Police (SAP) was the successor to the…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… African World Heritage Sites Land dispossession history of South Africa 19th century South Africa South Africa … Govan Mbeki publishes Transkei in the…
Document 114 - (National Liberation League?), How To Work Among Urban Africans
… is confined to work among Africans in urban areas because of the following:- a) Being in touch with modem forms of organisation and having imbibed new ideas…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… poll, he followed his conscience and resigned. The head of the University gave him a choice: either he accepts the … or he leaves the university. He was…
ANC statement on the high court`s ruling against IT, 29 October 1998
… The ANC has noted with disappointment the verdict of the High Court - Cape Division on the case between itself … forward. The ANC finds it very unfortunate…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… by South African troops, that violated the sovereignty of its neighbouring countries in order to prop up the … in cases in which South Africa violated the…
EventGeorge Pemba, artist and playwright is born in Port Elizabeth
… from his brother. In later years he was the recipient of several bursaries. He exhibited his work from 1928-1987. … commissioned by the Bantu Welfare Trust…
Pravin Gordhan vs the Law, as defined by clichés by Mervyn E. Bennun (Politics Web), 08 September 2016
… Myths and Clichés of Prosecution South African political life has become … while simultaneously promoting the desired image of the person using them…
PlaceFairview Wine and Cheese Estate, near Paarl
… individual, a certain Mr Francois Hugo. He was one of the first winemakers in the Area to market and sell his wines directly to the Public. He made use of…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… the regime had not been violent, we would not have thought of violence. It was our policy to be consciously, … nonviolence, on discipline, that we must get…
A new class struggle
… the Colonists. According to CG Henning, the following list of twenty anti-Indian attitudes compiled by him, contains … real as well as imaginary complaints:…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… In 1975, Peter Johnson, joined the ranks of the uMkhonto we Sizwe and disappeared into exile. Nearly a … died during a guerrilla skirmish just outside the…
ArchiveInterview with Murphy Morobe
… main organisation has been singled out by the Le Grange as being responsible for the uprising taking place around the …
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly … work was in full swing and…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… offensives planned for that year. General Haig, commander of the British forces in France described the situation as … 35 000 Black South Africans had…
EventThe soccer match between Lourenco Marques club Desportive and Durban City Football Club is called off because a rule against Coloured players
… from Durban a night prior to kick-off, the manager of Durban City, Norman Elliot states: "The Portuguese East … player with them." It is apparent here that…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… article was written by Nicole Dellaportas and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … the Bantu Women’s League in 1931. This…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 2: Policing and Resistance
… the U.S., Nigeria and South Africa. The targeting of activists and protests is a core focus of this discussion, as well as work being done to resist police…