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Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… COSATU PRESS STATEMENT RE: MINISTER OF LABOUR GREEN PAPER ON POLICY PROPOSALS FOR A NEW … COSATU welcomes the green paper announced by the Minister of Labour…
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
… have not in any way dampened the spirit and enthusiasm of the rank and file, but on the contrary, have fired each … time by willingly and happily carrying an…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… the' World-Renowned': Kruger National Park. Today, many of the families who reside here are now third and fourth … Their legacy being mainly; the successful…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… UNESCO World Heritage Site , is a must-do on the itinerary of any tourist to Cape Town . Forget palm trees and … elected president – Nelson Mandela – spent…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… King, Jr., 1962 In 1957, an unprecedented Declaration of Conscience was issued by more than 100 leaders from every … its policies into line with the…
PlaceUgie, Eastern Cape
… Gqabi District Municipality , in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Ugie is situated at the Southern foot of the Drakensberg , 21km South-West of…
PlaceSodwana Bay National Park
… Coral Reefs and outstanding Climate. Sodwana Bay is one of the World's premier sport diving destinations. This South … features various popular dive sites…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa calls for national lockdown for 21 days in South Africa
… 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in terms of section 27 of the Disaster Management Act. This was an urgent response as…
ArchiveHARWU: The Aborted Attempt to Build a National South African Catering Union (1984 – 1990) by Allan Horwitz, June 2018
… was shaped by many forces, both in the general context of the political struggle to end ‘big and petty apartheid’ … Based on the British model, the system…
EventIraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies
… that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement came after the … banned the previous…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… Portuguese expansion into Africa began with the desire of King John I to gain access to the gold-producing areas of West Africa. The trans-Saharan trade…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… civil disobedience and pass burnings. There was a sense of rivalry between the two organisations to get their … first. Suddenly the country was rocked by the…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… antenatal survey, conducted in 1990, found that only 0.7% of pregnant women were infected. Yet, in the same year, ANC … statistics indicate that we are still…
PlaceZambezi River, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… The river has supported villagers for thousands of years and 'Mosi-oa-Tunya', or known as the Victoria Falls … anchored at what he called: 'Rio dos Bons…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa
… Comrade Chairpersons, Comrades from the People’s Republic of China and other honoured guests, Comrades leaders of the SACP and COSATU, Comrades and friends,…
Article2016 in Review
… In 2016 South Africa History Online celebrates 15 years of being a public open source heritage site. What a journey it has been. At the end of the first week…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
… Vice-Minister of Education, Madame Wei Yu, President of the University, Professor Wang Dazhong, Your Excellencies, … very circumstance suggests that we have…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… June 1971 had brought me freedom from all the frustrations of house arrest and the other onerous mutilations of my liberty. It had done more than that. It…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… in exile. 17 February, African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) members, Armstrong Madoda, Gaby … and Sunny Venkarathnam are detained…
Message to the Soweto Rally to Welcome Released Leaders by O. R. Tambo, 29 October 1989
… This is a joyful day for all of us. It is a day of celebration for all the people of our country. Those who … than anybody else. Continue to unite in action…
86. Non-racial sport
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … 'an end in itself, completely unrelated to other facets of [our…
ANC NGC 2015 Resolutions on International Relations
… 1. Introduction The important task of our National Democratic Revolution (NDR) is to grapple … the complex and ever-changing world order. The balance of…
From the 1973 Durban strikes to the Marikana massacre and De Doorns conflict: How trade unions acquired their power and what has gone wrong with employment relations in South Africa subsequently by Johann Maree
… workers. No-one was killed. However, without the strength of unions behind them, workers struck for short periods. Three quarters of strikes were less than…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… Open Air Theatre is a popular and central part of Cape Town’s art scene – chiefly known for its Shakespeare … for children. The park is also home to a…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… the British military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortunately their fodder was … carried Bubonic plague and, between 1901…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Helen Stoilas, 30 May 2017
… photographer David Goldblatt has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… urban settlement or 'Township' in South Africa, South West of Johannesburg , with a population of approximately 1.3 Million (2008, Joburg archive). Soweto ……
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… 17 December 1981. It was the first such establishment of its kind in KwaZulu Natal , located in a so called “White” area under the infamous Group Areas Act ,…
PlaceThe Space
… Photographer, was hired to take rehearsal photos of Athol Fugard , Yvonne Bryceland , Val Donal and Wilson … ‘Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… residential zone on 11 February 1966 under the Group Areas Act. In the years that followed, 60,000 people were evicted … homes in the neighbourhood. …