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ArticleHarriet and the Bolton Hall Four
… Cheadle were banned for five years under the Suppression of Communism Act on 1 February 1974. Harriet organised a meeting to … protest meeting. After the…
Genadendal Historic Village & Museum
… This interesting and Historic Village of Genadendal is the oldest Moravian Mission Village in … on Farms, the Mission Stations, which provided access to Land…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising that is also referred to as the … had evolved in the mining industry. The ensuing balancing act resulted in…
Tribute to the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid - Statement at the Meeting of the Special Committee on its Tenth Anniversary by O. R. Tambo, New York, 2 April 1973
… representatives, Today, we, black and white, peoples of many nationalities and continents, representatives of different social systems, are met here as one…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… Organisation (SASO) was formed in 1968 after some members of the University of Natal’s Black Campus SRC (Student … blacks from defying restrictions of the…
A growing urban African population
… African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being established and were growing in size. … African working class grew in…
EventSlave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… at the Cape, and suggests a deep awareness around issues of abolition and freedom held by slaves and servants throughout the Cape Colony. The timing of the…
The Randjeslaagte Beacon, Parktown Johannesburg
… .This Beacon marks, the Northern Boundary of the Farm “Randjeslaagte" on which Johannesburg was laid … were originally given out, a Triangular piece of land…
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… KwaMsiza is a village of 49 families located some 50km north of Pretoria. Its residents are Ndzundza Ndebele , and belong … farm Hartbeesfontein, at…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… ( ANC) stalwart. Mpofu was born on 2 September 1962 (one of two other siblings) to Nosebenzile Doris Mpofu in Duncan … passion for politics began when he was…
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… Introduction South Africa has entered its Second Decade of Freedom with the strengthening of democracy and … and the mobilisation of the majority of South…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Introduction Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women in the struggle for…
ArticleThe Information Scandal
… person throughout the scandal. Dr. Mulder was the Minister of Information in John Vorster's government. Moreover, he was … scrutiny. The Citizen was…
PlaceSun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
… Estates were orange growing farms owned by Whites. The land initially formed part of the Berlin Mission’s land holdings. In 1924 this fragment of land was…
Personal notes of the conversations with his Excellency President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos on 23 September 1988 to be conveyed directly to His Excellency President Pieter W Botha
… A translation of the personal notes of President Dos Santos answering questions presented by President P W Botha regarding the withdrawal of Cuban and South…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… The South African Native Labour Contingent were recruited and employed to … working. He was accompanied by Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales. The men were…
Randjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… in 1886 on the triangular site Randjeslaagte, the area of the town was nine square km. Randjeslaagte was a piece of ‘uitvalgrond’ – land left over from the…
Black Peoples Convention: Minutes of the 4th National Council Meeting held at the St. Anscars LP studios from the 16th to 17th March 1974
… Minutes of the 4th National Council Meeting of the Black Peoples Convention held at the St. Anscars LP … Black Peoples Convention: Minutes of the 4th…
Soweto Students Representative Council: To all fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends and workers, in all cities, towns and villages in the Republic of South Africa.
… Students Reprsentative Council, calling on residents of Black townships to boycott Christmas shopping and shebeens as a show of solidarity with those killed…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… African indigenous groups have so captured the interest of the world as have the South amaNdebele of the central … of KwaZulu in 1879, and in consequence…
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… November at the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, and the Convention for a … I) started its first plenary meeting…
“The most patient of animals, next to the ass:” Jan Smuts, Howard University, and African American Leadership, 1930 by Robert Edgara and Myra Ann Houser
… “The most patient of animals, next to the ass:” Jan Smuts, Howard University, …
Off-the-record statement by Minister R F Botha at a meeting between the Minister and representatives of the South African media in Washington on 16 May 1981
… at a meeting between the Minister and representatives of the South African media in Washington on 16 May 1981 …
The Lady in White: British Imperial Loyalism and Women’s Volunteerism in Second World War Durban by Jonathan Hyslop (Journal of Natal and Zulu History), 2018
… in Second World War Durban by Jonathan Hyslop (Journal of Natal and Zulu History), 2018 …
Review: Industrialisation and trade union organisation in South Africa, 1924-55; the rise and fall of the South African Trades and Labour Council: Jon Lewis
… organisation in South Africa, 1924-55; the rise and fall of the South African Trades and Labour Council: Jon Lewis …
Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between Europeans and
… Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between …
Mrs Coretta Scott King: widow of slain US civil rights leader used by Archbishop Tutu and the Rev Allan Boesak in divisive black political feud
… Mrs Coretta Scott King: widow of slain US civil rights leader used by Archbishop Tutu and …
Baron Pieter van Rheede, appointed governor of the Cape who died at sea on his way to the Cape, is born in Utrecht, the Netherl
… Baron Pieter van Rheede, appointed governor of the Cape who died at sea on his way to the Cape, is born …
”Forced Withdrawal Of South Africa From The Commonwealth - Historic Step Forward In Struggle Against Apartheid”: Message From London To The South African People, March 1961
… ”Forced Withdrawal Of South Africa From The Commonwealth - Historic Step Forward …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the United Nations habitat II African housing minister’s conference World Trade Centre, 18 October 1996
… Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the United Nations habitat II African housing minister’s …