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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 ,…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
… The socio-political landscape of Apartheid South Africa was a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former National Party … of sex…
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. …
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
… Pinetown, on land owned by the Roman Catholic diocese of Mariannhill and individual African Plot Holders. The … Umhlatuzana River in the Pinetown area. With…
EventSongwriter, film producer and actor Joe Mafela dies
On 18 March 2017, legendary actor Joe Mafela passed away on his way home from Soweto, after he was involved in a car accident in Johannesburg. According to…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… Calls were made by the Indian Congress to reject the plans of the newly elected Nationalist government, but the drastic shortage of housing for Indians in…
Worker Culture: It’s Emergence, Gains and the Implications of Decline by Frank Meintjies
… Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The first shoots of worker culture emerged in the early eighties with the … form and voice in the mid eighties after…
A New Era for Africa in a Globalizing World, Unesco, Paris, 19 November 2003
… Director of Ceremonies, Your Excellency, the Acting Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Marcio Barbosa, Distinguished Guests, Ladies … it was desired that they…
PlaceWalter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
… University (WSU) was established on 1 July, 2005 in terms of the Higher Education Act No 101 of 1997, as amended. WSU, a comprehensive University, … The new…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents' meeting
… meeting, which was held to inform those residents of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting, of the incorporation of the whole of Peelton into the…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… its homeland policy and the introduction of the Tricameral Parliament gave Coloured and Indian … house, initially under Section 50 of the Internal Security…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… We meet in the wake of great international gatherings concerned with the building of a future of peace, progress and friendship among the … in their country…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… The colonisation of Africa was part of a global European process reaching all the continents of … imposed on their governing system without any proper…
Chapter 16. Coloured and Indian Members - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… In the Cape and Natal, the overwhelming majority of garment workers have always been Coloured, Indian and … until the Second World War, the European workers,…
45. Mass meeting at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, 1906
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 11 September 1906, a mass meeting of Indians…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation or MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was jointly formed by … being found guilty on five…
ArchiveAppendix 5 Notes on Palestine and Israel by Denis Goldberg
… anti-apartheid campaigning was an important part of our struggle. The violence of the apartheid regime was as nothing in comparison with the … families?…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
… Side by Side by Helen Joseph The 1950s had been a decade of protest, from the Defiance Campaign at the beginning to the Treason Trial victory and the…
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
… got its name from having been the Sixth Municipal District of Cape Town in 1867. Its earlier unofficial name was 'Kanaldorp', a name supposedly derived from…
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the Natal Indian Congress, the Anti-S.A.I.C. committees of the…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The Congress of the People was over. We had come down from the mountain, … start, interminably delayed by the…
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
… Diepkloof covers an Area of approximately 2,50218 square kilometres and houses a Population of approximately 104 098 persons (2001 Census). It is located ……
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… a delegation to the UK in response to the implementation of new land laws in the Orange Free State, which had stripped black residents of their legally…
ArchiveKeynote Address at National General Council Meeting, by President Thabo Mbeki, 12 July 2000, Port Elizabeth
… Comrade Chairperson, Members of the NEC, Comrades delegates, Distinguished veterans, Your Excellencies, Members of the diplomatic corps and guests, Members…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… This interesting and Historic Village of Genadendal is the oldest Moravian Mission Village in … organ in South Africa. Genadendal, which means; 'Valley of…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… I could “enjoy” all these facilities but the effects of solitary detention lingered. Fear of further interrogation and solitary confinement left me … with…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… the New National Party (NNP), was disbanded and some of its members joined the ANC. NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk became a member of the ANC and a…
EventAnti-Apartheid demonstration is held outside SA embassy in Washington
… The Soweto riots of 1976, in which school children protested against being … for 'constructive engagement' with, rather than isolation of, South Africa. This…