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State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… on the land also began to drift into the towns, creating what was called the ‘poor white' problem. Urbanisation thus … At first, Hertzog and Smuts agreed to…
A new class struggle
… their all-powerful protector. They believe in the divine right of kings. They know nothing of constitutions or … people of India took a very dim view of the…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… organization of the rallies, but also leading groups into what many would consider a war zone. These women walked hand in hand with danger and fear knowing…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… parliament to its knees. According to Simons and Simons, what the Worker was saying was that: ‘In principle, if not in … Organisation declared that African…
PlaceOld Biscuit Mill, Woodstock- Cape Town
… Biscuit Mill is a vibrant hub of art, design, and food, right in the heart of Woodstock. It’s the capital of cool … Biscuit Mill is a vibrant hub of art,…
ArchiveObituary for Andrew Verster
… or complain or decry the changes – if he didn’t like what was happening he addressed the issues in an outright …
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
Acronyms BAWU, Black and Allied Workers Union COSAS, Congress of South African Students COSATU, Congress of South African Trade Unions COSAW,…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… did trade with the Khoikhoi they would pay far less than what the items were valued. [12] The Khoikhoi retaliated by …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… of King Solomon . She was an important person in her own right. His great-grandfather was said to be “prime minister … base. In 1979, he fell out of grace…
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
… please hold my poetry book. Help me memorise my lines.” “What’s it called?” she asked. “Hiawatha.” “Oh, then just say … Mum, you’ve got to hold the book to…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 104th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… one-hundred-and-four years ago. The ANC appreciates what a momentous achievement it is to still be strong and … and helps our country to remain an…
Address of President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the opening of the second session of the Democratic Parliament Cape Town, 17 February 1995
… proceedings to the public, to ensure that the people know what we are doing. We have also opened the doors to the … ensuring that the people as a whole are…
Archive1995 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 17 February 1995
… proceedings to the public, to ensure that the people know what we are doing and by opening the doors to the people to … ensuring that the people as a whole…
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
… forces are now called upon to be the protectors of the right to childhood of these children.. Our countries, so too … of peace, security and stability. We…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
… . . . We will endeavour to show, in other words, that what are on trial here are not just 155 [sic] individuals, … that, in the result, this trial will be…
South Africa After Soweto - O. R. Tambo Interviewed to World Marxist Review, February 1978
… kind of ethnic and racist "State" formations. Question: What about the grating of so-called "independence" to the bantustans? TAMBO: Well, what is meant by …
ArchiveThe arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019
… Champion already had considerable experience in causing what Chief Justice de Waal was pleased to call “infinite … every African had – and has – to carry to…
Address at the University of The State of Bahia Brazil, 14 December 2000
… Corps, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: What intelligent contribution does one make to an institution … advantage strategically for our own…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… old ground again. It is not necessary to prove again here what everybody now knows, what the ruling classes, indeed, never tried to conceal or … the Cape,…
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… the courage of its convictions to stand up, and give the right guidance to its people, although it had to do so at a … United Front had given, which it was…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
… performance of each one of our organisations. They will be right to pose the question whether we sought to build or to … Members, how far we seemed to be in…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… in these things. Again I would like to know exactly what the College understands by "Trusteeship." I understand … I said last year that Fort Hare must be to…
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
… The Communists voted for full affiliation and the extreme right wing voted against any form of co-operation with the … who were the majority of workers in…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… laid out: Cuyler, John and Baird Streets intersecting at right angles with Caledon Street. (Anon 1813) In 1811, … about 315 houses, consisting of a few…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… are not pleading for mercy but are exercising the inherent right of all people incarcerated for their political beliefs. … part and parcel of our struggle to…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… in these things. Again I would like to know exactly what the College understands by ‘ Trusteeship ’. I understand … I said last year that Fort Hare must be…
The fight against passes continues
… women so that Strijdom would know that we really meant what we were saying. The first thing that we did in Port … made was to call a meeting of all the women…
Press statement by Oliver Tambo in Moscow, 06 November 1986
… hard-won successes during the last 69 years. We have held what was, for us, an historic meeting with the General … apartheid aggression and destabilisation…
Speech on Receiving the Freedom of Durban, Durban, 16 April 1999
… citizen can feel safe in bed at night; in exercising the right to vote; and in being able to express opinions freely. …