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ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… The formation of the Pan Africanist Congress’ (PAC) Africanist Task Force (ATF) preceded the formation of party’s military wing Poqo in February 1960. After…
ArchiveEddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
… his life to understanding and advocating for the rights of South African workers. His academic journey began at … and York universities. He earned a PhD from…
EventThe fall of the Berlin wall
… In the aftermath of World War 2 Germany was partitioned into East and West Germany. The East was placed under the control of the Soviet Union while West…
PlaceKwaxolo Cave Adventures, South Coast
… back some 100 000 years, the KwaXolo Caves, located inland of Margate on the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Coast, were once … shelters for indigenous San…
PlaceVredehoek
… Vredehoek is a hillside neighbourhood at the base of Devil’s Peak. The stairways here were built in the early … terrain made stairways essential for daily…
PlaceZimbabwe
… The earliest settlement of the area now known as Zimbabwe goes back about 100 000 … to regain some popularity amongst the people, a land act was passed in…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… An image showing the acculturation of indigenous Australian children by the British officials … succeed in perpetuating racism and the dehumanization of the…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… celebrates 47 years since his coronation as Isilo (King) of the Zulus of South Africa. Zwelithini (literally, “What does the world … was to pass a provincial…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… I see you’ve got Steve’s book there (Taylor has a copy of Ellman’s book In a Time of Trouble). Taylor: Yeah, and also this one... (Clingman’s … in 1909, to…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… in its own way, you know. I grew up in an environment of poverty. I was staying with my mother's people. They were … consumed because there was no food…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… While the abolition of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory … experienced at the Cape through examining the experiences of people …
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
… The ANC attempted to unravel this paradox in the course of a formal review of strategy. ANC operational strategy … direction. 46 The ANC ‘had to grasp that…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… increasingly authoritarian measures to combat any forms of resistance against the government. Under apartheid … were banned entirely and declared illegal,…
The Polly Street Era
… It is evident, through the examples of the art of John Koenakeefe Mohl, Ernest Mancoba and Gerard Sekoto, … It is a celebration of colour and energy, a…
ArchiveCHAPTER SEVEN: Resistance Politics In Retreat: Cablism, The ANC Underground And Gandhi, 1985-1989 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlaceErmelo
… is in the Gert Sibande District in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It is part of the Msukaligwa Local Municipality within that district. … a whites…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984 by Noor Nieftagodien
… Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Apartheid was brought to an end by the struggles of millions of ordinary people in townships…
Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984
… Apartheid was brought to an end by the struggles of millions of ordinary people in townships, factories and rural areas. … townships and the deepening…
Ahmed Timol: Three Documents by Politicsweb, 27 June 2017
… The inquest has recently been reopened into the death of the South African Communist Party (SACP) underground operative Ahmed Timol while in the custody of…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… partner in that search. De Klerk announced at the opening of South Africa's Parliament in Cape Town the unbanning of the ANC (and other, lesser organisations…
Chapter 13. General Strike, 1932
… association before the agreement expired in the middle of August 1932, but these proved futile. The employers again demanded a reduction of the workers'…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Address by President Jacob Zuma, Gallagher Estates, 29 June 2012
… Comrade Kgalema Motlanthe, ANC Officials and Members of the National Executive Committee, Leadership of the Leagues and MKMVA, Our Alliance partners, SANCO…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… UNIVERSITY OF DURBAN – WESTVILLE DOCUMENTATION CENTRE ORAL HISTORY … prevalent, at that point in time, and the Group Areas Act and a lot of other laws that…
How do we understand Nelson Mandela@100? by Raymond Suttner, 29 May 2018
… Celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s life is an opportunity to move away from the cliché-ridden assessments of his multi-faceted personality…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the people had to go into exile to guide the resistance or … struggle by a triumvirate - Oliver Tambo…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… [1] In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the people had to go into exile to guide the resistance or … struggle by a triumvirate - Oliver…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the summit on rural Safety and Security Midrand, 10 October 1998
… Chairpersons Members of the Cabinet Delegates Other than our legislative bodies, this is perhaps one of the most representative gatherings in the country…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the SA freedom day celebrations Pretoria, 27 April 1996
… Master of Ceremonies; Distinguished Heads of State and Dignitaries from abroad; Ministers; Honourable … new constitution has been written. Like any truly…
Address on South African Freedom Day 2001, Pietersburg, 27 April 2001
… Ngubane Mayor Thabo Makunyane Distinguished Guests People of the Northern Province: In the past seven years we have … the people, so that government could…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small political demonstration on the campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT). It…