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Letter by Oliver Tambo to the OAU Secretary-General, Mr. William Eteki Mboumoua, 01 June 1974
… also to express our heartfelt wishes for success in your work for the total liberation of Africa and the … is being rocked by the biggest strike movement of…
EventUnions protest against the circumstances of Aggett's death
… A call for a thirty-minute work stoppage in protest against the death of Dr. Neil Aggett, who allegedly committed suicide while in police detention, was…
PlaceGugulethu Township
… Pride'. This township was established along with Nyanga in the 1960's. The Group Areas Act (1950) reinforced the … of Langa when it became overcrowded,…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 106th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 13 January 2018
… National Congress turns 106 years this year. We are in the Eastern Cape, the home of legends. As the newly … of legislation that were central to the…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… The contacts between black South Africans and the African American community in the United States played an important part in the … been recently unearthed…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… Conference opened at 10:10 a.m. on the 15th December 1949. In the absence of the Senior Chaplain the Speaker, Cr. R. V. … or not all the members then…
EventGhana is declared a republic
… Ghana became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence on 6 March 1957. … F. Verwoerd, opted to become a republic. This move…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… Modern Humans evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first…
Judaism
… that they have a Covenant, or solemn agreement, with God. In the Bible, about 4 000 years ago, God makes a promise to … more conservative than Reformed Jews…
Organise or Die
… A2 litho, black on yellow poster; photos of: protesting mineworkers; … or Die; and detailed information and demands carried in three sections headed:…
ArchiveJustice for Tunay campaign
… Black, red and white poster. Photograph of Tunay Hassan. Died in the custody of the Dalston Police, United Kingdom. Picture …
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Yellow, red, black and white poster. History of cotton in the Southern United States of America, the start of the …
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Orange, black and white poster. Photographs of people of different … Photographs of people from these countries arriving in Britain to work. Series of…
ArchiveTrojan horse
… Yellow poster with black lettering. Notice of interfaith commemoration service. … Logo. Belgravia Youth Congress. Image of South Africa in top left hand…
Book Launch: The Nightwatchman, Hlonipha Mokoena
… Khumisho Moguerane on the portrayal of African men in colonial South Africa and how the Black male body and their sartorial choices move through …
EventThe Soweto Uprising leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following 10 days of rioting
… The student-led protests in Soweto in 1976 known as the Soweto Uprising claimed many lives and … introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction…
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… National Congress (ANC), was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for advocating non-violent resistance to racial discrimination in South Africa. Though the…
ArchiveSolidarity Service
… White poster with black lettering. Photo of Nicolas Boiki Majesty Tlhapi. Missing since 1986 in detention. Standing for the Truth Campaign. Image of a …
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the … after a bitter, two year struggle for recognition by the Black Allied Mine and Construction…
Afra Newsletter
… families personally affected by the forced removals and "black spot" removal policy of the National Government. … given for the number of evictions and…
EventJoint call for June 16 Stay away
… on June 16. The call was issued to all South Africans, Black and White, in commemoration of the Youth of 1976, who were killed in the streets of Soweto while…
Nqutu, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… It is 53 km East of Dundee. Most of the population is Black , 97.89% and therefore the first language is Zulu. The women are the predominant gender, 57.29%,…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.6 No.1 Oct-Dec 1961
… Segal. Cartoon. The Great Smear: Communism and Congress in South Africa, Duma Nokwe. Out of the Strike, Nelson … Tony Hughes. Nigeria-The First Decade, Ken…
EventRhodesia withdraws from Summer Olympic Games
… to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany. The request came a few days before the … racial policy. The IOC felt the policy of…
The Neglected Tradition
… In 1987 when I was first approached by Christopher Till of … Art Gallery to curate an exhibition of art by 'black South Africans, I spent much time…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… New Age was charged with publishing subversive literature in contravention of emergency restrictions. (Potter p118) … Talk, a political and literary magazine…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… successful multi-racial Congress of the People Conference in June 1955, the South African Police raided the homes and offices of those who had participated…
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… Act gave recognition to the customary marriage practicised in Black communities. It provided for the equal status and capacity of the spouses and enabled a…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… by the replacement of the Conservative government in Britain by the Liberal administration in 1906. Transvaal was followed by the Orange River Colony in ……
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… bread and above all, dignity.” And a proper starting point in this exercise is about remembering the Bulhoek Massacre, … of South Africa (British and Dutch)…