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ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… May Day celebrated on 1 May annually, is a celebration of workers and their work. It has a long history , being a … of political organisations opposed to the…
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… The emergence of South Africa's democracy in the 1990s The crisis of apartheid in the 1980s Factors contributing to the crisis: … embargoes as their weapon…
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… on the route between: Johannesburg and Durban , just North of Harrismith . It falls under the jurisdiction of the Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality. However…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… Present day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century,…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… composed to mark this historic occasion. By the middle of 1956 plans had been laid for the Pretoria march and the … meet with their leaders so they could…
Islam
… is a person who submits his life to the way and authority of Allah. This means that everything in a Muslim's life is … someone who can repeat the Shahada,…
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
… He was acting according to the instructions of Zacharias Wagenaer, Commander at the Cape. De la Guerre … probably progressed to within eight to ten days…
PlaceGroote Schuur High School
… Frank Joubert Art and Design Centre in the leafy suburb of Newlands. The school started with 37 pupils. Over the … years, pupil numbers have increased and…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… On 31 January 1985 State President P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela , leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC), conditional … prison sentence he…
Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
… the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943] PURPOSE OF THIS PAMPHLET In this pamphlet the "Anti-C.A.D. Committee" … upon us in a bad time, for they find us…
The ANC launch the Luthuli Volunteer Corps in Magareng Sub Region, Warrenton, Frances Baard Region, 19 September 2013
… the ANC is faced by two strategic tasks, namely, using the state power to fast track service delivery. Secondly, to … remains critical pillar that provides…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.2 1992
… Nadine Gordimer; ‘Literacy Language’ and the ‘Language of the People’ in the Contemporary SA English Poetry, Phaswane Mpe; The Poetry of Mafika Gwala,…
EventTanzania gains independence
… mid-eighteenth century due to the economic possibilities of the region, German missionaries from the German Church … had become known as German East Africa…
EventBantu Women’s League protests against pass laws
… resistance on 7 January 1919 against the application of pass laws to women. What precipitated the 1919 protest was … Bantu Women's League (BWL) was formed in…
PlaceFicksburg
… Basotho Wars. Ficksburg is situated in the Eastern Free State between the Maluti Mountains. Ficksburg is the closest … area, Ficksburg is especially notable…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West … seriously injured. Following the open…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… took its enduring name from the Voortrekker description: ' of its River being beautiful' . 'Mooi', which translates as … in English. In Zulu, however, the…
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
… after being expelled, South Africa had its membership of the Football International Federation Association (Fifa) … with White-owned clubs. Earlier, in May…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… compromise proposal it had tabled in the closing moments of CODESA II. This was followed by a National Policy … shock waves throughout the country. The ANC's…
Class Struggle
… All of history, said Marx, is the history of class struggle. All societies are divided into classes. In … the exploitation of workers. Thus the classes were…
70. The Durban riots, 1949
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … conception of white domination in this country. The entire…
EventSA artist Tshela Matsoso is born
… Biennale. He was also commissioned to do work for the State Theatre in Pretoria. … S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition: Towards a New History of South…
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… called the conflict 'Black on Black violence', denying any state involvement. Basson alleged that the South African …
Say It out Loud - The Coloured People and the Franchise, 1906
… the Franchise , 1906 On Tuesday 31st July the principles of the Constitution to be granted to the Transvaal and Orange … include Cape Coloured persons. In…
PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
… After the Jameson Raid in 1896, President Paul Kruger of the "Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek" decided that something … Pretoria against possible attacks. Fort…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… As a result, craft workers were deskilled and many of their jobs fell away. New workers, black and white, took … on the Railways. The members of these unions…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… linguist, educationist and teacher who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana National Language Committee …
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … and Transvaal, and soon afterwards in the Orange Free State and…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … community. The community, until the mid-1960s, was in a state…
”The African Mine Workers’ Strike-A National Struggle.”flyer issued by the ANC Youth League, August 1946
… against the most brutal, callous and inhuman exploitation of man by man in the history of mankind. Their struggle is a challenge to the whole … ever. As a…