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EventAmina Lawal’s sentence upheld
… of adultery, he either has to confess to the crime or four men have to have witnessed the act. The law favours … According to these guidelines, he must not…
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… The Administrative capital of South Africa , Pretoria, or the ' Jacaranda City' is best known for its annual display … chief architectural glory of Pretoria…
Nelson Mandela Letter to the United Party, 23 May 1961
… bluntly, the alternatives appear to be these: talk it out, or shoot it out. Outside of the Nationalist Party, most of … anti-Nationalist opinion amongst the…
Document 29 - Resolution on the need for the resumption of multi-party negotiations
… and (b) any information that is held by another natural or juristic person and that is required for the exercise or protection of any rights. [(2) This right…
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
… he was wont to rise at 3.30 am. No matter how busy he was, or weighed down with burdens, he would greet my siblings and … but I hope to unveil the Gandhi who…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 21 May 1962 during the second reading of the General Law Amendment Bill
… being tormented in all kinds of ways is not against this or that particular provision of the Bill, but in fact against … manner lately. I also notice that…
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
… Age of Majority Act. This Act states that upon reaching 21 or entering into a civil or customary marriage, a woman becomes a major. Formally, … it would not…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… that the Boers were chiefly agriculturalists, with little or no skill in industry and manufacturing, and their … South African Colonies would take on the…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… who should combine the vigour of pasting leaflets, or slugging scabs, and occasionally overturning a tramcar … the YCL, wrote to the Secretary of the CTU…
Document Center at UKZN. “Burning of the Passes” from the collection of Ela Gandhi, MP. Assention no. 1889-23
… keep the door open for educated Indians being professional or university men. I ask you to study carefully the petition … my assurance that there is…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future of South Africa by Rachidi R. Molapo
… for African occupation was not ideal for either settlement or agricultural purposes. As the Act became law, its effects … from that of independent producers…
ArchiveChapter 10 Problems of imprisonment by Denis Goldberg
… of prison rules. On every occasion that he went to or was taken past the place where new prisoners came in, he … The doctor would run a stethoscope over the…
An evening with FW de Klerk – the full event by Alec Hogg (Biznews London Forum), 15 September 2017, (interview transcript)
… more multiracial parties, and it will be about socialism, or moderate socialism or capitalism, centre-right, centre-left and that type of … replaced people…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… singular framework upon the Biennale, no dominant logic or principal mode of representation was discernable, … were not exhibitions that featured…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… such as filling in land claims, building farm workers or residents forums and, on the other hand, activists from … the cattle impounded, and permission to…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… Langlaagte were made in July 1886, either through accident or systematic prospecting. Before long open cast workings … to be carried to the mines at great…
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… as President. He was assisted by a people’s assembly or volksraad of 24 members and local governement. In this … recognition of Boer settlements north of the…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… Most detainees were released after spending one or two months in jail, but about 400 remained in jails across … locations, while others could be killed…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… that were often connected to either homeland leaders or township councillors. The police were pleased about the … was necklacing, where a car tyre, filled…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… in Vereeniging. Many people set out for work on bicycles or on foot, but some were intimidated by PAC members who threatened to burn their passes or "lay…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… female warriors, priestesses, and queens as footnotes or in passing and then move on to focus on the “great men of … African (RDA) of the former Francophone…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… the Ten-Point Programme is certainly no maximum programme or the very end of our liberation; but a minimum programme to … oppressed pledge ourselves for the…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by RIXAKA, January 1985
… have resulted in stabilised behavioural patterns or "a way of life". In the domain of the arts, artists … both the performer and the spectator who reacts to…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Rixaka, 05 January 1985
… have resulted in stabilised behavioural patterns or "a way of life". In the domain of the arts, artists … both the performer and the spectator who reacts to…
ArchiveAppendix 3 The Freedom Charter
… and inequality; that our country will never be prosperous or free until all our people live in brotherhood, enjoying … their birthright without distinction…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… dubbed 'kitchenboys' by labour Minister Sampson, or the 'Jim Fishes' for whom the chairman of the Labour Party … fomenting trouble everywhere, whether in the…
Document 23 - The Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown, Johannesburg on 25 and 26 June 1955
… and inequality; that our country will never be prosperous or free until all our people live in brotherhood, enjoying … their birthright without distinction…
Note on meeting with Mr. Sam Nujoma -1983
… and inequality; that our country will never be prosperous or free until all our people live in brotherhood, enjoying … their birthright without distinction…
Appendix - The Freedom Charter
… and inequality; that our country will never be prosperous or free until all our people live in brotherhood, enjoying … their birthright without distinction…
The South African Congress of Trade Unions
… there was a word from our head-office that we had to organize what we call SACTU (South African Congress of Trade … not in Port Elizabeth. The slogan of…