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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…
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…
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… Congress acknowledges and salutes the role played by Cde OR, keeping the African National Congress intact and … of a free and democratic order, ideals for…
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… confinement for ninety days and denied access to a lawyer or recourse to law through the courts. On expiry of that … objectives. The area could be a…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… convicted and given sentences ranging from R30 (or three months) to R100 (or six months). The miners' strike had profound …
EventThe Trial of strength between the Conservative Party and the National Party begins as three Members of Parliament resign
… It was not clear whether the Herstigte Nasionale Party or the Conservative Party constituted the official opposition … if the Conservative Party, the…
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
… well known. He primarily worked with oil paints on canvas or rough surfaces, but he also experimented widely with other … and a prolific stream of drawings…
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… deadly strain of influenza, popularly called Spanish Flu or 'Great Flu', were diagnosed on this date in Durban. This … the entire country and often whole…
EventChief Kausobson Kausob is killed
… a number of attacks on Whites in the area, killing or wounding several men and ill-treating or abducting women and children, while farms were burnt and …
Conference: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
… of Education: Wits School of Education Should you or a colleague in your organization wish to attend this … Should you have any further queries or concerns…
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…
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…
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…
Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
… expressed any views yourself in regard to the advantages or disadvantages of a non-violent struggle? Well, I have … say that it is always better for one to…