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Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… the African Mine Workers have been waiting a long time, in patience and humility, for a sign from the Chamber of … no avail, and our representations rejected…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye Centre The Turning Points in History project has invited four leading academics to … from the 1970s through to the beginning of…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… intelligence units or whatever to undermine the ANC in its own community, do you think sufficient evidence has … is correct? AG Well if you look at what…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at May day rally, 01 May 1987, Stockholm
… to participate with the Swedish labour movement and people in observing May Day. We greet this great gathering and the entire people of this country in the…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… focused on the speaker, who is out of your line of sight. In this 1989 photograph of a trade union meeting at the … and acuity into the hearts and faces of…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
… the Communist Party of South Africa and its vanguard role in the bitter struggles of the oppressed South African … The book, I have no doubt, will be read…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 2 - Human Models: Christianity and Capitalism
… The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner Our first step in theorizing must be to examine briefly the "imperatives of … The concept "human nature" plays a very…
Chapter 11
… Congress as it used to be when it was first created. In 1912 it really was an organisation of the people. It was … and it was under its auspices that many…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… input also noted that the discussions that had taken place in the provinces and the Leagues had focused largely on … these proposals about implementation…
ArchiveTowards peoples culture : Arts Festival 86
… Notice of Arts Festival. Black circle in centre. First part of title in black letters around top of circle. Second part in white letters outlined in black…
ArchiveJazz Tour Contro Lapartheid
… Black poster, title in green letters. Black and white photograph of three men in a jazz band. All other wording in orange lettering. Notice of jazz concerts…
A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
… One of the most striking buildings in Port Elizabeth is the famous Campanile. In the article below, Tennyson Smith Bodill reveals the … remarkable structure…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 3 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… organizations, wanting to stop what we were doing and us. In 1958 they banned the ANC in some places, like in Zeerust, where there had been a lot of trouble…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
… purchased 1 427 morgen (1 619 ha) of the farm 'Wagendrift' in 1822. Two years later he founded the Hankey Mission … Hankey’s inhabitants were often plagued…
PlaceKatlehong
… — Thokoza and Vosloorus, and is next to the N3 highway in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. These three … personalities and sports players. KATLEHONG…
ArchiveAddress at Commemoration of the lives of Yusuf Cachalia and Bram Fischer, by Nelson Mandela, 5 June 2005,
… commemorate here today were so centrally formative to and in my life. To finally retire without paying them the tribute … my presence here would have made my…
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… Peninsula Mountain chain that stretches from Signal Hill in the North (rightmost peak in the image above) to Cape Point in the South, some 60km. Around it…
PlaceOld Presidency
… family, with the surname of Brits. Settled on the site in the 1820s and built a thatched A-frame dwelling for … of the Orange River) purchased it from the…
PlaceOrigins Centre
… The Origins Centre at Wits University in Johannesburg is a must-visit destination for anyone interested in learning about the rich and diverse history of…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… Member States thecondition of the people of Indian origin in South Africa and theimpact of the policies of apartheid on them. We have done so, however,in the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… the shared developmental challenges faced by people living in the desert and dry-land regions of the world. The … the wonderful colours of the rocks, have…
ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
… Issued by the Provisional Committee of the ANC Youth League in March 1944. PREAMBLE WHEREAS Africanism must be promoted … by the conference of the African…
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
… concerned itself with the position of British Indians in the Transvaal. On behalf of the deputation, Gandhi … As Your Excellency has personally interested…
33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… anti-Indian sentiment intensified after Gandhi, who was in India then, published The Grievances of British Indians in South Africa in June 1896. Gandhi's…
PlaceAll Saints Anglican Church, Durbanville
… old NMC legislation on 30 July 1982. The Anglican Church in this Province was established in 1870 when its first Provincial Synod was held in Cape Town. It…
EventLuc Montagnier, virologist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus, is born
… On 18 August 1932, Luc Montagnier was born in Chabris, France. He studied natural sciences at the … his license of sciences from the University of Paris in…
EventHosni Mubarak, President of Egypt is born
… Hosni Mubarak was born on 4 May 1928 in Kafr-El-Meslha. Upon completing high school, he joined the … Military Academy, where he received a bachelor's degree…
PlaceGhana
… called the Gold Coast. The Portuguese who came to Ghana in the 15th century found so much gold between the rivers … Gold Coast was later adopted to by the…
Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association, Accra 5 October 2000
… and defined us as Africans. The Ghanaian, Ayi Kwei Armah, in his novel, The Healers, writes the following passage about … now this tongue of the story-teller…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… Island Prison Dated 22 April 1969; Published by the ANC in 1978 Dear Sir, My colleagues have requested me to write … prisoners. At the outset we wish to…