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ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.3 Nov 1981
… by Sy Moya; Have you seen Sticks? By ThamSanqa; Lone Black Woman by Morongwana; A Gift For Rajendra by Jayapraga Reddy. Features: The Story of a Black Blind…
EventChurch Council meets PW Botha over unrest
… of unrest, forced removals and the emergency regulations in the country. The decision to meet the President came after … believed that it was a religious…
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… According to Nauriya, Gandhi often used to tell audiences in India that he was an advisor to several black South African leaders. Nauriya, who wrote a book…
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… The Cape government established the settlement of Kamastone in the Queenstown area, in 1854. In 1874 the government received complaints from Black residents…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
… In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions … advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s that the implementation of…
Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971
… to compel such client States actively to participate in campaigns aimed at our destruction and the destruction of … linked with the external. The super…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in…
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in Black secondary schools. The uprising then escalated into … revolt, revitalising the struggle for…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… from prison to fort to prison to museum, the Old Fort in Johannesburg has served a variety of unique purposes since … Mandela, considered too influential to…
Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
… for the absolute freedom of the Non-European peoples in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of South … between the workers and oppressed peoples…
ArchiveGqozo you are a bandit, a mercenary
… White background black lettering inside black double border …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 21 August 1990
… now. Although, perhaps, others may differ with me in my interpretation of the sequence of events. POM Oscar … he is at the point, do you think he has…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… 1960 19 February, Dr Monty Naicker called for strength in resistance, citing the example of Patrice Lumumba of the … to opposing apartheid, and aligning…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… anti-Indian and other discriminatory legislation against black groups intact. The Immigrants Regulation Act of 1910 … account of standard or habits of life…
ArchiveBut who killed Neil, mama ...?
… Black and white poster white writing on black background …
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic battle between … the victory was quickly recognised…
“I want to live not survive”: the politics of refusing low-wage work in a time of mass joblessness by Hannah Dawson
… Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Why would young Black South African men refuse low wage jobs in a time of mass joblessness? This paper takes up this …
PlacePorterville
… , the area was inhabited by San and Khoikhoi peoples. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck established a small colony on the … 155 km north-east of Cape Town . The town…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… mining companies were faced with rising costs and a fall in the price of gold. A general strike was organized by white trade unions in Johannesburg, South…
EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
… African history, have been regarded as neither white nor black, and their ability to exercise their political rights … of White representatives. The National…
Photography David Goldblatt by Sean Jacobs, 1 September 2009
… who shot most of his photographs during Apartheid in black and white] employs color and large prints and … at once so as to lead the viewer to search for the…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… resigned after having been deported from South Africa in September 1960 for his strong condemnation of the … subversive influence. Anglican schools included…
ArchiveSABC: Dont privatise - democratise!
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ArchiveISCOR harbours warlords and killers
… White poster with black lettering. Thin black border. Title only. …
ArchiveAway with Bantustans! : Away with Gqozo
… White background with black lettering black border top and bottom …
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… dry surrounding farms. People had always built their homes in towns and cities along the banks of the Nile. The earliest … were Stone-Age hunter-gatherers…
ArchiveMetal box workers: we demand our jobs back
… Yellow, red and black poster. Black artwork of people holding a flag. …
ArchiveCongress welcomes peoples leaders victory is certain
… Black, cream and green strips. White and black lettering. Title only. …
ArchiveStop ! All unilateral restructuring
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Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
… internationally known human rights activist and top judge in South Africa, suffered solitary confinement and exile and … in Russia. As a young lawyer…