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EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
… aligned students highlighted the rising political tensions in the province. The rapid growth of independent trade unions in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal) in the…
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… newly created South African public holidays. It is a day in which all are encouraged to celebrate their cultural traditions in the wider context of the…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native
… was first granted to the Native of Cape Colony in 1854, without, distinction as to white and black. Before … open for all to qualify for true citizenship and…
Address as Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement at the Opening of the South Summit, Havana 12 April 2000
… of the Summit We join those who have spoken before us in expressing our thanks to the Cuban Government and people … this important South Summit. At its XII…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… of its founding and wishes you ever greater successes in your efforts to mobilise all anti-racist forces in Britain in a united front of action against the…
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… Arms Act and Liquor Act, which affected Indians adversely. In the memorial, reproduced here, he enumerates the reasons. … Your petitioner is a passenger from…
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… from about the middle of the 1930s until his death in 1979. His major contribution as an activist was to the … Movement (NEUM) both of which he had an…
Address to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 19 July 1985
… Allow me, Mr. Chairman, to greet this assembly also in the name of Nelson Mandela and other national leaders and political activists held in the prisons of…
Address to CODESA by comrade Nelson R. Mandela, President of the ANC 20 December 1991
… People of South Africa: Today will be indelibly imprinted in the history of our country. If we, who are gathered here … eighty years, the ANC has led the…
ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
… The judge Is dressed in red and white the assessors in black and white the prosecutor in a hostage smile and I in the borrowed robes of my …
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
… when people are more aware of history than when they are in the midst of making it. In Burkina Faso, President Blaise Compaoré had scarcely fled … of the…
EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… In 1913, Black women in Bloemfontein were experiencing the culmination of heavy … to control the mobility of the Black population in White areas – a…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it has been the tallest…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
… Charlotte Maxeke was born on 7 April 1847 in Fort Beaufort in Cape Town. From a young age Maxeke showed musical talent. … secondary school. It was at this…
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He was also actively involved in trade union movements and eventually became an active … which was linked with the SACTU. He…
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… years to the day after the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, in which 69 people were killed, the South African Police opened fire on a crowd of people in Langa,…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… minister of law and order, Adriaan Johannes Vlok, was born in Sutherland, Cape Province. He started his career in the department of justice at the magistrate…
EventWorld Aids Day
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 December would … the worldwide challenges and consequences of…
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
… The mining industry in South Africa remains one of the most hazardous … professions, this despite the enormous amounts invested in it and the resulting…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… viaduct bridge (the first of its kind to be built in South Africa ) The bridge is simultaneously curved and … follows the track of the road, so ignore the…
Closing Remarks to the 53rd National Conference of the ANC by President Jacob Zuma, December 2012, Mangaung
… Cosatu plus SANCO, Representatives of fraternal parties in SADC and internationally, Comrades Delegates, Our honoured … humbled by the confidence shown by…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress On The Occasion Of the 105th Anniversary of the African National Congress Presented By President Jacob Zuma
… dedication, sacrifice and hard work of millions of people, in South Africa and across the world, who acted in unity to ensure that we can live in a free…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 6 - Education for Freedom
… structure, content, and socialization that we have seen in discussing participation. Just as the organizational … structure of the factory socializes the…
EventMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi, trade unionist and community leader, dies
… On 28 February 1980, Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi died in Orlando West, Soweto. Butshingi was born in the Transkei in 1906, and moved to the Transvaal in…
The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
… own slaves. Canadian professor Wallace Mills noted this in his course on the Great Trek & the Encyclopedia Britannica … one century & a half earlier. The…
Remembering the Artistry of Photojournalist Ranjith Kally by Kalim Rajab (Daily Maverick) 21 June 2017
… wealth or celebrity. If one wants to impact people, even in small ways, it’s best done through showing one’s humanity, one’s generosity and one’s friendship…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… better arrangements for the defence of the Transvaal and, in particular, Pretoria . The raiders had penetrated to … . Even though General Piet Cronje had…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… on 26 February 1965. When Johannesburg was proclaimed in 1886 on the triangular site Randjeslaagte, the area of the … base running along Commissioner Street,…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
… and people of South Africa, I am indeed happy to be in this historic city to re-affirm and reconfirm a … This colonial rule which used the same logic whether…
Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam, 17 November 1998
… I thank you sincerely for it. Three years ago we joined in celebrating the achievement of freedom in South Africa. It was a victory that was as much yours as…