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Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930
… it will mean an extcnsion of Party activity particularly in the country districts. We have reached a stage now where, … thanks to the paper, the Party has…
PlaceAlbaster Klip, Northern Cape
… of Marydale, site of the present Pypklip. Located in the Siyanda Municipality of the Northern Cape. It was … after Trechardt who was the only Voortrekker…
PlacePondoland
… Libode, Ngqeleni, Port St John's, Tabankulu, and Umsikaba. In 1899 provisions of Proclamation 314 allowed for Umsikaba … . Although the amaMpondo were never…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… This imposing Victorian dwelling was erected in 1888 by EF Bourke, who later became the first mayor of … entrance, is a main feature of the design. The ivy…
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… Standards Statute. Although this announcement is in line with the department of Labour's five year plan, it … of giving rights to workers has been given a…
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
… When The Awakening of A People was first published in 1950, it was intended for the clarification of the real … of South Africa and serve as a guide to…
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
… Doornkop/Doornsluiten farm was located in Utrecht , a town in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). To the west lay Annandale farm … was acquired by the South African…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Unveiling of the Tombstone of Oliver Tambo, 19 April 1998, Wattville, Benoni
… of the way we have been together through many stages in the struggle for liberation. Today`s ceremony evokes the … rare privilege of education and also…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Oliver Tambo
… of the way we have been together through many stages in the struggle for liberation. Today's ceremony evokes the … rare privilege of education and also…
ArchiveRobert Shell: A tribute By Martin Plaut, 05 February 2015
… writes on the passing of the foremost scholar of slavery in the Cape Robert Shell: my friend Today I learnt the news I … Rob Shell had died. Sandy, his…
PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
… Union of Black Artists Arts Centre was established in 1978 by Benjy Francis, Sipho Sepamla and other artists, writers, actors and musicians in Johannesburg …
Speech, on Behalf of the National Liberation Movements, at the Opening Session of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Havana, Cuba, 3 September 1979
… entrusting this task to the people of South Africa - and, in their name, in the name of the peoples of South Africa and Namibia, … people. Today we have…
Address to the International Labour Conference Geneva, 8 June 1990
… rapidly towards our emancipation. We must, however, in the first instance express our deepest appreciation to you … remaining political prisoners will be…
56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed
… meet this friendly and tolerant spirit' of the Government. In the following document, S.A.I.C. deputy-president J. W. … to emerge. The agreement created the…
PlaceThe Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre
… Arts and Crafts Centre, a skills training project based in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape is involved in community outreach and youth development. Initially known…
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
… Tebogo Sidney Thapelo Thekisho, stagename ProVerb was born in Kimberley, [i] Northern Cape on 12 April 1981.[ii] He is a … and a rap artist. ProVerb started…
EventJack Parow, the Afrikaans rap artist is born
… Zander Tyler, stage name Jack Parow was born in Parow, Cape Town on 22 February 1982.[i] He is one of the most popular Afrikaans hip hop artists in South…
PlaceUganda
… Uganda is a landlocked Country in East Africa , whose diverse landscape encompasses the … mountain gorilla sanctuary. Murchison Falls National Park in the…
EventSt James Church massacre
… Congress) operatives attack St. James Church in the Cape Town suburb of Kenilworth during the Sunday … later that year by an attack on the Heidelberg Tavern…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… We need each other." The treaty, which was formally signed in New York City, provided for the phased withdrawal of an … for Namibian independence and for…
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… one of their greatest heroes. He won renown as commander in chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African War (1899-1902) and was a leader in…
PlaceRaadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein
… is probably the most important Historical Building in the Free State, dating back to 1849, it is the oldest building left standing in Bloemfontein . It is an…
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…
84. The South African Indian Council: A. Rajbansi’s opening speech, 1982
… Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Despite the low percentage poll in the election, the Minister of Internal Affairs declared … level that would serve the interests…
Address to the World Council of Churches Harare 12 December 1998
… have come to celebrate with you fifty years of achievement in activating the conscience of the world for peace and on … that human rights are the rights of…
ArchiveAhmed Timol and the return of The Light by Kevin Bloom (Daily Maverick), 28 October 2016
… seem to be turning up everywhere lately. Rendered loosely in modern English, they mean, “You can drive out nature with … have always been ciphers for Truth…
Document 6 - M. Lopes, “Socialism and the Labour Party”, The Bolshevik, April 1920
… and the Labour Party", The Bolshevik, April 1920 In a recent issue of our esteemed contemporary, the … conducted under the protection of a large Labour Party…
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
… area offers a smorgasbord of adrenalin-pumping adventures in a tranquil environment of natural perennial beauty. … is home to the highest density of Great…
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… government of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s pioneer president, in a bloody coup d’état on February 24, 1966, our primary … town, chanting the newly-minted and…
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
… The prison was rebuilt and we politicals were held in another prison known as Beverley Hills, gallows’ humour … executions, on many evenings they sang our…