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BiographyJan Gerritze Bantjes
… was born in Graaff-Reinet district. He was a member of Voortrekker leader Jacob de Clercq's group who arrived at Blesberg, in the present-day Orange Free…
EventResumption of talks
… Mandela accepted an invitation for urgent talks with State President F.W. de Klerk on political violence. Cyril … said he was prepared to meet Roelf Meyer,…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… his government’s wholehearted support for the defence of the British Empire. The Union government was asked to … West Africa and, commandos were formed in…
BiographyPeter Hain
… to Britain where he earned degrees from the universities of London and Sussex.He joined the Britain Liberal Party's … in 1968. In 1969 Hain helped to…
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… Conference: THE POLITICS OF ARMED STRUGGLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Conference Date: 23-25 November 2016 Venue: University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg)…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… The period preceding the formation of the South Africa Union witnessed the establishment and … Champion in Natal and Selby Msimang in the Orange Free State…
ArchiveState President FW de Klerk - Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Oslo, Norway – 10 December 1993
… State President FW de Klerk - Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance …
Judson Diza Kuzwayo
… in 1957,he organized community groups in the KwaMashu area of Durban,then joined an Umkhonto we Sizwe unit in 1962.He … research with Eddie Webster and…
BiographyRev. George Champion
… Reverend George Champion was born in the state of Connecticut, United States in 1810. After graduating from … from Cape Town on “The Dove” and proceeded to…
BiographySushila Gandhi
… was born in India and grew up in Akola, a city in the state of Maharashtra located in central India. She was the daughter of a rich, land-owning family who…
EventTutu is outraged by De Klerk’s denial of responsibility for apartheid’s atrocities
… how De Klerk could still insist that he had been unaware of apartheid atrocities, when delegations from the Lawyers … to atrocities. If you look at the…
BiographyAlfred Milner
… a statesman and colonial administrator, became Governor of the Cape and High Commissioner of South Africa in 1897. He … during which he informed the British…
BiographyHassan Howa
… Cape Province) into a large working-class family, one of 12 children of a Christian, Coloured mother and a Muslim … disproportionate allocation of resources…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… The out break of the First World War had profound consequences for the development of socialist labour politics in South Africa. Before the war, … Cresswell…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… Streitwolf hold a meeting to discuss the shooting of alleged Herero cattle thieves by a settler named Bulack. … Rademacher's Waterberg patrol arrives at the…
BiographyDora Taylor
… Taylor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. At the age of six her mother died of tuberculosis. She was rejected by … about the inequalities and oppression…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… together with architectural students from the University of Pretoria, conducted a survey of its architecture. Their subsequent home at KwaMsiza proved … a…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and internationally as an event of major…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2009
… INTRODUCTION On the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the African National Congress, we … the formation of COSAS: Repression and the deteriorating state of…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… secondary school for the town’s ‘Coloured’ population of Stellenbosch. To date no publication exists that focuses solely on the history of the school. The…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… known as South West Africa). However, there were a number of workers’ strikes during this period. Poor wages, bad … and the contract system had been a…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, … although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as the date of its official formation…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… In 1924 the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded aimed at representing and promoting the interests of university and college students…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… alternative space to articulate their views. The emergence of a number of publications in the late nineteenth and early twentieth … founded in 1884 by John…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 7. Events leading up to Passive … Interim Report, which called for a Round Table…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… fragmented African trade unions into a large federation of non-racial trade unions. There was a need for solid trade unions after the failure of the African…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… The Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO) was … at a consultative conference held in Johannesburg. The aim of FOSACO was to establish a…
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… The emergence of the Black Consciousness movement that swept across the … country in the 1970s can best be explained in the context of the events from 1960…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… Apartheid Eli Weinberg was born in 1908 in the port city of Libau, Latvia to a Jewish family. Growing up, he … even considering himself South African despite…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… outside the country, by contributing to the advancement of Black filmmaking, and after apartheid he continued that … During his life Ngakane sought to expose…