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Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … her very emotional. As a member of the…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… The 1910 election: The Union of SA The first election that created the modern South … African state, held in accordance with the provisions of the Union of…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… Africa itself. The Constitution was not a product solely of negotiation in the Constitutional Assembly. Experiences in … . At the first meeting of the South…
ArticleXhosa
… and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's Black population and can be divided into … from Swaziland and adjacent areas and the…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… as the non racial political party, IFP. The headquarters of the IFP were in Ulundi, the former capital of the apartheid era KwaZulu homeland. Inkatha …
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
… were hosted by the Botswana National Museum in July of 1982 in Gaborone, Botswana as part of The Culture and Resistance Conference. The Culture and … Martins…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Press, 16 November 1984, Addis Ababa
… The delegation of the African National Congress is very happy to have participated in the 20th Summit meeting of the OAU which in our view, will go down as…
Statement to the Press by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 16 November 1984
… The delegation of the African National Congress is very happy to have participated in the 20th Summit meeting of the OAU which in our view, will go down as…
PlaceO.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
… The renaming ceremony of the Johannesburg International Airport to O.R Tambo … October 27, 2006. Oliver Reginald Tambo was President of the African National…
PlacePhilip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate- Cape Town
… named after Nicolaas de Waal , the first administrator of the Cape Province. He initiated the Road's construction. … T able Mountain and is the main highway…
Education for Service
… We, the duly authorised representatives of political parties, political organisations, … African Government, coming together at this first meeting of the…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Introduction Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women in the struggle for…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… noteworthy is that it was possibly the first major example of workers, after 1994, striking not just outside of the auspices of their trade union but…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Debates and Relations with Other Organizations
… But he appears to have found a new recruit in the ranks of the African National Congress. A correspondent who was present at the recent Congress meeting in…
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
… The Village of Clarkebury was established in 1830 as a station of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. James Backhouse … Although having friends…
PAC Constitution - Extract from Karis & Carter
… Extract from Karis & Carter 1. NAME The name of the organisation shall be the Pan Africanist Congress , hereinafter referred to as the P.A.C. 2. AIMS AND ……
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 20th April 1992
… Reading from the "Lamentations of Jeremiah", Chapter 5 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon … other pilgrims, senior members of the African National Congress…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… on 8 February 1936.[i] He was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. Moosa was a former human rights lawyer who … detainees during the Apartheid…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… is situated 24 km inland from Durban; it now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban Metropolitan Municipality. … Zulu-speaking Black Africans, Inanda is…
Chapter 8
… round which its discussions revolved was the question of unity. It had to deal first with the unity within the … of the All African Convention, the African…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… The Role of London in the Anti-Apartheid movement, specifically in … majority rule of South Africa. The African National Congress (ANC) also had a long…
ArchiveNothing groundbreaking in Mandela debate by Steven Friedman, 09 December 2015
… our past teaches about the present. The second anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s passing has coincided with a heated … he saved or sold out the country. His…
Jail
… who it might be. I left my sons at home; it may be one of my sons . . . Well now, this person who was giving … asked us are we still members of the African…
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
… to fight the Coloured Advisory Council and the beginnings of a Coloured Affairs Department. The Anti-C.A.D. gnashed the C.A.C. by using the boycott weapon:…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… in Cape Town in the Wynberg district, some 12 km east of Athlone in the Western Cape Province. Crossroads emerged … shelter. There were only a few houses. A…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.11 No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 1993
… Munsaka; The Jungle Peacemaker, Blessing Museki; The Story of how the Tortoise Shell Became Patterned, Lackson Chibanga; The Return of the dead One Suleimen…
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
… in the constitution. 3. There should be no entrenchment of apartheid education through the back door. 4. Provinces … should not be given powers that will…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… With the rise of apartheid in 1948, millions of Africans were left to … and Oliver Tambo and groups like the African National Congress and Transvaal Indian…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education The1950s and 1960s in South Africa were marked … in South Africa ”” namely the African…
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster…