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ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) from its founding in 1987 until 2009, was both a man of his times and a giant … artisans on condition that they only…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, August 1976
… for intensified mass action against the racist structure in our country. The heroic youth and masses in many parts of our country have stood against brutal ……
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
… on the continent, and among the oldest surviving parties in the world. The SACP, known as the Communist Party of South … important tasks of the Communist…
ArchiveDenis Goldberg belongs to those who defeated apartheid
… As a white person in white-ruled South Africa, Denis Goldberg chose to be part … white comrade, was treated differently and better than his black and Indian…
Address by President Mandela on Heritage Day Robben Island, 24 September 1997
… joint heritage as a nation, to acknowledge this heritage in the context of our commitment to Democracy, Tolerance and … or research institutions. The…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
… that it should be present during and participate in the act of creation. I believe that ours is privileged to … of apartheid peacefully, to queue one after…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… comments made at this press conference and at the summit in general help cement her reputation as a supporter of South … as demanded by almost all the other…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… It's happened. Cape Town is no longer the only quiet place in the country. We have Soweto with us. Wednesday started … with it and they let us through. But…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… of diamonds marked the beginning of industrialisation in South Africa. A year after the discovery of diamonds, … The diggers who owned these 'claims', both…
Free Nelson Mandela - Margaret Thatcher
… which you sent me on 28 October. Now that I am back in London, I should like to give you a fuller account of the … the South African Government and…
Speech by Albert Luthuli at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats, 1 February 1958
… organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the … not for its obligations. But that is not…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the … not for its obligations. But that is not…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… home outside Zululand. 2 Gumede was born on 9 October 1867 in Healdtown Village, Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. His … as an important intellectual…
PlaceOnze Molen, Durbanville
… The mill was erected in 1840 and continued to function as such until after the … to a horse mill. It is one of only two tower mills erected in the Malmesburg…
PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… legislation on 5 November 1976. St Margaret's was built in 1905 and is not visible from the road, but what a pleasure … through what must be one of the most…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… set ourselves now tasks which we should strive to achieve in the coming year. We are marking this important occasion in … when the revolutionary ferment…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
… set our-selves new tasks which we should strive to achieve in the coming year. We are marking this important occasion in … when the revolutionary ferment…
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
… shade for about 1000 people, or 22 ox wagons with 20 oxens in front of each. The tree has subsequently been damaged by fire in 1870 and a parasitic disease,…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… TO WAGE LABOUR has described some of the different ways in which people lost the use of the land and entered wage … 100 000 people by 1899 and nearly a…
Extracts from Mandela’s speeches by Sapa, 6 December 2013
… all over the country. Armament factories are being set up in Johannesburg and other cities. Officers of the South … fought against white domination, and I…
PlaceImbali Township, Pietermaritzburg
… word for: “Flower”. Imbali Township was established in 1958 and built in the mid-1960s to settle the City workers and employment … seekers away from the City…
Place"When Woodstock had a Beach"
… of the Ben Schoeman Container Terminal, completed in 1977. Over the centuries, Cape Town's coastline has … estuary, a natural meeting point for the…
Culture from Exile: Dakawa Art Centre By Jongikaya Mene
… the new home of a special cultural centre. It had started in Tanzania in 1986 as part of the African National Congress’s (ANC) … several years it hosted an…
PlaceWest Coast National Park, Saldanha Bay
… (August and September) during the flower season. Situated in the north-west section of the Park, Postberg also has a … area with many raptors showing well,…
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…
PlaceLimietberg Nature Reserve, Paarl
… and is home to: Baboons, Dassies, the Cape Sugarbird, Black Eagles, the sweet little Protea Canary and is the where … the Rockhopper River Trail'. The trail…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… Inanda (isiZulu: Pleasant Place) is a township in Eastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is situated 24 km … Municipality. Populated primarily by Zulu…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 1 - The Necessity of Utopian Thinking
… "Other things being equal" it is impossible for a black person to become prime minister of South Africa. "Given that the whites are in power in South Africa…
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
… the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Six months later, in August 1958, we came to trial. The government wanted us … the African National Congress but by…
A Farewell To Madiba! National Assembly, Cape Town, March 26,1999.
… have known fear and learnt to conquer it. You have marched in front when comfort was in the midst of the ranks You have … own, whose names we recite to tell…