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Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
… for Full Democratic Rights [1943] PURPOSE OF THIS PAMPHLET In this pamphlet the "Anti-C.A.D. Committee" is going to tell … people, and so that you will…
If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
… place my grandfather called home. It’s a small market town in the Tigray region, home to several churches where … slipping into Tigrigna (one of the…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… But it’s sometimes tempting to ask where his successors in that respect are, because we rarely hear or read about … of media creates the illusion we can…
Document 93 S. B., “Unite Against Reaction and Oppression: United Front Against National Oppression and Fascism”, Umsebenzi, 23 May 1936
… with the effects and possibilities of the united front in European countries and now we must analyse the methods and chances of a united front here. The…
Extracts from a press conference, 11 February 1990
… I have committed myself to the promotion of peace in the country, but I've done so as part and parcel of the … whatsoever. There is not a single political…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… contact they had lost. At night their bodies slumped in sleep through sheer exhaustion. The work routine repeated itself in the endless rising and setting of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
… public opinion of the injustice of colour bar laws in South Africa, particularly the "Ghetto" Act, and to advise … the Joint Council to proceed to the United…
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
… Pachai The South African Indian Congress was formed in 1923 to fight the 'principle of segregation' embodied in the Class Areas Bill. The first move to form…
PlaceZonderwater
… Situated in the Highveld of Gauteng, just outside Cullinan near … of war camps by the Allies! Zonderwater was set up in 1941, during World War II,…
PlaceDutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
… South African Missionary Society, established a ministry in Wagenmakersvallei in 1796 and ministered to slaves and to detribalised Khoikhoi … people who…
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… of the Tetela ethnic group, Patrice Emery Lumumba was born in the Katakokombe region of the Kasai Province of Belgian Congo. Lumuba became involved in…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… two nights of unrest on charges of inciting riots in Stanleyville. He was then set free in time to attend the Round Table Conference in Brussels, where his…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… Fikile Magadlela was born on 13 December 1952 in Newclare, Johannesburg. He was a self- taught artist, who … was Harold Jeppe, who introduced him to art…
EventThe official launch of the SABC
… In 1934, General James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog, prime … an official investigation into all aspects of Broadcasting in South Africa. The investigation…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… On retiring as prime minister after twelve years in office, B.J. Voster was elected to the unprecedented … honorary position of State President. However, his…
EventHezekiel Sepeng is born
… The athlete Hezekiel Sepeng is born in Potchefstroom, North West (then Western Transvaal). The ‘Potchefstroom Express’, as he was known, was scouted in one…
EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… new permanent seat, the Gallagher Estate conference centre in Midrand, Gauteng. The parliament was established in March 2004, by Article 17 of The…
EventNelson Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday
… Nelson Mandela first married in 1944. He and his wife Evelyn had 2 children and divorced in 1957. A year later, he married Winnie Madikizela-Mandela . Their…
EventCharles Taylor wins presidential election
… rebel leader Charles Taylor ascended to presidential power in a peaceful election following a seven-year civil war, launched from neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire…
EventThe League of Nations hands over German colonies
… colony Deutsche Ostafrika, was transferred to Britain and in 1961 became independent as Tanzania. The greater part of … Britain respectively. The Togo colony…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… and social liberation, Dr. Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo was born in Krugersdorp, Johannesburg. According to Essop Pahad, the … groups of Indian, African and Coloured…
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… Cato, Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies in the city on 9 July 1893. Cato was born in London, England in 1814. He came to South Africa as a…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… wagon-maker William Wellington Gqoba (Mbaba, Goba) died in Lovedale, Eastern Cape. He was born in Gaga, near Alice, and was one of the earliest authors in…
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… Danie Theron, an Afrikaner patriot believing in the just and divine right of the Boer to stand against … interference, died during the Second Anglo-Boer War…
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… countries’ rule over Sudan dates back the 19th century. In 1823, Egyptians founded Khartoum as their headquarters and developed Sudan's trade in ivory and…
Fighting Talk
… of the Springbok Legion of ex-servicemen and women, until in February 1954 when the "Fighting Talk Committee", in Johannesburg, took over the responsibility…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Communications and the Battle of Ideas, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… re-affirmed the ANC's commitment to freedom of expression in society, including the media, within the context of the … rights, such as the right to human…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the Northwestern Transvaal struck after a bitter, two year … living compounds attached to the mine…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
… - especially when one is dealing with a profession in which timing is as important as content. As Scott MacLeod … But I should also commend you for one thing…
Speech of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the rally to relaunch the SACP Johannesburg, 29 July 1990
… Chairman, Comrades and friends. This is an important day in the political history of our country. It is a day which should give comfort and hope to everybody…