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Class, Consciousness and Organisation:Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa, 1979 - 1996 by Kumi Naidoo
… deals with political resistance amongst South Africans of Indian descent in the city of Durban. The variables of race, class, gender, religion and ethnic…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at May day rally, 01 May 1987, Stockholm
… Day. We greet this great gathering and the entire people of this country in the name of the working people of South Africa and Namibia, as well as their…
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
… A site of knowledge: Driekopseiland South Africa has a large number of historical rock-engraving sites, where South Africa’s … is a rock-engraving site which…
Address by President Mandela at the Seoul University Seoul, 6 July 1995
… President of the Seoul National University; Distinguished staff and … It is barely three hours since we landed in the Republic of Korea, and already, we can…
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… described the US as "the most desperately schizophrenic of republics". I wonder what he would have made of the presence of so many of the good and the great …
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the Natal Indian Congress, the Anti-S.A.I.C. committees of the…
Chapter V - South Africa belongs to all who live in it
… was working on the preparations for the coming Congress of the People, the mass multiracial gathering to be held the … Nationalist Party, had been invited to…
PlaceRobertson Division
… The Division of Robertson was originally part of the district of Tulbagh, whose drostdy was transferred to Worcester in …
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… Bills were putting the Africans more and more into a state of slavery’. Gumede, April 1930. INTRODUCTION In 1930 Gumede … This phenomenon calls for closer…
Address by Deputy President Thabo MBeki at the Conference on Infrastructure Investment, 28-29 March 1996
… Executive Council members, Directors General, Leaders of the union and civic movement, Firstly let me welcome you … with the private sector regarding the…
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
… Xuxuwa the Railroad Siding, Eastern Cape, is 9 km West of Fort Beaufort and 7 km East-Northeast of Brakfontein. It takes its name from a Tributary of the Kat…
Chapter 3 - Gumede’s role in NNC and SANNC Politics, 1909 – 1919 ‘We pray that the people be allowed to live in peace in their own land’.
… George, 1 December 1919 . INTRODUCTION An important thrust of this chapter concerns the struggles within Black politics … used to oppose the momentum towards…
28. The Dealers’ Licenses Act is an attempt to weed out small traders
… and town boards to decide licence applications. In terms of the Law, their decision was final, and there was no appeal to the Supreme Court of the Colony…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
… It took nearly two years of formal talks to remove the obstacles in the path of multi-party negotiations. However, it was not until nearly … suit them best…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… weakened the party considerably. Towards the end of 1945, it seemed as if South Africa was at last entering a … South Africans had given their lives in the…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Address by President Jacob Zuma, Gallagher Estates, 29 June 2012
… Comrade Kgalema Motlanthe, ANC Officials and Members of the National Executive Committee, Leadership of the Leagues and MKMVA, Our Alliance partners, SANCO…
"What I would do if I were Prime Minister" by Albert Luthuli, 5 February 1962, Chicago
… South African problem will call for radical reforms, some of them of a really revolutionary nature. The basic reform will be in the form of the government…
PlaceAgtersrivier and Kou Bokkeveld Pass , Western Cape
… and flowing North West to join Voorsterivier, 15 km South of Citrusdal. The name of the river in Afrikaans and means ' the hindmost river', … the River in…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… Statement of principles 14. We believe that a conjuncture of circumstances exists which, if there is a demonstrable readiness on the part of the Pretoria…
PlaceGuinea
… Guinea is the traditional name of coastal Western Africa . The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained … the…
PlaceBabanango, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Babanango is located about 58 km North-West of Melmoth in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Initially the Town was part of land granted to White farmers, in 1885,…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Olehile Bada Pharasi
… To the Student Movements of 2016 Dear Students, The events witnessed at the country’s … very confusing to a foreign observer. The moving targets of your ire…
PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… on which this property is situated, originally formed part of the Dutch East India Company’s ,'Groot Tuin'. The 'Groot … established in March 1743 and formed…
PlaceRobertson, Route 62
… establish a new congregation to serve the spiritual needs of residents in its Southern region. To this end it purchased … The 1865 census indicated that…
Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South African Worker, 17 April 1937
… last. It was organised by the National Liberation League of South Africa and supported by the S.A. Indian Congress, … Coloured, Native, Indian, Malay and…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… wa Thiong Today, just over a century after the discovery of gold on the Rand, the nature of South Africa’s future is in the balance. But the future … the…
PlacePacaltsdorp
… (prior to 1910) The settlement of Hooge Kraal was established in 1813 as a station of the London Missionary Society (LMS) . In 1818, its name was changed to…
Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970
… African National Action Council was established in terms of a resolution adopted at a conference held at … your Government, after receiving a mandate from a…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
… The African National Congress is a fundamental feature of a stage in the evolutionary process of the African people ”” a stage when the Africans have become…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
… [Message to a meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed … deep sorrow and great personal regret that I inform…