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62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … decided to participate in an enquiry into the possibility of…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… Beerhalls have always been at the centre of the waves of political turmoil in Johannesburg's African townships. The … dealers who were opposed to the JCCs…
A Farewell To Madiba! National Assembly, Cape Town, March 26,1999.
… Madame Speaker Chairperson of the Council of Provinces Honourable Members Mr President Isinamva … yomthonyama! Sithwalandwe! You have walked along the road…
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
… agreed after three hours' tense debate on the principle of uniting the two bodies. Their executive committees were authorised to meet jointly to work out the…
28. The Dealer’s Licences Act is an attempt to weed out smaller traders
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … and town boards to decide licence applications. In terms of the…
33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … All were later enacted. The general objective of all but one…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… to arrive in a steady stream. From 1914, the population of newcomers to the Rand increased even more rapidly. With their different backgrounds and…
New year message to the ANC external mission by Oliver Tambo, 01 January 1971
… Dear friends and fellow countrymen, The opening of a new year is the occasion for the exchange of greetings. From this southern part of the world of…
New Year Message to the ANC External Mission by O. R. Tambo, 1 January 1971
… Dear friends and fellow countrymen, The opening of a new year is the occasion for the exchange of greetings. From this southern part of the world of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at Waseda University Tokyo, 4 July 1995
… Master of Ceremonies; Honourable Dr Takayasu Okushima; Members of the Boards and staff of Waseda University; Dear Students; Ladies and Gentlemen. …
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The system of management committees, or local…
PlaceKenya
… Kenya is a country in East Africa with a population of 44 million people and the largest economy of the region. The early inhabitants were mostly migrants…
Address to the Botswana National Assembly, Gaborone, 11 March 2003
… Excellency, Vice President Ian Khama, Honourable Leader of the House, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, … and High Commissioners, Distinguished…
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…
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 7
… the Convention, a call for a lead. The Executive Committee of the All African Convention at its meeting on the 27th-28th August, 1943, has decided to respond…
PlaceRobertson Division
… The Division of Robertson was originally part of the district of Tulbagh, whose drostdy was transferred to Worcester in …
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…
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…
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…
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…
"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…
PlaceGuinea
… Guinea is the traditional name of coastal Western Africa . The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained … the…