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Chapter 6. Conclusion by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… to change our ways. We must shake off the heavy darkness in which we were plunged, and leave it behind. The new day … of the time before life began. Let us…
EventNjabulo Ndebele was born on this day
… 1948 respected academic Professor Njabulo Ndeble was born in Coronation Hospital in Johannesburg, where his mother worked as a nurse. [1] He matriculated in…
EventMarsha Cox, the South African hockey player is born
… Marsha Marescia Cox was born in Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 13 January 1983. She is a South … than 330 caps. Her debut for the South African team was in 2001…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… The village of Groot Drakenstein was probably established in the late 1850s. Following the acquisition of a number of fruit farms in the valley by Cecil John…
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… their album Wenyukela. A hybrid of the album was released in the United States and went platinum, helping the group win … they collaborated with Paul Simon…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… The Transvaal University College, with branches in Johannesburg and Pretoria , took the examinations of the … of the Transvaal University College, which…
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… was hacked to death by a group of youths, and doused in petrol and burned. The riots were in protest against rent increases and poor education facilities. In…
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… a banning order, was admitted to practice as an attorney in Kimberley. In 1969, Sobukwe finally left Robben Island, only to be … where he was banned from…
EventSouth Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high
… During the South African War in 1899, Marconi wireless equipment was tested in South Africa, with mixed results. Land-based military … but five Marconi…
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… On 31 December 1989, ex-mutineers in exile considered resigning from the African National … of nine members of the ANC at Dakawa and Mazimbu in Tanzania on…
EventPaul Adams, former South African cricket player, is born
… Paul Regan "Rhorho" Adams was born in Grassy Park, Cape Town. He began playing cricket at a very … bowling style that made it hard for him to breakthrough in…
Document 7 - ‘White South Africa.’ Two Voices.” The International, 27 January 1922
… wheels revolve within wheels, a hundred wires are pulled in a hundred different directions. Then, as the result of … been accepted by the white workers as…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 8 - The Impracticality of Realism
… Certain kinds of social institutions make people unfree in themselves by subjecting them to hidden conditioning … people require certain kinds of social…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 6: Towards social change
… the Social Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society focusing on social change and ethnic politics in apartheid South Africa…
ArchiveGroup conflicts and race prejudice
… This lecture is the third in the series Hoernle Memorial Lecture in which there is discussion on the topic of race prejudices in South Africa and the impact…
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… a political activist and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed away at his Orlando East home in Soweto. He was given a rousing…
PlaceCentlivres, a Railway Siding-16 Km from Uitenhage
… The Railway Siding of Centlivres was probably named in honour of John Centlivres Chase, a British settler who emigrated to South Africa in 1820, and served…
EventPretoria’s first Black mayor
… Johannes Lebone Slo Ramokhoase was born in 1951 in Eesterus before the residents were moved to Mamelodi. He … the first black mayor of Pretoria. He was…
Gandhiji’s vision of a free South Africa: A collection of articles by E.S. Reddy
… that perhaps the world has not yet seen?" - M.K. Gandhi, in a speech in Johannesburg in 1908 [NOTE: The following is a revision of a book …
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to Conference on Unemployment, Low Wages and Poverty, 21 October 1961, Durban
… "Minority white rule and non-whites in the union" This is a most timely and vital conference … number of unemployed workers, especially non-whites, in the…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… took place here, on 11 July 1900, was a fierce Battle in which three Victoria Crosses were earned in circumstances initially remarkably similar to the Battle…
Address to the Swedish Parliament Stockholm, 13 March 1990
… of the greatest joy to me that I have, at last, arrived in Sweden. It will come as no surprise to you that for me, … time ever that I have occasion to utter…
Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943
… 1943 These organisations of the Non-European, which in themselves are not political parties dies embracing … of opinion from every walk of life, have met…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… the State President of South Africa, PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered Mandela his freedom on condition that … Previous offers were conditional on…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… sociopolitical trajectory of the country, are quite vague. In fact, the ‘when, how and by whom’ of the discovery is one … the gold-bearing conglomerate reef…
Chief Albert Luthuli and the ‘gospel of service’ by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick), 12 March 2014, South Africa
… Luthuli told the Natal ANC in 1949: We cannot say that Africans are accepting fast … They have not accepted fully the basic truth enshrined in the saying, no…
A Message from Albert Luthuli to every Voter from the African National Congress, 1 April 1958
… This message was published early in April 1958, before the general elections. Sir or Madam, … are addressing ourselves directly to you, to voters, who in the…
Address during the 90th Birthday Celebration of Mr Walter Sisulu 18 May 2002 Mr President, Ladies and Gentleman, Comrades and Friends
… of our movement. Our movement has made its name in the history of liberation movements, not only of Africa … courage and commitment - have played their roles…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 2 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… fruit-canning factory. There were three canning factories in Port Elizabeth: H. Jones, Langeberg, which made Koo fruit, … orange juice and so forth. There…
The Treason Trial: Foreword by Chief Albert Luthuli to a book by Helen Joseph, 1963
… contribution to the literature of the liberatory movement in South Africa. The treason trial must occupy a special place in South African history. That grim…