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ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
… as active as I was and we enjoyed working together. One of our early activities was helping to organise non-racial youth camps over the Easter weekends of…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… speaking white people in South Africa the narrative of what in South Africa is called ‘The 2nd Anglo Boer War’ (or just shortened to ‘The Boer War’) is one…
Chapter 16. Coloured and Indian Members - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… In the Cape and Natal, the overwhelming majority of garment workers have always been Coloured, Indian and … until the Second World War, the European workers,…
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
… Mahatma Gandhi , a champion of passive resistance and non-violent campaigns left the … initially known as Roodepoort No. 49 was a 1100 acre piece of land…
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
… Former Home of past Presidents featuring exhibits on their lives, plus … a Military Museum, which can be visited between the hours of 8am to 4pm. The Old…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… Lembede Booker T. Washington's educational philosophy of self-help and vocational and technical training inspired a generation of black and white educators…
Document 12 - Notes prepared by Nelson Mandela for his meeting with P. W. Botha
… few words to bring this Special Congress to a close. Vote of thanks First a word of thanks. For myself, and on behalf of the new Executive you have just…
Document 139 - “The coming Anti-African Bill”. Workers’ Voice.6.2. December 1947
… Bill whic8 is to be discussed at the next session of Parliament must surely rank as the most viciously anti-Non-European piece of legislation ever to come…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… the British military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortunately their fodder was … carried Bubonic plague and, between 1901…
PlaceSão Tomé and Príncipe
… slaves. This country was the world’s largest producer of sugar, but the rise of Brazilian competition and the poor quality of São Tomé’s product, virtually…
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
… Diepkloof covers an Area of approximately 2,50218 square kilometres and houses a Population of approximately 104 098 persons (2001 Census). It is located on…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede On Easter Sunday 1944 a group of young political activists gathered at the Bantu Men's … (ANC) and set the ANC on a militant…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 21 August 1990
… POM We're talking with Mr. Gumede on the 21st of August. I recall when we talked the last time you had said … place. What do you think is going on? What…
Chapter 11. Court Cases - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… In 1931 a strike started in a factory over the dismissal of a number of workers. The workers were divided and about one-third refused to strike. The strikers…
PlaceSt Louis Catholic Church, 22 Jacobs Road, Clairwood, Durban
… Jolivet purchased a plot in Clairwood for the erection of a mission church for "C reole ". A larger building was … and additions in 1932-33 and 1944. In…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 5
… leaders to be "good" men. The more a politician can talk of God, the more he is certain to be popular. Since 1914 … synonymous with statesmanship. A former…
PlaceSierra Leone
… - Sierra Leone's first UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of the shining stars awarded this status is the Gola-Tiwai Complex, part of the Great Gola Landscape…
Article on the pass law deputation in July 25, 1889
… Pirie was, on Thursday last, the scene of a large representative and important gathering of Natives of the district of King William's Town to hear the Native…
Nelson Mandela Letter to the United Party, 23 May 1961
… by Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, Leader of the White Opposition United Party, 23 May 1961. Sir De Villiers Graaff, Leader of the Opposition,…
47. The assault on Gandhi
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Satyagraha required that the word of the…
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
… Goldblatt was the first South African to be granted one of the art world’s major benchmarks for international … success: a solo exhibition at New York’s…
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… Before 1993, the Eastern Cape was part of the Cape Province . Today it includes the old homelands of Ciskei and Transkei. Many of South Africa's leaders were…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s press statement on the Bisho Massacre King William’s Town - 8 September 1992
… The tragic events in Bisho are yet another grim reminder of the profound illness that afflicts our country. South Africa is a country traumatised by…
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… recent comment, that he intended to "cut the throat of whiteness", by removing DA mayor Athol Trollip in Nelson … as a fascist". Subsequent to that article,…
PlaceMkhambathi Nature Reserve
… Situated on the coast of north-eastern Pondoland , the Mkhambathi Nature Reserve,, offers visitors 7 720ha of open grasslands, dotted with indigenous forest…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… Perspective on Ideas and the Arts TERKEL: Here in a suburb of Durban, South Africa, we are sitting with Albert John Lutuli, winner of the 1960 Nobel Peace…
Free Nelson Mandela - Margaret Thatcher
… back in London, I should like to give you a fuller account of the discussion of South Africa at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in the…
Appendix - The Freedom Charter
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 The Freedom Charter Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on June 26, 1955 We, the…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… the city it is today are so often overlooked. In the light of Women’s Day, on the 59th anniversary of the 9 August 1956 march of some 20 000 women on the…
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… Manenberg is a Township of Cape Town , South Africa, that was created by the … Cape Flats and District Six, in 1966. This was a result of the forced removal…