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Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
July 2021 marks the centenary of the birth of the South African Communist Party (SACP): one of the first Marxist-Leninist parties on the continent, and among…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… and to send delegations to India, Britain and the United States of America (USA). Sorabjee Rustomjee led a SAIC … that its President, A.L. Barns, travel to…
EventGovernment tables the third Constitution of the Republic of South Africa before the House of Assembly
In 1983 the South African government passed the third Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. The Conservative Party opposed the Constitution, while the…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela to the Angolan National Assembly Luanda, 29 April 1998
… our peoples; democracy and the sovereignty of their nation states. We believe we do not need to state here that we …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… us Sobukwe); "Forward to Independence,Tomorrow the United States of Africa." When the marchers reached Sharpeville's … was severely handicapped. Coupled…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… Booker T Washington's Tuskegee Institute in the United States of America, this vocational school was established in … recreation movement in Victorian…
America, Spanish conquest
… parts of the Caribbean, Mexico and much of the United States of America (USA). In 1494 Spain and Portugal signed … of one of the biggest 20th century powers,…
PlaceOlive Convention Centre, Durban
The Centre originally opened their doors in 2010. Since inception, the Olive Convention Centre has become a firm favourite in the Conferencing and Events arena…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… also increased in the beginning of 1992. Jeffery (2009) states that very little media attention was given to the … give veto powers for small parties. [xxxi]…
EventMandela confirms Kerzner's contribution to the ANC
President Nelson Mandela confirmed that hotel magnate and socialite Sol Kerzner did indeed make a contribution to the ANC electoral funds as alleged by Bantu…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… Africa, Rwanda, Mozambique and Uganda, out of 55 African states, the dismal reality is that there only three female heads of states (in Liberia, Malawi and…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… body was reinterred at Mamelodi Cemetery where a plaque states his last words, spoken to me in his death cell. A …
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… a document drawn by the ANC, adopted by the Front-line States and the Organisation of African Unity. The Declaration … peace for all." By rallying the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 11
… in the Assembly were over he spent some time in the United States. 'I also saw a play,' he wrote, "called 'Deep are the … and enjoyed himself largely. This…
Rick Turner: Thirty Years On by Jann Turner
… to a man who presided over one of the most vicious, racist states of the twentieth century and whose legacy for most …
EventMalebane-Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party, led by Rocky…
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
Four years after the unbanning of the liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first multi-racial elections. The elections resulted…
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical 'TIME' appeared on news stands
… Joseph Gurney Cannon on the cover. It was the United States' first, modern news magazine. Today, the worldwide …
EventWomen's Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein
The Women's Memorial was unveiled in Bloemfontein, on the same day as the celebration of Dingaan's Day upon which the Voortrekker victory over the Zulu at…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlaceBethal
Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town, in Mpumalanga. Farming in potatoes, maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large amount…
Links & Partnerships
… - of 50 years of activist organizing in the United States in solidarity with African struggles against …
Address to the Biennial Meeting of the Association for The Development of Education in Africa (Adea), Johannesburg, 6 December 1999
… for job creation. Thus, the co-operation of the nation states, of government education departments are also …
Address during a joint sitting of Parliament to mark 10 years of Democracy In South Africa Monday 10 May 2004, Cape Town
… people of South Africa, the Preamble to our Constitution states, believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in …
Document 13 - Sarah Mokone [Victor Wessels] “The T.A.R.C.”, Majority Rule : Some Notes. Chapter XIX
… nature. In the "T.A.R.C. Reports", the Committee states that after existing for two months it wanted to report …
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… and not to others. Section 3 of Act no. 35 of 1906 clearly states that all persons who have previously held such …
PlaceBuntingville, Eastern Cape
The South African mission stations of Buntingville and Old Bunting, founded in the Eastern Cape in the nineteenth Century, were named after Sidney Percival…
PlaceDurban Convention and Exhibition Centres
The International Convention Centre Durban (DICC) is one of the most advanced conference facilities in the World. Key factors in the design of this state-of…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents' meeting
… Ciskei in 1981 and according to the Borders of Particular States Extension Amendment Act the government wanted in 1988 …
PlaceThe Langman Hospital, Part of the 'The Ramblers Club' in Bloemfontein
Ramblers Club is one of the most Historic Buildings in Bloemfontein. As the oldest Sports Club and former Military Hospital in the Free State. The main…