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ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
… prosecutor in a hostage smile and I in the borrowed robes of my grandmother’s wisdom corn she said cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens ……
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
… knows about apartheid. They know that it was a system of racial discrimination that segregated the people of South Africa based on their skin color and…
ArchiveThe Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
… Africa. A task team established by the country’s minister of basic education made this bold recommendation in a … class and ethnic barriers by recognising…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… by Emilia Potenza Between 1921 and 1936, the number of Africans in the cities increased from about half a million … and a half million. This population…
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… Act, not for treason, so he was imposing a sentence of life imprisonment for each of the charges on which we were found guilty. As he spoke I watched the…
PlaceGanyesa
… The massive North West Province of South Africa is home to Ganyesa, which is formally part of the Kagisano / Molopo Municipality. This is a rural Village…
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
… by announcing his resignation from office, at the request of his colleagues, on the grounds of ill health. Surprisingly, he was available to fill the … which…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… lower south coast region, following the murder of IFP politician Sqoloza Xolo, who was blamed for the murder of G'caba by the African National Congress. Mr…
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… It was formed in 1 April 1980 following the adoption of the Lusaka Declaration, and was premised on closer co-operation between African heads of state. Some…
Firstly, as to COST
… 1993: NOTING With revulsion the unacceptable escalation of violence that is engulfing our country; OUTRAGED At the killings particularly of women and…
PlaceAnnisfontein, a Spring and Outspan in Richtersveld- Northern Cape
… with Geographical History dating back Millions of Years! A Spring may be the result of Karst Topography where surface water has infiltrated the Earth's…
PlaceMaitland
… The 1891 census indicated that Maitland had a population of 2,035. By 1904, this number had risen to 5,071. Maitland is situated in the middle of a number…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… The African National Congress(ANC) under the leadership of the late Nelson Mandela won the vast majority of votes with 12 237 655 (62.9%), the National…
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … with the strategy adopted by the new generation of…
PlaceUmlazi
… History of Umlazi The history of Umlazi (or Mlazi) dates back to 1845 when British settlers … was then Natal (now KwaZulu Natal ) and created a number of …
Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987
… Service boat, ploughed the Atlantic in the direction of Robben Island. I and the eight young colleagues with me … seven years. On the boat, we were given…
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… link with the Black Sash, an activist organisation of women voters, which therefore excluded black women since … common coloured vote was entrenched in the…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
… in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought election campaign, it stands out as a forum … we are confident that this summit will…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
… in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought election campaign, it stands out as a forum … we are confident that this summit will…
EventThe SABS is established
… The South African Bureau of Standard (SABS) was established in terms of Act 24 of 1945. The Act was revised on several occasions and is … SABS, About , from…
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… Maxeke , teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, died in Johannesburg at the age of 65. In 1905 she…
EventPius Langa is born
… Justice Pius Nkonzo Langa, deputy president of the Constitutional Court and Chancellor of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
… Dear Student Movements of 1976, (Dear ex-student behind the movement, who made … middle class student organizing protest at The University of Pretoria…
Quotes by Steve Biko
… "The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they … What I Like, 1978. "Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by RIXAKA, January 1985
… Question: In the January 8 statement of the National Executive Committee this year, prominent … field. How would you briefly define culture and the task of…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Rixaka, 05 January 1985
… Question : In the January 8 statement of the National Executive Committee this year, prominent … field. How would you briefly define culture and the task of…
Document 7 - ‘White South Africa.’ Two Voices.” The International, 27 January 1922
… 1922 History does not proceed with the logical march of a proposition of Euclid. Wars and disputes never arise over clear-cut … in a hundred different…
An evening with FW de Klerk – the full event by Alec Hogg (Biznews London Forum), 15 September 2017, (interview transcript)
… It’s 28 years ago that FW became leader of the National Party and he won against Barend du Plessis. … du Plessis got a home on Lake Geneva? Not that I know…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… you that I deeply appreciate your decision in terms of which eight fellow-prisoners were freed on 15 October 1989, and for advising me of the fact in advance…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Zinzi Mandela at Jabulani stadium 10 February … The four writers have each examined a…