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South African and World leaders
… South African leaders South Africa has a long and very rich history. Many different cultures and communities live side by … across South Africa. His bravery…
PlaceFramesby, Port Elizabeth
… arrival of the Settlers in 1820 It is only in learning the history behind a building that it takes on a meaning of its … historical tours, and even those who…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium hands over the administration of the Congo to the Belgian parliament
… policies toward the Congolese. Atrocities committed by colonial officials in the Congo were circulated in Europe, … be the most graphic account of the…
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The establishment of FEDUSA came about when the Federation of …
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… rule to democracy in 1994, South Africa witnessed the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in …
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… Office in the new settlement finally leads to the establishment of Pietersburg. Introduction of the Occupation …
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… unjust laws of apartheid. This work mushroomed with the establishment of the Treason Trial Defence Fund when the … to the task I have. It is for others to…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … in 1974, and almost fully elective in 1982. Since its…
PlacePiketberg
… Adam Kok – founder of the Griqua and responsible for the establishment of Kokstad, the capital of Griqualand East. … the church to the municipality by Willem…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… Ivory Coast autocratically, refusing press freedom and the establishment of any other political parties. He also spent … 1990, a strike of civil servants and…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… Labour is a neglected aspect in published accounts of the history of the Jewish community in South Africa. Although … their major efforts to ameliorate this…
PlaceKruger National Park
… and Crocodile rivers. This was a tumultuous period in our History and less than a year later on 11 October 1899. The … importance, while others reveal an…
PlaceTulbagh, Western Cape
… supply of hardy indigenous timber, but during the Colonial Era this was greatly reduced by indiscriminate … is almost 200 years old. Inside the museum you…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2016 submissions
… at Southern Methodist University, She is majoring in history and biology on the Pre-Med Track. Her passion is to … Folz is a junior from Dallas, Texas and is…
Address at the Third African Renaissance Festival, Durban, 31 March 2001
… strategic interest. The EU also includes all our former colonial powers, as a result of which we even continue to … constraint that faces us as Africans,…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… brutality. Against this backdrop, we briefly chart the pre-history of the clash between wilful states, market logics, … they were groomed to maintain. Fast…
ArticleDISA Archive
… online scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly the struggle for … of material on this fascinating period of…
EventPrime Minister B.J. Vorster predicts South Africa will become leading state in the Southern Africa
… South Africa continued to have good relations with white colonial governments in Angola and Mozambique in the hope … government in a coup in Lisbon led to…
Document 65 - Z. Sanders (Zena Susser), “Aspects of the Rural Problem in South Africa”, lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 1 December 1952, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 1, 21 February 1953 [....]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 65 … and powerful class, e.g. landowners,…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… study will also increase our understanding of Islam in Colonial South Africa. While South Africa’s Muslims are … His son Ismail, born in Durban in 1876, was…
Message to the Seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party by O. R. Tambo, April 1989
… a proud record of firmness and resolution in struggle. Its history is replete with stirring examples of commitment to … deservedly stand tall. Your Congress,…
Bambatha Rebellion 1906 bibliography
… and the Battle of Mome Gorge, 10 June 1906 " Military History Journal, 8(1), Hadebe, M.M. (2003). A … treason trial of Dinizulu , unpublished Master of Arts …
ArticleAllison Drew Collection
… Africa: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… at sixty (60) years. The commissions also called for the establishment of a mandatory system of retirement with a … such as the need to change offensive…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… of the Sotho nation, and it is round him that much of the history of the north from the thirties on to the sixties … While it is convenient to divide this…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… Although trade unions had a presence throughout the modern history of South Africa, Black trade unions never managed to … and Canning Workers Union, one of…
PlaceDurban Harbour and Port
Durban is the Capital City of the South African Province of KwaZulu-Natal, on the East Coast of the Country. It is not only a popular tourist attraction and…
ArticleNelspruit an Overview
… the fastest growing cities in South Africa. As such, the history of Nelspruit is inextricably linked to the history of the region, including the various…
Statement of Acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh Award Bestowed on the ANC by the World Peace Council by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, 15 December 1986
… friends, As we receive the Ho Chi Minh Award, the colonial apartheid system is in a deep crisis, unprecedented in the history of white minority…
Statement by Oliver Tambo of acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh award bestowed on the African National Congress by the World Peace Council, 15 December 1986, Luanda
… Dear friends, As we receive the Ho Chi Minh Award, the colonial apartheid system is in a deep crisis, unprecedented in the history of white minority…