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EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… Representatives of the diamond industry and government, from more than thirty countries agree to certify all legitimate shipments of rough diamonds, in an…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… (SABC) was plunged into a crisis when the Editor-in-chief of television news, Joe Thloloe, announced his resignation … just days after the corporation…
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… Johannesburg in 1905. She served as an officer in command of the Women Army Auxiliary Services during the World War II. … among refugees and displaced…
FOREWORD: THEORETICAL DEBATES AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
… to ensure free and fair elections throughout the Republic of South Africa. 3. The undersigned parties agree to recognise and protect the institution, status…
Enuga S Reddy: Meeting with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam -1969
… Africa was making propaganda in the towns and villages of Namibia by pointing out the weaknesses of the UN and telling the people that UN resolutions were ……
ANC NGC – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Marius Strydom (News24 Voices), 12 October 2015
… himself facing an angry television audience at a recording of The Big Debate, the popular TV show that no longer airs. … for him. At issue was participation…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
… a generation August 15 1977 was the final occasion I had of speaking to Steve Biko. He was on the phone from his home … just family matters. No sooner had I…
ArchivePolitical Action Committee report
… Report of the Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, …
EventDulcie September's 's life commemorated at Athlone High School
… September was born on 20 August 1935. From her early years of activism she chose the path of resistance against the apartheid regime. She was a member of the…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to 1923, … broadcast was made in Johannesburg. By April 1927, an hour of Afrikaans programming…
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… During the 1980's P. W. Botha, the President of South Africa and leader of the National Party, launched his "Total Strategy" in response to what he saw as…
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, estranged ex-wife of former president, Nelson Mandela. Despite the fact that … she continued to gain wide support within…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising, also referred to as the Rand Revolt or Red Revolt, which occurred during a period of economic depression…
PlaceCradock Division
… the Eastern Cape Province. It is approximately 240km north of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality. It is one of six municipalities in the district,…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… South Africa celebrates Freedom Day to mark the liberation of our country and its people from a long period of colonialism and White minority domination …
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
… Indian Congress (TIC), which was formed at the turn of the twentieth century by Mahatma Gandhi. It was not banned but was severely affected by the harsh…
Joint Statement by Chief Albert Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter Brown appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa, 5 December 1959
… In May, 1960, the Union of South Africa will be 50 years old. The Government is … hold land in freehold; their school education is now to be of a specific…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage
… The Dutch Reformed congregation of Uitenhage, the 10th oldest Dutch Reformed congregation in … the second oldest in the Eastern Cape is the distinction of…
PlaceShri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat
… the Historic Indian temple thereon, being the remainder of Lot 79, Tongaat Township, situated in the Township of Tongaat, Province of Natal, and measuring …
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… 17 December 1981. It was the first such establishment of its kind in KwaZulu Natal , located in a so called “White” … permission from all businesses within a…
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… because it is read by the politically conscious peoples of South Africa, and because it may appear in the last issue of this most valuable fighter for…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… 'Mostly Unseen' presents a selection of photographs taken by David Goldblatt over the past five decades. At times, it is a show of subtle and understated…
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… ruled that in 1971 the SACP’s Timol was pushed by members of the Security Branch out of a window in John Vorster’s 10th floor or off its roof, … leading to…
PlaceEthiopia
… formerly Abyssinia, is a landlocked country in the East of Africa. It shares one of its borders with Somalia , to the East. Sudan to the West, … Ethiopia is…
ArchiveThe Little Freedom Fighter with the Ponytail by Greg Ardé
… in the fight against apartheid, now a thorn in the side of the fat-cat politicians. (This article first appeared in … chairs, cooing sympathetically about…
An interview with Mr. A.W.G. Champion
… in 1964 by Mr. Stanley Trapido, Lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford. S. Trapido : Mr. Champion, … : We established, branches in every…
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… Prime Minister, YOUR people more than any other section of the white community must surely know in the very core of their beings, if they were unaware of the…
Cosatu special congress, Day One: The façade finally falls by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 14 July 2015, South Africa
… Falls For the longest time, the national office bearers of Cosatu insisted that they have a firm grip on the federation. After the expulsion of metalworkers…
PlaceLimpopo Province
… Area that lies Northern most in South Africa , just South of Zimbabwe . It was first called the Northern Province, but … this was changed in 2002. The…
I - Introduction
… has an independent inquiry been held; nor has any member of the security police or anyone else been held responsible … cannot be penetrated by friends or…