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ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… sentiment from whites. Listen to this article 0:00 / 8:26 1X BeyondWords The origin of South African Indians can …
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Two of our most loved women leaders, Mary Moodley and Lilian Ngoyi, died at the end of the 1970s. They had both…
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
From Durban Falkirk to Defy: Changing sources of workers’ power in the metal industry by Andries Bezuidenhout and Edward Webster
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Conference on Fifty years since the 1973 Durban strikes Durban…
PlacePort Shepstone, South Coast of KZN
… beacon) erected at the Umzimkulu River mouth. Visible from 26 nautical miles this fully automated Port Shepstone …
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
Theories and Practice Scientific Racism These ideas about race were pided into two main theories, scientific racism and social Darwinism. Scientific…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
On the night of the 19th of November in the South African city of Durban, agents of the Pretoria regime brutally assassinated Griffiths Mxenge. Using knives,…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of former ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli tomorrow, 21 July 2007, the ANC is publishing a special edition of the…
PlaceLinden, Johannesburg
Nestled in the foothills of Northcliff Hill, Linden is one of the prettiest and oldest suburbs of Johannesburg, lying to the North-West of the city centre…
Document 55 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Workers’ Party of South Africa and the Communist League of South Africa, 12 October 1935
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 55 - Letter from the …
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 52 - International Secretariat …
Document 17 - Letter from E. R. Roux to W.G. Ballinger, 19 March 1929
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 17 - Letter from E. R. Roux to … South Africa's Radical Tradition: 1907…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at these talks that the position and future role of the UDF…
From Segregation to Apartheid
The gains achieved by the White minority in the first four decades of the 20th century were, by the 1940s, increasingly under threat however, as African…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… the budget and logistical support to achieve this. In 1950, the NP government passed the Group Areas Act, which …
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
Gangsterism is often characterized as anti-social behaviour frowned upon by polite sections of society. There is no doubt that the behaviour of gangsters like…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… South African riot police during Apartheid in the 1950’s. Source: www.capetown.at The most important and …
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… by Godfrey Pitje as the Youth League National Secretary. 1950 Sobukwe is employed as a teacher at Jandrell Secondary …
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… Problems of Organisation The Congress of the People, 25-26 June 1955 The Freedom Charter - Beacon for the Liberation … and the South African Indian Congress …
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… years in prison. Let me begin my story at a later date, on 26 February 1990, when a remarkably moving ecumenical service …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… Youth League. He was expelled from the university in 1950 for his political activism, completing his degree at the …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… protest while studying at the University of Fort Hare in 1950 . Set to become a lawyer, and due to do articles with …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… home in the upmarket Pretoria suburb of Waterkloof. 26 March The Chief Executive Officer of the Government … Mothapo, said that she had resigned her seat in…
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… he said. His statement continued:] On the occasion of June 26, 1962, I want to address my message to all sections of the …
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… and the centenarians of Soweto, over 80 years old - 26 543 people. Orlando, is a Township in the urban Area of …
PlaceOld Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth
… complex on erf 3787 was declared a National Monument on 26 October 1984 and is now a Grade 2 structure. The oldest …
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
The world's oldest stone tools have been discovered, scientists report. The tools includes sharp-edged flakes, hammers and anvils Image source They were…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South Africa, on the authority of the National Action…
ArchiveThe defiance campaign
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1952 the ANC decided that we are going to organize a Defiance Campaign…
PlaceLeliefontein
… of sheep shearers and farm workers through the 1940's and 1950's. Add to that the beat of ' Boeremusiek'- ( Afrikaans …