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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…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot
… and the Kabakas being the most successful in asserting colonial rule in Uganda. When Uganda was being prepared for … to ensure that their allies (the Kabaka)…
PlaceCircle of Kramat's, Cape Town
… of Faure, Caledon, Rawsonville and Bains Kloof. The history of the Mazaars starts with the Dutch invasion of … and thus Robben Island becomes very much a…
Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Dar Es Salaam by O. R. Tambo, 7 – 10 April 1975
… Extraordinary Session. It is the first time, since its establishment 12 years ago, that the Organisation of African … of the exploitation of the African…
EventBambatha Rebellion
… tenants on White farms or in reserves created by the colonial government. The tax was instituted to force Blacks … Bambatha Rebellion marked the end of…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… change in this most challenging period of South Africa's history. In 1998 he refused to testify before the Truth and …
BiographyPeter Hlaole Molotsi
… lectured at several universities on African literature, history and political science. He was an assistant professor …
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… out a few editions of a newspaper, Textile Unity and a history of the Union, 25 Fighting Years. The text was by …
ArchiveThe SACP Johannesburg district night school pilot project
… Short notes on the establishment of the SACP Johannesburg district night school …
PlaceRaadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein
… to tell the fascinating story of the Free State and its establishment. It is a relatively humble structure with long … of the Sovereignty must also centred…
ArticleThe Causes of World War I
… in an attempt to gain popular consent for their aggressive colonial and imperial policies and to distract attention from … of world War One’. Avalaible at…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
… this question, to take a moment to reflect on the history of our engagement, going back many centuries. For … expeditions of plunder, slavery, wars of…
ArchiveLetter from Jack Simons to Alfred Nzo
… Letter from Jack Simons to Alfred Nzo regarding the establishment of an African National Congress Manpower …
44th National Conference: Report of the National Executive Committee, 18 December 1955
… which less than one decade ago were the subjects of colonial powers have thrown off their bonds and asserted … own areas. It may well be recognised that the…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… laws set the scene for segregation and apartheid, and the history of 20th century South Africa is the history of the conflict between whites and the various…
Chapter 6 - TOWARDS HOME
… measures, appointment of full-timers for regions, and the establishment of an integrated underground leadership inside … not only as delegates of strucÂ…
Chapter 4 - THE PARTY AND THE “SOLDIERS OF LUTHULI”
… assistant secretary at the 1972 CC meeting. Fourthly, the establishment of SACTU in organised form in exile was to be … (as demonstrated in the table below),…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… then the European centre of political exiles from the colonial world.446 The points to be discussed at the … made at the world’s most notable gathering ever…
PlaceRehoboth
… to retain a degree of autonomy in exchange for recognising Colonial Rule. Relations between Rehoboth and Germany … out at Rehoboth. This revolt collapsed,…
EventTanzania gains independence
… East Africa was seen as an opportunity for German colonial expansion and by the late nineteenth century, an … had become known as German East Africa. German…
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… The South African nation is a product of many streams of history and culture, representing the origins, dispersal and … of the South African nation-state…
An evolution of Worker Education in South Africa since 1973 and its impact on Worker Movement by John Mhandu
… The article seeks to contribute to the development of new history on worker education and trade union movement in South …
ArchiveAn analysis of the interim report of the Commission of Inquiry
… of the Schlebusch Commission of Inquiry, including the establishment of the Commission and the operation of the …
Oliver Tambo interview to Sechaba, 01 March 1976
… of the South African racist regime. "Few events in the history of the South African struggle in the past sixty years … of forces favouring the peoples…
Racists Humiliated - O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Michael Wolfers, Sechaba, March 1976
… of the South African racist regime. "Few events in the history of the South African struggle in the past sixty years … of forces favouring the peoples…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… in South Africa had huge consequences not only for the history of the country but also for world history in general. … had moved to the Transvaal. Indentured…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
… Namibia, organised and united in Swapo, and the Pretoria colonial regime on the other. As the forces of tyranny had in … another dummy institution, compelled…
PlaceAllison Bird Sanctuary, Pietermaritzburg
… a former Mayor of Pietermaritzburg, who initiated its establishment. …
PlaceLichtenburg, North West
… MOLEMA DISTRICT'. Lichtenburg is a Town full of rich History. The activities and attractions available with excite all History enthusiasts and there are also…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… first nation in Africa that had become involved in an anti-colonial struggle, The Boers took on the might of the British … of an eternal past and future; at…