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EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… diamonds, or blood diamonds, are "diamonds that originate from areas controlled by forces or factions opposed to … measure is adopted in Antwerp to block…
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… move again as a result. In 1959 Daane received a warning from the Claremont police because she assisted an Indian … with the first Anti-Apartheid movement in…
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
… over the former Portuguese colonisers in Mozambique . The 1976 Soweto student uprising starting as a revolt against the … in the medium of Afrikaans which…
Letter from R F Botha to The Honourable Alexander H Haig Jr, Secretary of State, United States of America
… Letter from Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Alexander M … Secretary of State, regarding Cuban withdrawal of troops from Angola. Incudes the…
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African…
Document 20 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist Party of South Africa, 22 September 1930
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 20 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist…
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
… Letter from the International Secretariat of the International …
"Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Communist League of South Africa and the Workers' Party of South Africa, 24 July 1935
… "Letter from the International Secretariat of the International …
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… conditions bordering on crisis. We have been excluded from the Commonwealth, and condemned 95 to 1 at the United … with the Government. None of us can draw…
BiographyPixie Benjamin
… anti-apartheid political activist and prisoner banned from South Africa during Apartheid. She endured harsh … Finally, in 1967 under Act No. 4 of 1950 she…
BiographySolly Mokoetle
… Solly Mokoetle left the country during the first half of 1976. As the influx into the ANC, especially of young people, … The other critical area for the ANC…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… and Internationalists: Introduction Document 1: Extracts from 'Keeping the Red Flag Flying, An Address th the S.A. … 6: 'The League's message to Europe A…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… continues to tell narratives and accounts of the past from a male perspective. Dismissive accounts may mention … household names. It still remains the case…
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki's most stirring speeches
… admit the horror of a former deed, seeking to obliterate from our memories a cruel occurrence which, in its … In my veins courses the blood of the Malay…
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
… Natal. His parents Benjamin and Elsie were both teachers. From an early age, they inculcated in Mzala a love for books … the countrywide upsurge following…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… was served with successive banning orders that lasted from August 1971 to July 1981. While she was given permission … to accept a lecturing fellowship in…
ArchiveCourt Transcript of statement from the Dock of Nelson Mandela, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… Orginal document from the Rivonia Trail 1963-64 Nelson Mandela`s statement from the dock at the opening of the defence case in the … avoid violence. At this…
Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927
… Gumede’s health had deteriorated before his departure from England.356 The return voyage gave him a well-deserved … in December 1919, was starting to draw…
Letter from the Senior Administrative Control Officer, Administration Board for Central Transvaal, to the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from the Administration Board for Central Transvaal to the … Letter from the Senior Administrative Control Officer, …
Letter from the South African Consulate-General, Lorenco Marques, to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Pretoria
… Letter from the South African Consulate-General in Mozambique to the … Letter from the South African Consulate-General, Lorenco Marques, to …
Letter from the Administration Board for the southern Orange Free State area to the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from the Administration Board for the southern Orange Free … Letter from the Administration Board for the southern Orange Free …
Letter delivered to the Secretary of State, Dr. H. Kissinger, from the South African Council of Churches
… Letter, published as an article in a journal, from South African Council of Churches to US Secretary of … delivered to the Secretary of State, Dr. H…
Letter delivered to the Secretary of State, Dr. H. Kissinger, from the South African Council of Churches
… Letter, published as an article in a journal, from South African Council of Churches to US Secretary of … delivered to the Secretary of State, Dr. H…
ArchivePrison letter from Petros Sipho Mkhize to his parents-in-law at Zondi, Soweto
… A handwritten letter in isiZulu on prison notepaper, sent from "V963 Petros M'Khize, Central Prison, Private Bag 45, … A handwritten letter in isiZulu on…
The State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Govan Archibald Mbeki, Volume 28
… Extract of evidence from Govan Mbeki, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, … versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Govan Archibald…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… Several nations warned that South Africa could be struck from air-travel routings unless Pretoria enforced … to ten years in prison. His fellow raiders were…
EventGandhi leads a march from Newcastle into the Transvaal to defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913
… of men, women and children led by Mahatma Gandhi marched from Newcastle, Natal Colony (now KwaZulu Natal) into the … Gandhi leads a march from Newcastle…
Petition to King George V, from the South African Native National Congress, July 20 1914
… Petition to King George V, from the South African Native National Congress, July 20 1914 …
Excerpts from an address of the central committee to the Communist League in Germany
… Excerpts from an address of the central committee to the Communist …
Black Sash march in protest against South Africa`s withdrawal from the Commonwealth, March 1961
… Sash march in protest against South Africa`s withdrawal from the Commonwealth, March 1961 …