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Say It out Loud - Protest against the Women’s Enfranchisement Act, and the Franchise Amendment Bill, 1931
… measures weakened the Coloured, African and Indian vote in the Cape in relation to the White vote. The Women's … it down that "there shall be no equality…
PlaceNiger
… name Niger derives it meaning from; “river among rivers,” in the Tamashek language.) One of the central themes of the … the main ethnic groups are the…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… Bantu migration. Archaeologists have found human remains in eastern Swaziland that have been dated to be 110 000 years … fled from their original home to the…
PlaceFort Cox
… a "post of occupation" established by the British military in 1835 and was named in honour of Major William Cox of the 75th Regiment and a … agricultural and…
PlaceJohannesburg Art Gallery
… Art Gallery was first commissioned to be built in 1910, and was initially housed on the campus of … District. The Johannesburg Art Gallery was constructed…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… not only for the ANC, but for all liberation movements in the continent and the African peoples in general. The ANC, which is the oldest liberation movement …
ArchiveEddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
… Born in 1942, Edward Charles Webster dedicated his life to … Turner-Stylianou at the University of Natal (Durban) in the early 1970s. They established the…
PlaceHumansdorp
… Humansdorp has grown from a small Town in 1849, with the purpose of serving mainly the Farming … the inception of the Town by Matthys Gerhardus Human, in…
PlacePrimville, Soweto- Johannesburg
… In 1904, after the outbreak of Bubonic Plague, near present day Newtown, the African population in the Area was moved to the Farm; 'Klipspruit', twelve Miles…
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
… from having been the Sixth Municipal District of Cape Town in 1867. Its earlier unofficial name was 'Kanaldorp', a name … running across the city, some of…
PlaceKgalagadi Transfrontier Park
… where imposing camel thorn trees provide shade for huge black-mane lions and vantage points for leopard and many … are the animals and plants found both…
Document 6 - M. Lopes, “Socialism and the Labour Party”, The Bolshevik, April 1920
… and the Labour Party", The Bolshevik, April 1920 In a recent issue of our esteemed contemporary, the … conducted under the protection of a large Labour Party…
ArchiveState of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024
… a dear friend of the South African people and a comrade in arms in the struggle for our freedom. He was a champion of … with the support of the state’s…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… 108 years since its formation. We mark this occasion in the historic city of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, a … and natural resources in the region. - 100…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta was born on July 21, 1944 in Yaba near Lagos, Nigeria, to Igbo parents, Jeremy … is equally a second citizen in England because…
PlaceVredehoek
… at the base of Devil’s Peak. The stairways here were built in the early twentieth Century to connect homes to streets … of these removals can still be felt…
South Africa After Soweto - O. R. Tambo Interviewed to World Marxist Review, February 1978
… TAMBO: The events in Soweto and other parts of South Africa have become a … the ruling regime is encouraging and is building up a black bourgeoisie, both in…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… photographer is an artist who spent several decades living in exile. He left the country because of the continual … and injustices of the apartheid state…
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
… at Lowfield Heath Sussex, the youngest of three brothers. In 1911 his father, an Anglican priest, was transferred to a … narrowly saved him from…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… Steadville is an African township situated in Ladysmith/Emnambithi, KwaZulu-Natal . The name Steadville … Stead. It is believed that this was due to his…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… warps the intellect, and when they should try to view in their true perspective the great problems that await … would shut down at once if white were…
ArchiveThe Moral Problem of Winnie Mandela by Paul Trewhela (Dailymaverick.com), 6 April 2018, South Africa
… calmer and less frightening and stressful for her husband in his almost 30 years on Robben Island and in other prisons than it was for her, during those…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980
… This 68th anniversary of the foundation of the ANC falls in the year 1980, a historic year in that it also is the 25th … the enemy - a false thesis I am…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
… This 68th anniversary of the foundation of the ANC falls in the year 1980, a historic year in that it also is the 25th … the Enemy - a False Thesis I am…
Statement by Olive Tambo at the freedom rally organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, 26 January 1979, Dublin
… Botswana, Lesotho, Zambia with whom we are involved in a struggle against the fascist regime of Vorster/Botha and … region. The attempt that is now being…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 25 June 1985
… for united action. We have called on our people in the various organisational formations, in different … Africa as a whole, not by a white minority, not even…
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
… names that attest to the relationship between our peoples, in an earlier epoch. For example, many of the roads through … contribution both with regard to…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… a big effort on behalf of the coming elections to be held in June under the Natives Representation of 1936. [....] . , … the Free State of the victory that…
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… Steve Biko was still developing. The day that Biko’s death in detention was announced on September 13 1977, was a … day for him, as well as for all South…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… Island Prison Dated 22 April 1969; Published by the ANC in 1978 Dear Sir, My colleagues have requested me to write … government seems prepared to do 54 years…