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Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… and conjuncture of the period from the crushing of mass political dissent in the early 1960s to the re-emergence of … by the apartheid state during the late…
Address at the 22nd Congress of the Socialist International, 27 October 2003
… ever fewer hands. We refer here to all forms of power - political, economic, military, technological, intellectual, information, … of the countries in which…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… this was a conscious decision taken by the Ndebele for political reasons, as the Pedi were never defeated by the … they also need to be read in the wider…
Call for United Front by Albert Luthuli, 5 November 1961
… brink of States of Emergencies; five years of increasing economic difficulties for both the working man and the … Nations, must undoubtedly give rise to an…
African History Books
… variety and diversity from a historical perspective. From political history to debates on gender, knowledge and …
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… at the time. He also acted on other matters on behalf of political prisoners and members of the African National … ttp://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… overwhelming majority of women in Marikana rely on men for economic sustainability. The low living wage of the miners … were involved in the events at…
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… Medicine. In 1968 the Bank of Sweden added the award for economic science in memory of Nobel. Nobel's family were … and application of dynamic models in the…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… Activity: Social, political and economic structures Roles of men, women, boys …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… (Militia). In South Africa the War had led to profound economic, social and political changes. During the War, South Africa experienced a …
A volatile case of Afrikan vs. Indian in KwaZulu-Natal by Jackie Shandu, 7 April 2015, South Africa
… In its seven cardinal pillars and founding manifesto, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) set out to be the voice of … South Afrikan Indians occupy a…
BiographyRajes Pillay
… Natal Indian Congress (NIC), Kimberley Branch. Due to his political activities, her father was a listed person. The …
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… and leadership but over time it has transformed into a political entity that works to further women’s participation … structures and all programs designed…
PlaceNigeria
… rule”; under this system, Britain ruled through existing political institutions rather than establishing an entirely … increasingly strong Igbo secessionist…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… as their representative and many important Afrikaans political and cultural leaders supported him- particularly … was agreed that South West Africa should be…
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
… Twelve years is a long time in our rapidly changing political situation. But it is a short time in the life of an … cannot be separated from the political…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the 118th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly: Cape Town, 13 April 2008
… so today, because humanity has reached highest level of economic, scientific and cultural advancement, while poverty … certainty of peace allows people space…
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… he was denied a Lordship because of his outspokenness on political matters, especially when they affected medical …
BiographyJoseph Masobila Mdluli
… of the volunteers who defied arrest. As a result of political activities, Mdluli was arrested in 1966 and …
BiographyJonathan Clegg
… and being an outstanding spokesperson for the release of political prisoners'. In that same year he was awarded a … and being an outstanding spokesperson for…
BiographyBilly Nair
… full time secretary of the Dairy Worker's Union. Nair's political awareness was fired by critical debates in his … Activist, Trade Unionist, Treason Trialist…
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… effectively enabled the apartheid regime to detain political opponents indefinitely and a protracted struggle … Thomas Karis, Nimrod Mkele .From Protest to…
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
… magazine , where at various stages he held the posts of political reporter, sub-editor and fiction editor. Mphahlele …
BiographySurinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam
… with his oppressor. He was head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Durban Westville (now …
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… and interdependent realities of South Africa's socio-economic structure - became the sources of two complementary … violence became an essential ingredient…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… extent of mentally condoning torture and assassination of political activists; to justify destabilization of South … action in all fields - military,…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… as a mobilising force for neighborhood, township, and political organisations. Football humanised the lives of … question, football in the ‘new' South Africa…
Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma
… for sharing and for full participation in the educational, political and economic activities are granted and recognised. Already … they are subjected to…
Has Socialism Failed? by Joe Slovo South African Communist Party
… and distortions in the history of existing socialism, its economic failures and the divide which developed between … as forced collectivisation) brought…
PlaceSenegal
… with Soudan, on 4 April 1960. However, due to internal political difficulties, the Federation broke up six days … will remain one of Africa’s most important…