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EventKenya is granted independence
… Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime Minister. The Union Jack was replaced by the black, red and green flag of … before Kenyatta became the leader of…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… in Johannesburg. On 9 April 1960, Dr Verwoerd opened the Union Exposition to mark the anniversary of the Union of South Africa. After his opening address, he…
Statement in Court by Dr G. M. Naicker and Dr Y. M. Dadoo, When Charged With Aiding and Abetting Under the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913, February 26, 1948
… to the requirements of any particular province of the Union is not in keeping with the spirit, if not the letter, … economic development of this country. In…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… divisive attempt to detach Afrikaner women from his trade union. For the Broederbond, he noted, “the Trade Union Movement was a ‘foreign’ institution and…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… with the founding of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1899. The goal of this organisation was to … known as the Women's Enfranchisement…
Dream of Total Liberation of Africa is in Sight - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 72nd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1984
… of the South African racist State from its formation in 1910 and throughout the ensuing decades. As we fight the … of Revolutionary Change The growth of the…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 72th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1984
… of the South African racist state from its formation in 1910 and throughout the ensuing decades. As we fight the … of Revolutionary Change The growth of the…
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
… Johannesburg, functioned as the headquarters for the Union of South African Artists, which was formed in 1952 by a … group of Black artists with the help of…
Document 66 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 21 February 1937
… We have been busy organising the African Metal Trades Union and as you will see from the letter they have sent you, … of the African metal workers. Miners…
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… in Rhodesia that included Zanu (Zimbabwe African National Union), Zapu (Zimbabwe African Peoples Union) and others against the white minority government…
EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… the two superpowers (United States of America and Soviet Union) on a conflicting course. The USA supported Israel while Egypt received backing from the…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… made it difficult to access natural resources. [2] The Union of South Africa implemented the Irrigation and … South Africans from owning land. [7] This…
PlacePacaltsdorp
… (prior to 1910) The settlement of Hooge Kraal was established in 1813 …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… succeeding former President Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings . Mbeki appoints Jacob Zuma , who was the … one that has served South Africa since 17…
Document 130 - Communists in Conference: The 1943/44 National Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa
… is, in some degree, a personality. There is Indian trade union leader H. A. Naidoo, who built up the Natal Sugar Workers' Union; well-known Pretoria advocate…
Press statement by Oliver Tambo in Moscow, 06 November 1986
… with the leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Government and the public organisations of … greatly strengthened by the knowledge…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… different vision. They wished to unite South Africa into a Union and turn it into a country of the whites where the … the consequences of this diabolic plan…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1948
… Yugoslavia and his intimate knowledge of conditions in the Union made Minister Lawrence and his colleagues feel most … India's resolution made 'scathing…
“India’s Step Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948
… country. The Indian people of South Africa hope that the Union Government will act in terms of the United Nations … of India in the interests of relations…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… his own opposition party. The new party, Kenya People’s Union (KPU) was constantly harassed and its activities … to come back to the ruling party, Kenya…
Pretoria Socialist Society
… The Honourable the Prime Minister, Union of South Africa, House of Assembly CAPE TOWN Honourable … it my duty as leader of the African National Congress , a…
'We Go To Action': Statement on the Launching In Natal of the Defiance Campaign, August 30, 1952
… resistance against discriminatory and unjust laws in the Union of South Africa with the object and hope of getting … of social evolution." It grieves me to…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… (SASO) South African Students' Movement (SASM) Union of Black Journalists Black Community Programmes Limited …
Formation and launch of the UDF
… the UDF launch, Inkatha, AZAPO and the Independent trade union movement. In early 1983 the UDF leadership sought …
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… and normally have no desire to leave them, but successive Union governments have introduced various methods to … repression and restriction enforced by…
Document 13 - Sarah Mokone [Victor Wessels] “The T.A.R.C.”, Majority Rule : Some Notes. Chapter XIX
… business. Some say they can't have 'polities' inside their union. Others say that they will fight apartheid when it reaches their union. Others say that they…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… scourge of racism and racial discrimination. The African Union and the New Partnership for Africa's Development … New Partnership for Africa's Development…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1946
… struggle The Government of India has given notice to the Union Government that, in consequence of the refusal to hold … issue of the oppression of South…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… later in the Azanian People's Organization and the trade union movement. Born in Alexandra township, Johannesburg in … got involved in the administration an…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… Congress (SAIC), APO and the Coloured People's National Union requesting them to convene a National Convention in … Planning Council Report and resolves to…