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ANC caucus statement on death of Adelaide Tambo, 01 February 2007
… this morning, received with deep sense of loss news on the death of struggle icon and one of our movement`s … friends, relatives and the African National…
EventThe Security Council begins deliberations on the situation in South Africa
… The United Nations Security Council began deliberations on the situation in South Africa, under an agenda item … the march ended in tragedy when the police…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… Scorched Earth Policy to his satisfaction, he did not plan on the well being of the people he put on these camps. Some of the accounts displayed at the Anglo…
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… people were killed, the South African Police opened fire on a crowd of people in Langa, Uitenhage, in the Eastern … Some reports register the death tally at…
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
… Mongane Wally Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 8 May 1944, just four years before the National Party (NP) … his first collection, Yakhal…
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
… Drew Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930) COPY. "S.A.F.N.T.U.: Three requests … to the All-in Trade Union Conference at…
BiographyJennifer Schreiner
… of Arts in Sociology also by UCT. Her thesis focussed on the organisation of working women into the FCWU/AFCWU, the … was recruited into uMkhonto we Sizwe …
ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo, 31 January 2007
… heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the Tambo family on this great loss. Throughout the most difficult times of … their rightful place in society…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… Moreover, however much we may disagree with Prof. Dent on certain issues, we cannot say that he has ever refused … year. People do not like to see the even…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress National Scholarship Committee: Information for Placement on Scholarship
… Information regarding requirements for placement on scholarship. … National Scholarship Committee: Information for Placement on Scholarship …
ArchiveImplications of apartheid on health and health services in South Africa
… Implications of apartheid on health and health services in South Africa … Implications of apartheid on health and health services in South Africa …
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
… be forced to change its policy through economic isolation. On 3 August 1986, Kaunda suggested that Thatcher be excluded from talks on South African sanctions…
ArchiveStatement of the African National Congress on the resignation of P W Botha
… Statement by Alfred Nzo, Secretary General of the ANC, on the resignation of P W Botha. … Statement of the African National Congress on the resignation of P…
ArchiveInternational Seminar on the Role of Transnational Corporations in South Africa
… One man lying dead. Notice of a seminar in London on 2 - 4th November 1979. … International Seminar on the Role of Transnational Corporations in South Africa…
ArchiveStatement of the United Democratic Front on death of Victoria Myenge
… Statement of the United Democratic Front on death of Victoria Myenge who was the member of the United … Statement of the United Democratic Front on death of…
ArchiveGarment union backs down on its threat to fire NUTW members
… Garment Workers Industrial Union has backed down on its earlier threat to have workers fired for belonging to … Garment union backs down on its threat to…
Draft resolution: Commission on Development, ANC National Conference, Durban, July, 1991
… Draft resolution of the Commission on Development at the African National Congress National … Draft resolution: Commission on Development, ANC National…
ArchiveReport on the Whittlesea Resettlement areas with special reference to Zweledinga
… Report by the Border Council of Churches on problems faced by Black families who were forcibly removed … Report on the Whittlesea Resettlement areas with…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979
… Friends, Allies, supporters and sympathisers. We greet you on this 67th birthday of the African National Congress. … liberation struggle is itself a tribute…
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
… Osman Latief, a resident of Vrededorp, Johannesburg, wrote on 17 August 1906 to the Chief Traffic Manager of the … Association and the railway authorities…
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
… An assassination attempt was made on first Ghana President, Kwame Nkrumah. The bomb, intended … 2013)| South Africa History Online, ‘Assassination attempt on…
BiographyRonnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)
… (more popularly known as Ronnie Govender) was born on 16 May 1934 in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now … hawked vegetables from that garden for their entire…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… was born in Vredendal, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of … rule and the transition to the…
EventSA signs Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
… twenty-two nations who signed the multilateral Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources … SA signs Convention on the Conservation…
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… Paper On The Group Areas Act And Its Effects On The Indian People … the Nationalist Party, prior to their coming to power in 1948, throws some light on…
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
… in South Africa, New Zealand imposed a blanket ban on virtually all visits by sports teams from South Africa. … New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports…
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
… to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with the South … Party. Your actions have been crucial in…
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… waste and the environment. Art produced with a focus on sustainability by individual artists, community programs … Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial…
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
… Hemant Kumar Waghmarae was born on 24 October 1948 in Mumbai, India to Vishnu Maroothi … and Billy Nair who left a lasting political impression on him. In…
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION On the second day of January 1920, seventy labourers of the … workers challenged both the existing…