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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 74th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1986
… Compatriots, As the New Year begins, and on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of your vanguard movement, the African National Congress, we … capable of…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… follows up its election victory with the introduction of new apartheid laws as well as the stricter application of … strikes and civil disobedience. 1950 The…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… on 4 March 1928. His mother, Zerilda Steyn, was a pioneer of social welfare in South Africa, founding the Urban Housing … now Western Cape) and later…
EventFirst Fietas Festival to celebrate the legacy of the community
… their heritage, to restore themselves and the vital legacy of a community, through a festival that celebrates the ways and values of a time and place that…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… throughout the country. In the popular tourist city of Cape Town, one of the ways in which it may be observed is in the annual … and banjo were considered…
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… 1924 at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province. He was the youngest of five boys and one girl. His father worked as a municipal … his schooling he received a bursary…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the ANC- 8 January 1997
… 1997 marks the 85th anniversary of the ANC. We are now also just over half way through the first term of the ANC`s national electoral mandate. It is…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… Contents Economic Development and the Expansion of the African Working Class The Quiescence of Political … to the embryonic national organisations among the…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … reached at Cape Town had not 'touched the root cause of the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter V - Political role of the mission
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The Missionaries and the Chiefs THE FULL EXTENT of the political role of the…
Final Declaration of the Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, Cuba, 3-9 September 1979
… Final Declaration of the Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, …
State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting of Parliament, February 9, 2007
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting of Parliament, …
State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting of Parliament 8 February 2008
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting of Parliament 8 …
The Cobra militia of former President Denis Sassou-Nguesso takes control of the centre of Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
… The Cobra militia of former President Denis Sassou-Nguesso takes control of the centre of Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. …
The trial of twenty-two Africans, accused of pro-Communist and subversive activities, of instigating guerrilla warfare and of o
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The trial of twenty-two Africans, accused of pro…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs’ (CAD)
… Long before the inception of apartheid "Coloured" people in South Africa occupied this … apart. Some of these laws included the Mixed Marriages Act, the…
BiographyDikobe Ben Martins
… with the struggle for liberation and a just society free of race, class and exploitation." – Dikobe Ben Martins, The necessity of Art for National Liberation…
Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile
… Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile, the son of Simon Stofile and Miriam Ngcongcobela, was born on 27 December 1944, in the Winterberg District of Adelaide, Eastern…
BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… Michael Alan Harmel was born on 7th of February in 1915 in Johannesburg ,to Irish immigrant … in Marxism-Leninism and deeply devoted to the liberation of all…
BiographyDavid Joseph Webster
… was born in 1944, and grew up in the copper belt mines of Northern Rhodesia where his father was a miner. His family … involved in the struggle and his first…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 95th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2007
… On the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress, our … us of the difficult path we have travelled and urge us to…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, … were brought to the Cape. This was followed by the arrival of free Muslims and…
BiographyMyron Peter
… (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He studied at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) [now University of KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN]. Following the student boycotts in…
BiographyJohn James Issel
… Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town . At a tender age, he worked … It was during this time that he was…
BiographyZephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng
… in the Orange Free State (now Free State) near the town of Vrede. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to the … St. Mary's Anglican School, Daggakraal,…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the … despite his alignment with the Communist Party). After representation by the CPSA’s…
Richard Victor Selope Thema
… African War (Anglo-Boer War 2) . After the declaration of peace he went to Pretoria where he first worked as waiter … in 1907 and then qualified as a teacher…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a … to Bloemhof, a nearby town, following the Great…
ArchiveA critical analysis of the criticism of consumer boycotts
… African People's Democratic Union of Southern Africa (Natal) … A critical analysis of the criticism of consumer boycotts …
Jews of Ethiopia: The birth of an elite
… Jews of Ethiopia … Jews of Ethiopia: The birth of an elite …