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Summary Minutes of a meeting between a delegation from the Republic of South Africa, an Angolan/Cuban delegation, and a delegation from the United States of America as mediator on the question of SWA/Namibia and Angola: Cairo, 24-25 June 1988
… Minutes of a meeting between delegates from South Africa, Angola and Cuba, with delegates from the United States of America as mediators, to discuss Cuban…
Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau,…
EventSA experiences a monetary crisis due to the heavy drain of gold from the country during the Great Depression
… trade was at an all-time low, the demand for products from these sectors was reduced dramatically. The agricultural … that were profitable to many farmers…
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
… Africa. He arrived in Cape Town in June 1836, suffering from a fever and only intending to stay until he recovered. … hunters received a warm welcome. The…
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
… Goldblatt spent six months photographing in Soweto and from 1976 – 1977 he travelled on a bicycle photographing mainly … Cartier-Bresson Award. He received…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… On 4 June 1940, the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ended as German forces captured the beach port. … and an unexpected success, saved 338,000…
Ernest Cole: Brave photographer who exposed horrors of apartheid from within by Teo Kermeliotis, (cnn.com), 5 January 2015
… warehouse, underneath scattered clothes hanging from rusty pipes, a young black man is down on his knees. His … his sodden shirt against the ground to remove…
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… accused in the Treason Trial; and Charlie Jassat, escaped from the Johannesburg Central Police station after bribing a … escape in South African history, the…
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
… which he had the opportunity to meet Congress leaders from all over South Africa. He returned to Pietermaritzburg … established his own legal practice in…
Luke Mazwembe
… the General Law Amendment Act No 62 of 1966 on 2 September 1976. He was reported to have been found dead in his cell at …
BiographyKobera Manual
… of three children. My earliest memory is of our kitchen. From the minaret of the mosque the people who called the … first in every standard except one, she…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… the hotbeds of the violently suppressed Soweto uprising in 1976. While still a teenager, he began his career as a street … in 1987 he was appointed at the…
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… Girjabaksh, came to South Africa as an indentured labourer from Bihar, India. His mother, Gumte Singh, was born in … on for about three or four years. Only…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1947
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of … Gandhi, 28 February 1947 I have received a cablegram from the Natal Indian Congress which says…
ArchiveStatement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
… that changed South Africa forever. Madiba’s release from prison set our nation on the course of liberation and … leadership we needed that led us to a…
ArchivePrison letter from Petros Sipho Mkhize to Zondi, Soweto, addressed to Miss Jumaima Mbele
… A handwritten letter in isiZulu on prison notepaper, sent from "V963 Petros M. Khize, Central Prison, Private Bag 45, … written between December 1966 and…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
… Africa travelling on the SS Giulio Cesaro, which left from Genoa, Italy. His father, Fritz, an anti-Nazi campaigner … the SS Stuttgart, the last ship…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1948
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of … are fighting for their rights ... They cannot even move from one province to another without a…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1946
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Support from Persons and Organisations Mahatma Gandhi…
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the…
ArchiveLetter from R H De Wet, Chief Director of the Drakensburg Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from the Drakensburg Administration Board to the Ciskei … Letter from R H De Wet, Chief Director of the Drakensburg …
ArchiveLetter from L C Koch, Chief Director of the East Cape Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from East Cape Administration Board to the Ciskei Commission, … Letter from L C Koch, Chief Director of the East Cape Administration …
ArchiveLetter from the Chief Director of the Western Transvaal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from the Western Transvaal Administration Board to the Ciskei … Letter from the Chief Director of the Western Transvaal …
Letter from S Bourquin, Chief Director of the Port Natal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from Port Natal Administration Board to the Secretary of the … Letter from S Bourquin, Chief Director of the Port Natal …
ArchiveLetter from W P J Schmidt, Chief Director of the Western Cape Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from the Western Cape Administration Board to the Secretary … Letter from W P J Schmidt, Chief Director of the Western Cape …
ArchiveLetter from J C Knoetze, Chief Director of the Oranje-Vaal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from the Oranje-Vaal Administration Board to the Secretary of … Letter from J C Knoetze, Chief Director of the Oranje-Vaal …
BiographyChris Hani
… the classics and for literature. Hani attended Fort Hare from 1959-1961 and graduated in 1962 from Rhodes University in Grahamstown, with a BA degree in ……
ArchiveTelex from Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to His Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cape Town
… Translation of a telex sent from the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to the Minister … Telex from Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique…
Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
… suicide, in the circumstances as they are. And quite apart from that point of view, what would you say with regard to … Well, I would oppose it on two…