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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…
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…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… World War II had broken out and his mother lost her job from the family she had worked. The Fortuins were devout … , Johnny Issel and others against…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveMinutes of a Meeting between the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, Mr. M. C. Botha, officials of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development .... held in the Bantu Administration Building, Pretoria on 19 June 1976
… in the Bantu Administration Building, Pretoria on 19 June 1976 …
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…
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…
BiographyGriffiths Mlungisi Mxenge
… of Rayi, a small rural settlement located five kilometres from King Williams Town, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern … in Ginsburg, King Williams Town…
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 …
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…
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 ……
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…
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 …
ArchiveOpen letter from the National Executive Committee of the ANC to State President De Klerk and his Cabinet
… Open letter to State President De Klerk and his cabinet from the National Executive Committee of the ANC regarding … Open letter from the National Executive…
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
… (some reports state 142/141). The plane departed from Port Harcourt destined for Lagos airport when it … Aviation-safety.net ' Accident description ' ,From:…
EventSADF takes over security of Northern Natal from the SAP to prevent infiltration into SA by Liberation Movements
… South Africa had a chance to place veteran soldiers from the Rhodesian bush war as well as the border wars at the … security situation in the republic od…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… November, The Anglican Bishop of Lesotho, the Rev. Desmond Tutu announces that he is giving up his current post to … Gwynneth is born. Coloured and Indian…