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EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… a factory worker, was active in the African Political Organisation (APO) where Mohammed Adhikari (1993:181) reports …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… South African Indian Congress (SAIC) , African People’s Organisation (APO), ANC Youth League, Council of Non-European … FRAC is invited as an observer since…
The Politics of non-Collaboration: The Campaign to Boycott the Tricameral Elections
… created greater possibilities for civic and trade union organisation. As we saw in chapters three and four, during … opened up significant possibilities for…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
… great marketing and networking opportunities for the organisation. 2010 One City, Many Histories SAHO launched its … Education (DBE). Minister Angie…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1992
… This found expression in the Defiance Campaign, organisation and mobilisation for the Congress of the People … development of the ANC into the truly non…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
… spies infiltrated and dismantled the violent urban terror organisation, Pagad G-Force. What to expect: An Unforgettable …
EventThe Natal Indian Congress is formally revived
… those who felt that the movement was too racialized, the organisation was re-launched with much support. …
EventRocklands Community Hall declared a heritage site
On 20 August 2019, the 36th anniversary of the founding of the United Democratic Front (UDF), the Rocklands Community Hall, located in Mitchell’s Plain,Cape…
PlaceVergelegen Wine Estate Library
The library at Vergelegen Wine Estate situated in Somerset West, Western Cape used to be a winery that was built during 1816. It was converted to a library in…
EventLord Baden-Powell’s sister, Agnes, establishes the Girl Guides Movement
The Girl Guide movement shares its roots with the Boy Scout movement that was founded by Baden-Powell during the South African War of 1899-1902. During the war…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… Commonwealth of Nations as a result of criticism from this organisation, and the Foreign Minister was criticized for his … and other policies and statements…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
The South African Communist Party and Mozambique Introduction The Mozambique Liberation Front, popularly known by its Portuguese acronym, FRELIMO (Frente…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
Ruth First: An Ally of the Struggle Throughout the history of apartheid, freedom fighters were subjects of legal repression by the apartheid government who…
Support our People until Power is Restored to Them - Statement at the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 26 October 1976
… the colonial system in South Africa were admitted to this Organisation of the world`s peoples. It is a gross travesty … It is an insult to human reason and…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… Passive Resistance Council the Council states that no such organisation as the "S.A. League" exists. "This mischievous … He explained that since the decision…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2009
… intensify the revolution and to protect the unity of our organisation. This message was delivered under vastly … need to be addressed. However, the ANC is a…
ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
… with the demands of the times, to weaknesses in its organisation and constitution, to its erratic policy of … allege that in that period Congress declined…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
… banned women to bring a new and unique multiracial women's organisation. They were also able themselves to attend and … set about realising a dream they…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
Few alumni know this, but one of South Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part of the University of Minnesota family. One hundred years ago,…
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
Professor Edward Charles Webster — or Eddie, as he was known to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died of a heart attack on Tuesday. He was 81…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman This is a book about repression. More specifically, it…
ArchiveI Write What I Like: Selected Writings
… he assumed the presidency of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) , through to 1972, when banning orders …
Exhibition Opening: Tales of History Retold
… About AVA: The AVA is a non-profit, membership-based art organisation whose aim is the advancement of visual art. Its …
PlaceDiepsloot, Johannesburg
Diepsloot is a densely populated township in the North of Johannesburg, South Africa. Diepsloot, loosely translated as "deep ditch" from the Afrikaans, is one…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… to combat the patriarchal society. This non-governmental organisation’s goal is to ‘ strive towards a society in which … (CAPAB) (Gertrude 2013). CAPAB was a…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Handelsinstituut (AHI) and the Reddingsdaadbond (RDB, Organisation to help Afrikaners in poverty).’ From … Bank – would neither admit Volkskas to the Bankers…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… (World Health Organisation, 1980, p. 47; p. 143) These internationally … or restriction of activity caused by a contemporary social…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… (World Health Organisation, 1980, p. 47; p. 143) These internationally … or restriction of activity caused by a contemporary social…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… tasked with the responsibility to unify and renew our organisation. Much progress has been made, but this task … for the ANC is conditional on the…
The Spirit of Bandung - Address to the International Conference in Support of the Liberation Movements of Southern Africa and in Support of the Frontline States by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 10 April 1979
… social emancipation, the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation. (2) The African National Congress is proud … marched among the ranks of the peoples…