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Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
Trevor Grundy writes on the life of the historian and political activist At a dinner party in Salisbury (Harare) in the late1950s when white rule in Rhodesia…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
The great South African writer and activist, Ruth First, was assassinated by a letter bomb sent by the South African Security Police in Maputo, Mozambique on…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Marikana 10 years on: survey shows knowledge of massacre is low, by Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and Steven Gordon (theconversation.com), 16 August 2022
… the historical events to someone else ranged between 26% and 40%. These findings suggest that awareness is likely …
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… Prize for Fiction, among numerous other literary prizes.” [26] Americanah was also a New Tork Times, Washington Post, … ↵ [26] Ibid. ↵ [27] Ibid. ↵ [28] "We…
ArchiveChapter 6 Underground in Joburg by Denis Goldberg
… materials to set up the antenna for Walter Sisulu’s June 26 radio broadcast. Lionel Gay, a Witwatersrand University … were nosing around. Everything went…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… as Christians in 1911 constituting just over a quarter (26,2 per cent) of the African population whereas by 1946, … self-confident African Christian…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that then you’ll do things differently”. …
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… , providing a route that is safer, faster (between 15 and 26 minutes) and shorter (by 11 km) than the old Du Toitskloof …
Archive`The struggle is my life`- Nelson Mandela press statement
… celebrations, but our plans for a general strike? Today is 26 June, a day known throughout the length and breadth of our …
A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
… Indres Naidoo Born: 26 August 1936 Died: 3 January 2016 Transvaal Indian …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
… be judged by the fact that the Canteen has to date served 26 500 meals to Resisters. Organisation of PRC Work At the …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 83th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1995
… the greater Durban area we shall have to ensure that up to 26,000 people are registered each day inorder to make the 90 …
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
… hid from her mother to save her from police questions. The 26-year-old crossed the Swaziland border at 3a.m. wearing all …
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
… and he unleashed an attack which cannot go unchallenged.”Š 26 He states: "I am a staunch supporter of the African …
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… of the YCL The YCL was banned, together with the SACP, in 1950 under the Suppression of Communism Act. When the SACP …
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… missionary, Tiyo Siga, in the 19th century. During the 1950's, the apartheid government was continually introducing …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… of wealth and the setting of a national minimum wage [26] . In addition, communists in America perceived Roosevelt … Presidential Studies Quartely 30, no. 2 …
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers' party The industrialisation of South Africa brought into exÂ…
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… disputes and the defence of human rights. Thus far, only 26 states have ratified the Protocol. AU Chairwoman, …
Liberation
… Threatened Eviction 419 41% Interference with Rights 272 26% Other 184 18% Eviction 73 7% Unknown 47 5% Labour Tenant …
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… letters requesting financial assistance were seized. On 26 June 1961, Lang fled South Africa and went into exile to …
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic impact profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent…
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
… or South West Africa become independent Namibia. In 1950, while at the UN, he heard from the South African … to return to South Africa, Michael Scott , in…
PlaceGhana
… was bad. No good rural health or education policy. Up to 1950 the Govt Secondary schools in the country were 2, the … was bad. No good rural health or…
150th Anniversary; Anxieties of Commemoration - Towards a National Dialogue by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske
During the latter half of 2010, a series of events commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the first Indian indentured laborers in Natal will take place across…
Document 93 S. B., “Unite Against Reaction and Oppression: United Front Against National Oppression and Fascism”, Umsebenzi, 23 May 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 93 S. B., "Unite Against …
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
Bayede! Wena weNdlovu! Hlanga Lezwe! Siyakhuleka KwaDukuza emzini omkhulu; WeNdlovu ethe imuka;Babeyilandel' abakwaLanga; ibuyis' inhloko yadi'…
Document 64 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 64 - Letter from the Workers' …
Document 54 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Communist League of South Africa and the Workers Party of South Africa, 24 July 1935
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 54 - Letter from the …
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: …