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Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC In 1950 the Communist Party, faced with…
EventFormer ANC president, Z.R. Mahabane, is born
Clergyman, teacher, politician and president of the African National Congress (ANC) Zaccheus Richard Mahabane, who combined politics and Christian ethics to…
ArticleMapungubwe
The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa,…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
The picture above shows how dire the situation was in America during the Great DepressionImage Source Source 2A The source below describes the impact of…
Articlehoz tab example
… and in documenting the popular struggles of the 1980s. In 1982 he also became the head of the photography …
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
Zubeida Jaffer, former reporter from the Cape Times and her husband John Issel, were detained by the security police on 31 January 1986. Jaffer who was three…
PlaceWagon Museum
This Museum is situated on the same premises as the First 'Raadsaal' in Bloemfontein and houses a collection of historic wagons and carriages such as the…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
Black women in what was then the Orange Free State protested when they were included in Pass legislation previously reserved for African men only. The…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
Between the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation struggle. However, some of these events were carried out…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… Programme to Combat Racism, and the Kairos Document of the 1980s. These were all critical milestones in the mobilisation …
PlaceRuimzicht House, 10 Milner Road, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
This double-storey dwelling was built in the late 1890s and boasts of a number of fine Victorian architectural features, including ornate front and side gables…
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
The Nationalist party government announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands were…
EventXhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns the death of her mother
On this date a poem by Nontsizi Mgqwetho lamenting the death of her mother was published. Mgqwetho was the first woman poet to publish in Xhosa. From 1920 to…
ArchiveAt what cost to the generation of protest?
Opening address given by George Bizos at the 58th NUSAS Congress in November 1980.
Chapter X - Final word
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Right up to the morning of 1 July, I did not know what to expect. Even before the bans were due to expire I was…
ArchiveFree Mandela Campaign
Placard from the Sunday Post dated 16th March 1980. Cream poster with red and black lettering.
ArchiveForward to peoples power in a peoples democ
Yellow, green, black and white poster. 25th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter - 1955-1980. ANC poster.
ArchiveThe Ford strike
On the 9th January, 1980 a settlement was reached which ended the Ford Strike in Port Elizabeth?
ArchiveRecognition at Rennies
July 1980 saw the Transport and General Workers Union reaching a 3 point agreement with Rennies Bulk Terminal in Durban.
South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
Pretoria — Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has sent his condolences to the family and friends of legendary poet and short story writer, Pascal Mafika…
ArchiveMessage to the churches
Letter of protest about the detention of Rev John Thorne on May 24, 1980, for no given reason or preferred charge.
EventA delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community
A seven-man delegation of Coloured leaders flies from Cape Town to Pretoria to meet South African Prime Minister, John Vorster for discussions on the future of…
EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
Andrew Charles Hudson was born on 17 March 1965 in Eshowe, Natal (KwaZulu Natal). He distinguished himself as a cricketer by playing in 35 tests and 89 One Day…
EventGriqua leader Andries le Fleur is born
Andries Abraham Stockenström le Fleur, Griqua leader (kaptyn) and visionary, was born in Herschel, CC. He was the son of Abraham le Fleur and one of the…
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
Transkei announced it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa following Pretoria’s undertaking to negotiate over disputed land. The break of…
EventA proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act is made
Under a proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act South Africans across race spectrum would have their fingerprints taken and recorded on a central…
EventActivist and Journalist, Robert Resha dies in exile
Robert Resha was an activist, journalist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). As an activist, he strived for a non-racial, non-sexist, just and…
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
Humphrey Mpumele Ndlovu was born at Emzweni in the Qamu Tribal Authority at Msinga, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He joined the Inkatha Cultural Liberation…
Archive20 years of glorious struggle
Multicoloured poster. Artwork of number two and a zero, containing various scenes. 1960-1980. Title in blue, red and green lettering. SWAPO logo.
ArchiveStatements in spring
Pink, cream and blue poster. Notice of an art exhibition by Thami Mnyele, at the National Art Gallery on 3- 2th September 1980.