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PlaceMountain Zebra National Park, Karoo Region of Cradock
… park introduced four Cheetahs. At last count there were 17 of them. You can track Cheetah on foot, although a …
ArticleA Culture of Survival
It was a struggle to survive in the city. Workers' wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived below the bread line. …
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
Introduction Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… (although the Communist Party was declared illegal in 1950). Interestingly, Sisulu was ahead of his comrades in …
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…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… and jewellery, to £34,690, that is to say, a little over £17 per head. Herein there is a conclusive argument against … like India, it could not seriously be…
14. Suicide among indentured
… and jewellery, to £34,690, that is to say, a little over £17 per head. Herein there is a conclusive argument against … like India, it could not seriously be…
Remembering Nadine Gordimer (The Conversation), 15 July 2014
The passing of Nadine Gordimer is a tremendous loss, both to South Africa and to the literary world. For me, and others who knew her, it will also be an…
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
Dr. Yusuf Dadoo once told me that Nelson Mandela had Indian friends in college and used to visit Indian homes. He would not accept the food they offered until…
ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
On the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and magazines from Pretoria’s Central Police Station to…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
Albie Sachs, an internationally known human rights activist and top judge in South Africa, suffered solitary confinement and exile and survived a bomb attack…
4. Conclusion
… voted to dissolve itself at a meeting in Cape Town in June 1950 before the Suppression of Communism Act became law. …
Local Government
… held on 8 November, the Committee was sworn into office on 17 November, and it held its first meeting a week later. … a constant supply of water on the farm…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… of the political situation at any given time. On May 1, 1950, eighteen Africans were killed by the police during a … campaign for universal adult suffrage…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
… wages are even lower, with a white employee earning 17 times what an African earns. The forcible sale of a man's … Mention must be made, however, of two…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
… wages are even lower, with a white employee earning 17 times what an African earns. The forcible sale of a man`s … Mention must be made, however, of two laws…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… are made for the Pan-African Parliament in Article 17 of the Constitutive Act, the organ remains limited and …
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… authorities, named “administration committees”. 17 June, President Thabo Mbeki addresses a gathering at the …
Chapter 8
December Conference- 1943 When the All African Convention held its Conference in Bloemfontein, on the 16th and 17th December, 1943, the pivotal point round…
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… on the premises as unskilled and semi-skilled labour. 17 From the beginning there were two main features to the … of 25 January 1920, Justice Department File…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 21 May 1962 during the second reading of the General Law Amendment Bill
… steps taken by one of my predecessors in passing the 1950 Act, 3 and the other steps taken by my predecessors, … the experience which we have had in the past…
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… self-confident African Christian expansionism (Hewson, 1950:76-80; Christofersen, 1967: 92). The desire for greater … among the Methodists after the South…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… to the ANC published and distributed by NUSAS in 1986.) 15–17 April 1986 Delegation of the SA Catholic Bishops … later informally met Oliver Tambo , in…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 09 February 2012
… to the announcements we made during the United Nations COP 17 climate change conference, an amount of 248 million rand … to congratulate the inter…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… Farming, Forestry, Fishing Mining Manufacturing Trade 1912 17% 27% 7% 14% 1920 21% 21% 11% 17% 1925 22% 17% 12% 15% 1930 14% 17% 15% 15% 1935 14% 21% 15% 14%…
ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
No other woman – in life and after – occupies the place that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does in South African politics. A stalwart of the African National…
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
… were conducted, such as the stay-at-home on May 1, 1950, the stay-at-home on June 26, 1950 (the first South Africa Freedom Day), and the Defiance …
PlaceBelmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
… install a heated swimming pool for its guests. Since the 1950's the Hotel has continued to upgrade itself to keep up …
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… Africans. According to the Population Registration Act of 1950, South Africans were divided into four distinct … here. With the introduction of the Group…
Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…