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Africa and Freedom, 1961
… with arms, some without. In my own country, in the year 1960 for which this Award is given, there was a state of emergency for many months. At Sharpeville, a…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
This short history of Electrical Supply Commission (ESKOM) aims to provide an overview of the history of the power utility over its first seventy-eight years…
Statement by Nzo Mnumzana in the plenary meeting of the General Assembly, 20 November 1984
… characterization of the killings of blacks as a massacre. For the bereaved families and friends of the … many defenceless blacks must be killed before the…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… escalation of the violence, as evidenced in the Boipatong Massacre, occurring in the context of the negotiations … and vigorous prosecution as resulted from…
Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the Monopolisation of Power by Thabo Mbeki, 25 January 2016
… purposeful campaign. In his book, Eight Days in September, Rev Frank Chikane gave an insight into how disinformation …
The melody of freedom
… recorded various songs composed by Mackay Davashe. Around 1960, the simanje-manje music (in Zulu, meaning 'now-now') … Malombo band (which started as the…
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
… rights under the law. As for the law itself, SACTU's 1960 Conference demanded that', compensation for all workers, … poll tax was not accidental, as this too…
PlaceKathu
… Its formation began only in the late 1960's and early 1970's, as a result of iron ore mining in …
II - The Life of Steve Biko
… was high. During the disturbances following the police massacre of Soweto students in June 1976 , Soweto leaders …
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… Britain’s Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) that had formed in 1960, becoming an influential member on the organization’s … 11, 1962. [4] Edward Feit, Urban…
Chapter 2 - THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD
… Our organization up to 1950 and the Congresses up to 1960 worked openly and conducted their affairs without any … via the Communist Party of Great Britain…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… to leave South Africa and move to England on 5 February 1960. Maharaj believes that she moved from South Africa at … but rather it was sparked by the Group…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 Three days before the massacre on Monday 6…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… serious failure that against the background of the biggest massacre in our modern history, we could count only two …
Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927
… back in his native country for a month when the Bulhoek massacre, in which 163 Africans were killed, stunned the … that other Zulu nationalists like Dube,…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which encouraged a resurgent Zulu nationalism…
ArticleThe San
The San, the first people in South Africa The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. The San were also known as 'Bushmen', a term…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… in 1956 it organized the march on the Union Buildings. In 1960, when the ANC was banned, the ANCWL was also affected as …
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
In the early 1960s the Apartheid government moved swiftly to dislodge numerous Black communities on the Transvaal Highveld occupying land in what was…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… White population increased from 2186 in 1951 to 4247 in 1960. The population explosion accelerated even further …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… 000 with 51 unions between 1956 and 1961. Between 1957 and 1960 SACTU organised major workers' strikes and actions …
PlaceBenin
… in 1972. After gaining independence from the French in 1960, Benin’s first coup came in October 1963. A three-way … the third. These patterns persisted after…
PlaceSea Point
… pool , became a popular meeting spot for gay men from the 1960's until gay rights were drawn into the constitution in … like Weizmann Hall hosted jazz…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… 11.9.1970. The Prime Minister is referring here to the Rev. Robert Mercer of the Anglican Church in Stellenbosch. Rev. Mercer is a Rhodesian who came to…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… the North organised a commemoration march for Sharpville Massacre and a march against the removal of the Makgatho …
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… occurred at Ngoye in September 1983. During the Ngoye massacre, six students were brutally murdered by armed men …
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… on which strikes would be mounted every year, especially Sharpeville Day (21 March), 16 June, and May Day. In 1986, …
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… the 2015 elections and coup attempt to independence in 1960. Overview : Burkina Faso's poor economic outlook and …
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
Bordering the City Centre and joined to Newtown by the Nelson Mandela Bridge – Joburg’s landmark equivalent of Cape Town’s Table Mountain – Braamfontein is…
PlaceMolenvliet House, Molenvliet Street, Mowbray
The land on which this house is situated originally formed part of the farm Coornhoop, which was granted to Thielman Hendricks in 1661. The subdivided piece of…