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Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Session of the Parliament of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, 30 October 2007
… Honourable Presiding Officers of the National Assembly and the National Council Your … of an African agenda as enunciated in the Constitutive Act of the…
ArchiveThe history of the Black mans struggle for l
… This paper, possibly prepared for the inaugral conference of the Institute of Black Studies, Wilgespruit, 13-18 July 1976, traces the … British colonisation,…
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe on 11 February 2009 as part of what was known as … colonial power, agreed to pay for the…
BiographyEpainette Nomaka Mbeki
… 1916 in Mangoloaneng, in the Sotho-speaking section of the Mount Fletcher district of Transkei . Ma Mbeki’s family, the Moeranes, are Basotho … social…
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… to visit his relative Jacqueline Arenstein , a member of the Communist Party of South Africa , when he first met … 1963, Eleanor was detained under the 90…
BiographyManiben Sita
… (TIC) in 1928. He was an executive member and chairman of the Pretoria branch before becoming president of the TIC. … in Pretoria led by Zainab Asvat …
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and internationally as an event of major…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… known as South West Africa). However, there were a number of workers’ strikes during this period. Poor wages, bad … and the contract system had been a…
Africans’Claims in South Africa,
… of our country to the African position and status in this land of our birth—South Africa—because the Government and the … We want the Government of the…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in … Early beginnings In the 1920s and 1930s the urban culture of…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 1 - The Necessity of Utopian Thinking
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner There are two kinds of … fences and stopped keeping people off "their" pieces of land, we would have…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… The Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO) was … at a consultative conference held in Johannesburg. The aim of FOSACO was to establish a…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… as well as encourage others to write to show the strength of individuals in the face of struggle. He still holds an important spot in South today ……
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… 3 pages: Use the page navigation on the right or bottom of the page Introduction During the 1980s , the apartheid … creating the cosmetic Tricameral…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… Introduction The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) is South Africa's second largest … 400 000 members. Its largest affiliate is the Association of…
IV - The Death of Steve Biko
… last time on 18 August 1977 and Section 6 of the Terrorism Act. On 14 September, the Rand Daily Mail carried the report … a larger and less formal, less…
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… were introduced to trade unionism by the early struggles of white British workers who had begun to form trade unions from 1880 onwards. During the first…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was founded in October 1954 by 61 … unions mainly representing White workers and mixed unions of Coloured and…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… During the 1990-1994 period of political liberalisation and negotiations leading to the … Students Organisation (SASCO) continued the tradition of militant…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. This timeline chronicles the … and the subsequent aftermath. The…
BiographyRick Turner
… He was highly influential in the re-emergence of the Black labour movement and one of the first in the … whom he met through Biko. Their marriage was a…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… #RMF) garnered much media attention in March of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement defiled a Rhodes statue on the Upper Campus of the University of…
Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT)
… Arts Council (NAPAC) and the Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS) other three organisations … culture administration, that remained the…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… jazz singer that went into exile in South Africa because of apartheid. This is the biographical portion of the paper. At the end of the paper there is a…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… was nurtured from an early age when she had to take care of her siblings for her sickly mother (who had been greatly weakened by the Spanish flu of 1918). It…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Musician, Soldier, and Spy Abstract Barry Gilder is one of South Africa’s most important revolutionaries that fought … Exile, Musician, Intelligence,…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… place was in the home and that politics was the domain of men. A small group of suffragists met in Durban in 1911 and formed the Women's Enfranchisement…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 104th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… the Movement that represents the interests and aspirations of the vast majority of the people of South Africa. Let us … It is the ANC’s fundamental belief…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was the first South … It came into being after the South African Congress of Trade Unions ( SACTU ) and…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer The 1946 … and humiliation of the African and Indian…