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Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… than a month now. Your last letter to me being that of 17/8 which came on 30/8. Maybe that you've written as you've …
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
… and creed, suddenly found their lives torn apart. On 17 July 1958, following the suggestion by the then Chairman, …
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
… rights to stay. Only Bhanabhai wished to leave after 17 years' occupation, or pay £25 [yearly] rental. So the …
PlaceCentral African Republic
Diamond prospectors in the Central African Republic have found polished flint and quartz tools that are at least 8,000 years old. About 2,500 years ago local…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… public protector was inconsistent with the Constitution. 17 March 2016 The Hawks on Tuesday said Gordhan, 66, missed … families enriching themselves through…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the period 1950-1953 had served to transform the former into a mass … The Industrial Legislation Commission…
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… an apology for a pillow, and matting." ( Indian Opinion , 07-03-1908) We were similarly locked up with a bucket for a …
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… as the bastard kids; IB Tabata[16], Archie Mafeje[17] and Neville Alexandre[18] too Black to be in the canons … in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… self-confident African Christian expansionism (Hewson, 1950:76-80; Christofersen, 1967: 92). The desire for greater … among the Methodists after the South…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation, 9 February 2012
State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape…
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…
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…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984Chapter 5 - The Freedom CharterThe Freedom Charter, a programme which still embraces many of the…
PlacePrince Albert
… its own Municipality and has a Population of approximately 17,836 people (2022). This total is expected to increase to … sedgdhp&pc=EDGEESS&cvid…
PlaceADAMS CALENDAR also known as: 'Blaauwboschkraal Stone Ruins'
Interwoven in the Hills near Machadodorp in South Africa’s: 'Mpumalanga Province'. It is a labyrinth of circular stone walls and linear pathways. Known as the…
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki's most stirring speeches
… prosper!" Source: Mbeki, T. in (2003). Sowetan, 18 June, p.17. …
PlaceCape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape
… sent ahead. Construction of the Lighthouse commenced on 17 March 1876 when Joseph Flack, a clerk of works employed in …
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 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
Document 41 - Letter from the Communist League of America to T.W. Thibedi, 30 May 1932
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 41 - Letter from the Communist … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
EventHistory of December 16
December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa; it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation. First celebrated as ‘Dingane’s Day,’ when the…
Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to M.S. Njisane, Flagstaff, 15 September 1938
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to …
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
In 1964 a young South African student and photography enthusiast, Norman Owen-Smith, took his Leica camera along to a jazz concert at the then University of…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Mixed-race marriages declared illegal in South Africa 1950 South African National Party passes the following … ever on the African continent, is held in…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Mixed-race marriages declared illegal in South Africa 1950 South African National Party passes the following … ever on the African continent, is held in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… government officials across all spheres of government. 17 March In 1999 a new directorate of the National … activities. The suspension of Malema comes into…