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PlaceGoedverwacht, West Coast of Cape Town
The Moravian Mission Station of Goedverwacht, is nestled between the Piketberg Mountains and is accessed by an excellent tarred road off the R399, between…
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
At a special conference of the South African Labour Party (SALP), Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war won majority votes. Prior to this special…
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
Long before European settlers arrived at the Cape, it was inhabited by various other people. Two of the most well-known groups are the Khoikhoi, who had been…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
Three African National Congress members, Telle Simon Mogoerane, Jerry Semano Mosololi, and Marcus Thabo Motaung, were sentenced to death for separate attacks…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
At least eighteen people were killed on the day of the funeral of Sam Ntuli, an African National Congress (ANC) member murdered on 29 September. During the…
EventMangosutho Buthelezi reveals his daughter died from HIV/Aids
Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, makes a landmark revelation that his daughter, Princess Mandisi Sibukakonke, died from HIV/AIDS. Earlier,…
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
On 23 April 1997, Eugene TerreBlanche, leader of the Afrikaner Weerstands Beweging (AWB) was convicted on two counts, for attempted murder and assault in a…
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
The Supreme Court convicted former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock (dubbed 'Prime Evil') of six murders of Black anti-apartheid activists during his service as…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is born
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe who would become a leader of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) was born to Hubert and Angelina Sobukwe at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province …
Interview with Ari Sitas, Of Socialism and Dentures by Jonathan Mandel, 10-11 April 2015
… society under fiscal discipline and outsource all or most action parts to “civil society”, to put it out to “tender” as … neo-liberalised institutions do. On…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
… full, but we must take into account that he has taken some action. He has removed these two Ministers from the … and dismissal, and would implement an…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
In March 2015 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Western Cape, launched a student movement, namely #Rhodes Must Fall which focused on the…
Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma
… from different parts of the country was proof that his action was timely and in line with the thinking of Africans … and politically binding on them. They…
ArchiveCHAPTER 9 - Tactics of talks, Tactics of confrontation, The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. by Howard Barrell
… at least 55% of them as a result of security force action. Of the dead, only seven were members of the security … would dismantle apartheid and also that it…
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
The South African prime minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, announced in a statement before the Supreme Court in Cape Town, that Dr. Kenneth Abrahams would be returned…
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
At the instigation of a letter titled the Question of South Africa from the Charge D'affaires of the permanent mission of Madagascar to the United Nations the…
Chapter 1: The 1971 Art South Africa Today Exhibition: Towards a Language of protest art
… or persecuted for presenting dissident views. When action was taken in the Seventies against Badsha, Mnyele and … art establishment, perhaps emboldened by…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
The events at Lonmin Mine in Marikana in the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. This timeline chronicles…
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
Religion is an important part of millions of people's lives across the world. Thousands of African people are converted to Christianity every day and in…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
On Wednesday, August 19, 1981, a racist judge in Pretoria sentenced to death three ANC militants - Anthony Tsotsobe, David Moise and Johannes Shabangu - after…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… restricted access prompted movements such as Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and GLOW to implement programs such as, …
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… prohibition of mixed marriages act of 1949 was still in action when she was born, which caused Bessie Emery’s …
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… [28] . Photojournalists documented the resistance in action—photographing violence, and active nonviolence, with …
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… 1953 The Criminal Law Amendment Act allows harsh action against people who defy the law. The Public Safety Act …
Political Report by Limpopo ANC Chairperson Cde Cassel Mathale during the Limpopo ANC Provincial General Council, 10 June 2012
NEC members Deputy Chairperson Provincial Secretary Deputy Secretary Provincial Treasurer PEC members The leadership of the Alliance partners The…
"Peace and Development in our Region" Speech at "War on Want" Conference by O. R. Tambo, London, June 1988
… need your support today to address all these questions in action. Accordingly, we urge you to continue to struggle for …
ArchiveGoldblatt: I'm after a particular sense of stillness by Ivan Vladislavic, 27 September 2013
… to trouble. In the 1980s, it was a hotbed of community action, consumer boycotts. The Eastern Cape was really the …
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
… assertion of the sovereignty of the people. The unity in action of our people has remained the guiding beacon …