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Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… the corridors of Parliament with a serious look on his face. At times he was disturbingly temperamental. But he had …
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… workers with an ultimatum that they return to work or face dismissal. 17 August, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa …
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… that was on the rise. However, it was abandoned in the face of discontent of separatism. April 1963 saw an increase …
ArticleBrenda Fassie’s 1997 hit song Vulindlela still raises questions about South Africa as a nation
… of separate development for different ethnic groups made Black women like Fassie vulnerable and subject to rural … areas on the outskirts of cities…
Address on Receiving the Freedom of the City of Kingston Jamaica, 30 June 2003
… that our development challenges are the same as those that face Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean. The Renaissance … should act in unity to overcome the…
ArchiveSteve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
… The first black South African footballer to play in Europe, was told … an explosive and skilful player than with the fact he was black, and was thus the…
PlaceLady Grey, Eastern Cape
… is interesting to note that all the houses were built to face the Church.) The Reverend from Aliwal North conducted a … were no poor White people in Lady…
PlaceErmelo
… Ext2', six kilometres away. This had been demarcated as a black area by the apartheid government. Many community …
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
… South Africa was just one of the emerging groups of elite black South African professionals protesting inequality. The … founded in the 1800s in support of a…
ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
… The judge Is dressed in red and white the assessors in black and white the prosecutor in a hostage smile and I in … put it in his hand. He wiped his…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
… month aged 94 – prevented a probable second massacre of black demonstrators outside Central Prison in Durban by … his “dramatic exposé of the appalling jail…
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… 20th century Edwardian beach houses in South Africa, and face onto the old False Bay coastal road, regarded by many as …
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… his international standing the Smuts government had to face mounting criticism in the early 1920s. His stern …
EventAmina Lawal’s sentence upheld
… guidelines, he must not break any bones or hit her in the face. In February 2004 the Sharia Court of Appeal ruled that …
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
… arrival she discovered that her name was still on the ‘black list’, however the Reverend Allan Hendrickse intervened …
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
… the Food and Canning Union, and Mrs Eulalie Stott of the Black Sash addressed them on relevant aspects of their …
PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
… into the Church by Adams. Dr Adams started by teaching black people the English language and his wife held meetings … to the white overall which he wore as a…
The Sweet Workers’ Union
… divisions, Burford had first intended to organise the black and white workers into a single union (Scanlon, 2007). … with Berger – to conclude: “…with proper…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 19 February 2015
… to provide answers and solutions to the difficulties they face. They look up to us to assure them that the country is … of white households is still six…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… responded with unrestrained brutality. Across Soweto 18 Black people were killed and Mandela stayed in a nurses' … attempted adultery or related immoral acts…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… seemed uncertain. In April 1969 fourteen independent black states from Central and East Africa met in Zambia to … position of independent African states. It…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… movement. It comprises students and academics, mainly black, but some white. This social movement is likely to … those from privileged white and wealthy and…
The New Generation
… 1979 at the University of Cape Town. ParÂticipation from black artists at this conference was extremely small indicating the extent to which black artists…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… most mines which in return meant that thousands of young black men found themselves jobless in a foreign country and … allowing non-white races to enter …
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… Many of the ALSC members had been involved with the exiled Black Consciousness Movement of Azania. Thus, although they were Marxists and socialists, they did…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… ultimatum was put to the Japanese to either surrender or face mass destruction. When it seemed that the ultimatum …
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
… group was then forced to eat their oxen and walk back, or face death. They eventually returned to the Cape on 22 …
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… attempted to assert their independence as a nation in the face of British Imperialism. This was complicated by the …
Chapter X - Trial by detention
… dirty blankets, considered good enough for any arrested black man. At 8 p.m. they, like us, went through the farce of … driven to the Pretoria local gaol,…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… brain damage. My first sight of him was shocking. His face was completely deformed and there was a huge injury on … of the disparity and discrimination he…