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EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… methods employed by the South African government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South …
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… 27,000 inside a year, figures which give an indication of black workers’ mood. In February 1973 mass strikes erupted … the concept of unfair labour practices…
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…
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…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… that was on the rise. However, it was abandoned in the face of discontent of separatism. April 1963 saw an increase …
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 …
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…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… town only consisted of simple single-storey houses with face brick walls and straw roofs, and a few shops that were … Bloemfontein in 1850 held service in a…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…