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EventList of detainees is released
… government, for the first time, released the official list of all detained under the Preventive Detention clause of the Internal Security Act (ISA) since its…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… And for that reason I will give a very brief review of our doings within the College this year. We saw at the … the position of Principal of the S.A.N.C. …
ArchiveThe trial of SASO/BPC detainees
… The trial of 12 SASO and BPC leaders detained since September 1974. The … activities in terms of various sections of the Terrorism Act (No 83 of 1967) and…
Document 58 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936
… Drew Document 58 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 18 … to our proposals for Unity and a united from…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… Zimbambe district, about 60km from Harare. He was the son of Gabriel Matibili, a migrant worker from Nyasaland (Malawi) … the same year, he appealed to…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) St Lucia, 4 July 1998
… Prime Minister Anthony; Distinguished Heads of Government; Ladies and Gentlemen; May I first thank you … and displacement to become rightless labourers in…
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
… One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, … thinker, revolutionary")…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… Essak was born in 1925 in India. He was the third child of Fathima and Ishaq Hashim. His father was an adventurer and … of subjects such as the role of the…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… between the Natal Government and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of … Indian labourers were also entitled to a gift of…
BiographyDawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers
… de Villiers was born on 10 July 1940 in Burgersdorp, one of three children of Elsa and Coenie de Villiers. Dawie’s father was a railway … he was the Minister…
BiographyJ B Marks
… his mother, a midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1919, his parents … African National Congress (ANC) and…
BiographyGladys Thomas
… easy for Thomas because it meant she would encounter a lot of challenges like being denied an opportunity for further … was declared a ‘Whites Only’ area…
BiographyAbraham Barnett Secchoareng
… in 1924. Resigned as a teacher when the Bantu Education Act was introduced. Active in the Kimberley ANC . …
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution ' Serialisation of The Soul of a…
BiographyMuntu Myeza
… where he also did his early education. Myeza attended part of his senior high school education at Orlando West High … for the Transvaal and South Africa…
BiographyMurphy Morobe
… 2 October 1956 in Soweto. When he was young he spent a lot of time with his uncle, a Minister in the African Methodist … also organised cultural activities…
BiographyJack Madikane
… Robben Island prisoner Banned person. Dimbaza. Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) Issued Period(s) [30 June 1972 to …
BiographyNobuhle Hilary Mohapi
… Nobuhle Hillary Mohapi, the widow of Mapetla Mohapi who died in detention, was banned for five years, in 1979, under the Internal Security Act . …
Chapter 2
… was then the invader. It had been a struggle in defence of land. The beginning of the twentieth century opened up a new … Manyama "(or " Imbumba ye Zizwe ")…
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… and is named after Sir Clermont, a farmer who sold his land. It was the only place in Durban where black people were able to buy property and build houses…
Aaron Khoza
… was detained on 9 December 1976 in Krugersdorp in terms of section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act. He was transferred to Pietermarizburg prison on 1 March ……
Document 75 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa”, Workers’ 1944
… Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa is … steadily drove the Bantu peoples off…
EventThe possessions of Piet Retief are auctioned
… visit to Dingane's kraal in October 1837 was the beginning of an eventful relationship between the Zulu and the … was in high spirits at the prospect of…
Opening address by CDE Nelson Mandela on the occassion of the signing of a statement of intent to set up a national capacity for Economic Research and Policy formulation
… Opening address by CDE Nelson Mandela on the occassion of the signing of a statement of intent to set up a national capacity for Economic Research …
Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Workers' Party of South Africa and the Communist League of South Africa, 12 October 1935
… Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Workers' Party of South Africa and the Communist League of South…
"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
… "Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Communist League of South Africa and the Workers' Party of…
ArchiveProgramme of action for the ANC
… Programme of action for the ANC. Lists upcoming campaigns: Violence, Constituent Assembly, Land and Housing, Building organs of people's power, Gangsterism,…
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… favoured by South African tourists ”” and the actions of its head of state, King Mswati III. But behind its … married under customary law. The king controls…
Sunny Venkatruthnam, University Of Durban-Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project, “Voices of Resistance”, 16 July 2002
… M. & Shongwe, D. (2002). Sunny Venkatruthnam , University Of Durban-Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project, “Voices of Resistance”, 16 July…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the first Triennial Conference of the Methodist church of South Africa
… President Nelson Mandela at the first Triennial Conference of the Methodist church of South Africa …