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Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… JAMES Baldwin once described the US as "the most desperately schizophrenic of republics". I wonder what he would have made of the presence of so many of the…
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… Known as: 'The Kingdom of the Zulu' . KwaZulu-Natal is a: "melting pot of African, European and Indian cultures" . Known as the Kingdom of the Zulu ! This…
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
… The African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its 79th anniversary in Durban on 8 January 1991 for the first time as a legal organisation. At the time of…
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… The Cathedral of St George the Martyr stands at the bottom of Parliament Street in Cape Town and was erected …
Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… March 1 marks the 120th anniversary of the Battle of Adwa, a decisive victory of Ethiopia over … source of inspiration for struggles for freedom throughout…
New Generation Sculpture
… During the 1980s the work of a number of sculptors working in the northern part of the country, Gazankulu and Venda, came to the attention of …
2003 New Year Message, 30 December 2002
… Africans: Friends and guests visiting from other lands: The year 2002 is rapidly reaching a close. The last month of this year will be remembered in the…
PlaceSudan
… which dates back tens of thousands of Years. From the end of the 4th millennium BCE, Nubia (now northern Sudan ) … periodically came under Egyptian rule, and…
Draft Declaration by ANC, 20 December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, Mangaung
… We, the five thousand delegates to this 53rd National Conference of the African National Congress, gathered at the University of the Free State, united in…
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 The raid into Lesotho, not only killed 12…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… could you tell us about your history and how you came into the struggle? Harry Gwala: Well, my history is maybe … and other women used to go out and do…
Message by Albert Luthuli, 1 May 1955
… "Prepare for congress of the people" On June 25 and 26, only five weeks from now, … people from all corners of South Africa to attend the great Congress of…
Biennale Dak’Art 2018 : Open Call for Submissions - Deadline: 31 Jul 2017
… The 13th edition of the Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain Dak’Art / … will be held May–June 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. Following the establishment of the…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
… Introduction Most of the world is living under the system of Society called Capitalism. The essence of Capitalism is the ownership of land, mines, …
Chapter X - Final word
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Right up to the morning of 1 July, I did not know what to expect. Even before the bans were due to expire I was…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… The roots of White women's suffrage in South Africa began with the founding of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1899. The … [Accessed 10 May…
Document 28 - Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… 1. Bill of Rights A. Right to Strike The right to strike should specifically include the right to defend and promote social and economic interests of workers…
Rick Turner: Thirty Years On by Jann Turner
… gathered in hidden bases were plotting strikes against the evil apartheid empire. Security Police Storm Troopers … hunted down rebels and imprisoned or…
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… designed in a late Renaissance style based broadly upon the Doric order, was erected in 1891 under the direction of GW Smith, a prominent Port Elizabeth…
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
… its office at Feneira Street Johannesburg) were before the Executive. One was contained in a note from T.W. Thibedi to the Secretary asking for the use of a…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… in Cosatu backing expelled metalworkers union Numsa and the ousted general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi believed that, … secured a vote by secret ballot on…
Articlehoz tab example
… is a non-partisan people's history project concerned with the presentation of a critical, open access, and democratic … 037-117 NPO). Our organisation was…
PlaceFort Cox
… Fort Cox was a "post of occupation" established by the British military in 1835 and was named in honour of Major William Cox of the 75th Regiment and a…
PlaceSão Tomé and Príncipe
… in about 1470, by Portuguese navigators . In the late 15th Century the Portuguese sent out settlers to the island's to grow sugar. This included many…
PlaceEshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Eshowe, a Town in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Area is set on a Hill, is situated around … indigenous Coastal Forest . Eshowe actually means Ekowe, the place of…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… Turkey. Dear Comrade Trotsky, I hope that by the time you recieve this letter from me you shall have seen a letter I send to the Communist League of America…
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… Church square is in the historic centre of Pretoria! The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius declared the square to be used as a church yard and market…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… see photos !U's story Part 1: Our home is the Kalahari. We are the !Kung of Nyae Nyae. The Kalahari is a very big desert which takes up almost a …
32. An unjust and uncalled-for Immigration Bill, 1894
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1894 the Natal Legislative Assembly…
ArchiveUnomsa for African Renaissance by Thobeka Sinxo
… about a gothic heroine, Nomsa Ntobeko, who migrates from the Eastern Cape to work as a teacher in the Karoo. BODY The History of Xhosa Renaissance Literature…