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Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… the fight against Hitler. For nearly fifty years until his death-in 1950. General Smuts was the dominant figure in South … world and paved the way for Malan…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… it was their mission to bring us our freedom. And fear of death itself would not stop them. This movement took on …
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… leaders, but still the mass action raged. By 9 April the death toll had risen to 83 non-White civilians and three …
ArticleBrenda Fassie’s 1997 hit song Vulindlela still raises questions about South Africa as a nation
In 1997, South Africa’s most famous music star had a huge hit. Brenda Fassie’s Vulindlela became a national pop anthem, played especially at weddings and…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… Air Force’s headquarters. [i] The bombing resulted in the death of 19 people as well as over one hundred injuries. [ii] …
PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
… Martha's husband disappeared without a trace and as his death could not be confirmed, she and Swede could not marry, …
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… its first president. He governed CÁ´te d’Ivoire until his death in 1993. Newly independent states such as CÁ´te …
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… ANC members. Woods, Smith and Conjwayo were sentenced to death and their sentence was later commuted to life …
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… collect the poll tax and threatened white authorities with death if they attempted to do so in his district. Attempts to …
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… The 5th of December marks the anniversary of the death of revolutionary anti-Apartheid liberation leader, …
EventNamibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies
… tending cattle in his father's kraal. After his father's death in 1955, his mother moved to the Anglican mission …
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… aspect of the Islamic faith is the belief of life after death, and as a result Muslims strictly follow the rules and regulations surrounding death dictated…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… up in proximity to other discoveries and sources of small bodies of water. [19] For example, in the Eastern side of … to trial in Johannesburg. Some of…
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
… a chore he records doing up until close to the time of his death on 3 October 1928. In 1930, two Years after the Death of Imam Saban, the Building of the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida, 29 March 1986, Maputo
… - heaved and trembled as they received his message: Death to Fascism! Down with Fascism! Freedom for my People! … carries for so long. He will be there,…
Statement at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida by O. R. Tambo, Maputo, 29 March 1986
… - heaved and trembled as they received his message: Death to Fascism! Down with Fascism! Freedom for my People! … for so long. He will be there,…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… Indeed, when the Nationalist Party took power in 1948, one of the many harsh laws the regime added to the … including a chieftainess, Malinoha, who was…
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
… ran away. Ari was caught the next day. If he escaped the death sentence, often executed with the most refined … He was sentenced to be half strangled, and…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Christians and heathens. Offenders to be punished with death, but should there be amongst them those who had been … Cape Colony, probably never passed out of…
ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
… that is what we came for. ‘Brothers, we are drilling the death drill. I, a Zulu, say here and now that you are all my … assegais back in the kraals, our…
Africans’Claims in South Africa,
… Agriculture, Domestic Service and in Public institution or bodies. Commerce. (1) We protest very strongly against all … we demand increased and direct rep…
Chapter 3
… trade union, civic, professional, religious and sporting bodies-all existing in isolation. Then, in the face of … be composed of accredited organisations and…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1974
… up by Africa, the United Nations and numerous support bodies overseas, emanated from a decision taken by our … Robben Island; and others. All have now been…
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
… leader of the African People's Organisation until his death in the 1940s, Dr Abdullah Abdurahman who too did his … including the establishment of independent…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… and dignity. This treasured letter from Lembede, whose death we all mourned in 1947, was also confiscated by the … both in South Africa and abroad when the…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Bantu and the Gospel
… on information now rapidly disappearing with the death of the older Natives, throwing the much needed light … latter deals with the behaviour of groups or…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - What is industrialisation? by Emilia Potenza
… new towns sprung up so quickly, the local governing bodies weren't able to cope with servicing the large numbers … were made illegal, workers' leaders could…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… Opposition, its first time out of government since 1948. The party sought to recast its image by changing its … biological warfare known as Project Coast…
PlaceUniversity of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
The University of the Witwatersrand is the 1st picture in the Banner! With an interesting Link availible to read in Further Reading.The History of Wits is…
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… remain determined to be free. The MK cadres crushed to death by a Casspir flattening their shack when they refuse to …