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ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… closely connected with the work of John Montagu, Colonial Secretary for the Cape 1843-53. Montagu began his career as a … administrator in 1834, when he was…
EventAnge-Félix Patassé, President of the Central African Republic is born
… (CAR) from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of CAR. The win saw him touted as the new …
EventPresident Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants
… The newly elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson …
Letter from F. Carneson to all Langa Members
… Letter from F. Carneson, Cape District Secretary of the South African Communist Party to Party …
ArchiveLetter from F. Carneson to all Langa Members
… Letter from F. Carneson, Cape District Secretary of the South African Communist Party to Party …
ArchiveObituary: a leading woman in the worker struggle
… once again - this time by the tragic death of its Durban secretary, Peggy Dhlamini. …
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
… Quilt represents, the Evening Service and was Organised by Chris Meyer. One square is of the Organ representing the …
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… in the office of South Africa's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, Gerwel maintained, with … boss, Mandela, Gerwel was part of that new…
ArchiveWhere I stand
… Pretoria Press Club given by Bishop Desmond Tutu, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. …
ArchiveInterview with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
… South Africa, with Robert Sobukwe (1924 to 1978), who was elected Founding President of the Pan Afticanist Congress in …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
… at the Union Buildings, Pretoria after being unanimously elected by parliament. He replaced the outgoing National …
ArchiveDie University Christian Movement (UCM) van 28 Mei 1969 verwys
… African Commissioner of Police in Pretoria and sent to the Secretary for Justice, also in Pretoria, about the University …
ArchiveLetter from Henry G Makgothi to Dr Frank Mbego
… Letter from Henry G Makgothi, Secretary for Education, African National Congress, to Dr …
ArchiveDr Neil Aggett
… mobilise and avenge the death of Dr Neil Aggett, Tvl. secretary, FCWU, AFCWU. …
Second National Consultative Conference Communiqué, 25 June 1985
… extra five members if the need arises. The Conference re-elected 19 out of the 22 members of the outgoing National … one did not stand for re-election…
EventTambo meets US representative in Washington
… change of policy in the United States of America (USA), US Secretary of State George Shultz met African National …
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… M. Moodliar, R. A. Pillay and Debi Singh. Dr. Naicker was elected chairman of the council, Debi Singh secretary and A. E. Patel treasurer. Method of…
ArchiveLetter from D Nokwe to Botswana National Front
… Letter from D Nokwe, African National Congress Secretary-General, to the Central Committee of the Botswana …
ArchiveThis is the time: time to end apartheid, time for peace
… Extract from the report of the General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), …
ArchiveNew links with international labour
… John Copelyn, the acting general secretary of the National Union of Textile Workers, has been …
Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
… Bars in the Act Union whereby only Europeans could be elected to Parliament, and non-Europeans, except in the Cape … gave only European women the right to…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… authority in the Colony. Although no one could be elected onto the Council, freedom of debate was guaranteed … slaves 1840 Cape Municipality declared and…
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
… coming to you. You will no doubt know that Ballinger, Secretary of Motherwell Trades Council is expected out here … Secretary. …
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… house arrest and later ordered his assassination. The UN Secretary General, Dag HammarskjÁ¶ld, was blamed for … in a plane crash. U Thant replaced HammarskjÁ…
PlaceCuylerville
… London, a civil servant who had held the position of Secretary to the British War Claims Commission. Bailie was … Commissioner for Wood and Forests and a…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… if it fails to protect people who have been properly elected by the membership and those people find themselves … in the town, again over the question of…
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… Dyani, who was also at Forbes Grant, Khaya was made the secretary of the local branch, and he tried to use the Star … Union of South African Students (NUSAS)…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed first Black Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg
… winning the Nobel Peace Prize. The following year he was elected archbishop of Cape Town, which made him the head of …
EventJames Sebe Moroka is born
… Moroka, medical doctor, landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the African National Congress …
EventPresident Nelson Mandela announces his intentions to promote national unity
… South Africa's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela announced that in order to …