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Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… films that challenged the Afrikaner establishment at a time when dissent was very difficult. His films achieved both …
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
… is published. Chris Van Wyk ’s poetry collection, It is Time to Go Home , is published by AD Donker. …
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… movement and the conservative male politicians of the time at first thought they were a bit of a joke. The men …
Bantu Women’s League
… men had already been required to carry passes for some time. White men and women did not have to carry passes. In …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1900s
… 7 May, Paul Kruger addresses the volksraad for the last time before being forced to travel on the Delagoa line to …
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
… were members of the ANC. Tamana who was aged 80 at the time and confined to a wheel chair opened the conference …
ArchiveThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
… principle, and benevolence. As an educator, she likes to challenge her students to think beyond what they learn in the books and what they hear. The…
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela, at the European parliament Strasbourg, 13 June 1990
… us with the Sakharov prize in 1988. We take this as a challenge that we should remain true to the vision we all … free of war and of poverty and suffering…
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
… the people of South Africa. We therefore face a common challenge of ensuring that we attain, as speedily as possible … that as Africans, we are capable of…
ArticleKey sites
… in a section of bread with the centre scooped out. Over time this became known as the "bunny chow" and became a … Vegetarian Restaurant at 154 Grey Street in…
ArticleTransport on land
… thousands of years ago. Because they can go for a long time without food or water, are strong and can walk easily … In 1804 a steam locomotive ran on tracks…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… and difficulty, it also offered prisoners the chance to challenge prison restrictions, to share and debate political …
Statement by Oliver Tambo at lunch hosted by the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, 13 July 1987, Caracas
… into local and national organisations. To meet this challenge, the regime declared one state of emergency after …
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to Conference on Unemployment, Low Wages and Poverty, 21 October 1961, Durban
… demand our natural heritage, freedom. Our response to this challenge must be to match their cruel and intimidatory …
EventHistory of December 16
… CPSA organized nine separate meetings in the townships to challenge the restrictions implemented by the Urban Areas …
30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
… with a full sense of responsibility and knowledge and we challenge our detractors to prove the contrary. A third …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… 30 miles from his mother’s home at Qutubeni. For a long time during his early life, Walter’s mother Alice had to work … of organized industrial action. 1931…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… into southern Africa during the 19th Century, by the time of the Anglo-Zulu conflict of 1879 very few converts had … viable agricultural land for indigenous…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… was run by the Thurn and Taxis family, and for the first time anybody could send mail if they were able to pay the … and the concept of an urban worker…
ArchiveCHAPTER FIVE: The Politics Of Collaboration: The Campaign for Participation In The Tricameral Parliament by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
… by the NIC and others “as the surveys were conducted at a time when the complex proposals and their implications were … and propaganda, Solidarity believed…
The Atlantic slave trade
… The kingdom of Kongo and the slave trade At the same time as Great Zimbabwe was powerful, there was a large and … London, 1789 Abolition of the slave trade…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… to political power. The British High Commissioner at the time, Lord Alfred Milner , appointed the South African Native … the smallest amount of land. Image…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… was supported by Vorster, who was Prime minister at the time; van den Bergh, who was the chief of Intelligence … forces were engaging in targeted…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… Let me remind you Comrades, that when we analysed this challenge in the Manifesto we said: "The number of people … and future of this country take place…
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… employs the use of positive male characters to challenge those with discriminatory tendencies towards women. … of Nigeria, Nsukka, for three semesters. [8]…
Address to the Opening of South Africa Day CEO Conference, London (via video link-up), 21 November 2002
… to macro-economic stability remains firm. Part of the challenge in achieving stability and predictability is the … be exporting 250 000 motor vehicles…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Africa Regional Conference of the Food and Agricultre Organisation: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 4 March 2004
… the African family of nations in hosting, for the first time, this seminal 23rd African Regional Conference of the … of the rural masses, making it difficult…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… two heifers. 1920 Kotane attends school for the first time at the age of 15, he feels ashamed when he is taught by … son Leonard. November, Kotane is…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… launch the UDF and, although they felt they still needed time to organise structures, decided on 20 August as the … call for united resistance in the early…