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BiographyRamonkung Mpihleng
… now Limpopo Province],were said to be supporters of Motodi Ntwampe. Motodi Ntwampe was allegedly involved in a succession dispute following the death of a…
EventItalo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed
… On 2 August 1928, Italy signed a twenty-year treaty of friendship with Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia). In the treaty, which was called the Italo-Ethiopian…
Event18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March
… The Government of the Republic of South Africa announced in Parliament that 18,000 people … and other organisations under the Unlawful Organisations Act…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Herrenvolk … does nothing as to relations with the independent native tribes…
EventMarien Ngouabi, President of Congo dies
… On 18 March 1977, Marien Ngouabi, the military President of the Republic of the Congo was assassinated. Ngouabi, who started his … alleged suicide commando…
Magic of a mix of cultures
… Magic of a mix of cultures …
ArchiveCombination of forms of struggle
… Combination of forms of struggle …
EventBambata Rebellion: The Natal government offers a reward of £500 for the capture of Bambata
… One of the roots of the Bambata/Bambatha Rebellion can be traced to the … labour market. Discontent was welling up among many of the Black people in Natal,…
Document 5 - Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa adopted at the seventh annual conference of the Party
… Q: Until the early 1960s, the tradition of resistance to apartheid was one of nonviolence. And [then] … piece of political theater. It was also an…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… throughout the country. In the popular tourist city of Cape Town, one of the ways in which it may be observed is … and banjo were considered essential…
Sifundile Matalazi
… Umtata in the Transkei after being held for 112 days.The Act under which he was held was undisclosed. During the … evidence was that Mr Malazi had joined his…
BiographyVusumuzi Vitus Mvelase
… was restricted to Umlazi. He was the former chairman of Umlazi Residents Association; detained in terms of the Internal Security Act from Aug.-Dec.’76 and…
ArchiveReview of the state of organisation of the Liberation Movement
… Extract from an unknown document. A review of the organisation of the Movement within South Africa and beyond the borders … Review of the state of…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Conference of the Association of African Universities: Cape Town, 22 February 2005.
… President of the AAU, Professor Lamine Ndiaye, Vice President of the … we have very few authentic African institutions that act as barometers for our…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… Those who formed part of the poorest section of the Indian community, such a labourers, artisans, market-gardeners bore the brunt of the effect of the…
Chapter 3: The Pitfalls of National Consciousness by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… along the lines of nationalism. For a very long time the native devotes his energies to ending certain definite … to the Mali has no other significance than…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) under the leadership of African National Congress (ANC). Clause 88 of the…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… state repression and mass detentions. In a frenzy of desperate reaction, the government declared a series of back-to-back states of emergency from 1985 to…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… The role of Tanzania in fostering African Liberation movements The emergence of organised popular liberation movements throughout Africa following the end of…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… The role of Tanzania in fostering African Liberation movements The emergence of organised popular liberation movements throughout Africa following the end of…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… are hosting this conference on the history and politics of the armed struggle in southern Africa. The conference is … Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)…
Message from the President, South African Society of Artists
… The South African Society of Artists celebrated its centenary on 26 September 2002 and on 9 December we mark the centenary of its first exhibition held at…
Chapter 6
… full the bitter fruits of the Compromise. The fraud of the Land Act had become apparent to all. Land hunger was more acute … of the 1936-7 Hertzog Acts. In…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slaves. Instead many slaves’ attempts at…
Pottery, division of labour, trade, medicine and healing, hunting
… Pottery production was also a very important feature of Iron Age society. The Iron Age women were skilled potters. … is still developing content for this…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… artists who were sidelined, staging large retrospectives of the likes of Dumile Feni and, more recently, Kay Hassan. Although this exhibition is obviously an…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… vote for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This year, 2014, marks 20 years of…
Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986
… During the weekend of 24th to 26th May, 1986, delegations of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce … ANC. Bound by its own decisions,…
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… CCAWUSA (The Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa) in 1975, with Emma Mashinini as the … response to a clarion call by the 1985…
BiographyDali Tambo
… Dali Tambo is the son of the late former ANC President Oliver Tambo and his wife … and later went on to study at the American University of Paris where he…