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ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… Karl Heinrich Marx was born in Germany (5 May 1818- 14 March 1883) and was an economist, political theorist, and … him to live in exile with his wife and…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… of property by Indians in Durban is ratified by the NIA's general body. The NIA's decision to cooperate with the … authorities to enforce voluntary…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… struggle. Here follows a transcription of Elinor Sisulu's lecture on the life of Walter Sisulu and his involvement in … and Charlotte Maxeke, a pioneering…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… KwaZulu-Natal –UKZN) and national president of the Black Women's Federation before its banning, was served with successive … time on 7 January 1976. This was…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… was initially owned by Andries Francois du Toit, Pretoria's first Magistrate. He then sold the land to Stephanus … the most well-known marches on the Union…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… was initially owned by Andries Francois du Toit, Pretoria's first Magistrate. He then sold the land to Stephanus … the most well-known marches on the Union…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… Mrs. Gertrude Shope On behalf of the Women's Section of the African National Congress and in the name of … a very unusual type. This was in South Africa on 9…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… of the present and realise the National Development Plan’s Vision 2030. We are encouraged and inspired by the … authorities for his activism. After his…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… Estcourt. January 21, Corps in action at Spionkop. Bearer's carry wounded through heavy fire. January 28, Corps … statue and pays tribute to her at memorial…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Helen Joseph Avalon Cemetery, Johannesburg, 30 March 1996
… Charter;was one of the four leaders of the historic women's march at the Union Buildings in August 1956;and was among the 156 national leaders who were…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… government to enter into negotiations with the ANC. In March 1982, Mandela together with senior members of the ANC … negotiate but refusing still to accede…
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… the 1950s. The first document is a description of the ANC's 1937 conference written by Ralph Bunche, an astute … position of chiefs within the ANC, gave…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… 1960s in South Africa were marked by the apartheid state's tight control over the political, economic and social … programmes to meet the needs of the black…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… 1856 will be described, prior to the moment of Nongqawuse’s prophecy, to illustrate the fertile soil in which the … were relegated to the upkeep of the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the unveiling of the FIFA Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 emblem, Tempodrom, Berlin 7 July 2006
… trauma of a devastated nation. Who can forget Helmut Rahn's magnificent winning goal that brought victory to the … the poorest of circumstances. It was fifty…
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
… From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl … to conventions which were deeply felt, the woman's status turned upon her…
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… others present in the house who were part of the heroic women who marched on the Union Buildings in Pretoria 50 years ago on 9 August 1956, thus placing the…
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… the Founding Conference of the Federation of South African Women Johannesburg, 17 April 1954. The Charter expressed the … be considered low in the scale of…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… repressive period of the State of Emergency until De Klerk's liberalisation measures of February 1990. The purpose is to … to lay the basis for an analysis…
Awards of Recognition to Honourable Early Associates of Gandhiji and Phoenix Settlement 1904-1914
… Farm and went to jail at least six times. He and Gandhiji's sons Harilal and Manilal and Surendra Medh became … of the campaign in 1913 he was very involved…
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… My paper is about two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand … the two principal influences that shaped Florence Phillips’s public work…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… the 1950s. The first document is a description of the ANC's 1937 conference written by Ralph Bunche, an astute … position of chiefs within the ANC, gave…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), Dr Yusuf Dadoo's role as an activist in the Non European United Front (NEUF) … to the Johannesburg District…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… ' or ' homelands .' Denying the majority of South Africa's inhabitants, the right to own land had major socio-economic … rife. For many Africans, especially…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… nation. Nationalism ultimately is based on supporting one’s own nation. African nationalism is a political movement … rife. For many Africans, especially…
Archive2007 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2007
… also pleased to welcome to the House the activists of the 1956 Women’s March and the 1976 Soweto Uprising who are sitting in the …
Chapter XIV - End of an era
… my well-paid white job and it all seemed unreal. Lilian's bitter cry, "You are better off with your skin" was … I knew that I must write and talk about those…
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… link with the Black Sash, an activist organisation of women voters, which therefore excluded black women since they … on women voters to join them at the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
… perspective. What the review would change was the ANC’s understanding of the means it should employ to build an … and operational structures. This commission…
ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
… up for themselves, to bear the brunt of the government’s response to protests and defiance of the system. In our … had had a baby, he said. It was not…