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Document 130 - Communists in Conference: The 1943/44 National Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … cut to a bare three minutes. There were representatives of all the peoples of…
ArchiveStatement of the President of the African National Congress of South Africa
… of the President of the African National Congress of South Africa, Oliver R Tambo, at the International Conference in … of the President of the African…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: October 1950 to September 1951
… A survey of race relations in South Africa from October 1950 to September 1951 and includes … A survey of race relations in South Africa: October 1950 to…
ArchivePost-apartheid South Africa: the macroeconomic perspectives for year one and beyond
… Article on economics in post-apartheid South Africa by Vella Pillay, prepared for an ANC seminar on … Post-apartheid South Africa: the macroeconomic…
BiographySindiwe Magona
… and being a domestic worker. She traversed South Africa’s racially-defined socio-cultural-economic spaces … of Arts and Culture Literary Lifetime…
BiographyMurphy Morobe
… a role in organising campaigns and protests, and almost all Soweto schools were involved in the SSRC. In December … and CEO of the Financial and Fiscal…
BiographyLeonard (Len) Lee-Warden
… was born in 1913. A linotype operator, he came to South Africa in 1936 from England after serving a five year apprenticeship in London. In South Africa, he…
BiographyMmusi Aloysias Maimane
… in 1997. He graduated from the University of South Africa, with a BA degree in Psychology, the University of the … won by the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… became the first state President of the Republic of South Africa, a position he held for six years. Thereafter he … Swart left a noticeable imprint on public…
BiographyPeter Clarke
… him in the Works Dept at the Dockyard. While doing “all sorts of shore jobs” by day, Peter sat up and painted … more deserted and my family were still where…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… in Mauritius as a child) and Zulu. He came to South Africa with his sister and brother and started a business … march in Johannesburg the restrictions were…
EventThe last general election of the Union of South Africa takes place
… The last general election of the Union of South Africa before it became a Republic on 31 May 1961, was held … C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a…
Culture in the New South Africa by Robert Kriger and Abebe Zegeye
… One of the many issues confronting post – apartheid South Africa is that the cultural expression of its citizens was … Culture in the New South Africa by…
ArchiveThe birth of the African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… of the African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA). … birth of the African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) …
PlaceOfficial residence, Commander of British forces in South Africa, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… of the Commander-in-Chief of British forces in South Africa. Its first occupant was General, (later Sir) Neville … Official residence, Commander of British…
BiographyGlenn Moss
… during the first half of the 1970s, leading the ‘Release all political prisoners’ campaign at Wits University in 1974, … trial, which ran for a year, and…
BiographyGünther Komnick
… things, you take nothing for granted”. With people dying all around him from typhus and starvation Komnick says: “I … in Switzerland before seeing an…
FAVT: Future Africa Visions in Time – Group Show (until 28 April 2017)
… National Museum are bringing the exhibition “FAVT: Future Africa Visions in Time” to Nairobi. The exhibition will be … FAVT: Future Africa Visions in Time –…
ArchiveBlack consciousness and white liberals in South Africa: paradoxical anti-apartheid politics
… in the subject of History at the University of South Africa. This thesis includes chapters on Black Consciousness, … Black consciousness and white liberals…
EventThomas Thornton becomes the first passenger on an aeroplane in South Africa
… a Frenchman, made the first powered flight in South Africa in a Viosin Canard Seaplane. This flight took place in … & Rousseau.|planespotter, History of…
Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker
… A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell Man-made women: Gender, class and … Women and Gender in Southern Africa to…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… in destabilizing other leftist governments in Southern Africa. These suspicions seemed substantiated by the casual … to the incident. Several nations warned…
BiographyFreda Levson
… Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria , South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg … as an escort on a ship taking evacuee…
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … On the one hand the most superficial observer can detect all the main features…
Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa, Flyer…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… Members of the press; Ladies and gentlemen: First of all, on behalf of our government and people, I would like to … Parliament as a whole for taking the…
BiographySydney Kumalo
… commissioned for a large provincial theatre in 1980s South Africa, from a black artist, is a testament to the talent, stature and historical significance of…
BiographyKesval “Kay” Moonsamy
… to the fight for democracy and freedom in South Africa. As a trade unionist during the apartheid era, he was … for Moonsamy. He also ordered that the…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1652 Arrival of Malays 1 J S … M Theal, the historian, says in his book, History…
BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
… to burn the hated pass books that the law required all black people to carry on them. As a member of the Matopo … in 1931 when the Scottish team Motherwell…