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ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
Miriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts Abstract: Miriam Makeba is a Grammy award-winning singer. She is from Johannesburg and dedicated her life to…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… represent Muslims `in all matters pertaining to the said action’. The Committee served papers on trustees in September …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
While colonialism and slavery flourished in the 18th century, the foundations of modern democracy were also being established. It is important to consider the…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
This article was made possible with the support of the British Academy Elizabeth van der Heyden, known as Betty or sometimes Liz, was born on 8 December…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… would start. Predicted riots in Soweto and Kagiso in action A witness at the trial of Mothopeng and 17 other PAC …
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… towards Pretoria and you will see the Group Areas Act in action. (Photograph by Ernest Cole Baileys Archives) It was …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
… The lack of official recognition, plus administrative action, has made the growth of African trade unions very …
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
… to prosecute British Indians who were trading, no action was taken. It is true that now, owing to the decision …
Chapter 2
… of fact, this ruthless Land Act gave them no choice of action. If they kept their stock they would have to find land …
Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
… someone stood up at the back and he said ‘Units went into action…’, it was Chris Hani’s Luthuli Brigade, ‘and we killed … of Churches was highly respected…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… things are much quieter. There's as much tension, but less action. This is the first week there hasn't been that … from work or while playing some distance…
PlaceFairview Wine and Cheese Estate, near Paarl
An immigrant from Lithuania, the young Charles Back I, landed on these shores in 1902. With a strong work ethic and passion for wine, he soon built up a…
PlaceNiger
Niger (was a former French colony to the north of Nigeria) and Nigeria (was a former British colony) were both named after the Niger River that flows through…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
National Director of the Legal Resources Centre; Members of the Fischer family; Dr Bill Venter; Distinguished guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. …
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
On December 3, 2018, Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu celebrates 47 years since his coronation as Isilo (King) of the Zulus of South Africa. Zwelithini …
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
ALBERTI, Ludwig. 1968. Account of the Tribal Life and Customs of the Xhosa in 1807. Translated by Dr William Fehr. Cape Town: AA Balkema. ALEXANDER, James…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
Most people credit the abolition of apartheid to many organisations and leaders, such as the African National Congress and Nelson Mandela. It is, however,…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 6 April 1996
… and be able to read the sort of urges which result in action in the community. You have to be in that community for … we got around a table, we hammered out…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… attempt to protect those taking part in them from possible action from South African security legislation lessened. … Wolpe ), at Marly le Roy, Paris. [IDASA…
X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family
… alarming symptoms on the night of the 7th, further action became necessary. That action was the making of Major Snyman's entry in the …
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… will learn that speech is easy. But to match words with action is rare. His friend telling me this, had tears in his … the Nationalist party with venom has…
Behind the Narrative of the Abuse of State Power was a Larger Goal by Thabo Mbeki, 8 February 2016
For many years now, some at home and abroad have propagated the view that during the period I was President of the Republic, I abused my power especially to…
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
… than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufactures among them, …
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
… Auntie Daisy’s husband had disappeared as a discretionary action because he was very dark-skinned and that would have …
ArchiveThe Little Freedom Fighter with the Ponytail by Greg Ardé
Who will listen to this feisty little woman with the grey ponytail and caftan? Greg Arde spoke to Fatima Meer, once a shining light in the fight against…
Address at the Mercosur Summit, Florianopolis, Brazil, 15 December 2000
Your Excellency, Mr. Chairman Your Excellencies Presidents Your Excellencies Ministers Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to thank the…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO MEMBERS OF THE SWISS-SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION Zurich, 2 September 1997
President of the Swiss-SA Association; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen, Our visit to Switzerland would have been incomplete without the…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO THE RALLY AT KWA - MTHETHWA KwaMbonambi, 21 May 1995
Nkosi Nyambose Bantu bakwaMthethwa Members of the Provincial Legislature Distinguished Guests Comrades and Friends I would like to thank the organisers…
Document 41 - Letter from the Communist League of America to T.W. Thibedi, 30 May 1932
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 41 - Letter from the Communist League of…
Biko’s legacy lives on in our nation’s history and culture by Nkosinathi Biko, 12 September 2012, South Africa
TODAY marks the 35th anniversary of the murder of black consciousness leader, Bantu Stephen Biko. Arrested a healthy man on August 18 1977, he died three…