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52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the Indians had done this time. This fight was joined by women…
PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
… Cape . Alexander Bay has something of an illustrious History! It was in the thick of the ‘ diamond rush ’ that … This marks the first recorded discovery of…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… “Coloured” is a loaded term in South Africa. While it is a colonial and apartheid creation, it is nevertheless a term … on coloured identity, see Zimitri…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… the twenty-fifth anniversary of the re-launch of the ANC Women`s League, whose objectives remain the emancipation of … households, since 1994, than in all…
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
… a period from the 1870s to the mid-1970s; from early colonial intervention against togt (day) workers to the … documentary material and think through the…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… used this extensive area as a burial ground for the colonial underclass, including slaves, servants, sailors, …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… with an army of 150 000 cadres. 29 March, Two PAC women couriers, Cynthia Lichaba and Thabisa Lethala sent by … leading to their subsequent arrest. 1 April,…
Imperial Duty by John Ruskin, Oxford 8 February 1870
… honour, bequeathed to us through a thousand years of noble history, which it should be our daily thirst to increase with … refusal of the crown will be, of…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape
… into being because of the Apartheid Laws , are steeped in History, Tradition and Culture. From their humble beginnings, … 67. "This truly celebrates the…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… forced to leave the area with people chasing his convoy. Women mourning the death of nine month old Aaron Mathope … led to growing relations between hostel…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… centuries played a strangely ambiguous role in the history and affairs of the region. On the one hand they were … of dried grass" (1888) The missionaries'…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 4 - … shown itself in China and which must…
PlaceBetty's Bay
… R44 ocean drive between Pringle Bay and Kleinmond. The history of Betty's Bay involved tales of Khoisan Strandlopers …
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… go the credit for building the only trade union in the history of South Africa whose members enjoy a 40-hour week. … Workers in Action" is the epic story of…
ArticleBecoming human in southern Africa
… depended on crops, which were the responsibility of the women in the group. Men helped to do heavier work, like … the ox-plough with European settlers…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… to assist in organising the Congress of the People and the women agreed with enthusiasm. They were to help organise … more than 2 000 expected delegates…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… Khoi society was devastated by loss of grazing pastures to colonial farmers and smallpox. As a consequence they were … Crossroads resulted in the arrest of…
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew PROGRAMME 1. … Court Room. Anna is being tried for…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to The Joint Sitting of Parliament, Palais Du Parliament, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 1 December 2005
… land by foreigners. I am referring to this part of the history of this country and the neighbourhood because this is … whose indecencies were inflected on…
ArticleGrade 11 Topic 3 – Source-Based Questions
… or by men of the Special Detachment. Many of the women hid their babies among the piles of clothing. The men … persuaded her to take the child with her. I…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by RIXAKA, January 1985
… exhort our people, in their various formations - as youth, women, workers, professionals, the converted and the … identification. In any case the notion of …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Rixaka, 05 January 1985
… exhort our people, in their various formations - as youth, women, workers, professionals, the converted and the … identification. In any case the notion of …
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
… joint projects with artists and academics. South African History Online has entered into a partnership with the … working in Africa Bonani Africa 2010 South…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… Robinson as Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who is regarded as a loyal … federation conference in 1876. He also…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… transmission of AIDS. 1983 January, Reports of AIDS among women with no other risk factors suggested the disease might … and barriers on HIV/AIDS at a time…
PlaceFramesby, Port Elizabeth
… arrival of the Settlers in 1820 It is only in learning the history behind a building that it takes on a meaning of its … historical tours, and even those who…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… of this system extended to the farthest corners of the colonial world, in Asia, India, and Africa, sucking the blood … and how each one carried on where the…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Photograph by Drum Photographer. Permission: Baileys History Archives Golden City Post Can Themba was born a Black … Photograph by Peter Magubane. Permission…
Statement by Albert Luthuli on the "Sabotage Act", 6 June 1962
… in all the resources of the Republic. To such men and women - freedom lovers - "life is more than meat". Mirages in … puts it in the company of dictatorial…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… of December in the context of Nationalistic thinking in colonial- and apartheid-South Africa” Wolfram Kistner … the origins of “the interpretation of South…