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PlaceKakamas, Northern Cape
Kakamas is a rather small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. This interesting town was originally built by a church and named after the Khoi…
EventAmina Lawal's sentence upheld
… guidelines, he must not break any bones or hit her in the face. In February 2004 the Sharia Court of Appeal ruled that …
PlaceStrand, Cape Province
… beachfront homes to give the Strand beachfront a modern face lift. The Strand, Strand’s beachfront, is 5 km of white … beachfront homes to give the Strand…
Address of the TMF Patron, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occassion of his Installation as Chancellor of the University of South Africa: UNISA Campus, Tshwane, 27 February 2017
… the higher intakes of students, with special reference to black students from poor families and disadvantaged schools; … in the logic of “cutting off one’s…
Document 5 - Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa adopted at the seventh annual conference of the Party
… by Mandela... What were people's feelings, particularly black people's feelings, about this somewhat abrupt … a child, as he acknowledged his people. You see…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa
… waged against the essential interests of the proletariat, Black and White, as a class. Though it was crushed, that … White labour unions used this slogan as…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… to steadfastly retain control of their lands in the face of a strong white settler presence. After the 1880s the …
PlaceWestern Sahara
… February 1976, is composed of three horizontal stripes in black, white and green colours. On the pole side of the flag, …
PlaceLangeberg Mountain Range, Western Cape
The Langeberg Mountain Range is in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is approximately 170 km long! The Marloth Nature Reserve, the Garcia State…
Address as Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement at the Opening of the South Summit, Havana 12 April 2000
… of our day. It stands at the heart of the challenges that face this important Summit. Towards the end of his term as … entrenched power structures in…
Address at the Commonwealth Business Forum, Johannesburg 9 November 1999
… benefits for all." We believe that the challenges we face could not have been more correctly stated than in these … enable us to find practical responses to…
Address at the Opening of the 24th General Assembly of the World Veterans Federation, 1 December 2003
… and the dignity of all persons. As a country we too still face the consequences of various military conflicts that took … of contemporary politics to resolve…
Address, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of the World Summit for Sustainable Development Johannesburg, 26 August 2002
… this cradle of humanity, emphasises the obligation we all face to respond with all seriousness and with a sense of … help us to deal decisively with all the…
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… he was also a leader in the South African Communist Party. Black workers were introduced to trade unionism by the early … workers' solidarity." Indeed…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… owned by progressive whites and included those owned by black collaborators. Although the UDF supported consumer … Union (MAWU), rather than by the UDF, and…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
After the South African general election in 1948, the National Party, an Afrikaner political party that supported increased racial segregation and apartheid…
ArticleCouncil policies and practice
… approach to reforms, abolishing laws that made life for Black, Coloured and Indian people difficult, but at the same … as influx control). The Council noted…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 91th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2003
… for the better, they gave further impetus to the task we face, to ensure that the people continue to act as the … things, we must pay special attention to…
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… War of 1899-1902 . In this process it was poor White and Black farmers who were disadvantaged by the war. Combined … Act and the increased demand for cheap…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… Circuit courts are introduced in the Cape Colony to which black employees are able to formally lodge complaints against … of master-servant relationship. In…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… of disability in accordance with the oppression of the black population in South Africa during the apartheid regime. … of South African society, which in…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… of disability in accordance with the oppression of the black population in South Africa during the apartheid regime. … of South African society, which in…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… as it was unusual for a White man to be represented by a Black lawyer in those days. It was his first real ‘struggle’ …
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… the Paris seminar, September reported on the plight of black children under apartheid. In May 1980, the UN Special …
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… Human rights, trade union and political activists face persistent harassment and are at risk of beatings, …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Opening Session of the South Centre’s Council of Representatives New York, 21 September 1998
… Movement to the resolution of all the major issues that face humanity. The decisions we arrived at in Durban will …
PlaceSada
… PRIDE by: Abel Dantyi - 10 July 2013 Cramped legs, saggy face and gospel music playing in the taxi. Drunk passengers …
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
… second book of poetry, Where White is the Colour, where Black is the Number , is published by Ravan Press. 1975 Sipho … by AD Donker. 27 June, Where white is…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… its early days the WEAU, while not specifically excluding black women, was an exclusively white movement made up … and simultaneously minimized the…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… Charter was necessary in order to avoid frightening the black middle class away from the Congress movement. But the … Nationalists completely and sharing the…