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ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
… The death of Roelof Frederik “Pik” Botha, South Africa’s apartheid era … foreign minister from 1977 to 1994, has produced a range of appraisals of his life…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… Janet Remmington, Brian Willan and Bhekizizwe Peterson are the editors of a new scholarly work on Plaatje’s book, Sol Plaatje’s … (Wits University Press),…
44. Gandhi explains ‘satyagraha’
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M K. Gandhi introduced a new weapon in the…
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… greetings from His Excellency Dr Sam Nujoma, President of the Republic of Namibia and the Honourable Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister of Foreign Affairs, …
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… Although Indians had been among the first slaves that had been brought to the Cape in the second half of the seventeenth century, it was only after the 1860s…
"What I would do if I were Prime Minister" by Albert Luthuli, 5 February 1962, Chicago
… published in Ebony. Reproduced with permission.) ...The solution to the South African problem will call for radical reforms, some of them of a really…
Document 28 - Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… 1. Bill of Rights A. Right to Strike The right to strike should specifically include the right to defend and promote social and economic interests …
ArchiveNote on sources and footnoting by Howard Barrell
… THE EXTREMITY OF CONFLICT in a revolutionary struggle can create a number of difficulties for someone attempting a serious study of such a struggle. Firstly,…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… 16-year-old when I started my studies in 1950 at the University of Cape Town. In the long summer holiday between school and university I …
PlaceAgtersrivier and Kou Bokkeveld Pass , Western Cape
… River rising in the Koue Bokkeveld Mountains, (meaning Cold Buck Shrub Land … and flowing North West to join Voorsterivier, 15 km South of Citrusdal. The…
2003 New Year Message, 30 December 2002
… Africans: Friends and guests visiting from other lands: The year 2002 is rapidly reaching a close. The last month of this year will be remembered in the…
ArchiveConclusion by Howard Barrell
… this dissertation and with whose genesis I have just ended the tenth and final chapter, is the climax of our story. Footnote It provides us with a kind of …
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
… The famous Casino/Hotel Complex about 50km from Rustenburg . … officially opened its doors on December 1979. It features the Lost City, a huge swimming Pools…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph We shall not rest … never forget what I saw on 9 August 1956 ”” thousands of women standing in silence for a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at Waseda University Tokyo, 4 July 1995
… Master of Ceremonies; Honourable Dr Takayasu Okushima; Members of the Boards and staff of Waseda University; Dear Students; Ladies and Gentlemen. Few moments…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… Letter addressed to the Minister of Justice from Robben Island Prison Dated 22 April 1969; Published by the ANC in 1978 Dear Sir, My colleagues have…
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
… Sports and the Liberation Struggle: a Tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others … sports boycott made a great contribution to liberation. The Indian community can be…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education African National Congress. Address to the Nation …
PlaceRobertson Division
… The Division of Robertson was originally part of the district of Tulbagh, whose drostdy was transferred to …
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… been made since Nelson Mandela became President in 1994. The first is that the old guard racists have in general come to realize that … behave with simple…
PlaceTulbagh, Western Cape
… On 1 February 1808 the territory North of the Great Berg river was annexed to the new District of … https://www.capetownetc.com/cape-town/discover-the-age…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph I remember well that first meeting with the redoubtable Solly Sachs, when I flew to Johannesburg for … do you…
PlaceBabanango, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Babanango is located about 58 km North-West of Melmoth in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Initially the Town was part of land granted to White farmers, in 1885, …
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Nationalist Government attacks on the union continued. Schoeman refused to gazette the agreement for the clothing industry, which contained the award of the…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… Table Mountain is probably one of the most famous iconic landmarks of the world and dominates much of the picturesque, Cape … //sites.google.com/site…
PlaceFlagstaff
… and his partner, a Mr Owen, established a trading store on the site of present-day Flagstaff. The Town owes its name to their practice of running a white ……
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa 1979 - 1996 - by Kumi Naidoo
… Magdalen College, D. Phil., Michaelmas, 1997 Resistance to the apartheid system, led by the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies dominated … deals…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… February 1965. When Johannesburg was proclaimed in 1886 on the triangular site Randjeslaagte, the area of the town was nine square km. Randjeslaagte was a…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… POM I remember one of the main points, Archie, that you made two years ago when the violence broke out in the Transvaal was the absolute …
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
… By Sara We salute one of our best known heroines of South Africa, Albertina … in October. Albertina continues to be an inspiration to the younger generation…