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EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… States intervention, Gen Raoul Cedras agreed to resign on 10 October 1994, paving the way for Aristid's return. After a …
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… our member in, but all in vain, until he was released on £10 bail after a week before the magistrate. …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… - Chapter 9 The Final Prize: The Freedom Charter - Chapter 10 The Final Prize: “Bantu Education or the Street” - Chapter …
From Durban Falkirk to Defy: Changing sources of workers’ power in the metal industry by Andries Bezuidenhout and Edward Webster
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Conference on Fifty years since the 1973 Durban strikes Durban…
PlacePort Shepstone, South Coast of KZN
… beacon) erected at the Umzimkulu River mouth. Visible from 26 nautical miles this fully automated Port Shepstone …
PlaceSt Louis Catholic Church, 22 Jacobs Road, Clairwood, Durban
… On 10 February 1884, Bishop Jolivet purchased a plot in … declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 February 1989. This once vibrant, now…
STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
… Number Participants Prosecutions 1950 33 8 878 25 2,399 10(40%) 1951 36 5 790 31 7,204 4(13%) 1952 54 6 496 48 5,963 … 92 6.428 21(22%) 1957 119 6 664 113 6…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo , December 10, 1961 Message to the Annual Conference of the African … for the observance of South Africa freedom…
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… Native Townships. The forced removals began on February 10, 1955, and continued until the mid-1960's when most of the … as: "Ndofaya". The forced removals…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… George Mashamba, who had been a political prisoner for 10 years on Robben Island. [v] They have four children – …
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… Point, lies in fact right where the two Suburbs meet, just 10 minutes from the City Centre of Cape Town. Actually the …
Beyond the Apartheid University?
… the over-simplification of complexity: A marketing ploy? 10. Re-imagining the Humanities in Post-Apartheid / …
PlaceFreedom Park
The site of Freedom Park was carefully chosen, a 52 hectare undeveloped hill overlooking the city of Pretoria. It was here that the nation’s heroes would be…
PlaceGod’s Window
A famous vantage point on the Drakensberg escarpment God's Window stands at an altitude of 1,829m/6,000ft extending northward over the Blyde River Canyon,…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… in all industrial centres controlled by the Organisation. 10. Consideration of Schools in arrears not provided for the …
EventEditors oppose legislation on media control
… formal state control of the press at bay. The events of 10 June 1977 stand as one of the few instances during the …
EventThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that a mysterious epidemic (AIDS) is causing increasing concern in the United States
… was found in 180 patients in 15 states across America. On 10 December 1981, the BBC reported that concerns about the …
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… device consisting of a tin container, approximately 10 inches high and 5 inches in diameter, fitted with steel …
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… orders and went ahead with the celebration, and addressed 10 000 supporters at Stagger, 150 km South of Nongoma, the …
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… was inaugurated as the President of South Africa on 10 May. It is important to note however, that "freedom" …
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… for many England fans when Mike Atherton batted for over 10 hours to save the Test in 1995. In 2003 it hosted the …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… Women Songwriters on Their Craft, Thunder’s Mouth Press, 26 October. Makeba, M. interview with Bordowitz, H., (2004). … Women Songwriters on Their Craft,…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… the People , held in Kliptown near Johannesburg, from 25-26 June 1955. The administrative groundwork of the … only played a limited role in the actual…
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… he said. His statement continued:] On the occasion of June 26, 1962, I want to address my message to all sections of the …
PlaceOld Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth
… complex on erf 3787 was declared a National Monument on 26 October 1984 and is now a Grade 2 structure. The oldest …
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
The world's oldest stone tools have been discovered, scientists report. The tools includes sharp-edged flakes, hammers and anvils Image source They were…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South Africa, on the authority of the National Action…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… and the centenarians of Soweto, over 80 years old - 26 543 people. Orlando, is a Township in the urban Area of …
ArchiveThe defiance campaign
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1952 the ANC decided that we are going to organize a Defiance Campaign…
PlaceChantelle, Akasia- a Suburb of Pretoria
… of the City Of Tshwane Municipality. There are only about 10% Native Afrikaans speaking persons, left. Of the entire … of the City Of Tshwane Municipality…