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Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… shipload of 341 indentured immigrants arrived in Durban on 17 November 1860. This first phase of immigration continued … of its report, the Natal Legislative…
Presidential Address to the Extended Meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, April 1975
Events across the globe in the past twelve months have moved at a new speed, in some instances, a dazzling pace. The period from the Lisbon coup to the…
PlaceOprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls, Meyerton, Johannesburg
… Winfrey . This is a boarding School for girls, grades 8-12. Admission Criteria for her school is that the girl be - … Winfrey. This is a boarding School for…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… the completion of the Voortrekker Monument. On December 16 1949, the completed Voortrekker Monument was inaugurated, the …
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… was attacked by two police baton charges resulting in 17 Africans being hospitalised. The Government announced … of identification," which the police began…
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
The Fugard, a theatre based in Cape Town, was built within one of the five interconnected Sacks Futeran buildings in District Six.[1] It opened in early…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… by a discriminatory system of taxation in Natal. Law 17 of 1895 provided that an annual tax of £3 had to be paid …
PlaceTenterden, 60 Durban Road, Wynberg
… elements. It was declared a National Monument on 17 March 1989. …
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… Responding to this new challenge, the ANC adopted in 1949 a "programme of action" that stipulated that boycotts, … decision authorising such conduct. …
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… to the racist rulers. The Youth Leaguers were able, in 1949, to secure the adoption by the ANC of the "positive …
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… to the racist rulers. The Youth Leaguers were able, in 1949, to secure the adoption by the ANC of the "positive …
Document 39 - “Walter Sisulu, “Boycott as a Political Weapon”, Liberation, 23, February 1957
… with a view to reviewing the unclear and unsatisfactory 1949 resolution, which no longer reflects a greatly changed …
PlaceKgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Where the red dunes and scrub fade into infinity and herds of gemsbok, springbok, eland and blue wildebeest follow the seasons, where imposing camel thorn…
PlaceWelkom
An Industrial and Commercial heartland, the City derived its name after the Farm; 'Welkom'. Welkom was founded in 1948 by Sir Earnest Oppenheimer, (who was the…
Extract from a speech made at Heilbron on 16 August 1968
… said that that time would come - and that time did come! 12 Now I want to say very clearly today that under the old … government refused to accept the late…
PlaceOppermansgronde, Free State Province
… his family from time to time; a journey that involved a 12-hour ride on horseback. However, when his family later had …
PlaceKamiesberg Municipality, Northern Cape
… In 2007, an estimated 12,117 people lived in Kamiesberg Municipality. The … In 2007 an estimated 12,117 persons lived in Kamiesberg. The Kamiesberg Local …
PlaceMoorreesburg
Moorreesburg is a tranquil and friendly little town, about 100 kilometres from Cape Town. The land has been used for large-scale wheat farming for most of its…
ArchiveAmos 'Amla' Monageng interview by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty, The University of Pretoria, 2 May 2016
… I think at home while I was doing Grade 11 and Grade 12, under the banner of ANC Youth League. And from Youth … come on campus at that night, I remember it…
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… at Kings Park Stadium in Ethekwini Region on Saturday, 12 January 2013. These celebrations mark the start of the …
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
Attempting to impose a working structure on a proposed new series of images which would take the photographer right across the country, David Goldblatt bought…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1948
… where the Jumna and the Ganges Rivers meet, on Thursday, 12 February. The provincial governors, now in New Delhi, will …
Document 4 - “The Great Native Strike”, “ The International, 27 February 1920
… of "Socialist poison," for which publicity we give thanks! 12 The demands of the natives have been vague. The strike is …
Mission Stations - I-L
… in Kchalatlolu had three rooms, the middle one measuring 12 by 12 feet; cooking being done outside. There was also a cattle … "I write this in a pretty…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… goods. These events spur on the fight for independence 1949 Convention of People's Party (CPP) is founded in the … ever on the African continent, is held in…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… goods. These events spur on the fight for independence 1949 Convention of People's Party (CPP) is founded in the … ever on the African continent, is held in…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… from the Native Representatives Council even after the 1949 Conference has passed a resolution to boycott those … 95 percent of blacks earning only $220 per…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… of SWA and concentrate on putting down the rebellion. On 12 November 1914, de Wet, who led the rebels in the OFS, was … Boer Rebellion’ in Journal of…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… Africans could only stay in an urban area for more than 12 hours if they: a) Had been born there and had lived there …
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… Africa, its share of manufacturing output standing at 12%. The Strike Unfolds On the morning of 9 January 1973, all …