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Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… the higher committee; and To inform his branch committee before leaving his area, and to report to the branch … to the interests of the Congress or the…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
… orders on the grounds that he had been granted a hearing before they were served on him. He had taken his case to the highest court in the land and there his…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
… to discuss and finalise policies that will be put before the national conference at Mangaung. Those are … Assembly and was certified by the Constitutional…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… even if women do come forward, their claims may not reach court or be taken seriously. Many commentators maintain that … 793). In Soweto, between 5-50% of…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… Act, Act No. 2 of 1907 . Gandhi defends Pandit in court free of charge. 14 November, Ramsundar Pandit is … is sentenced to two months' imprisonment for…
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… been settled in the region for at least a thousand years before the Dutch arrived, and were an unwilling labour force. … In 1795, the Cape Colony became a…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… places of pleasure. It is also important to note that before abolition of slavery, there were certain residential … assembly from playing in the streets…
ArticleTransport on land
… the way that people travelled and transported things. Before the wheel was invented, the amount of things people … human travel forever. Wagons, coaches and…
ArchiveUnomsa for African Renaissance by Thobeka Sinxo
… Opera House in 2013, then at the Damelin Walmer Campus, before premiering the production at the Athenaeum Building. … saying. Nongendi reads a letter from…
The Polly Street Era
It is evident, through the examples of the art of John Koenakeefe Mohl, Ernest Mancoba and Gerard Sekoto, that the foundations of a fine art by black South…
Pik lashes West hanging indignation: Rand Daily Mail 9 April 1979
… Rand Daily Mail article published one day before Mahlangu’s execution. …
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… to pass through the valley of the shadow again and again before we reach the mountain-tops of our desire. “Danger and … to pass through the valley of the…
An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
… a symbol. She told us her story of June 16th 1976. Q: Before June 16th you dreamt that something was going to … about June 16th? A: We didn't know about the…
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
… was enlarged by three cells and an office shortly before the turn of the 20th century, when a wall was also … The building was used as holding cells for a…
EventThe Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families
… is a sheltered cove along South Africa's Cape Peninsula. Before European settlement, the area was populated by Khoisan … station for the Dutch East India…
EventReported arrest of London bomb mastermind, Rashid Aswat
… in London on July 7 hid in South Africa for several weeks before being arrested in Zambia last week. Cable News Network … with al-Qaeda. US attempts to…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… yet. We are only experiencing the whirlwinds that go before it." Winnie Mandela is elected to the Black Parents … Act, Intimidation Act, and the…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… on grounds including race and disability (Constitutional Court of South Africa, 1996). The resulting white paper, the … literary embodiments of inarticulacy…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… on grounds including race and disability (Constitutional Court of South Africa, 1996). The resulting white paper, the … literary embodiments of inarticulacy…
ArchiveMark Kaplan sent packing
… Ex-detainee Mark Kaplan was given an hour to pack before being deported to Zimbabwe. …
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
Back in 2000, musicians interviewed for my book on music and politics in South Africa, Soweto Blues, regularly asserted: I’m not a politician. How could this…
PlacePacaltsdorp
… on the outside. A new school block was built between 1940 and 1951. Today it’s home of the "Akkertjie"- …
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
… of health care for military personnel. By September 1940, with hostilities escalating, and with the need for …
ArchiveChapter 7 Arrest at Liliesleaf by Denis Goldberg
… external support for the operation. He left a short time before we were arrested. Joe Slovo was a co-founder of MK … not resolved because we were arrested…
Apartheid
… Red, black and white poster. Look before you buy labels. Boycott the products of apartheid …
ArchiveFighting retrenchment
… Is cAused by the free market system that places profit before people. But with organisation we can fight …
PlacePondoland
… river mouth, including a customs house and a magistrate's court. On 15 September 1884 the sliver of land known as the …
PlaceStone House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… its arcades, and stoeps, its red shingle roof, the open court, the white columns and pergola with the circular garden …
Solitary confinement
… year went by. And then after that year they took me to court now for my case. …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… in Durban was "pegged". It was not long, however, before other Municipalities in the province seeing the … Indian life and labour. Much evidence was given…