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PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… 40 flats being "totally gutted". Manenberg is only about, 20 km away from the City centre of Cape Town . It is … an Oxford University Professor argues; that…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… controversy during the year. There were 30 delegates, 20 black and 10 white. The visitors were guests of the party … or against the USSR. The USA having…
The South African Congress of Trade Unions
… and after a time, since my own union and other people's unions were well organized, there was a word from our … to work for some weeks, maybe five weeks or…
PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
… of the Eastern Cape began to surface during the 1830's. This was when the British military found that the lines of … at least four Streets had been laid out…
Rivonia: Telling it as it was, 2 July 1988
… sudden arrest of some of the leading liberation movement's activists, of the triumphant state claims that the … had been outlawed three years before during…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… must answer that question with a resounding - Yes. Africa's time has come. When, at the end of the century historians … The African Union and the New…
PlaceNigeria
… by engaging in the slave trade. In 1817, Usuman dan Fodio's son, Muhammad Bello established a state centered at Sokoto , which controlled most of N Nigeria…
PlaceVissershok Farm
… , a crew member, to scout the Diep River. Wintervogel’s journey began at Table Bay , passed through Visser's Hoek (as it was called then), and reached into…
PlaceUmdoni Municipality
… Tree and the distant call of the Trumpeter Hornbill echo’s across the valley." The real draw to Umdoni Park though, … of them being quite a humbling…
Canon Collins Memorial Lecture by Oliver Tambo, 28 May 1987, London
… most important determining factor." At the end of their mission, the EPG concluded: "It is our considered view that, … was obvious from the very beginning…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
… national movement which grew to become part of the people`s political life, experience and history: the embodiment of … and South Africa, will have fulfilled…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… South Africa came from within the very depths of apartheid's dungeons. In many other countries the/ international … these two positions'. Mandela was…
Liberation
… all farmland outside the designated reserves while 20 million rural Black people barely survive on minute … of their rights. This sentiment was reflected at…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… workers and 4 shilling per day for married men. The union's demand for a wage of 8 shilling and 6 penny per day, and … submits an application for affiliation…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Bloc in the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC). "The NEUP's first major Western Cape campaign culminated in March 1939 … Commission, under the chairmanship of…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… region for Johannesburg and stole a cow from the regent's herd to raise funds for their trip. As they couldn't leave … and the ANC, Dr. A.B. Xuma uses the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… The new administration reinforces the colonial government’s claims to the frontier zone in the east and vows to restore … by about 700 men of the Cape…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… rises to artistry. For the perceptive viewer William Fehr’s Collection bound together many hundreds of objects as … and comprehensible destination at Cape…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… particularly for the ANC and PAC. Despite the LPSA’s non-violent stance, the party was not spared the … Radical members of LPSA were disenchanted by the…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… ended in the infamous 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike . More than 20 people were killed during the strike which is said to have … a greater government role in…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… under PW Botha , declared a partial State of Emergency on 20 July 1985. This moment of draconian law enforcement … inside and outside the country. The…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… been shaped by events occurring both throughout Mandela’s lifetime and beyond. He was part of the group that formed … resistance. This would have the effect…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - … but comes from British Nyasaland where he received a mission school…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
… Moravians had been their forerunners and had established a mission station amongst a group of the already weakened … work for what was called the religious…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… to be asked is whether the NDP bears the marks of the SACP’s vision for a socialist South Africa. ‘NGOisation’ of the … four key policy programmes advanced…
PlaceCacadu District Municipality
… was renamed to Cacadu in 2017 after changes to the country's colonial names. Cacadu, meaning “bulrush water”, is the … contributing in excess of R690 million…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
… we go there to get what we can't get elsewhere. And that's all there is in it. HEARD: Are you getting more support … and that is what we have been doing for…
PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… the expulsion of the Xhosa chief, Ndlambe and some 20,000 of his followers from the Zuurveld , in 1811, the … ... retail stores, than of private dwellings …
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… of Johannesburg, as the site where he signed the country’s constitution into law on 10 December 1996. Unfortunately, … Survey shows ignorance about big…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
… and Defend Our Revolutionary Gains! President O. R. Tambo`s January 8th, 1981, Statement. Compatriots and Comrades, … have to travel to reach the goal of…