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Support our People until Power is Restored to Them - Statement at the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 26 October 1976
… For the first time in the history of the United Nations, a representative of the … for the total and final elimination of the evil system of colonial…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
… as in the next war. Yet as a small girl when I went to post letters for my mother, I ran quickly from lamp post to lamp post at night because below each lamp…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… struggle and are imbued with historical significance. The history of this constitutional development spans nine decades … The draft South Africa Act was…
PlaceOld Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
… as a library, before being converted into Durban’s biggest history museum. It boasts two floors of exhibition space depicting aspects of the region’s early…
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… Sankara. All of them placed great emphasis on tradition, history and the "true", "authentic" culture and practice of … of black South Africans, which he…
Action Kommandant film review by Kabelo Kemp (www.kathradafoundation.org)
… for example, was such a well put together piece of our history struggling with funding? Surely the government would … in funding directors who want to expand…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… leaving scores of people dead. References: South African History Online (2011). ‘Bophuthatswana’from South African History Online [online]. Available at www…
EventA plan designed to fight Italian forces, Operation ‘Agreement’ is executed in Libya
… References: Boddy-Evans A., 2011. ‘This Day in African History: 14 September’from African History [online] Available at www.africanhistory.about.com …
The trade union movement and the burden of the future by Monique Marks
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Progressive social movement organisations in South Africa, including…
PlaceMbunza Living Museum, Kavango-Namibia
… a detailed and authentic insight into the Traditional, pre-colonial Culture. The Living Museum, situated at the Samsitu …
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… African Defence Minister PW Botha told the Washington Post that the SADF had withdrawn its 5,000 troops from … of MK, asked the Cubans to help train officers…
EventRamaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested
… turned out to be the longest and costliest strike in the history of the mining industry. The strike was also costly … Click here to read more about the South…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… deny she played an even bigger part in the South African history. During her time in exile she became very outspoken … at the same time he admits “unlike…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… within a new political context. This museum shows a history experienced by the residents, a reality portrayed without criticism or bias, and reflects the…
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
… Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both … issues. The lecture series is in line…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… term had been the most disastrous in South Africa’s history and that the measures to enforce apartheid would see … five years , as numerous secret projects…
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… Eighteen years into South African democracy, the first post-democracy state massacre occurred under circumstances … force. How will future generations…
PlaceRepublic of Congo
… of the Belgian King, Leopold II. So began the oppressive colonial history of corruption, bribery and theft on a scale … and the oppression and exploitation…
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew In … country and when the oppressed peoples of India…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… our own radicals who wanted our struggle to be part of the colonial struggle and who were striving within the Indian and … and it is the duty of historians…
Statement by the ANC on the Invasion of Angola by South African Troops by O. R. Tambo, 31 October 1975
… transformation calculated to ensure the eradication of all colonial legacies. The ANC calls on the OAU, the African …
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… Unlike Zaire, however, the name Congo has origins in the colonial period, when Europeans identified the river with the …
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical ‘TIME’ appeared on news stands
… On this day in history, the first issue of the weekly periodical TIME … languages. It is one of the most popular magazines in history, with readership…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
… More recent initiatives by the post 1994 SA government to establish a media tribunal have … Giliomee, H and Mbenga, B. (eds) (2007) New History of South…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… to facilitate a new constitutional dispensation for a post-apartheid South Africa. Established by the end of 1991, …
EventCassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born
… (9 June 2017) ↵ [3] Biography/Profile/Life History of Refiloe Maele Phoolo AKA Cassper Nyovest, http://dailymail.com.ng/biographyprofilelife-history-of…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 82nd Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1994.
… for the elections. TRIBUTE TO MARTYRS What a cruel turn of history it has been that during the very year that we took … speaks of the futility of this…
PlaceThe Wits School of Arts and Arts Museum
… place to meet friends and enjoy delicious food and coffee. History of Art is an inherently interdisciplinary field of … a World powerfully shaped by the…
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
… to look back at more than 100 years of motoring History with its unique and exciting collection of vehicles, … the Museum's inspiration; to vintage motoring…
”Malan Cannot Succeed Where Hitler Failed”: Interview To , Cape Town, June 1950
… "Never before in the history of South Africa have the national leaders acted so … of the people for freedom - it cannot change the course of history. "The…