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ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… of hundreds of thousands of indigenous people. But this time the reports that reached the chiefs of the Sotho clans … The trekkers had a strong Calvinist…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… Africa, House of Assembly CAPE TOWN Honourable Sir, At a time when in many respects our country is passing through … the rural areas. This fact has long been…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… in England. 1967 Thabo Mbeki starts to work full-time together with Communist Party leader Yusuf Dadoo at … Island. New York. Thabo Mbeki has dinner for the…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… & Oomen, 1997) CONTRALESA was mostly composed, at the time, of chiefs from the KwaNdebele region. It was a group … a delegation to visit the ANC, which was…
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… Black Power as the most potent instruments to confront and challenge the structures of racial-capitalism that deny Black … takes us to today’s theme. I must…
"United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid": Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. T. Tambo, New York, 29 October, 1963
… country. This year, and this occasion, is the first time, therefore, that we are being heard directly. Its … whom there is no access of any kind. It will…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… children, in a house in Kwamakhutha, KwaZulu Natal. At the time Archie Gumede , a United Democratic Front (UDF) leader, … the Kwamakhutha Youth League (KYL)…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… public grievances to be addressed peacefully and in good time, avoiding conflict. 6 The Government has undertaken to … situation; ÁƒÂ¢Á¢Â‚¢ Discussing, in…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… and offenses. One of the most profound events of this time was the creation of the bail fund. Because of the bail … to her as “Mama Robb, Black Sash”. Robb…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… Planning Council of the ANC and SAIC meet for the first time, in order to strategise on the Defiance Campaign. March … sure they are heading for freedom in…
Uitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… normally adopted by Dutch colonial settlements of that time which centered upon a village church and its attendant … place in the southern quadrant of the…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… for the World Bank to reject this disastrous loan at a time when corruption at Eskom was being exposed by various … which cost about 3 times what they should…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… in May in Brazzaville, Congo, and Cairo, Egypt. By this time, the South African government had already recognised the … Magnus Malan, South African minister…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… Nguni tribes fled and settled in other areas during this time- which is known as the Mfecane period. Mfecane - Zulu … then been reaffirmed, and although the…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… Resistance campaign . In January 1914 another strike, this time mainly involving railways and mines, swept through the … in the SAP Women were enlisted into…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… thousands of political activists within a short space of time, and an exodus of some to a life in exile. In 1960, for the first time, the government was…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… of our people, of Africa and of world peace. But at no time did he break contact with the situation, the … National Congress cannot possibly be overstated…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… in the hands of males. There is evidence that at the time of the Roman empire there was artwork based on meander … which is also part of knot theory. [3] At…
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
… (to find this is almost non-existent!) The best at the time was Saldanha Bay, but they lacked fresh water. The best … Hout Bay The problem being- they were…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Zoutpansberg
… as an insight into the architecture, celebrities of the time, clothing, industry and trade. Take a look at the … and was present to photograph historic…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… it was decided that the 11th July 1963 would be the last time they would meet at the farm.Virtually the entire … the commander-in-chief of MK, was not…
EventSir Christoffel Joseph Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid
… opposed Anglicisation in the British Cape Colony at the time. The site of the offices and printing works was on the … (Our Land) at a later stage, and was…
EventJohn Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot
… Mandela, who was still married to Nelson Mandela at the time, was unharmed. Although a political motive for the … incident, Nelson Mandela, who was in Kwa…
Chapter 7. An Afrikaner Working Mother
… of the back portion. There was an enteric epidemic at the time and the hospital portion of the house was crowded with … again rushed to the oven and took…
ArchiveThe Importance and Power of Gender Safe Spaces by Shanél Johannes
As gendered individuals, our lived experiences are not static, for our positionalities and realities differ. The creation of a safe space is important to…
52 STEPS TO HEAVEN
… respect; the opposite of what they had intended." At the time, he was the only MK prisoner on death row. Later that … to see somebody from home after what…
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… Firstly, thank you again for your time and consideration in corresponding with us. Please … and had built up quite a good case against it. In this time we…
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… able to do in one day what had eluded me for years. This time the great giant was awakened. ‘ Steve was in illustrious … attending the annual NUSAS…
Address By President Mandela - Opening Of The President’s Budget Debate Cape Town, 2 March 1999
… government has succeed in making so far: improve to is now challenge the and fact, a education primary. Universal primary education is a fact, and the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… Party retains its seat against a double right-wing challenge from the Herstigte Nasionale Party and the recently … for a further five years. 1981 1 August,…