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EventThe Natal Indian Congress is formally revived
… (granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi). Ramgobin had a long history of activism, from his leadership of the Univeristy of …
EventRocklands Community Hall declared a heritage site
… site was attended by various role-players in the UDF’s history, namely, Allan Boesak, Mohammed Valli Moosa and …
PlaceTurffontein Race Course, Johannesburg
… Horse racing has a huge following in South Africa and the history of racing can be traced back to as early as 1797, …
PlaceVergelegen Wine Estate Library
… The collection consists mainly of ancient and modern history books as well as travel books. There are 444 books on …
EventEmily Chinea is the first woman to be officially executed in SA
… alternatively, arsenic in their drinks. She went down in history on 31 December 1931 as the first official woman …
EventLord Baden-Powell’s sister, Agnes, establishes the Girl Guides Movement
… Guides movement. References: Girl Guides International History (online), available at: http://www.girlguides.org.sg …
PlaceRedelinghuys, Cape West Coast
… women, who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities! …
PlaceSomerset Hospital, Cape Town
… Cape in 1859 is a great visit if you are interested in the History of medicine, particularly as it emphasises both …
EventSlavery abolished in the Cape
… settlers to leave the Cape Colony. Further reading list: A history of prison labour in South Africa Indenture: A new … Africa. Cape Town: NASOU. v. 9, p. 659…
PlaceLiliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg
… can visit the Farm and learn about the fascinating History. The story of Liliesleaf Farm is one of incredible … and visual displays, passionate guides teach…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… Lolonga Lincoln Tali, PhD candidate, Department of History and Political Studies, Nelson Mandela University Gary … Research Associate and Honorary Professor,…
Document 21 - E.L. Maurice, “The Rôle of the Non-European Teacher in the Liberatory Movement”, Discussion, 1, 5, June 1952
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 21 … has been fortunately shattered by the…
Notes from Books
… members of the Reformed Church. Most traced their history back to the coasts of India and settlements dominated … "The Emancipation of the Slaves at the Cape…
Women’s liberation by Zanele Dhlamini (Mbeki)
… that, instead of being themselves subjects and creators of history as they have been led to believe, they have in reality, to a great extent, been objects of…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… concern of this dissertation. The 11-year period of ANC history chosen for this study, from 1976 to 1986, provides … since 1990. Nor does it purport to…
”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
… The beginning of this century closed a chapter in our history—the end of the resistance of the Blacks by military … whole race. This was a turning point in…
Message to the Soweto Rally to Welcome Released Leaders by O. R. Tambo, 29 October 1989
… they, too, are part of our heritage. They are part of that history and continuing reality of our country which has meant … himself to disappear for ever into…
Speech at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party by O. R. Tambo, Zambia, August 1988
… leadership of the people of Zambia this rare moment in the history of their Party and country - a moment made the more … on Angolan soil. The question may…
Address at University of KwaZulu-Natal SRC awards, 7 May 2005, Howard College, Durban
… political violence. It is an established fact that in the history of society conflict and violence, mainly political … point of world interest and concern…
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… surrounded by friends. But he was swept away on a tide of history which he thought he controlled but which finally … Indiana and Chicago he graduated in…
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
… Depelchin has eloquently explained in Silences in African History, that “silences are facts which have not been … box and by the judge (through revelations…
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… is a tendency today to forget this important lesson of our history and to take things for granted. We dare not forget. … principles have kept the ANC strong…
Address at the Launch of the Millenium Labour Council, 7 July 2000
… new ways to address the urgent demands of our society. The history of adversarialism and conflict between business and … Secondly social dialogue in South…
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Rosenberg … grave and far-reaching. On the contrary,…
Presidential Address to the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 1958
… our people are facing the most critical period in their history. The steps taken to implement the Group Areas Act … it is recognised that the Natal Indian…
Document 39 - “Walter Sisulu, “Boycott as a Political Weapon”, Liberation, 23, February 1957
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 39 … on which we must have a clear decision…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… That concession was the Eminent Persons Group, which made history by being the first international delegation to meet … being smothered by those who are now…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… from further North. Archaeologists call this period of history the Iron Age. Like the Khoikhoi, the Iron Age farmers … information about these groups has…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… at the funeral was necessary because of Rose Mbele’s history with the organisation, but the funeral was not a … South photographs. southphoto.com Bailey’s…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… According to VL Allen, the author of the three-volume The History of Black Mineworkers in South Africa, the strikes ‘ marked a unique point in the history of…