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Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

… ‘consultative council’ made up of Black politicians, academics and professionals. The council included the likes of Paulus Zulu, the then-chair of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Mbhazima Shilowa , Sydney Mufamadi and Brigalia … his conciliatory attitude towards the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Jacob Zuma, who was then the chair of the ANC in Kwa-Zulu Natal, assisted Mbeki in this project. However, Mbeki was cool towards the SACP and kept a distance from the COSATU …

Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda

… Meanwhile, the IFP fired the first of many warning shots by serving notice of its demand that the KwaZulu government, the Zulu monarch, and the IFP be allowed to attend CODESA as three separate delegations. At the same time, the IFP also released … implemented. However, the steering committee faced further problems. On 19 December Inkatha confirmed that Buthelezi, as a Zulu leader, was withdrawing from CODESA because the Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini, had not been invited to participate. Inkatha did agree, however, that it would still attend …

STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS

… there had been a long history of resistance by the dockers, who refer to themselves as ' oNyathi (meaning 'buffalo' in Zulu). In 1930, they led struggles against the poll tax, against the passes (culminating in the death of Johannes Nkosi) and … the 200 African workers rose to support them. Assembling outside the factory gates on Monday morning in their national Zulu dress of beautiful bead and leatherwork, these men demanded that Beiers come and address them on the matter of the … work-seekers not to enter the factory. On weekends they explained the reasons for the strike to unemployed Africans in the Zulu 'homelands' requesting them not to accept work there. As a result of their perseverance, there were no scabs recruited. …

Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954

… of such an organisation, and by 1953 it was possible to call the women together at a National Conference. Speaking in Zulu, Xhosa, Sesotho, English and Afrikaans, delegates from all parts of the country welcomed the Conference with joyful …

African National Congress Timeline 1950-1959

… Prime Minister, JG Strijdom, who was not there at the time. All the women stood in silence for 30 minutes and then sang a Zulu song: “Wathint' abafazi, wathint' imbokodo”, meaning “You strike a woman, you have struck a rock”. December, Lillian …

"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962

… Jooste de Blanc, Mr. Basson, Mr. Leon Levy, President of SACTU and Mr. L. C. Scheepers, President of the T.U.C., Canon Zulu and J. N. Singh, banned Vice President of the South African Indian Congress.] ES Reddy …

The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi

… was also well on his way to formulating his concept of Satyagraha. In June and July 1906, he sought, while trekking in the Zulu country as an ambulance worker in the course of the so-called Zulu war, an alternative to violent struggle. It was there, in that beautiful but blood-soaked terrain, that he took some … no disorder.' Gandhi noted that the English lawyer or businessman who had only recently trekked long distances in the Zulu war, and felt happy with dry bread, now did no work on the ship. 'He presses a button and an attendant stands before …

Indian Community

… milieu where they had to communicate with others who spoke other languages. Initially, they used Fanagalo, a mixture of Zulu, English and Afrikaans but over time a distinct South African English became the main language of communication between …

All That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza

… Within a year of the opening of the Kimberley mines, every African society south of the Zambezi, with the exception of the Zulu and the Venda, was represented at the diamond fields. In Britain, whole families migrated to towns where they usually … 4. Disaster strikes 9. War begins again 5. Boers unwilling to continue 10. Sekhukhune is defeated Subheadings for the Zulu kingdom 1. Border dispute between Zululand and the Transvaal 5. Commission investigates border dispute 2. Confederation 6. The Battle of lsandlwana a. A Zulu soldier remembers b. A British sergeant's view 3. 'A tough nut to crack' 7. The Battle of Ulundi 4. Taking advantage …

General South African History Timeline: 1920s

… Luthuli marries fellow Adam's College teacher Nokukhanya ('The Bright One') Bhengu, the granddaughter of a hereditary Zulu Chief. The Native Administration Bill is passed. However, the Pact government fails to have the Native Bills, which is …