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Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Sitting of Parliament to Report on the Processing of Some Presidential Pardons: Cape Town, 21 November 2007.
… Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to thank the presiding officers of both Houses of Parliament … this short address to this Joint…
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… Coloured and Asian slum, on 19 March 1919. Abrahams is a 'Coloured' South African, an identity he describes as “the … Before Abrahams was born, his mother, a…
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
… Sports and the Liberation Struggle: a Tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. … In South Africa, as nowhere else, sports boycott…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985
… Compatriots, Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the … arrested. Combined military and police units…
Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to M.S. Njisane, Flagstaff, 15 September 1938
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to M.S. Njisane,…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… as I could, and all the time I knew it was the right thing to do, just as using every possible angle of the law to fight … judiciary. It shocked the world…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
… in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought election campaign, it stands out as a forum for calm, rational debate about the…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
… in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought election campaign, it stands out as a forum for calm, rational debate about the…
28. The Dealer’s Licences Act is an attempt to weed out smaller traders
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … Natal Legislature, empowered town councils and town boards to decide licence…
28. The Dealers’ Licenses Act is an attempt to weed out small traders
… Natal Legislature, empowered town councils and town boards to decide licence applications. In terms of the Law, their … all the resources available in the…
NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION RESPONDS TO REPORT IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 3 March 2001 The followng letter has been sent to the editor of the Daily Telegraph in London in response to an article published in that newspaper today 3 March 2001.
… NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION RESPONDS TO REPORT IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 3 March 2001 The followng letter has been sent to the editor of the Daily Telegraph in…
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
… On this day Sergeant Jonas de la Guerre left the Cape to venture north in search for the "great river that flowed east to west" and to "investigate trade…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
… this period could have been decades. South Africa is in a momentous process of change, blazing a trail towards a secure future. The time is yet to come for…
Letter to the OAU Secretary-General, Mr. William Eteki Mboumoua by O. R. Tambo, 1974
… Congress of South Africa takes this opportunity again to congratulate Your Excellency on your recent election to the high post of Secretary-General of so…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Themes to Think About This Feature has shown how working life … who came to live on the Rand between 1886…
Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player who made history in 2000 when he took Ajax Cape Town, the PSL and Safe to court to
… in 2000 when he took Ajax Cape Town, the PSL and Safe to court to …
The Women’s Peace Train, launched in Kampala on 15 August, leaves the city on its way to Johannesburg to be in time for the Wor
… in Kampala on 15 August, leaves the city on its way to Johannesburg to be in time for the Wor …
Baron Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, who was appointed as successor to Ryk Tulbach but who died at sea on his way to the Cape
… van Reede van Oudtshoorn, who was appointed as successor to Ryk Tulbach but who died at sea on his way to the Cape …
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of De Wetsdorp, which was to end on the 23rd with the surrender of the British to Chief Commandant
… Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa. … Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of De Wetsdorp, which was to end on the 23rd with the…
Cape Times reports that the Cape Town City Council has voted to reject the Group Areas Act of 1966 and to request that the enti
… Times reports that the Cape Town City Council has voted to reject the Group Areas Act of 1966 and to request that the enti …
Vasco Da Gama gives the name Terra do Natal to the coast around the Kei River. The name was later extended to cover the coast u
… Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau | Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a Mission school, was the headmaster of a high school in … Tutu was eight years old when his…
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… with the announcement that his Government had decided to summon a conference representative of all races in our country to … system and acknowledged the…
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary Budapest, 3 May 1999
… Members of the Hungarian national Assembly. It is indeed a very great honour to stand before the elected representatives of the Hungarian … made this…
EventA conference is held in Geneva, Switzerland (1949) to revise the original Geneva Conventions.
… Conventions were adopted before 1949 they gave no priority to civilians during warfare. However, the events of the … to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The Act…
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … Drew Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to…
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is a tribute to Africa - ANC, 21 May 2010
… the African National Congress (ANC) has declared the event a tribute to Africa by adorning ANC headquarters, Chief Albert Luthuli … is an African tournament…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… The first Kroomen to be employed by the British Navy in Simon’s Town arrived on … Cess and Five Tribes or Krao. [v] Although they all shared a common…
EventThe hijacking of an Egypt Air passenger jet to Malta ends in bloodshed.
… armed with guns and grenades. They forced the captain to divert to Malta, where the plane landed on a remote runway of Luqa Airport, near the capital,…