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ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… of information. In 1972, Rhoodie was promoted to the secretary of Information and had been working in close … activities have been attributed to Rhoodie, who…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… the UN Charter inside South Africa. In 1961 United Nations Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold visited South Africa, but … mandate. In 1971 the Security…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… which was a good thing. Chief Luthuli remained to be elected as an executive member of the ANC. TK• Had you joined … And there was M.B. Yengwa who became our…
Increase Assistance to Liberation Movements - Statement at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa by O. R. Tambo, Oslo, 11 April 1973
… Only ten days ago, this same statement came from the Secretary for Justice of the United States (2) , who … in Namibia while consultations are going on…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… the majority, today it is the seat of a democratically-elected non-racial provincial government. It is the proud … participate in the activities of the…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… was deposed from the chieftancy to which he had been elected for refusing to obey the orders of the regime to dissociate from the ANC. He was elected…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
Nobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… Peace Prize Laureate: Bishop of Johannesburg and former Secretary General South African Council of Churches …
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… members became more acrimonious. Sastri Mda, who was the secretary of SOYA, was suspended for allegedly using Marxist …
Communique of the Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC, presented by O. R. Tambo at a Press Conference, Lusaka 25 June, 1985
… one did not stand for reelection. Conference therefore elected eleven new members of the NEC. Among these are one … most senior officials of the ANC - the…
Statement at the 2735th meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 19 February 1987
… of its population, which enjoys no right to vote or to be elected to the law-making institutions? Permit me to tell the … the conclusions of the Advisory…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Women’’s Day: Ga-Motlatla, Ditsobotla Local Municipality, North-West Province, 9 August 2008
… own Judge Navi Pillay, who has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General, as agreed by the United Nations General … in the struggle for liberation…
PlaceEllis Park
… news story as the country’s first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, took to the pitch wearing …
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s statement at the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Bildt of Sweden 20 May 1992
… the rewarding lifestyle your people enjoy. Those of you elected to office are truly servants of the people, and we …
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… Nelson Mandela stated: "When our first democratically-elected government decided to make Heritage Day one of our …
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address
… State of the Nation Address at the parliament as the newly elected president of South Africa. This followed his swearing …
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA's first Executive President
… Prime Minister since 1978, P.W. Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to …
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
… a formal alliance was entered into with the ANC and SACP. COSATU took this decision, not out of a romantic …
Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux, 9 January 1929
… have to be in suspense, but we have got a native assistant secretary Nzula whose trustworthiness will still have to be …
EventBishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
… preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches, …
The First Draft of the Constitution is published
… work by the Constitutional Assembly with Cyril Ramaphosa, secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC), as …
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… 1946." 2. On August 7, 1946, my Union wrote to the Secretary of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines, conveying the … the Chamber, in the shape of a printed post…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… for the ending of the Simonstown Agreement. The AAM's Hon. Secretary, Abdul Minty, was able to be in Singapore to … were fortunate in their leaders. The…
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… of the cupboards at home were bare. A strike committee was elected and we promptly got down to business. Banners _were … sacrifice among large numbers of…
EventDr. Nico Diederichs is inaugurated as South Africa’s third State President
… in succession of President Jim Fouche. Diederichs was elected unanimously by a joint session of the House of …
EventDivision in the Coloured Representative Council deepens
Dissatisfaction with the Coloured Persons Representative Council (CPRC), instituted in September 1969, climaxed with a motion of no confidence in separate…
Address by President Mandela at a Masakhane rally in Vosloorus Katorus, 21 September
… in making it work. By working with your democratically-elected councillors you will make things even better in your … and development, but which commit…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the XIV Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, Havana, Cuba 14 September 2006
… President Castro and the Republic of Cuba for having been elected to chair this movement of the countries of the South, … of billions of the people of the…
PlaceCentral African Republic
… 1946 Barthélemy Boganda became the first Central African elected to the French National Assembly. The government … 2004 and democratic elections in 2005, in…
Address of The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 21st Plenary Assembly of SADC Parliamentary Forum - Usambara Lodge, Mogale City, 14 November 2006
… of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Amusaa Mwanamwambwa, Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Kasuka … warmest greetings to the Honourable…