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Archive`The struggle is my life`- Nelson Mandela press statement
… before and during the strike, the freedom loving people of South Africa gave massive and solid support to the historic and … will not survive for long. No…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… South African police raided the African National Congress … but bought with funds from the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). At the farm police found…
PlaceGuinea
… Guinea is the traditional name of coastal Western Africa . The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish … the same opportunities as men, according to a…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
… For almost 350 years, Black people in South Africa had been subject to exceedingly unjust laws designed, … result of unified opposition by people from all…
PlaceDrakensberg Mountain Range, Lesotho
… name for the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountain range in South Africa. The range is more than 200 kilometres long and … lies the 243 000 hectare Mountain region…
Apartheid power in crisis
… year in the struggle for a non-racial democracy in South Africa. If there is one event, which could be said to have … by people and organisations in South…
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
… Formations, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to South Africa, to the City of Tshwane and to this important … of September 2nd 2002 carried a cover…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… irreversible, that nothing could stop our dream of a free South Africa coming true. The people had opened the prison doors … of South Africa in all their…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… irreversible, that nothing could stop our dream of a free South Africa coming true. The people had opened the prison doors … of South Africa in all their…
Archaeology - A way of discovering the past
… to new questions. Evidence of human settlement in Southern Africa Archaeological evidence shows that Southern Africa has … of the longest records of human…
EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
… He was widely regarded as one of the best tennis players South Africa has ever produced.[ii] In 1965 Cliff was ranked fourth in the world and remained under…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… The second Convention for a Democratic South Africa, or CODESA II, ends in a deadlock. The negotiating parties ie. The South African Government and the…
Who Shot My Dad? by Jann Turner
… Pauw had blown the lid on a place called Vlakplaas, South Africa's Death Squad HQ. Horror unfolded in the forms of … about murder and mayhem in a country…
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… On 22 November 1979 South African prime minister P. W. Botha gathered business … in sanctions. It would have further established South Africa as a cold war…
Land mine kills 6 in South Africa by Sheila Rule (New York Times), 16 December 1985
… JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 15 — The South African Army reported tonight that six people were … for the planning and execution of violence against South Africa. Prime…
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… game ranger, Sibusiso Vilane, became the first Black South African to reach the top of Mount Everest, an 8 848m Himalayan peak, one of the world's highest. …
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… a leader of the school boycotts in the northern parts of South Africa. After his capture in 1977, which was preceded by his … stadium in Polokwane that was…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods is banned
… The South African government closed down the daily newspaper 'The World' and its associated 'Weekend World'. The actions provoked worldwide shock and protest…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… acid test of the policy of segregation to which European South Africa paid so much lip service. One would have thought that … the Reserves was for various…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… with the reintegration of these territories into South Africa. The formal announcement on the restoration was made … He announced that his homeland would…
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
… to service. The Anti-Republic Campaign In early 1981, the South African government announced a month of festivities to … which it and its allies had…
"A Vision for Southern Africa"- address by President Nelson Mandela at the World Economic Forum Southern Africa economic summit Harare, 21 May 1997
… Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen, The regional summit of the World Economic Forum has become one of the most significant events in Southern Africa's calendar…
PlaceLoftus Versveld Stadium, Hatfield
… revamp and renovation in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, hosted by South Africa. It was built decades ago, and has seen a number of …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2011
… of our people united with progressive forces across the world, to fight against an oppressive regime. As South Africans, Africans and humanity at large we…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter X - Triumph of disunity (2)
… allies. In the same spirit he sent his emissaries as far south as the maXhosa. That is why the British feared him. His … no less than Imperialism operating…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… The South African Native Labour Contingent were recruited and employed to assist Britain in the First World War with labour duties. Black South African men…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… If Polly Street attempted a romantic re-connection to Africa, Rorke's Drift was in Africa. If men almost … in 1962 and had a significant impact on the…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… Few alumni know this, but one of South Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part of the … one of the most prominent Black political leaders in…
EventIt is announced that a child prostitution and trafficking task team rescues 14 underage prostitutes in downtown Johannesburg
… to the fact that child trafficking is on the increase in South Africa, child prostitution and trafficking task teams have … every year. Child Rights groups…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… The exploitation of workers was a feature of life in South Africa for decades. Apartheid thrived on cheap labour: … laws and workers emerged as a strong…