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PlaceNtabankulu Municipality
The Portuguese arrived in the area in 1488, followed by the British in the 1820's. The region was the site of frequent wars and skirmishes between the Khoisan,…
EventJazz veteran Dorothy Masuka dies
… pay tribute to Patrice Lumumba , the first democratically elected president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). …
PlaceSeshego, a Township
Seshego is a Township in the Polokwane Local Municipality of the Capricorn District Municipality of the Limpopo Province It lies directly North West of…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… in late 1976 on charges of working for the ANC and SACP visibly challenged the view that whites were, as black … where [black consciousness] was rampant... …
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… with his care. While there, he had an affair with his secretary, and there are many who believe he fathered a son …
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
… prosperous South Africa. Issued by: Zamani Saul Provincial Secretary African National Congress - Northern Cape Province …
ArchivePostscript Ante by Howard Barrell
… between 1983 and 1988 and, after that, had served as secretary of the ANC's internal political committee. Shortly …
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… 2639, JOHANNESBURG JOHANNESBURG 26th February 1937 Secretary, W .P.S.A. C.T. Dear Comrade, I …
Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
… one to a free and prosperous nation. N R MANDELA, Secretary, All-in African National Action Council …
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… in one voyage.’ On 10 June 1793 C. G. Höhne, Private Secretary, to the Governor wrote a letter to Cape of Good …
A new total strategy emerges July 1990 -June 1991
… wing: • political organisations, including NP, DP, ANC, SACP, • workers, including trade unions; • media, including …
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada Ottawa, 18 June 1990
… Minister; Distinguished leaders of the opposition parties; Elected representatives of the people of Canada; Ladies and … enjoying the right to vote and…
Address of the President of the South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 38th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Africa Region Conference (CPA), Cape Town 27 July 2007
… belatedly to welcome you to our country as democrats, the elected tribunes of the African masses. I welcome you to our … to take most seriously your…
ArchiveChapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T.
… election of the new National Executive I might have been elected as a delegate from the Western Cape. That would have … officials, gave us enormous support…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… Following the elections in 1963, Kaizer Matanzima was elected Chief Minister and a “Bunga” or Parliament was …
ArticleXhosa
… democracy in 1994 and South Africa's first democratically elected president was African National Congress (ANC) leader, …
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… South Africa. While in jail in 1983 Albertina Sisulu was elected president of the newly formed United Democratic Front …
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… the formation of the African Political Union (APU). He is elected as becomes president APU, a position that he holds …
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… franchise of Cape Town, and a Malay property owner was elected as Wardmaster. 1828 Ordinance 50 of 1828 liberated …
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… the new rule factories were placed under the control of elected committees of workers. Lenin realised that the people …
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… strive for women to obtain: The right to vote and to be elected to all State bodies, without restriction or …
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… were later murdered at the kraal of Dingane. The newly elected Voortrekker leader, Andries Pretorius, prepared the …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… of Israel as a state in 1948. In 1917, the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Arthur James Balfour wrote to Lord … negotiations have fails. In Israel,…
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
… whereat our multiracial nation, through delegates elected democratically by people in all corners of the Union, …
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
… presided over a public meeting at which a committee was elected to raise funds for a permanent monument to the …
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… lies rich in History. South Africa’s first democratically elected president – Nelson Mandela – spent 18 years of his 27 …
Chapter 3
… Dr. J. S. Moroka , Treasurer;Mr. H. Selby Msimang, General Secretary;Mr. R. H. Godlo, Recording Secretary;and Professor Z. K. Matthews , Clerk-Draughtsman. ……
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… recruiting was painfully slow. Aware of the problem, the Secretary of the WPSA explained in one letter that it was not … roll. An advisory Native…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the National House of Traditional Leaders, 23 February 2010, Old Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town
… to be treated with respect by government officials and elected public representatives. Indeed, a lot of progress has … the people, both the natural leaders …
Interview with Africa Report by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1981, New York
… every adult person will have the right to vote and be elected to any and every organ of government, and in which we … If there are, that will mean that such…