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The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… independence. All it is a balkanisation of states within South Africa. Everyone around here is very upset. I'm pleased we … that our people are not so…
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… organisation focuses on the socioeconomic upliftment of South African military veterans. Little has been done, … #MeToo social media campaign, in which women…
Say It out Loud - The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906
… differing not much from slavery, had been introduced into South Africa. A small but unfortunately powerful section of the men … and Briton would stand…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … 1950, by Allison Drew Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa,…
EventSally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top
… Sally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its … said, "but I never realized it until I went home to South Africa where my mother…
Remarks by President Jacob Zuma, the Grand Patron of the National Orders, on the occasion of the awarding of the National Orders Awards, on Freedom Day, Presidential Guest House, 27 April 2012
… The distinguished recipients of the National Orders from South Africa and abroad; Ministers, Premiers, Deputy Ministers; … We honour and celebrate South…
Call for Papers ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, Colloquium to be held at the University of Pretoria, 20 June 2016
… at the University of Pretoria will host a colloquium on South Africa’s ‘long 1970s’, defined as the period stretching … context, but also in terms of their…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… were calls for the leadership of the ANC in a democratic South Africa. Inherently socialist, SAYCO strove toward an alliance … and active members, however in…
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
… basis for the intensification of the armed struggle; · the world was united against apartheid. 1.2 At the same time the … faced certain objective weaknesses:…
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… The World famous Table Mountain is part of the scenic Peninsula … (rightmost peak in the image above) to Cape Point in the South, some 60km. Around it are…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Newsweek, 01 August 1980
… Question : Your guerrillas recently blew up fuel tanks at South Africa`s oil-from-coal processing plant at Sasolburg, and … attacks on police stations and a…
Chapter IX - Return to my faith
… while I was in India and a few times when I first came to South Africa, I did go to church to please friends, and it would … very good but it was a precious…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement by the head of the ANC NEC policy sub-committee on the release of Policy Discussion documents, 05 March 2012
… We welcome senior political editors and editors of the South African media and the international media. The ANC is … better life for all. The ANC today is…
South African cricketers walk out in protest against apartheid after just one ball is bowled by Arunabha Sengupta, 3 April 2013
… Apartheid policies of the Government, players of the two South African teams walked out after just one ball during a … to play his career-best knock. England…
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… Umkhonto we Sizwe militant; to all our many supporters the world over. This is the order to our leaders; to all of us. …
Articlehoz tab example
… “Towards a People’s History…” South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan … a critical, open access, and democratic history of South Africa. It was…
EventDr. Essop Goolam Pahad, former Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa is born
… former Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa was born in Schweizer-Reneke, Western Transvaal (now … (GCIS). Pahad was also on the…
ArchiveCHAPTER SEVEN: Resistance Politics In Retreat: Cablism, The ANC Underground And Gandhi, 1985-1989 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 2 - The Development of a Colonial Slave Society by Wayne Dooling
… of Education What were the turning points in southern Africa before colonialism? There can be little doubt that the … Others, however, such as the Khoikhoi…
Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Lecture by President Jacob Zuma, 7 September 2012, Kimberley, Northern Cape
… great humility, given the stature of this distinguished South African and ANC President-General, who was the first … tours, he warned that the spread of…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… It is just like many another small town anywhere in South Africa. On the morning of 17 May 1977, a mother and her … families live!" She herself was living in…
PlaceKirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
… lives up to its reputation as the most beautiful garden in Africa and one of the great botanic gardens of the world. Few gardens can match the sheer grandeur…
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… freedom fighters in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. She would also become the face of women’s … given to a female political activist in the…
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… British Colonists in 1848 and was briefly called- Aliwal South. Nomadic Khoisan people were the first inhabitants of … trading between the Inhabitants of…
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby’s return to international games
… to "use its good offices" to facilitate the readmission of South African rugby into international competition on … controlling board was established. In 1964…
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… On 20 October, 1820, South Africa’s first permanent modern observatory was erected at … Observatory in Cape Town houses the headquarters of the South African…
EventTony Johnstone wins Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament.
… was overshadowed by the disqualification of the Australian world number two, Greg Norman. Norman informed tournament … USA, to discuss the President's Cup…
Address at the Opening of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban, 31 August 2001
… of the non-governmental organisations, President of the World Conference, the Hon Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Secretary … Friends, ladies and gentlemen: On…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving and Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University Boston, 18 September 1998
… great educational institutions of this nation and of the world. I know that through this award you are not so much … paying tribute to the struggles and…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… On 31 January 1985 the State President of South Africa, PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered Mandela his … Bishop Desmond Tutu. Bishop Tutu has made it…