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PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast is a West African State bordering Ghana in the East, Burkina Faso, Mali in the North, and Guinea and Liberia in the East. To the South lies, the…
Place(The) Gambia
Gambia is a Western African country, situated on the Atlantic coast and is entirely surrounded by the neighbouring country, Senegal. It is a long narrow strip…
Politics in My Blood by Kader Asmal
Two chapters from the book Kader Asmal: Politics in My Blood
Event18 political prisoners are released from Bophuthatswana
On 17 October 1991, 18 political prisoners were released from Bophuthatswana (now known as North West Province). Initially Bophuthatswana government officials…
Joyous Outpouring for Boks by Shirley Woodgate and Priscilla Singh, Rugby World Cup 1995
ANC: From Resistance to Reconstruction and nation-building - 49th National Conference
Curriculum Demystified by Daisy Jones, 30.02.2005
Right wing tag water off my back, March 2005
Census statistics based on previous censuses taken from Kane-Berman J and Tempest J (eds) South Africa Survey 2003/2004
”Make accomplices of apartheid account for their conduct”, Statement at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, New York, 12 March 1964 by Oliver Tambo
‘United Nations must take action to Destroy Apartheid’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 29 October 1963
’Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 8 October 1963
Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa by Oliver Tambo I wish to express my deep gratitude for the privilege accorded to me to…
”Racial problems in South Africa”, Speech by Oliver Tambo at the second Pan-African Youth Seminar Dar Es Salaam, 5 August 1961
Pamphlet published by World Assembly of Youth Racial problems in South Africa There is unquestionably much which could be said on the subject of racial…
EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
Regarded as the father of free press in South Africa, John Fairbairn left England and arrived in the Cape in1823. Soon after his arrival he founded a school…
The Natal Indian Congress is formally revived
Ordinary Springboks: white servicemen and social justice in South Africa, 1939-1961
Reliving the ‘Drum’ years.
Winning tradition by Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya
Who’s who in the homelands?
The African Element in Gandhi by Anil Nauriya
Many books have been written on Gandhi’s twenty-one years in South Africa, the birth of Satyagraha and the transformation of Gandhi from a lawyer-servant of…
Rare documentary footage of the Non-Stop Picket, 1986 (Video)
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
On 19 and 20 August 1981, in response to the National Party (NP) government’s attempts to co opt Indians and Coloured communities into puppet state…
EventSA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”
On 24 August 1960, The Star newspaper reported that the new Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy would take disciplinary action against White policeman…
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
At a special conference of the South African Labour Party (SALP), Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war won majority votes. Prior to this special…
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
This book and exhibition are an attempt to construct a clear picture of Ernest Cole, a complex man whose work is little known, especially in his own country,…
Allan Boesak at UDF West Coast Launch, August 1983 (Video)
Dr. Allan Boesak at West Coast Launch event of the United Democratic Front, August, 1983. Spoken in Afrikaans. Historic footage courtesy of the Community…
Chikane outlines the necessity for a united front against the Apartheid government, 20 August 1983 (Video)
EventJan Ernst Abraham Volschenk, landscape painter, is born near Riversdale, Western Cape
Jan Volschenk was a self taught painter who specialised and excelled in the landscape genre. He found inspiration from his local surroundings of Riversdale and…
Nigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
EventTwo top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.
On 17 August 1970, two top South African scientists were refused entry into the Soviet Union during the International Science Congress in Leningrad. The…