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Pres. F.W. Reitz of the OFS unveils the statue of Pres. Brand at the top of Maitland Street, Bloemfontein.
Sisulu, together with a number of members from the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and African National Congress (ANC), meet in
Arriving at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says economic growth would top
Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitsha (77), veteran journalist and story-teller who wrote for Drum and various newspapers, d
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 141 "Apartheid Spells Disaster", Report of…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985
Compatriots, Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle. Already in…
NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION RESPONDS TO REPORT IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 3 March 2001 The followng letter has been sent to the editor of the Daily Telegraph in London in response to an article published in that newspaper today 3 March 2001.
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
On this day Sergeant Jonas de la Guerre left the Cape to venture north in search for the "great river that flowed east to west" and to "investigate trade…
Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player who made history in 2000 when he took Ajax Cape Town, the PSL and Safe to court to
The Women’s Peace Train, launched in Kampala on 15 August, leaves the city on its way to Johannesburg to be in time for the Wor
Baron Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, who was appointed as successor to Ryk Tulbach but who died at sea on his way to the Cape
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of De Wetsdorp, which was to end on the 23rd with the surrender of the British to Chief Commandant
Cape Times reports that the Cape Town City Council has voted to reject the Group Areas Act of 1966 and to request that the enti
Vasco Da Gama gives the name Terra do Natal to the coast around the Kei River. The name was later extended to cover the coast u
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
On March 9, 1980, the racist Prime Minister of South Africa, P.W. Botha, surprised the world with the announcement that his Government had decided to summon a…
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary Budapest, 3 May 1999
Mr Speaker; Honourable Members of the Hungarian national Assembly. It is indeed a very great honour to stand before the elected representatives of the…
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
Natal in the early years of the 20th century became the site of conflict between Colonial Administrators and autonomous African chiefdoms. The death of…
EventA conference is held in Geneva, Switzerland (1949) to revise the original Geneva Conventions.
The Geneva Conventions, are comprised of four treaties and three protocols, which establish the standards of international law for the treatment of civilians…
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
Albie Sachs, an internationally known human rights activist and top judge in South Africa, suffered solitary confinement and exile and survived a bomb attack…
EventThe hijacking of an Egypt Air passenger jet to Malta ends in bloodshed.
The crisis began after gunmen took control of the passenger jet ten minutes after take off from Athens airport. The terrorists, calling themselves the Egypt…
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
On 5 July 1989, African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela met with President P.W. Botha at Tuynhuis. At the time, Mandela was still imprisoned at Victor…
”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
80 Harrington Street, Cape Town. 16th June, 1948 My dear Mandela, Now to the discussion on the question of organisation, which is every day assuming greater…
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
On 22 June 1971 a Pretoria court ruled that the former leader of the banned Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Robert Sobukwe, would not be allowed to use his…
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
Power to the People! Matla! Mayibuye! We have come a long way from the day 18 years ago when the Nationalist Government police shot down and killed in cold…
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
Mother Teresa was born in Albania and at a young age felt compelled to care for the sick and poor. When she was eighteen years old, she left home and joined…
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
The Defiance Campaign was planned in the 1950s in response to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South African government. During the African…