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EventANC government tension continues
… of the township violence, including elements within the South African Police Force (SAPF), or the ANC would be forced … right to self-defence. References:…
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… started his first term as prime minister of the Union of South Africa after the death of General Louis Botha on 27 August … Nations, an international body…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… where it would lead. Almost 40 years had passed since the South African striker Steve ‘Kalamazoo’ Mokone spent two … is a street named after you and we have…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Narasimha Rao of India New Delhi, 25 January 1995
… of India has extended to us as representatives of the South African Government. For those who did not know history … be kept apart by the very same tyranny…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress On The Occasion Of the 105th Anniversary of the African National Congress Presented By President Jacob Zuma
… sacrifice and hard work of millions of people, in South Africa and across the world, who acted in unity to ensure that we can live in a …
Cyril Ramaphosa: Can ‘Mr Nice’ Be A Decisive President? Some say he lacks decisiveness, also in pursuit of his own interests by Liesl Pretorius (Huff Post), 21 August 2017
… says that while Ramaphosa presents a charming face to the world, he is also "quite capable of being an intimidating … views on key issues, based on his…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, world renowned preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… which was completed in 1899 during the early stages of the South African War . It wasn’t long before the region grew into a … troops were stationed around…
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
… Parliamentary Association Presiding Officers of the South African Parliament Commonwealth parliamentarians … century. When we made this declaration, we…
PlaceVenda
… In 1962, the South African Government created Venda as a Homeland for the … bantustan, or homeland , was in the North East of South Africa close to the…
PlaceBloukrans Bridge Rest Camp, Southern Region
… span arched bridge, located in the Southern Cape region of South Africa . The bridge is one of three commissioned on the so … grin on the faces of adrenalin…
EventUS House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
… a Bill that would impose stricter sanctions against South Africa. This was in response to international and local … Botha. This Bill would compel 284…
Durban Historical & community
… outside Durban. Inanda was home to three key figures in South African and World history. It was home to – Dr. John Langalibalele Dube , …
EventSouth Africa is criticised for its foreign policy and deliberate interference in the SADC region
… was held in Maseru. It was marked by further criticism of South Africa's foreign policy and deliberate interference in the … Southern Africa, relations with…
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… tabled in Parliament to investigate the establishment of a South African oil-from-coal industry. It was realised then that, because South Africa did not have…
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) transformed South African from an agrarian society at the edge of world trade into a globally integrated…
Black ViewPoint - Black Development by Njabulo Ndebele
… There are three kinds of socially significant groups in South Africa. There is the ethnic group, the racial group and the … social status. They become…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… Batavia. It was through this informal trade that most of South Africa’s very first slaves reached her shores. Most of the … women are the ‘stammoeders’ …
PlacePort Shepstone, South Coast of KZN
… Shepstone is one of the largest Towns of the KwaZulu Natal South Coast in South Africa . Port Shepstone is a popular tourist destination and … if you are…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… after the discovery of gold on the Rand, the nature of South Africa’s future is in the balance. But the future does not … Millions of workers are organised…
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which was created to … and related services and observations, suspended South Africa from the organisation until…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… over the prize winners struggle to create a more peaceful world. South Africans have been awarded the prize on three different … non-violent resistance to…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement … conditions in South Africa were…
PlaceValley of a Thousand Hills
… through the dramatic landscape is the halfway point of the world famous Comrades Marathon . The valley is the meeting … people that call this home to have a…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Your Excellency, Patron of the World Deserts Foundation and President of Algeria, Abdelaziz … A Dictionary of Environmental Quotations…
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… Michael Steward, Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, former president of the South African Indian Congress and J. Kozonguisi of the South … commitment and anger at injustices,…
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
… Namibia pageant as well as making it to the top 5 of Miss World in the same year. After winning the Miss Universe … Angeles, where she studied acting. In…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Debating Socialist Lineages. Convenors Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza
… Ntsebeza The Making of the Trotskyist Tradition in South Africa: A Reading of 'The Spark', 1935-1937 by Crain Soudien … District Six Museum Foundation, a…
The Storming: Insurrections Ensemble by Dilip Menon, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, June 2017
… which needs to fall. In our present conjuncture, the world seems to be in the midst of resolving all senses of the … of childhood, love and community…