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Extract from a speech at the conclusion of the Republic Festival on 31 May 1971 at Goodwood, Cape
… respect of their behaviour here, but in the conversations one has with them from time to time, that a great … regard, I would like to add this, from ex…
Wosa on the 1997 Conference for Socialism
… The "greed of avarice" is still with us. As I write one of the Ford family, of motor car fame, has died and left … for any particular individual. There was a…
Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
… struggle? First, I would say that it is always better for one to gain freedom, or for that matter any obective that you … If you can do it, it's preferable…
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, … of the capitalists. All sons of…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
… efforts had to be made by the community. And yet today no one can say whether all the existing licences are to be … to the burden the Indians are already…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda Kigali 19 October 2000
… of humanity about how to use a catastrophe such as this one to bring about reconciliation, unity, stability and … different, I am however confident that we…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation Kigali, Rwanda, 18 October 2000
… of humanity about how to use a catastrophe such as this one to bring about reconciliation, unity, stability and … different, I am however confident that we…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
… and years. We are a democracy - young and fledgling, but one which can boast of firm institutions and a culture that … it is the people who will judge the…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… that if we use de Wet's case as the standard, then every one of us ought to have been released by now. Of the 23 … for life, seven have completed four years…
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
… envisaged the creation of three separate parliaments, one each for Indians, coloureds and whites. We have … 1979. Source: Bhana Collection. I may perhaps…
The Wankie Campaign
… The Luthuli Detachment was one [of] those detachments that were well prepared and well … was very high. The crossing point was not an easy one, it was a…
ArchiveBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
… the opportunity of a lifetime. Moyo joined Goldman Sachs, one of largest investment firms in the world, as a research … a World Economic Forum Young Global…
Closing address by President Nelson Mandela in the president’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 April 1998
… rights is yet to be fulfilled. The journey to that goal is one that involves all of us. No one can stand aloof. Wherever we are, we are affected by the ……
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE FUNERAL OF JOE SLOVO Johannesburg, 15 January 1995
… is the combination of all these qualities so splendidly in one individual, which made Comrade Joe Slovo the great … knowledge, Comrade Joe, that you continue…
Closing Address of Comrade Nelson R Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC 16 December 1990
… place. Nevertheless for three full days you took part in one or other of the six commissions and in plenary … are many examples to illustrate this but let me…
EventThe Choice of Termination Act is enacted by the Parliament of South Africa
… woman no more than 13 weeks pregnant. The act was dubbed one of the most “liberal abortion laws in the world”. It … a rigorous and lengthy application…
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… was born on 17 May 1954 in Cape Town.[i] Roberts was one of South Africa’s most renowned jockeys.[ii] Roberts was … times in a row, before immigrating to…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… One of South Africa’s deadliest terror attacks took place in … bombing resulted in the death of 19 people as well as over one hundred injuries. [ii] The…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… nations, to learn and to contribute her utmost. Soccer is one of the sporting disciplines in which Africa is rising to … scored: but also in the way it draws…
Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 44 - Letter from … workers and students, and what is the…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… was accused of forming a dictatorship. In 1964 he formed a one-party state, with himself as president for life. On 9 … which had rejected multiparty rule in…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… by the principle to the end ... It is much harder when one is caught up into the deep and bitter suffering of the people one loves most dearly.' …
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… and the well known writer and poet, Sol Plaatje, was one of its founding members. Formed in protest of the … in South Africa is without dispute. He has been…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… author of 18 novels and numerous works of history, he is one of South Africa's most awarded and highly-regarded … have been translated into other languages…
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… the world's top ten tennis players. He was ranked number one in both 1968 and 1975. He was one of the founders of the powerful Association of Tennis …
PlaceRiverside
… of trading stations and extensive dealings in land. At one stage he also issued his own coinage, small brass disks … in the same year (1874) as the rare…
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew THE WORKERS PARTY OF SOUTH … typed by comrades in readiness for…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… independent Boer republics, which were all unified into one country after the Anglo Boer War. The two wings of the … for political protests, particularly…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… independent Boer republics, which were all unified into one country after the Anglo Boer War. The two wings of the … for political protests, particularly…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… the passing of the iniquitous Group Areas Act, which was one of the cornerstones of its Apartheid policies . The size of the ghetto depended on where one…