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Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of Boksburg Boksburg, 26 June 1997
… to be a free citizen of Boksburg. It is a city whose own history embodies our country's past and its hopes for the …
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… it is ANC candidates that have been selected who have a history of working for a better life for the people of South …
EventPortuguese sailors reach St Helena Bay
… Prehistory to the year 2000, unpublished papers with SA History Online. …
Nelson Mandela Letter to the United Party, 23 May 1961
… you now could well be the turning point in our country's history. It would unite the overwhelming majority of our …
Document 29 - Resolution on the need for the resumption of multi-party negotiations
… peacefully and to demonstrate covers. Given South Africa's history of repression, and particularly repression against …
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… 2014), 76. ↵ [3] Marion Wallace (with John Kinnahan), A History of Namibia. From the Beginning to 1990 (London: …
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… which he attended from 1948 until 1957, and whose school history block is now named after him. Stones against the …
PlaceThesen Island
… Colony’s need for wood. Thesen Islands is steeped in the History of the Southern Cape . It is situated in the midst of … Thesen Islands is steeped in the…
PlaceTownship Tours of Cape Town
… township and a vibrant cultural hub known for its rich history, dynamic art scene, and warm community spirit. It …
Gigs, hustles and hope: work for young South Africans beyond the wage by Adam Cooper and Bernard Dubbeld
… of capitalism and of politics, and has written about the history of dockworkers in Durban, most recently for the …
PlaceUmhlanga, Durban
… The history of Umhlanga Rocks is really interesting. Umhlanga …
PlaceCederberg Wilderness Area
… these magnificent Mountains. They both have a wealth of History. Enjoy the beauty of the Cederberg in your own way: …
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… Committee decided that, for the first time in the Party's history the ANC would call for a day of mourning and a …
PlaceRiemvasmaak
… and eco-tourism opportunities. The community has a rich history of forced removal and successful land restitution and …
PlacePietermaritzburg, Umgungundlovu District Municipality
… is an emerging Metropolitan Area. A City rich in History and heritage, Pietermaritzburg has a number of …
PlaceArniston, Cape Agulhas
… tell of the disaster - one of the worst in South Africa’s history. But the village of Arniston has dispelled its origin …
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela to the Angolan National Assembly Luanda, 29 April 1998
… whose potential has largely been untapped because of our history of colonialism and apartheid - we can help each other … as a whole. Honourable members; In…
PlacePlettenberg Bay, Garden Route
… place to stay. Plettenberg Bay has a relatively long history for a South African town, having been regularly … 15th and 16th centuries. Signs of their…
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
… the observatory ahead of the celebrations. A short history On 20 October 1820, word reached the Cape from … which will cover “current and future science, the…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… been carried out by black South Africans. Overview The history of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa dates …
The Atlantic slave trade
… try to watch the movie 'Amistad' in class. Picture source: history.sandiego.edu There was a great deal of resistance to …
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… as a prolonged period of political quiescence in the history of the struggle against apartheid until the outbreak …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… M. Mabhida, “African Communists Speak: Documents from the History of the South African Communist Party 1915-1980” … 2013), p.744. [4] Lodge, Tom. Red Road to…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back
… the past twenty-four years. They called on all members and branches of the union to stage a one-day protest strike and …
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… authority from the governed. As a result, for most of its history, the ANC’s political practices have leaned heavily on … the Soweto uprising. The uprising…
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
… them for their outstanding contribution. Because the history of the past thirty years is as vast as the road we … Sharpeville, of course, marked a major…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… individual, in anyone who is a human being. In fact, the history of mankind is the history of man struggling and striving for freedom. Indeed, … vision is a…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 24 … In fact we doubt whether the A.N.C. has…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
… this question, to take a moment to reflect on the history of our engagement, going back many centuries. For … giraffe. We, ourselves, have arrived at this…
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… harshest prisons. The city of Barberton is known to history as one of soot and soil. Located in what was then the … [2] “Barberton,” South African History…