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ArchiveReview of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
There have always been general assumptions that the KhoeSan people (‘Khoe’ is the correct spelling) are extinct and that their languages at the Cape died out…
PlaceKleinzee, Northern Cape
Kleinzee is easy to find. Take the N7 from Cape Town, travel for about 560 km and then veer left at Springbok, following the course of the Skaap River, which…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
It helped enormously that I had a post to go to. Ronnie Kasrils was meticulous in requiring me to provide real information showing that I could indeed handle…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Glossary
American Dream: The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.[1] …
ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
Issued by the Provisional Committee of the ANC Youth League in March 1944. PREAMBLE WHEREAS Africanism must be promoted i.e. Africans must struggle for …
Chapter V - South Africa belongs to all who live in it
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The Congress Alliance, functioning with a closely co-ordinated leadership, was working on the preparations for the…
Chapter IX - Treason - South African style 2
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The months of legal argument on the indictment were over at last and thirty "high traitors" pleaded not guilty to…
ArchiveHow history will judge FW de Klerk by RW Johnson, politicsweb (28 November 2021)
Many of the obituaries of F.W. de Klerk were rather bad-tempered and some were downright spiteful. It seemed to stick in the throat of many people to have to…
PlaceSudan
There is evidence of human habitation which dates back tens of thousands of Years. From the end of the 4th millennium BCE, Nubia (now northern Sudan)…
PlaceGuinea
Guinea is the traditional name of coastal Western Africa. The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained independence in…
The Storming: Insurrections Ensemble by Dilip Menon, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, June 2017
The idea of a storm condenses the anxieties of past sorrow, present distress, and future devastation. To call a production The Storming locates a predicament…
Liberation and Ethics. Is there a connection? by Raymond Suttner, 05 April 2016
It is no exaggeration to suggest that the legitimacy not only of President Jacob Zuma and the ANC, but also the notion of the liberation struggle itself is in…
Our Greatest Indian Leader since Gandhiji -Tribute to Dr. Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (From: Sechaba, second quarter), 1978
As one who has had the privilege, honour and, indeed, the pleasure of being a close associate and comrade-in-arms of Dr. Naicker - MONTY to all of us - in the…
“Our Greatest Leader since Gandhiji”, By Dr Yusuf Dadoo
As one who has had the privilege, honour and, indeed, the pleasure of being a close associate and comrade-in-arms of Dr Naicker - MONTY to all of us - in the…
Closing Remarks to the 53rd National Conference of the ANC by President Jacob Zuma, December 2012, Mangaung
ANC Deputy President, Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa and all Officials of the ANC, Deputy President of the Republic, Comrade Kgalema Motlanthe, Members of the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
Defeat those who subvert United Nations Decisions Four days ago, in commemorating the twentieth anniversary of its singularly important decision calling on…
ArchiveState of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Mr Amos Masondo, Deputy President Paul…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
The Afrikaner ideal of a republic South Africa only became a Republic on the 31st May 1961, but the formation of a Republic had been the dream of many…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
1980 25 January, Three MK cadres, on their way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they were…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
Due to the fact that Black People were detained in separate camps, the issue of Black Concentration Camps is dealt with in another chronology.Boer women,…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
Born: 1939, Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) In Summary: Poet, African National Congress Chief Representative to Sweden and United States of America,…
Indian Community
2010 marks 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured workers and the birth of this community in South Africa. Durban is home to the largest…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement by the head of the ANC NEC policy sub-committee on the release of Policy Discussion documents, 05 March 2012
We welcome senior political editors and editors of the South African media and the international media. The ANC is launching its discussion documents, which…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer The riots broke out in Soweto on June 16, 1976 when police fired on a group of school children…
Letter to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by O. R. Tambo, 21 July 1986
H.E. Sir Geoffrey Howe Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs London. Sir Geoffrey, I am most grateful for your kind letter of 18…
PlaceGallery 101
In 1961, the Swiss Fernand Francis Haenggi (b. 1934, Dijon, France) and his mother Mrs F.M.L. Haenggi founded Gallery 101 to showcase modern South African art…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
H.E. Sir Geoffrey Howe Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs London. Sir Geoffrey, I am most grateful for your kind letter of 18 July…
Appeal to the British People to Oppose the Visit of P.W. Botha: Open Letter to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, 21 May 1984
The decision of Mrs. Thatcher, Chancellor Kohl and other heads of government in Western Europe to invite P.W. Botha to visit a number of Western European…
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
Johannesburg has many historic landmarks and the Rissik Street Post Office is one of them. Built in 1897, it’s among the city’s oldest surviving buildings and…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History used to be the Transvaal Museum of Natural History, which in turn developed from the 1892 Zuid Afrikaanse…