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Nelson Mandela Correspondence around birthdays and anniversaries
Introduction: The Mandela family commemorated birthdays whenever possible, and wedding anniversaries almost without exception, in prison during official…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
DECEMBER 2019 31 December – Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, informs its regional World Health Organization (WHO) office of a pneumonia outbreak, the…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
The 1980s saw escalating state repression and mass detentions. In a frenzy of desperate reaction, the government declared a series of back-to-back states of…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
The South African Police Service (SAPS) that we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
Pre-1804 Khoisan hunter gatherers are the first inhabitants of the region, before Sotho-Tswana peoples colonized the general region between the third and…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
1928 December 26, Derrick John McBride, Robert McBride's father, is born in his parent's home in Rockey Street, Johannesburg. He is the darkest complexioned…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, the President General of the ANC, Chief Albert Luthuli,…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
Introduction Part One - South African Socialists and the radically-divided working class Document 1 - Keir Hardie, "Stoned in South Africa", 1907 …
Address by the Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, to the NAM Ministerial Meeting United Nations, New York, 23 September 1999
Madame Chair, Distinguished Ministers, Excellencies and Distinguished Guests, In my capacity as the Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, it is indeed an honour…
PlaceBonteheuwel
Bonteheuwel is a coloured Township situated North of Cape Town. It was created in the 1960's as a "Dumping Site" for coloured people, who had been forced to…
Oration by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Moses Kotane, 26 May 1978, Moscow
My first contact with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove…
Oration at the Funeral of Moses Kotane by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, 26 May 1978
My first contact with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Radio Freedom on Visits of Multi-National Corporations to the ANC, before February 1986
They assess the apartheid system in terms of the profits or the losses it yields. It has always been clear that for them the apartheid system will be useful so…
Nelson Mandela Mandela and Winnie’s studies
Introduction Nelson Mandela has a commitment to education. Both Mandelas have continued to study and to write exams throughout their imprisonment. When there…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing apartheid by passing a series of racist laws, notably the Population…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… the spread of Pan Africanism when 17 African countries – Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Central …
Writing the 1973 Durban Strikes: From ‘black worker unrest’ to the ‘birth of independent trade unions’ by Debby Bonnin
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Debby Bonnin (Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria) …
EventCongo administration is handed to the Belgian government
From the beginning of colonialism in the 1880s following the 'scramble for Africa', Congo had been regarded as King Leopold II's personal fiefdom. Leopold's…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
In 1884, at the Berlin Conference, the European powers carved up Africa amongst themselves. By 1914 all of Africa, except Liberia and Ethiopia, was under…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
Abstract Lionel Ngakane was a filmmaker, a writer, a director, an advocate and a political activist. Ngakane served South Africa during the apartheid era…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation…
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… the Co-ordinating Bureau, namely Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links for more detail. 1870 …
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
Urging Congress branches to ensure 100 per cent attendance at the forthcoming A.N.C. National Conference, due to begin at Durban on December 16, President…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thenjiwe Mswane
Dear Students Movements of 1976, Imagine if the 16th of June 2016, looked like this. Like this cold winters morning in Johannesburg, except across the…
Document 47 - “International Communist League Formed in South Africa”, International Bulletin of the International Communist League, New Series, 2, September 1934
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 47 - "International Communist League Formed in…
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 15 - "Ruth First , "Progress in Unity Talks:…
ArticleTimeline of South African Football Coaches from 1992 – 2022
Jeff Butler (1992) The Englishman was earmarked as Bafana Bafana's first coach, but a discrepancy with his coaching qualifications led him being turfed. …
PlacePilgrims Rest, Graskop- Mpumalanga Province
Once a booming gold rush town in the 1870s, Pilgrim’s Rest remains frozen in time. The entire town is a national monument, with original corrugated iron…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
HEARD: The ANC is officially portrayed in South Africa as a communist, terrorist-type organisation, almost presented to the public as demons. Now, since the…