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BiographyJames Matthews
James David Matthews was born on 25 May 1929 in District Six in Cape Town, to working class parents. After completing standard seven, Matthews began to work…
BiographyJosie Palmer
Josephine ‘Josie’ Palmer (Mpama) was born in 1903 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province), to Georgina Garson and Stephen Bonny Mpama, an…
BiographyGreg Marinovich
The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest the…
BiographyMatlakana Philemon Tefu
Philemon Matlakana Tefu was born in 1940 and grew up in the township of Riversdale in Pretoria. In 1954 his family was forcibly removed from the area to…
BiographyRuth Mompati
Ruth Mompati was born on 14 September 1925 in the village called Khanyesa in the North West Province. She was the daughter of Seli Seichoko and her father was…
BiographyEric Mtshali
Eric (Stalin) Mtshali was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). After completing high school he became active in the anti-apartheid movement in Natal…
BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
Timothy Peter Jenkin was born in 1948, in Cape Town and educated at Rondebosch Boys' Prep and Boys' High School,[1][2] matriculating at the age of 17.[3] …
Address at the South African Millenium Trust Launch, Kyalami 19 November 1998
Master of Ceremonies, "The tree of our bitterness has come full leaf: and the fall of our century will carry the foliage away: we watered the root with our…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to New Times, 05 January 1980, Moscow
Question: How do you assess the situation in southern Africa after the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front has signed the ceasefire agreement? TAMBO: The liberation war…
ArchiveMessage of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of 8th January, 1985
Message delivered by Oliver Tambo, President of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, on the 8th January, 1985, marking the…
ArchiveMessage of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of 8th January, 1986
Message delivered by Oliver Tambo, President of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, on the occasion of 8th January, 1986, the…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… . Cape Town, Reader’s Digest Association of South Africa, 1989. Shillington, Kevin. A History of Africa , revised … Thought . Cambridge, Cambridge University…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
Letter addressed to the Minister of Justice from Robben Island Prison Dated 22 April 1969; Published by the ANC in 1978 Dear Sir, My colleagues have…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 67th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1979
Fellow countrymen, Militants of the African National Congress and of the struggle for liberation in our country, Cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe inside South…
A call to the people of South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 02 May 1987
The period we are going through is characterised by a sharpening confrontation between our people and the racist regime. Pretoria has unleashed a desperate…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender was born on 15 February 1960 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Her father – a writer and, mother, a teacher – valued critical…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
Patric Tariq Mellet was born and grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to New African, 05 January 1980, London
Unity in Action Decisive Question: How would you assess the Lancaster House Conference on Zimbabwe, and the implementation up to now of what was agreed? …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on South African Raid on Matola, 05 February 1981
[On the morning of January 30, 1981, South African troops attacked and killed a number of ANC refugees in Matola, Mozambique. The following is from an address…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
Overview Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served…
ArchiveMemorandum: the policy implications of amending or abolishing the Trespass Act No. 6 of 1959
Memorandum against the Trespass Act No. 6 of 1959
ArchiveAnnual report of the Commissioner of the South African Police for the year 1959
Annual report of the Commissioner of the South African Police for the year 1959
ArchiveNamibian independence talks: Meeting at the Mulungushi Conference Hall, Lusaka, 11-13 May 1984
Report on Namibian independence talks, and implementation of UN Security Council 435, held in Lusaka in May 1984.
The National Library of South Africa Act, 1998 (Act 92 of 1998), comes into effect and creates the National Library of South Af
ArchiveUpdate on Eastern Cape Removals: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1983
Update on Eastern Cape Removals: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 12 March 1983 discussing homelands, forced removals and resettlements…
ArchiveFree Enterprise and Home Ownership: Mitchells Plain Style, Paper presented at National Conference 1980
Free Enterprise and Home Ownership: Mitchells Plain Style -Paper presented at National Conference on 12 March 1980 discussing homeownership, State-owned…
ArchiveDetentions in and around Grahamstown: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1988
Detentions in and around Grahamstown: Paper Presented at at the Black Sash National Conference on 11 March 1988 discussing State of Emergency, detentions,…
ArchiveOpening Address presented to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1983
Opening Address by National President Sheena Duncan at National Conference held at Cape Town on 10 March 1983, discussing: Total Strategy, reform, Black Vote,…
ArchiveAddress to the National Conference of the Black Sash held at Cape Town, 1983
Address to the National Conference of the Black Sash by Allan Boesak on the 10 March 1983, discussing: Apartheid, theology, total onslaught, police action,…
ArchiveReport on the Unemployment Insurance Fund: Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1984
Report on the Unemployment Insurance Fund: Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 16 March 1984 discussing Unemployment Insurance Fund, Department…