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ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… and philosopher. Karl Marx became stateless because of his work that mainly consisted of political publications which forced him to live in exile with his…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… was a Natal born lawyer, Anton Muziwakhe Lembede. Known to his friends as "Lembs," Lembede was a political neophyte when … Orange Free State to Johannesburg…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… of them all - Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd? De Villiers tried his best but the man he got to see - Deputy Minister of Bantu … and Bantu Education Andries…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… Cape Colony in 1890. Rhodes was from Britain and had made his fortune in South Africa by mining diamonds. He was also a … to stop the raid, but it was too…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… Cape Colony in 1890. Rhodes was from Britain and had made his fortune in South Africa by mining diamonds. He was also a … to stop the raid, but it was too…
Speech at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party by O. R. Tambo, Zambia, August 1988
… nation, illustrious son of Africa and world statesman, His Excellency President Kenneth David Kaunda. The tenth … broad political vision, President Kaunda…
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… Prime Minister; President; Life President of Malawi Death : November 25, 1997, Johannesburg, South Africa Early … the British Central Africa Protectorate,…
Address to the nation by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, on the assassination of Martin Thembisile (Chris) Hani 10 April 1993
… of unsurpassed courage has been cut down in the prime of his life. Chris Hani is known to all of us, loved by … black and white, that day of truth will dawn…
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
… affairs, and then vice president in 1967. Upon Kenyatta's death in August 1978, Moi became the second president of Kenya. He began his presidency by…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… both in government and the ANC to Thabo Mbeki, one of his deputy presidents. 1990 January, Eight veteran African … other anti-apartheid organisations, the…
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… wanted the maximum sentence – and we expected it: death. But in a short statement to the court the judge said … was dead and for the first time in my life,…
EventAmina Lawal’s sentence upheld
… in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upheld a sentence of death by stoning for Amina Lawal. The 31 year old woman had … the act. The law favours men. A man is…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… spoke only Afrikaans or spoke only English. It would be to his advantage to know both languages.” The policy was deeply … the angry students. Many students…
Albert Luthuli`s speech to ceremony for presenting him the Christopher Gell Memorial Award, 21 October 1961, Port Elizabeth
… to participate so prominently in the remembrance of his memory. Let me at the outset thank the Committee from the … great man. The memory of the late…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… first annual national conference, the president in his address to the delegates reiterates the union's position: … of Trade Unions (SACTU) is arrested for…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… and Mining Tycoon, Sammy Marks. He lived there with his wife Bertha and their nine children. The Estate became a … to South Africa in 1868 aged 24. At first…
Notes from Books
… Asian women: the prospective groom was obliged to purchase his bride`s freedom and have her baptised with a Christian … in chains for six successive years in…
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
… just roll their eyes at the memory of the box office death of the worthy but dreary anti-apartheid films that have …
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Da Gama gives the following description of them in his diary: 'The inhabitants of this country are … in the fire, is attached...' Further east Da Gama and…
Oration by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Moses Kotane, 26 May 1978, Moscow
… devoted leader of the African National Congress. His rigorous self-discipline enabled him to survive the … of imperialism - the fascist republic of South…
Oration at the Funeral of Moses Kotane by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, 26 May 1978
… devoted leader of the African National Congress. His rigorous self-discipline enabled him to survive the … of imperialism - the fascist republic of South…
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… a plaque in the Ladysmith Roman Catholic church to honour his 28-year-old son Llandaff who died in a mining accident. … in the mine but did not emerge after…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… to remain a hundred percent objective and distanced from his or her own consciousness of the material dealt with. … male of the lineage of the family and he…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba's mutilated body is found
… widow Daphne stated that her husband was abducted from his place of work on 19 August 1985. He was fatally stabbed … branch wanted to destroy the whole…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… in fields. Gandhi paid tribute to G. A. Natesan for his work for passive resisters deported to India. July 30, … in connection with landing of deportees…
Statement at Press Conference in Dar es Salaam Concerning Sentences in the Rivinia Trial by O. R. Tambo, 12 June 1964
… of world attention. The judge in the trial has done his duty to the white government which appointed him. The … bloodsuckers and tyrants. Let Nelson…
PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… expulsion of the Xhosa chief, Ndlambe and some 20,000 of his followers from the Zuurveld , in 1811, the British … of the Regiment, Colonel John Graham,…
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
… The death of Sam Nzima, the man who took the photograph that came … carried – too late, of course – to medical help, while his horror struck sister runs…
Statement by Oliver Tambo with Other ANC leaders visiting Sweden, 02 February 1990
… announced by F.W. de Klerk such as the suspension of the death sentence, the release of some political prisoners, the … Nelson Mandela without further delay…
Statement by O. R. Tambo with other ANC Leaders Visiting Sweden, 2 February 1990
… announced by F.W. de Klerk such as the suspension of the death sentence, the release of some political prisoners, the … Nelson Mandela without further delay…