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EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… was born on 17 November 1903. After studying for his doctoral degree at the University of Leyden in Germany, … President of the South Africa, a position he…
EventAnton Fransch, ANC guerrilla, killed by the special forces of the apartheid regime
… of the Mkhonto Wesizwe , the military wing of the ANC. His position was discovered and on the 17th November 1989, he … sergeant was finally authorised to…
The ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - The 1987 attack at the Wits Command
… 1980 In the Heart of the Whore, The story of apartheid's death squads, by Jacques Pauw Blue-Blooded Afrikaner as … Grosskopf gets amnesty, 13 December 2000…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… Similarly, one of the public protests that resulted in death of a protestor which sparked anger across the country … by police officers during the service…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…