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Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
… some of the most dramatic developments in our political history. There was the uprising in Bophuthatswana, the events …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… and it is the duty of historians to trace back our rich history to the colonial days, to the Gandhian era of struggle …
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… 1. The year 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It was marked …
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… here tonight that that is the only course open to us. History has taught us that a group in power has never …
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… . It is the ideal setting through which to experience the history of Uitenhage. The Old Railway Station built in 1875 …
Document 57 - Lionel Forman, “Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion”, Liberation, 37, July 1959
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 57 …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… challenges posed by contemporary human society. Our shared history demonstrates that the actuality of the geographic …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the High Diamond Council, Antwerp, Belgium: 15th November 2004
… the Bill of Rights and others. Because of the unfortunate history of our country, we have a duty to ensure that the …
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… here tonight that that is the only course open to us. History has taught us that a group in power has never …
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and …
Chapter 9. The Struggle against Sweating - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… after the Turkish war". Knowing a little about European history, I guessed that he was born in 1887. "What work are …
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
The term “poor whites” was coined during the 19th century, as the mineral revolution and development of mines forced smaller farmers off their land.[1] This…
Place"When Woodstock had a Beach"
Before the clash of concrete and commerce, before the hum of machinery overtook the gentle sound of waves, the Woodstock coastline thrived as a vibrant beach…
PlaceKopanong Local Municipality, Free Sate
The Kopanong Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the Xhariep District of the Free State Province. It is the largest of the three…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… it would be a false, you know… Taylor: It would be writing history backwards? Chaskalson: Well no, not in writing history backwards. I think it would be… The…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… efforts of our whole movement. Spontaneity is not enough. History teaches that, left to themselves without advanced … made special efforts to regroup itself…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
… in 1878 (Vietzen, 1980: 184-5). This chapter traces the history of the Seminary from foundation until the end of the … Zulu lawyers as well. Then will come…
52 STEPS TO HEAVEN
… bad'." Paula, he states, gave him hope. "Everything in the history of this country, and my experiences, was against me … They were expatriates; they came…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… minister in the first coalition government in Kenya’s history. August – 3 million people starve as Northern Kenya …
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… deep footprints in the sand of the country's political history in the years after 1921 when he became General …
The Bill of Rights
… a. the current use of the property; b. the history of the acquisition and use of the property; c. …
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… thus becoming the first woman deputy president in the history of South Africa. She assumes the position after Mbeki …
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… that the electioneering had been "unparalleled in the history of the Indian community". A large part of the …
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… centuries played a strangely ambiguous role in the history and affairs of the region. On the one hand they were … centuries played a strangely ambiguous role…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… or subvert our sovereignty. It is unparalleled in African history to have another people rise to the defence of one of …
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… to tell them what to think. They had their own history and political traditions of which the national …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
… masses are, and must continue to be, the makers of history; historical reality demands that these masses should … of the people as a whole, across all social…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… "The Lovedale Press: Literature for the Bantu Revisited," History in Africa, 6 (1979): 155-175) and Brian WiUan's … Karis, eds.. From Protest to Challenge: A…
PlaceHalvey Hotel, Bloemfontein
This was intended to be a Boarding House for the late-night Theatre Attendees in 1893. However this Building is now a Four Star Heritage Hotel. (The innuendo…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
Set in a twist of the Sundays River, the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, dating back to the Great Trek, between…