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EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… of Commerce (NAFCOC), Maponya is also a trustee of the Urban Foundation and the SA Foundation. Maponya studied …
Address on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency, 18 June 2002
… will also address the House on a number of important issues that he deals with more directly, including the … the youth of our country were central to the…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… this dyer situation spawned a movement which forced the apartheid regime to the bargaining table. Richard Turner … In February 1973 mass strikes erupted…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the unveiling of the FIFA Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 emblem, Tempodrom, Berlin 7 July 2006
… the hosting of the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010 in this city of Berlin. I am saying it is fitting because the … Africans who have triumphed over the pernicious…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… - four years later- that I really became involved in anti-apartheid campaigning. I was President of the Guild of … and I found myself thrust into a whole…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from … of the 17th century Dutch and Flemish artists to the City. Her donations also…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… Fire Trial” to eliminate the “most determined” anti-apartheid activists and that such plans seemed to be … to converge at the Old Fort in Johannesburg from…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… party that supported increased racial segregation and apartheid legislation, took increasingly authoritarian … any forms of resistance against the government…
Statement of alliance secretariat following meeting held 5th Feb, 6 February 2015
… 2015, at Luthuli house in its regular meeting to discuss issues common interests, as well as to reflect on … this decision and allow leadership to deal with…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… carrying of weapons and pledged to take action on other issues raised in the letter. Although he refused to dismiss … and announced its withdrawal from talks…
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… streets, East of Kings Park. Centrally located in both the City and the Nation, in March 1900 at the Battle of … The modern Station is served by Shosholoza…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… KwaZulu-Natal ) and is situated 5km west of the Durban city centre. The Township was known for its rich cultural and … and shack lords. The Group Areas Act…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Address by President Jacob Zuma, Gallagher Estates, 29 June 2012
… Charter, engaged on various organisational and policy issues to finalise recommendations to the 53rd national … have declared that we are in a continuing…
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
… known as "comrades" or "young lions." Mainly active in urban areas, especially in the eastern Cape, most were …
PlaceKaNyamazane Township, Mpumalanga
… beautiful mountains and lush vegetation. KaNyamazane is an urban-rural township and was established as a labour reserve …
PlaceAvalon Cemetery, Soweto
… The Avalon Cemetery opened in 1972 during the height of Apartheid, it was reserved exclusively for Blacks. It spans … you’ll find the graves of Joe Slovo and…
EventTanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han
… Tanganyika and the islands of Zanzibar. The capital city of the country is Dodoma with its largest commercial city being Dar es Salaam. The former Zanzibar…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… ', (the President’s official Residence when in the Mother City). Lunch hour, in Company's Garden is generally teeming … forms a pathway between the Suburb of…
Address as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement at the 9th Session of the Islamic Summit Conferences, Doha, State Of Qatar, 12 November 2000
… to preserve the sanctity of the Holy places in the city of Jerusalem. It is also critical that urgent steps are … will reach decisions that will impact…
71.The Group Areas Act
… been severely restricted by the Land Act of 1913 and the Urban Areas Act of 1923, measures enacted so that they … the Union of South Africa. The proclamation…
Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
… Table Mountain and Pollsmoor Prison is part of Cape Town city. Entombed. Silenced. It was forbidden to reproduce his … despite the grim fact that mysterious…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… success. During electoral campaign, the dominant issues included the ever widening gap between the rich and …
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
… Africans, free and united in diversity." "It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
… and executes or plans and carries out decisions on all issues related to the internal struggle. Then for largely … or not, are part of the overall struggle…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… experienced numerous human rights challenges during the apartheid era. The White-dominated government committed … the Truth and Reconciliation Commission or…
PlaceNaval Hill
… their natural habitat. Bloemfontein could well be the only City in the World that has a game Reserve in the heart of the City. Contrary to popular belief,…
EventSouth Africans pay tribute to Nelson Mandela at the Grand Parade in Cape Town
… gathered together at the Grand Parade in front of the City Hall in Cape Town, the place where Nelson Mandela … and Nelson Mandela quotes were placed in front…
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… pretensions to a ‘European’ lifestyle in the era of apartheid. This tremendous body of work is now on view at the … to churches and public monuments, built…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… This spirit is inherent in the theory and practice of apartheid. It makes white South Africa under the leadership … aspirations of the non-whites. This has…
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… the cause of untold human suffering, hardship and poverty. Issues such as the Pass Laws, migrant labour, forced … State legislation and the effects thereof…