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EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… Johannesburg, on a date for the start of negotiations on South Africa's future constitution. Delegates agreed that the … conference would be called…
Chapter 4 - THE PARTY AND THE “SOLDIERS OF LUTHULI”
… representation covered exile members in the USSR, East Africa and London. Most of those present had joined the Party … was still based on the belief that…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… made an outstanding contribution to higher education in South Africa over a period of twenty-five years, and particularly … stage over the years – has been…
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… who was a key figure in the local and international mining world, and the first mayor of Kimberley. The fountain was … The Diggers’ Memorial was designed by…
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… million lives a year are lost to cardiovascular diseases world wide. It is reported that South Africa loses close to 100 people per day to cardiovascular ……
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… Cape Agulhas and not Cape Point is the southernmost tip of Africa. The seas around Cape Agulhas - about two hours drive … of Pharos, one of the Seven Ancient…
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… The Lesotho government invited all South African political refugees to make formal application … departure and countries of choice. Transit rights through…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's national reconciliation, died after a long battle … marrow. He was a long- time National…
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… Thomas Trevor Motswai (known as Tommy) is an award-winning South African artist. He has achieved national and … became a prolific and successful artist who…
EventBar argues against the Suppression of Communism Bill
… of Communism Bill was passed, the freedom of people in South Africa would be in jeopardy. The Bar made this point with … C.R. Swart, wherein he stated that…
Safety and security issues
… of domestic violence has always been alarmingly high in South Africa. Though domestic violence is not limited to female … Police and Judicial Systems Victims…
Chapter 2 - THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The Bram … secretary and the chairperson of the Party based in Africa, the meeting had to…
Archive1998 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 1998
… the ills of our terrible past. They are but a platform for South Africans to let their strengths shine through. By our … electricity connections in 1997…
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage, making South Africa the first African country to do so and one of only a few in the world at the time. MPs…
”Malan Cannot Succeed Where Hitler Failed”: Interview To , Cape Town, June 1950
… "Never before in the history of South Africa have the national leaders acted so swiftly and with … to go through with the Suppression of Communism Bill…
EventThe ANC unveils its proposed constitutional principles
… first plenary session of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), which began on 21 December 1991 at the World Trade Centre, Johannesburg. ……
ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
… occupies the place that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does in South African politics. A stalwart of the African National … by tragedies and dramas, and by the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Sitting of Parliament to Report on the Processing of Some Presidential Pardons: Cape Town, 21 November 2007.
… remember their loved ones, the government and people of South Africa stand together with them. Our abiding prayer is that … done to perpetuate white minority…
EventPeter van der Merwe, South African cricketer, dies
… Paarl, Cape Town. He began playing first-class cricket for South African Universities as a left-side spinner. Though he … a dependable middle-order batsman…
EventA bomb blast rocks the ANC London office
… was bombed. General Johann Coetzee, former head of the South African security police, and seven other policemen, … Taylor and Eugene de Kock. Coetzee…
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
… South Africa announced that it had completed destroying its stock … personnel or people rather than equipment. In the 1990s South Africa began to revise its…
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… and finally the French, becoming a part of French West Africa around half a century earlier. With independence, … a society has hindered its progress in a…
EventZambian president Kenneth Kaunda refuses to take part in UK
… March 1978. The exclusion of ZANU and ZAPU meant that the 'war' continued. Edgar Tekere, ZANU's firebrand Executive … Rhodesia increased in intensity and…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… prepared to work with other people. At the end of the Boer War the people, people like Botha (not this Botha), Louis … Afrikaners decided to trek up the…
Document 54 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Communist League of South Africa and the Workers Party of South Africa, 24 July 1935
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … development of the South African group. The approaching war will shake the…
Address on the Occasion of the State Banquet, Tripoli, Libya, 12 June 2002
… your kind and warm welcome to me, my wife and the entire South African delegation. It is indeed a special pleasure for … greetings from the government and…
EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
… The South African government led by National Party (NP) held a referendum in which white voters decided whether South Africa should remain a member of the…
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… The houses of South African Houses of Parliament are situated in Cape Town … a compromise agreed upon at the formation of the Union of South Africa , in 1910…
Document 114 - (National Liberation League?), How To Work Among Urban Africans
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … b) Methods suggested in it do not suit tribal rural South Africa, and could not…
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
… much of his time conducting the struggle of the people of South Africa. It was here that he taught that the destiny of the … Charter, the drawing together of…