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EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… History was made in Western Africa when, for the first time, a woman, Ms Ruth Sando Perry, was unanimously elected …
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
… a member of the African National Congress (ANC) used his time oversees to represent the organization. He became a …
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… are very interesting and you will enjoy taking your time in the Museum, taking in this History and learning about …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… founded by King Solomon, the King of the Zulus, but at the time it was Inkatha. Then Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi revived the … against him so I joined the…
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
… in which to liberate South West and in that 11 months' time they say there will be a different president every … I want to agree most heartily with him, but…
Opening address by President Jacob Zuma to the 2nd Biennial Summit on substance abuse, 15 March 2011, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… It also appears that each province also has its own unique challenge. In KwaZulu-Natal there are new concoctions on the …
Closing Remarks to the 53rd National Conference of the ANC by President Jacob Zuma, December 2012, Mangaung
… and unemployment, which are at the heart of South Africa’s challenge. The ANC government will therefore transform the …
Article20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014) - Profiles of the Presidents
… South Africans were able to cast their vote for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and …
ArticleThe Western Front
… at the bloody Battle of the Marne near Paris. By this time the German army was exhausted, and the BEF, backed up by …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… of food. 15 September Tanks are introduced for the first time in the Battle of the Somme by the British. 20 September …
ArticleTransport in the air
… people who claimed that they had already done this by the time the Wrights took to the air. The Wrights' flight was the …
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… free political activity), 3 (interim government), and 5 (time-frames) had successfully completed their assignment. …
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… of our struggle and friends of our people. At the same time, Walter Sisulu and his comrades also taught our movement … ANCs in a number of countries of our…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 2 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… get their revenge and teach those kids a lesson for some time. After the mess last week with the burning of the … been chasing somebody who ran into his…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE SA FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATIONS Upington, 27 April 1997
… fact that since 27 April 1994, millions have for the first time experienced access to clean water;electricity;housing … and exports increase. Our provinces…
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - 6 November 2025
… until they approved of them. This process was immensely time-consuming. But it has helped to ensure greater accuracy …
Rivonia: Telling it as it was, 2 July 1988
… - twenty-five years on - to recapture the feeling of the time of Rivonia - of the sudden arrest of some of the leading … at the times in which they occurred…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
… Administration might not be in office in a few months’ time. Whatever momentum had been built up could not be … and illusory, suddenly seemed within reach…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… which is still the ruling party in South Africa. At that time Dr. Malan was the leader of the Party. Today Dr. … not come together. That policy has been…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
… on the political scene was twofold. It for the first time laid the basis for uniting all democratic elements … amongst large sections of our people. Coming…
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… you what he said to me or anyone about anything at any time. But Barney Simon, director of Johannesburg’s market … terribly good to him there,” Mrs Kuny said…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… Ibrahim , then known as Dollar Brand. Ibrahim, 25 at the time, was the forward-thinking figure needed to complete South Africa's greatest bebop band of all…
PlaceBenin
… a candidate from one of the two southern regions. At the time of the slave trade, the kingdom of Dahomey was … down, and Soglo staged another coup in…
81. The People’s Candidates Party and the Lenasia Management Committee
… Management Committee between 1974 and 1978. But over time the party became disenchanted with local authorities, … and motivation that has characterised our…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… destabilize the Government of Mozambique, which was at the time run by the Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO). … Overseas Province of Mozambique, and…
PlaceZimbabwe
… little in the way of material possessions, but at the same time this gave them a mobility. Which meant that as soon as … area is also known as Mapungubwe …
PlaceLovedale Missionary School
… (GMS). It was named after the society’s secretary at the time, Dr John Love. It first provided informal education and …
EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… – a phenomenon familiar to the rest of South Africa at the time. Black people had already been segregated off from the …
Statement on ANC central number and information line, 10 October 2005
… ANC headquarters at Chief Albert Luthuli House and, in time, other ANC offices. ANC national spokesperson, Smuts …
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… party is scheduled as follows: Date: Friday, 20 May 2011 Time: 15h00-20h00 Venue: Chief Albert Luthuli House …