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Excerpts from long interview given by President O R Tambo to Associated Press correspondent, Mr Nicky Hanks on 7th June 1980 in Lusaka
… R Tambo to Associated Press correspondent, Mr Nicky Hanks on 7th June, 1980 in Lusaka. Discusses actions of Gatsha Buthelezi and his stance on school…
BiographyJanub Gool
Janub Gool, also known as 'Jane', was a founding member of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) and an active figure in the All African Convention and the…
Grade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… Turning points in modern South African History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a general election which was … they won the election. The focus of this…
EventThe UN Group of Experts on Apartheid proposes establishment of a National Convention to set a new course for the future of South Africa
… The United Nations Group of Experts on Apartheid presented its report to the Secretary-General of … This follows the UN Security Council resolution taken on…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, 01 July 1987, Managua
… of the triumph of the Sandinista revolution - a day on which we can bring directly to you fraternal and … It is especially significant for all of us to be…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… THE GANDHIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA (2) Among those who kept the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi alive in South Africa, long after he … which was to grow in subsequent…
Message to the Special Committee against Apartheid on its 20th anniversary from O.R. Tambo, President of the ANC, 06 April 1983
… to the Committee the most cordial fraternal greetings on occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Special … internationally in educating world public…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… conference, seizing a large number of documents. At dawn on 5 December 1956 the South African police swooped down on the homes of various Congress of the…
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
… is born in District 6 in Cape Town. While incarcerated on Robben Island as a political prisoner between 1964 and … 1981. Davis has contributed to literary…
Opening remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability - transforming the world in an era of global change, Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, African Pavilion, Durban, 06 December 2011
… Johan Rockström, Chair of the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability, Ministers, Ambassadors, Ladies and … its dialogue with the Secretary…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… Congress congratulates the British Anti-Apartheid Movement on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding and wishes … more intense and bitter, we shall…
BiographyPaula Ensor
… Town in 2004. As an academic, her research focus has been on the sociology and science of education. Ensor’s work into …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… Members of the press; Ladies and gentlemen: First of all, on behalf of our government and people, I would like to thank … as well as the countless others…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 34th independence celebrations of the Republic of Uganda Kampala, 9 October 1996
… well as joy, that I visit your country to bring greetings on your national day from the government and people of South … people of Uganda played in…
BiographyWolfie Kodesh
… Wolfie Kodesh was born in Benoni on 18 October 1918. His paternal grandparents arrived in … society, the Broederbond . Given the restrictions placed on him…
Oprah Winfrey
… Black African woman billionaire in history! A DNA test on the show African American Lives (2006) stated that Oprah's genetic ancestry is 89% … Medal of…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black 'homeland'. The … homeland system and the holding of a…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… Monikazi Thethiwe in the Tsomo district in the Transkei on 21 October 1918. She was a nurse, a political activist and … World War and by the introduction of…
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on some questions of the unity of the patriotic forces of South Africa
… ANC National Executive Committee statement on some questions of the unity of the patriotic forces of … Statement of the National Executive Committee of the…
Memorandum submitted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa to the Select Committee on the Unlawful Organisations Bill
… about the impact of the Unlawful Organisations Bill on organisations such as the South African Commuist Party and … Communist Party of South Africa to the…
Memorandum submitted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa to the Select Committee on the Unlawful Organisations Bill
… about the impact of the Unlawful Organisations Bill on organisations such as the South African Commuist Party and … Communist Party of South Africa to the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… an increasingly racist government. In elections held in 1948, the National Party seized power and set in motion plans … elections are held with the United…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… South Africa's former Prime Minister on two occasions, from 1919 - 1924 and 1939-1948, General J.C. Smuts passed away at the age of 80 on his … one position…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 3 - Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s by Albert Grundlingh
… itself as a cultural organisation, intent on keeping the “spirit of 38” alive, but it cannot be seen as purely cultural … Afrikaner race policies, were quick…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… Wilfrid Edward Cooper was born on 22 May 1926 in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town, Cape … driver and was transferred to the small town of Klawer on the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Honoris Causa Degree Ceremony, at the Salón de Diputados, Old Congress, Santiago, Chile, 7 June 2005
… sincerest gratitude, I accept this Honoris Causa degree on behalf of the people of South Africa and Africa, who won … and South Africa know many of our…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 83th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1995
… not to be oppressed. We have...taken...the first step on a longer more difficult road. For to be free is not merely … able, collectively, to adopt many…
PlaceGeneral Smuts House Museum, Doornkloof
… Home to General Jan Smuts for over 40 years, Doornkloof in Irene, Southeast … a unique museum that reveals much about the life and the spirit of this great…
BiographyElizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
… late 1959, they had eleven children and lived in a cottage on Barbarossa Street, Paarl. She worked in the industry … of the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL). She…
BiographyAshley La Grange
… my mother’s inheritance was embezzled, so she had to work on night duty as a nurse to look after my brother and me. We … so all essentials were covered…