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Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… only further entrenches the patriarchal system of governance. It is this system of governance and its mechanisms, such as the police service, …
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… determination that proper adherence to good economic governance, aimed at the emancipation of our people from … Clearly, these measures of ensuring democracy…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… the past and the future and facilitate the continued governance of South Africa, while an elected Constitutional …
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
… we honour our commitments democracy, human rights and good governance. I am confident that the United Nations will work … continue to strengthen the…
BiographyElizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in…
BiographyBaldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane
Dr Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane was born on 22 October 1941 at the Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission in Camperdown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He…
BiographyMatela Mantsoe
Matela Mantsoe, a resident of Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State (now Free State)was described by government authorities as a …
BiographyAlfred Mangena
Alfred Mangena was born in Escort in present day Kwazulu Natal circa 1879. He managed to acquire little formal public education, and eventually began to study…
BiographyEssop Goolam Pahad
Essop Goolam Pahad was born on the 21st of June 1939 in Schweizer-Reneke in Western Transvaal (now North West Province). He grew up in a family of political…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… reshaped in relation to formal and informal modes of urban governance? When are differences—of gender, generations, …
ANC National Working Committee statement following its meeting held on the 20th January 2014, 21 January 2014
… commissioned by the former Minister of the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Comrade Richard Baloyi, …
ArticleAbout South African History Online (SAHO)
… in the “Who’s Who: Lives of Courage” archive Politics & Governance: Covers political movements, liberation history, …
Address by President Mandela to the Meeting of Directors-General Establishing a Forum of Directors-General Pretoria, 18 August 1998
… and has been enriched by the ethos of co-operative governance. The establishment of a forum that brings together …
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) Summit, Great Hall of The People, Beijing, China, 5 November 2006
… that is characterised by transparency, good corporate governance, predictability and poverty alleviation and …
BiographyPhindile Mfethi
Restricted to Germiston, Transvaal. In mid 1978 banished to the Transkei.Former trade unionist with the National Union of Textile Workers and Secretary of the…
BiographyPhindile Fethi
Phindile Fethi was a former Trade Unionist with the National Union of Textile Workers and Secretary of International Aid Society (IAS). He was detained from 10…
BiographyWilliam Cock
In 1849, Cape Town lived up to its reputation for giving visiting vessels a rousing reception. But this was a reception with a difference; it was in fact a…
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
Abdurahman, who was born in Wellington (Cape Town ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He return to…
BiographyFiroz Cachalia
Professor Firoz Cachalia holds a BA degree, a BA (Hons) degree, an LLB and a Higher Diploma in Company Law from Witwatersrand University. Cachalia is currently…
BiographyPhathekile Holomisa
Phathekile Holomisa was born on 26 August 1959 in the Eastern Cape. He went to the University of Natal during the mid 1980’s where he received a Bachelor of…
BiographyEdward Sineke Tyaliti
In a letter to the NAD [Native Affairs Department] Secretary dated 14 August 1958, the CM [Chief Magistrate] claimed that [Kaizer] Matanzima was keen on…
BiographyTom Lebekoe
Tom Lebekoe was one of the six persons, alongside Jeremiah Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…
BiographyNikisi Feni
Nikisi Feni and Mabaso Siqila were said to be the leaders of ‘recalcitrant Natives’ in Xengxe Location, near King William’s Town, Eastern Province [now Eastern…
BiographyNtlabati Jojo
Ntlabati Jojo had been deposed of his status as headman in the late 1920s though by the 1940s, he was considered to be effectively the chief of a few locations…
BiographyMamokgalake Lesiba John Choene
… having a detrimental effect on the “peace, order and good governance” of the community. He was banished to Delville …
BiographyDorothy Cleminshaw
Dorothy Cleminshaw (nee Mullany) was born in Cape Town on the 15th of September 1922. She went to Ellersie College in Sea Point and matriculated with a full…
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 21 May 2004 (After National Elections)
… of local government; further integrate our system of governance, responding effectively to the requirement for cooperative governance; consolidate the…
Address by his excellency, President Jacob Zuma at the 50th Anniversary of the Mpondo Revolt of 1960, 07 June 2010, Ingquza Hill, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape
… Tambo was born. I thank the Department of Cooperative Governance and all the stakeholders such as the local … by government, in particular the Department of…
BiographyPhillip Qipu Vundla
Philip Vundla was born in 1901 and attended Healdtown for some years before finding work in Johannesburg as a mine clerk. In the mid-1940s he was an organiser…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… 2013. Songs and Secrets: South Africa from Liberation to Governance (Columbia/Hurst). Columbia University Press. … of Songs and Secrets: South Africa from…