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Address by President Nelson Mandela of South Africa to the 49th session of the General Assembly New York, 3 October 1994
… and secure the fundamental human rights of all people, its establishment and consolidation constituted a brazen … of the steps that we have taken already,…
PlaceLekkersing, Namaqualand
The small settlement of Lekkersing, established in 1926 by Ryk Jasper Cloete, lies 60 km east of Port Nolloth. It is said that its name (which means to sing…
EventClements Kadalie dies
Trade unionist, Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba, known by his adopted name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, near the Bandawe mission station in…
Broadcast to South Africa by OR Tambo on the 8th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16 December 1969
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe joins together three periods in our history: the first, the period of wars of resistance waged by … Germany. In no other part of the…
Capture the Citadel. Broadcast to South Africa on the eighth Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1969
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe joins together three periods in our history: the first, the period of wars of resistance waged by … Germany. In no other part of the…
PlaceSierra Leone
… The country then became a single entity with a shared history, culture and language called: 'Krio' which evoked out … nation on April 27, 1961 . This was…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… the Central Committee with the task of preparing a short history of our Party, Fifty Fighting Years, which was … to our struggle will forever be inscribed in…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… The history of modern times is the history of nationalism. Nationalism has been tested in the …
PlaceLamont-Hussey Observatory
… research efforts: Much research has been done on the history of the Lamont-Hussey Observatory. Dr. Patrick Seitzer … from SAAO in Cape Town and the members…
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
… national intelligence capability will be the re-establishment of the National Security Council chaired by the … address the five most urgent tasks at this…
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
… movement of recent years. A good starting point in the history of South African documentary photography is 1950s. … gave life to the campaigns and people who…
Closing remarks to the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 03 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
… and President Tambo were part of the processes of the establishment of the OAU, and participated in PAFMECSA which …
Address at the Opening of the Second Session of the South African-Algerian Bi-National Commission, 17 October 2001
… headed by our respective Ministers of Foreign Affairs. The establishment of a Business Forum that meets parallel to the …
PlaceNyanga Township
… applied the Act in February 1954. It provided for the establishment of emergency camps and the removal of Africans … African Place Names, (Jonathan Ball), p…
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
Acronyms BAWU, Black and Allied Workers Union COSAS, Congress of South African Students COSATU, Congress of South African Trade Unions COSAW,…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the South African Communist Party Policy Conference, 27 September 2008, Randburg Towers
… place at the end of one of the most momentous weeks in the history of our country. The events of the past week have changed the course of history of our…
Undelivered statement by Albert Luthuli at the time of his Trial for burning his pass, 05 July 1960
… are not new or something born in recent years. The whole history of the African people since Union is studded with our … insult to injury, extended them, for…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… Epistles may be deeply engraved in South African cultural history, and perhaps even celebrated throughout the African … "This story hasn't been told because…
PlaceWindermere
… with the winter rains and which entered their homes. Oral history accounts tell of this flooding as one of the many … showed that 90% were forced to move to…
Speech of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the rally to relaunch the SACP Johannesburg, 29 July 1990
… and friends. This is an important day in the political history of our country. It is a day which should give comfort … wish. To us as a democratic movement,…
Document 127 - 6 Point Communist Programme f c. 7 941)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The people … destruction of the freedom of the trade…
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… SWAPO leader coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the establishment of SWAPO. His statement was deemed by the … in their struggle for national…
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
… Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women … by thousands of South African women…
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… Military History Journal Vol 10 No 1 - June 1995 (incorporating Museum … one has only to turn back the pages of early South African history, for since those…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… On this day in history, prominent activist Tseko Simon Nkoli died of an AIDS … |South African History Online, “Biography of Tseko Simon Nkoli”, South African…
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… goes to the ANC". "Do not vote for angry people without a history, legacy, policies and a clear programme of action," …
ArchiveStatement Celebrating Ten Years of Democracy, ANC Chief Whip Nkosinathi Nhleko, 10 May 2004, Parliament Cape Town South Africa
… De Klerk. They forever remain bent on misrepresenting our history and our people`s aspirations. People of South Africa …
PlaceBertrams, Johannesburg
… and has become a place of Poverty. Bertrams has a History of displacement which dates back 80 years." Ismail …
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… at heart and used to an ideology of tyranny” and that his history under such kings as Shaka AND Dingaan showed this, …
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 32 …