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Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
… when he walked and worked with us; when he showed us his sharpness and the quality that made him our leader. The youth movement, which became the mettle of…
BiographyJennifer Davis
… Nelson Mandela was finally released from prison and made his first visit to the United States, Jennifer and Dumisani …
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… the Bloemfontein Appeal Court commuted James Mange's death sentence on a charge of high treason to 20 years' … Mange,24, south african freedom fighter,…
EventUN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV
… $200bn is needed to save sixteen million people from death and forty-three million people from becoming infected. …
III - Black Consciousness
… no charges had been proved against him? It was as though his very existence was regarded as threatening the stability … that seek to make him a foreigner in…
PlaceDwarsvlei Farm, Karoo
… the very earliest pioneering days. He came of naval stock. His father was a naval officer and one of his uncles was at one-time commander of Simons Town ,…
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… me to write this to you now, with the hour of your death still a fresh wound in our peoples’ hearts. We called … 1955. It is for these qualities that, in…
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
… of 2nd February 1990. Welcomes the suspension of the death penalty, but concludes that the current government has …
ArchiveInterview with Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
… League in 1943-44, and served as its president after the death of Anton Lembede in 1947. He opposed the influence of …
EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
… were killed, as well as an Irish Nun who was stoned to death by the mob. The riots happened five months after the …
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
… in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa caused the death of 200 residents of Vulindlela and Edendale in March …
EventUDF distances itself from Madikizela
… of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's behaviour after the death of Stompie Seipei. The UDF was summoned by the TRC, as …
PlaceKokstad
… PICTURE) . The town’s namesake was to die an unpretentious death after falling off a cart only a few years after the … a monument, right next to the police…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… Lincoln. There was an issue involving human rights in his day - an issue that challenged the principles enshrined … in the Declaration of Independence. To…
EventRobert McBride is born
… Magoo Bar incident, but was eventually reprieved from the death row and granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation …
EventProfessor Lydia van Niekerk is born
… the University of Stellenbosch, where she worked until her death on 2 November 1929. Van Niekerk was an important …
EventOfficial inauguration of the Constitutional Court
… concerning the question of the constitutionality of the death penalty. The court spent its first few years in rented …
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… That is the freedom for an individual to develop to his/ her full potential. GUMEDE’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD Josiah Gumede, who for much of his formative years…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… Isadore W. Schlesinger made his home in South Africa after the Boer war, and founded … Ngakane[Link to 1951, 1966] - besides being a filmmaker in his own…
ArchiveDenis Goldberg belongs to those who defeated apartheid
… oppressed rather than live in the glare of white opulence. His passing is the departure of an icon. Goldberg belongs to … of Pretoria Local Prison in 1985…
Robert Sobukwe: What a sense of mission! By Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, 19 February 2015, South Africa
… the apartheid regime of the great pan-Africanist leader. His radical dedication to the total freedom, unity and … this month of February, we can do well to…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… influential musicians of all time from South Africa due to his role in spreading awareness about his country during the times of apartheid. Born on 4 April, …
PlaceBurundi
… were killed, since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his intent for seeking re-election [v] . As of January 2016 … opposition [xlix] . This led to the…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… he, one evening, drove for several hours looking for his home at Acacia Park. But his illness never broke his spirit. When I visited him late last year, he…
PlaceRuth Prowse School of Art
… With the death of Ruth Prowse in 1967, her Mansion Property “the …
EventMarie Vogts, botanist and pioneer of the Protea industry, dies in Stellenbosch
… Protea growing in the province. After her husband’s death, Vogts and her son moved to Betty’s Bay where she …
EventBus drivers strike because of lack of protection
… were allegedly attacked by Inkatha supporters, causing the death of four drivers. Arranged police and South African …
EventMining agreement on wages and working conditions is signed
… White and Black workers on training, retirement and death benefits would be established, but gradually. …
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture by President Jacob Zuma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 24 November 2010, Durban
… Hon Minister of Arts and Culture Mr Paul Mashatile; His Majesty King Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, isilo Samabandla, … Judge President of the province, Justice…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the non-violent resistance … war to destroy Nazi imperialism and…