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Statement by Oliver Tambo on the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising, 16 June 1986
… of those heroes and martyrs were not in vain. The declaration of yet another state of emergency, this time … It deserves to be and we shall make sure that it…
"The Count-Down has Started": Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising by O. R. Tambo, 16 June 1986
… of those heroes and martyrs were not in vain. The declaration of yet another state of emergency, this time … It deserves to be and we shall make sure that…
EventBritish Parliament passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… commemoration must encourage everyone to live up to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says: 'All human beings …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Source-Based Questions and Answers
… Land Act. 3. Why do you think the song starts with the declaration: “We are the children of Africa?” (1 x 1 mark) …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… asked to contact Dr Xuma with the view to signing a joint declaration against racial discrimination. The joint declaration of Dr Xuma, Dr Naicker and Dr…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women's Day
In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
… place of bitterness given his disagreement with Ngubane in 1948. For Ngubane Inkundla was an essential part of the CYL. … to CYL activities. Ngubane the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… South Africa signs multilateral treaty extending the declaration on the provisional accession of Tunisia to the … in the National Party programme since it…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa calls for national lockdown for 21 days in South Africa
On 23 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in terms of section 27 of the Disaster Management Act. This was an urgent…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… the Nationalist Party Government since it came to power in 1948, the National Executive Committee of the African … deliberations, this historic conference,…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… the conditions of its reception” [7] and Clive Kellner’s declaration that “there is a sense that South Africa needs to …
Address by President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 62nd session of the United Nations’ General Assembly, New York
… Indeed, this collective asserted in the Millennium Declaration that: "We will spare no effort to free our fellow … poor whose hopes have been raised many…
EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… country, 126 were from the Soweto township. Following the declaration of the 27 townships as "unrest areas", the police …
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Press, 16 November 1984, Addis Ababa
… say this because in its resolution on South Africa and the Declaration on Southern Africa, inter alia, the OAU has : …
Statement to the Press by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 16 November 1984
… say this because in its resolution on South Africa and the Declaration on Southern Africa, inter alia, the OAU has : …
PlaceSouth Sudan
… but there has not been a date set for a vote in Abyei. Any declaration of affiliation with the south by Abyei could …
Address of the President of South Africa and the current Chairperson of the G77 and China, Thabo Mbeki at the 61st Session of United Nations General Assembly 19 September 2006, New York
… becoming impatient because every year they hear us adopt declaration after declaration, and yet nothing practical is done to assuage the … political party of…
Post-detention weapons
… Act When the National Party government came to power in 1948; it preferred to use the wide-ranging provisions of the … which govern political activity in…
ArticleThe Johanna
The Johanna, or Joanna, was a British East Indiaman vessel sailing from Kent, England, to Surat, India, under the command of Captain Robert Brown. She embarked…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… for victims injured after a heavy crackdown by the police. 1948 Govan Mbeki and Ma Mofokeng have their fourth child … successfully for African governments to…
Following the January meeting of health ministers in London, a decision is taken that December 1 become World Aids Day
… coordinated action. The summit produced the London Declaration on AIDS Prevention, which called for a spirit of … but before the Christmas holiday period…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… literatures at the centre. He co-authored the polemical declaration, “On the Abolition of the English Department”, …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.11 No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 1993
… Jackie Botha; Two Poems, Mandla Mathebula; Towards a Declaration of Poets' Rights, Chris Mann. Art: Resting Fist: …
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… women in the struggle and all spheres of society. With the declaration of the 1986 State of Emergency , and the mass …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… (SADCC) is established by 9 countries with the Lusaka Declaration (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, …
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… site's close proximity to the diggings. Following upon the declaration of Johannesburg, this area was taken over by the …
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… seen in the passing of the Safety Amendment Act and the declaration of a national State of Emergency on 12 June 1986. …
PlacePhilip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate- Cape Town
The Road was originally named after Nicolaas de Waal, the first administrator of the Cape Province. He initiated the Road's construction. De Waal Drive is set…
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… of the United Nations and the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Decoionisation also provided an appropriate … independence, the ministers adopted the…
PlaceSteenbras Nature Reserve, near Gordons Bay
Steenbras Nature Reserve includes: The well-known Steenbras River Gorge and Crystal Pools Hiking Trail. These are very popular destinations for abseiling,…