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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979
… Fellow countrymen, Militants of the African National Congress and of the struggle for liberation in our country, Cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe inside South…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Deputations … at daybreak on Wednesday by seaplane or…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
… us closer to our cherished goal - the total liberation of our country. The bells that rang in the New Year were, for … January 8th, 1985, we observe and…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2009
… INTRODUCTION On the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the African National Congress, we wish to extend to all … and peaceful year. We pay tribute to the…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 83th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1995
… to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. The true test of our devotion to freedom is just beginning." - President … Freedom. Today…
BiographyBertha Solomon
… to study for an LLB degree (law degree) at the University of South Africa. She was called to the Bar in June 1926, becoming one of the first female…
Nicodemus Kgoathe
… Mr Nicodemus Kgoathe was one of eleven Bakwena-ba-Mokgopa tribesmen detained after an attempt was made to burn down the resident of a tribal headman who had…
George Botha
… in Port Elizabeth, was detained on December 1976 in terms of section 22 of the General Law Amendment Act No 62 of 1966.He was detained in connection with an …
BiographyOupa Ronald Madondo
… Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). With the advent of forced removals from Sophiatown, his family was relocated … exile. In July 1979, Madondo was…
Leonard Tebogo Tume
… cadre. He underwent military training in Botswana as part of MK G5 detachment unit whose primary mission was to attack … later and operated underground in…
BiographyPaula Ensor
… her undergraduate degree in economics at the University of Natal. The next year she completed her honours degree also in economics from the University of…
BiographyAlan McLeod Cormack
… Alan Cormack, the youngest of three children, was born in Johannesburg in February 1924. … teacher. His parents moved to South Africa from the north of…
BiographyDorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu
… Town city centre to Langa Township under the Group Areas Act where she joined the African National Congress (ANC) … political factor in the period prior to…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
… by opposition parties in 1979, leading to the appointment of the Steyn Commission. The Commission was appointed to inquire into the line between the rights…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1960 … South African Government statistics the Muslim population of South Africa…
EventMohandas K. Gandhi is arrested as he leads a march of Indian miners in South Africa
… Africa in 1893, Mohandas Gandhi had first -hand experience of the discrimination faced by people of colour. His response to this was the establishment of the…
Joint Communique of the African National Congress, Natal Indian Congress, the Transvaal Indian Congress and members of the Indian community of South Africa
… Joint Communique of the African National Congress, Natal Indian Congress, the Transvaal Indian Congress, and members of the Indian community of South Africa,…
Report of meeting between President of the ANC, Oliver Tambo, and the U.S. Secretary of State, George Schultz, State Department, 28 January 1987
… Report of meeting between President of the ANC, Oliver Tambo, and the U.S. Secretary of State, George Schultz, regarding apartheid and violence in … Report…
Dr Abraham Faure (79), registrar and secretary of the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Cape Province and founder of De
… Dr Abraham Faure (79), registrar and secretary of the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Cape Province and founder of De Honigby , first church…
Submissions to the Commission of Inquiry into Matters Relating to the Security of the State from the National Union of South African Students
… Submissions prepared for the Commission of Inquiry into Matters Relating to the Security of the State (chaired by Justice H J Potgieter) by the National…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The AmaXhosa OF ALL THE functions of the missions, that of divide and rule … the…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town … the iMfecane during the mid 1800s,…
EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… Dadoo, Indians observed complete hartal, that is, a day of mourning or protest on which all the shops were shut and … land in defiance of the Asiatic Land…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement of the President of the ANC, Thabo Mbeki, Kempton Park, 27 September 2002
… meet at this Policy Conference, during the historic year of the 90th Anniversary of our organisation, the Year of the Volunteer, to prepare … our policies…
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
… Hon Minister Sicelo Shiceka; Hon Premier Kiviet; Members of the Provincial Executive present; Mayors of OR Tambo and Ingquza Hill Municipalities; Hon…
Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the toast remarks by his Excellency, the President of the Republic of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, on the occasion of the State Banquet, Niamey, Republic of Niger 4 July 2006
… Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the toast remarks by his Excellency, the President of the Republic of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, on the…
A message from the Administrator-General of Namibia and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to all SWAPO personnel
… Circular from the Administrator-General of Namibia to SWAPO soldiers to lay down their weapons and return to Angola giving them an undertaking of safety if…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… Ms Ruth Sando Perry, was unanimously elected at a meeting of West African heads of state to become the third chair of Liberia's ruling … government, thereby…
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
… On 7 September 1986, former Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu, was … was prompted by the…
Speech of reply by President Nelson Mandela at the dinner hosted by the lord mayor of London after receiving the freedom of the city of London London, 10 July 1996
… Speech of reply by President Nelson Mandela at the dinner hosted by the lord mayor of London after receiving the freedom of the city of London London, 10…