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Twenty years of our lives: Opening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Cape Town
… Twenty years of our lives: Opening Address presented at the Black Sash … in Cape Town on 10 March 1975. Discusses History of Black Sash, formation,…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… I had been active in the labour movement since the days of my youth, my election to the position of general secretary the union was purely fortuitous. In…
Duties as Minister of the Interior, Resettlement, Township Administration, Inkatha and KwaZulu politics
… Oral interview with Dr F T Mdlalose, KwaZulu Minister of the Interior at his offices in Ulundi. Please note that … for ANC Youth League 05:53 -06:86 - Youth…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… Ethiopia had been one of the few states to survive "the scramble for Africa" by the … late 19th century. Both Italy and Ethiopia were members of the League…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Herrenvolk history books present two pictures of Dr. John Philip, Superintendent…
Address at the opening of The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Durban 12 November 1999
… Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Leaders of Delegation and Ministers,…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South Africa, on the authority of the … of May! We call on you…
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… On 15 November 1920, the General Assembly of the League of the Nationsmet in Geneva, Switzerland for the first time. … The League was an international body…
Summary notes of meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General: Cape Town, Monday, 22 January 1979
… Notes of a meeting to discuss the dates for deployment of UNTAG in Namibia, the implementation of Resolution 435 and the issue of Namibian refugees … Summary…
Lobenguela’s izinDuna by Martin Plaut (Quarterly Bulletin of the National Library of South Africa ), 2016
… This photograph of two Ndebele leaders is entitled on its reverse: ‘Chiefs … & “Omjaam.” Babyan was answerable for the assassination of Alan Wilson’s party…
EventSir George Gray, governor of the Cape, lays the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital
… Hospital. On 18 August 1859, Sir George Gray, governor of the Cape, laid the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital in Green Point, Cape Town. The … was…
Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… met on Friday, 24 May 1996 in its second ordinary meeting of the year. Below are some of the decisions taken by the Executive Committee. 1. NEDLAC … other…
The Non-European Unity Movement: Report of the proceedings of the 7th National Conference
… Proceedings of the 7th National Conference of the Non-European Unity Movement, held in the Woodstock … address by Rev. Z R Mahabane, titled, "The policy of…
"We are of the World and the World is with Us": Address on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University by O. R. Tambo , New Delhi, 9 May 1986
… august and eminent assembly to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. The question I have pondered without results from … Quite clearly, the operation…
EventFormer commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned
… Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe, brother of President Lennox Sebe, was sentenced to twelve years' … Former…
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting … and found it necessary to appeal to all our people to act together…
Archive2007 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2007
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting … today renew our pledge, to speak together of freedom, to act in…
BiographyPetrus Nzima Nyawose
… a popular nightclub in Durban. Nyawose spent most of his working hours at the offices of the Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU), where he chaired … of Durban,…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu , a township north of Durban , where she attended Umzuvele Secondary School. … political involvement and mobilisation…
EventUN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.
… The United Nations Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid issued an appeal to member states and organizations to assist families of persons…
Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in Honour of his Excellency, the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, at Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 31 March 2006
… Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in Honour of his Excellency, the President of the Palestinian National …
Toast by the President of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki at the Official Dinner in Honour of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Gerhard Schroder, Pretoria 22 January 2004
… Toast by the President of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki at the Official Dinner in Honour of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Gerhard…
Chapter 9
… New Methods of Struggle Having defined its tasks and formulated its … Association) twice met and twice repudiated the sham representation under the 1936…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1974
… Good evening, fellow countrymen... On this, the eve of June 26th, South Africa Freedom Day, which we all observe annually, I greet you in the name of the…
Names of Slaves and Free Blacks
… appendix II. A note by the authors says that the list of names is a random selection culled from various sources. … name in brackets is taken from the…
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers' party The industrialisation of South Africa brought into exÂ…
Document 22 - CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
… rigid macro-economic targets set by government, regardless of their social consequences. Those policies having a … and exchange controls. 2. DEFICIT TARGETS…
A History of Botsotso by Allan Horwitz
… platform for performance, was formed in 1996 by members of the Botsotso Jesters poetry performance group. The Jesters … come together in 1994 and consisted…
Archaeology - A way of discovering the past
… and friends may be able to recall their experiences of that time. Books and films also inform about the past. How do the writers of these books and the…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… Braamfontein - is now Constitution Hill , the home of South Africa's highest court. Constitution Hill represents … Johannesburg ’s most notorious historic…