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”Banishment of Winnie Mandela”, 1983 interview Brandfort, OFS
Winnie Mandela bannished & banned to Brandfort. Interviewed by SA documentary filmmaker Kevin Harris for his 1983 documentary: "No Middle Road To Freedom".
Thabo Mbeki speaking at Nelson Mandela memorial, 8 December 2013
In Memoriam: Mandela and Tolstoy by Imraan Coovadia, 9 December 2013
Obama speech at Nelson Mandela’s national memorial in Soweto, 10 December 2013
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
Former president FW de Klerk says South Africa has lost one of its founding fathers and "greatest sons". Former president FW De Klerk said South Africa lost…
Business leaders pay tribute to Mandela by staff writer, December 8 2013
COMPANIES and business organisations on Friday reacted to the death on Thursday night of former president Nelson Mandela. Here are some highlights: ”¢ Mandela…
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
Madala, as you light-heartedly started calling me some years ago, it both grieves me and inspires me to write this to you now, with the hour of your death…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the departure of former president Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
My fellow South Africans, Our beloved Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the founding president of our democratic nation has departed. He passed on peacefully in the…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
MANDELA AND TAMBO said the brass plate on our office door. We practised as attorneys-at-law in Johannesburg in a shabby building across the street from the…
Latest in the SAHO archive: 27 November, 2013 - 10 December, 2013
Reflections on the Pan Africanist Congress ‘Underground’ in the Era of the 1976 Youth Uprisings by Ali Khangela Hlongwane
EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
Born Alhaji Omar Bongo Ondimba, he was president of Gabon for 41 years, making him one of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. In 1990, under…
EventAlan Charles Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian is born
Alan Charles Rusbridger is an English journalist and editor of The Guardian newspaper. He was born in Northern Rodesia (Now Zambia) to English parents. The…
EventNiel van der Watt, SA composer is born
Born Gerhardus Daniel van der Watt in Pretoria, Niel van der Walt is a composer well known for his choral compositions. He comes from a family of teachers. He…
EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
Stephen Leroy Appiah is a retired Ghanaian footballer who once captained the Ghanaian national team. Appiah was born in Achimota, Accra on 24 December 1980. He…
EventEgyptian author, and trade unionist, Gamal al-Banna is born
Though he was the younger brother of Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Gamal al-Banna was a liberal scholar and a critic of the Muslim…
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Déguy Alain Didier Zokora is an Ivorian footballer born in Abidjan on 14 December 1980. He started his career in his home country’s team Académie MimoSifcom…
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
On the morning of 17 December 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under…
The “NUMSA moment” is OUR moment - Adopted by the Inaugural National Meeting of Democracy from Below
FW de Klerk’s speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990
Mr Speaker, Members of Parliament. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS on September the 6th, 1989, placed our country irrevocably on the road of drastic change. Underlying…
EventGwen Lister is born
Gwen Lister is a South African born Namibian Journalist, publisher and anti apartheid activist. She was born in East London on 5 December 1953. After…
Report on Passive Resistance, June 1947-May 1948
Report by A.I. Meer to the Joint Passive Resistance Council of the Natal and Transvaal Indian Congresses, 9 January 1948
Statement on the launching in natal of the defiance campaign, 30 August 1952
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Search for a United Front against racism
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer The salvation of the Indian people in this country lay…
Non-European United Front of South Africa, Statement of Passive Resistance Movement, 1939
Emancipation Day
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Document Center at UKZN. “Burning of the Passes” from the collection of Ela Gandhi, MP. Assention no. 1889-23
On 14 August Gandhiji wrote to Smuts that he was approaching him "on the eve of what promises for Indians to be an interminable struggle". He said: On Sunday …