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State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 24 May 1994 Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South African Black woman to receive a Bachelor's degree. While on a choir…
South Africa's political landscape, as visual poetry: Haunting images have understated, dry elegance by Mark Feeney, 20 February 2011
Goldblatt, who turned 80 in November, is among the greatest of living documentary photographers. He won the Hasselblad Award, something like a Nobel for…
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
For the oppressed people of South Africa the commemoration of the twentieth year of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rightsbears a very…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Indian community Mount Edgecombe, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 18 April 2014
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr Jeff Radebe, ANC Provincial and regional Leadership present, The Treasurer-General of SANCO, Mr…
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
It is heart-breaking to say goodbye to a special human being like Mr Juda Ngwenya. He leaves his nation with a gaping wound and his profession with a void…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Newsweek, 01 August 1980
Question: Your guerrillas recently blew up fuel tanks at South Africa`s oil-from-coal processing plant at Sasolburg, and there have been attacks on police…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 February 1965. When Johannesburg was proclaimed in 1886 on the triangular site…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
Your Excellency, President Bouteflika, Your Excellencies Ministers, Honourable Members of Parliament, Your Worships the Mayors here present, Business…
ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE COAT OF ARMS, Kwaggafontein, 27 April 2000
Today, on our Freedom Day, we are also gathered here to unveil yet another symbol of our national identity, our new Coat of Arms that now stands before us for…
Statement In Court By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. G. M. Naicker, When Charged With Aiding And Abetting Under The Immigrants Regulation Act Of 1913, February 26, 1948
Your Worship, We are charged with the offence of contravening Section 20 (r)of the Act No. 22 of 1913 in that we did wrongfully and unlawfully aid or abet…
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan Islamabad, 4 May 1999
Mr Prime Minister; Honourable Members of the Senate and the National Assembly of Pakistan Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour to have been invited…
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of Boksburg Boksburg, 26 June 1997
Master of Ceremonies; Premier Tokyo Sexwale; Mayor Mxolisi Xayiya; Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very proud and honoured to be a free citizen of Boksburg. It…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
THIS month forty years ago, South Africa learned an important truth which shaped our future – that people without power can challenge those who have it, but…
Declaration by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
Declaration We the delegates to this the 52nd National Conference of the African National Congress, assembled here at the University of Limpopo, in the great…
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
Introduction To someone cut off from friends and relatives, restricted to seeing only a selected few people and even these not as frequently as in normal…
Nelson Mandela Letter to the United Party, 23 May 1961
Letter Wrttten by Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, Leader of the White Opposition United Party, 23 May 1961. Sir De Villiers Graaff, Leader of the…
Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
The COSATU Executive Committee met on Friday, 24 May 1996 in its second ordinary meeting of the year. Below are some of the decisions taken by the Executive…
Document 27 - Record of Understanding
Presented to the Portfolio Committee: Justice Annexures available on the COSATU website at www.cosatu.org.za 1. Executive Summary of Recommendations The…
PlaceTulbagh, Western Cape
On 1 February 1808 the territory North of the Great Berg river was annexed to the new District of Tulbagh, and declared a separate sub-drostdy with its…
PlaceThe Haven Night Shelter(s)
In February 1975 a group of NICRO Social Workers were having their morning tea break in their offices in Harrington Street. One of the Social Workers was…
PlaceThembuland
It is a natural region in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Its territory is the traditional region of the Thembu people, one of the sub-groups of the…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
Dr David Nthubu Koloane, who was born in South Africa in 1938, was an extraordinary pioneer in the visual arts who fiercely defied any form of categorisation…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
Precolonial and Early History Almost four hundred years ago, Khoe-San people moved into the interior of South Africa from the Cape (what is today the…
Women at the start of the 20th century
It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
Miriam Makeba: Activist on Two FrontsAbstract:Miriam Makeba is a Gramy award-winning singer. She is from Johannesburg and dedicated her life to fighting for…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
1815 Louis Trichardt and Hans van Rensburg cross the Oranje/Gariep river. June 1836, Van Rensburg leaves Trichardt while Potgieter goes on an expedition to…
The Atlantic slave trade
Causes and results of slavery A main cause of the trade was the colonies that European countries were starting to develop. In America, for instance, which was…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
The Natal Indian Association (NIA) was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) amalgamated.[1…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement of the President of the ANC, Thabo Mbeki, Kempton Park, 27 September 2002
Chairperson Comrades delegates and friends We meet at this Policy Conference, during the historic year of the 90th Anniversary of our organisation, the Year…