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What I have known of him on the island: a 70th Birthday tribute to Nelson Mandela
CHAPTER FOUR: THE ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE RHODESIAN AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN SECURITY FORCES
leader, Hassan el Banna, is shot to death – probably by the Egyptian government’s security branch.
World War 2: The German troops of Gen. Erwin Rommel move from Italy to North Africa.
Australia’s international airline, Qantas, resumes direct flights to South Africa after a break of fourteen years.
A government commission is appointed to inquire into and report on all aspects of native education.
Former President John Vorster says he has decided to withdraw from politics for family reasons.
Egypt is placed under martial law in response to wide-spread riots against the British.
Gary Kirsten becomes the first SA cricket player to score 10 centuries in test cricket.
EventGamal Abdel Nasser is formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic
On 5 February 1958, Gamal Abdel Nasser was formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic. In February 1958, Egypt joined…
ArchiveSouth Africa wants to make history compulsory at school. But can it? by Linda Chisholm (the Conversation.com), 1 June 2018
South Africa’s minister of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has released a report from a ministerial task team that recommends a major overhaul of the…
Statement by Reverend Gabriel Seteloane at the special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in Atlanta to pay tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 50th anniversary of his birth, 16 January 1979
I stand here not as a diplomat, I am not schooled in that line; but I do stand here as a man who shares a profession with a man we are commemorating today,…
BiographyDr Hoosen Mia Haffejee
Hoosen Mia Haffejee was born on 6 November 1950. Haffejee grew up in Pietermaritzburg and completed his primary schooling at St. Paul’s School and Marion…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
The Right Honourable Rev. Desmond Tutu, Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; …
Presidential Address to the Extended Meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, April 1975
Events across the globe in the past twelve months have moved at a new speed, in some instances, a dazzling pace. The period from the Lisbon coup to the…
Remarks by the President of the African National Congress Comrade JG Zuma to Worker`s Day Durban, 1 May 2015
The Leadership of Cosatu, the ANC, and SANCO, Comrades and friends This Workers Day takes place in the year when we celebrate sixty years since the adoption…
Address to the Anti-Racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council by O. R. Tambo, London, 21 March 1984
Twenty-four years ago today, March 21st, 1960, 69 Africans were brutally murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on…
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 35 - "New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott:…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to The Progressive Professionals Forum on the occasion of their launch, 2 August 2013
The President of the Progressive Professionals Forum (PPF), Mr Jimmy Manyi, Esteemed Members of the PPF, Ladies and gentlemen I am humbled by the honour to…
Press Conference in Maputo: Comments by Oliver Tambo on South African offer of territory to Swaziland, 5 March 1982
[Speaking at a press conference in Maputo, Mr. Tambo said that the ANC had already held two sets of discussions with the Swazi authorities on the South African…
Closing Remarks to the 53rd National Conference of the ANC by President Jacob Zuma, December 2012, Mangaung
ANC Deputy President, Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa and all Officials of the ANC, Deputy President of the Republic, Comrade Kgalema Motlanthe, Members of the…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei on 26 September 1936…
ArchiveArt Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat by Matthew Krouse (Mail & Gurdian), 28 September 2013
The FNB Jo'burg Art Fair, running in Sandton until Sunday, has been full of surprises. The Mail & Guardian reported on Friday that artist Ayanda Mabulu's…
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
In 1979 the African National Congress launched an attempt to receive international recognition as the “sole legitimate representative of the people of South…
Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive…
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
Marcus Garvey's name is synonymous with Pan-Africanism and the Rastafari Movement. He was born in Jamaica on 17 August 1887, and as a young man developed a…
ArchiveDirector’s Report on the Activities of the Chris Hani Institute for the period October 2012 to September 2015
The Chris Hani Institute (CHI) was launched in 2003 to promote the values and principles practised by Chris Hani and others in their struggle to serve the…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa.
On 16 July 1901, the Ladies commission was appointed. The members who were considered impartial were, Mrs. Millicent G. Fawcett, Emily Hobhouse and Dr. Jane…
DOCUMENT 37. “Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969
ADOPTED AT THE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS, ON 5 MARCH 1955, AND INCLUDED AS A PREAMBLE TO ITS CONSTITUTION Organize…
EventSA experiences a monetary crisis due to the heavy drain of gold from the country during the Great Depression
The Great Depression had a profound effect on economies around the world and South Africa was no exception. South Africa's greatest exports at the time were in…