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BiographyAbdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat
… Docrat was born in the village of Kathor, India on 15 September 1915. His grandfather was a … to the Congress of the People at Kliptown. During the 1960…
BiographyPaul Ramotsoane Mosaka
… Fort Beaufort in the eastern Cape. He read for a Bachelor of Arts degree with the University of Fort Hare. While still … at Healdtown before moving to Thaba…
BiographyJustice Sfiso Mkame
… Ainslie in Johannesburg in the mid-1980s. Ka-Mkame speaks of them as 'milestones' that took his work to another level. … Soweto uprisings and a time when the…
BiographyWilliam Frederick Nkomo
… born in Makapanstad near Pretoria in 1915. He was the son of a Methodist minister, Abraham Nkomo, and attended primary … and the different races. Following…
ArchiveLetter from P W Botha, State President of the Republic of South Africa to His Excellency Dr K D Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia
… Letter from the State President of South African to the President of Zambia, requesting that he assist in the transition … Letter from P W Botha, State…
BiographyJosie Palmer
… Potchefstroom in 1921. ‘Palmer’ is the anglicised version of her father’s Zulu name, ‘Mpama’. She would later adopt the … organising. Furthermore, she was…
BiographyVirginia Engel
… in politics at Livingstone High School , where several of her teachers were involved in the Unity Movement and the … other activists, in Pollsmoor Prison…
BiographyGreg Marinovich
… The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a … service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest the…
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… Secretary of State Colin Powell was heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in, South … Sources: Environmental…
Archive1999 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 5 February 1999 (Before National Elections)
… ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, 5 February 1999 Madame Speaker and Deputy … Ten years ago, in a letter to the Head of the…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 17 June 2014 (after National Elections)
… The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National … It is a great pleasure to address you on this first State of the Nation Address of…
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… Premanathan "Prema" Naidoo, the youngest son of Ama and Thambi Naidoo, was born in Doornfontein, … Eastern Cape (now Eastern Province) during the first…
Response by Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the first session of CODESA, World Trade Centre, Kempton Park
… Response by Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the first session of CODESA,…
South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
… is a History and Secondary Education major at Bridgewater State University. A life-long resident of Massachusetts, she plans on using her degree to become a …
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 council. … thereby…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… The first protest of women against the carrying of passes by women took place in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State), where there was a large…
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
… he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was … despite all the underhand attempts by…
BiographyDeseni Soobben
… the Natal Technikon, (now known as the Durban University of Technology). While a student, she would take pictures of soccer matches at Currie’s Fountain ,…
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 21 May 2004 (After National Elections)
… Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the first … government Our honoured traditional leaders Heads of the state organs supporting our…
BiographyNgoza Mvelase
… in previous years resulted in 40 deaths, the burning of over 1,000 huts and the theft of more than 500 livestock. Mvelase, the Chief of the Thembu ……
ArchiveChurch state conflict: church leaders respond
… White poster with grey lettering. Large drawing of a cross. Outlines of church leaders around the bottom of cross. List of speakers. Issued by Young…
ArchiveOxford : 1960s - 80s : State repression intensifies
… Brown, red and black poster. Photograph of hundreds of rope nooses. Quote from Max Coleman. Photographs of Ahmed Timol, Neil Aggett who died in detention and…
EventThe Comoros declared an Independent State
… a French colony in 1843 following a military takeover of the Mayotte Island. In 1886, the French expanded their … complete the archipelago in the region…
PlaceKoffiefontein, Free State Province
… War II, with up to 2,000 Italian and German prisoners of war being held there, along with around 800 South Africans … own coffee beans (often with a spoon)…
ArchiveChurch And State 1993 - 1995
… Church And State 1993 - 1995 … Church And State 1993 - 1995 …
ArchiveChurch And State 1991 - 1992
… Church And State 1991 - 1992 … Church And State 1991 - 1992 …
ArchiveChurch And State 1989 - 1990
… Church And State 1989 - 1990 … Church And State 1989 - 1990 …
ArchiveChurch And State 1988 - 1989
… Church And State 1988 - 1989 … Church And State 1988 - 1989 …
ArchiveChurch And State 1987 - 1988
… Church And State 1987 - 1988 … Church And State 1987 - 1988 …
ArchiveChurch And State 1986 - 1987
… Church And State 1986 - 1987 … Church And State 1986 - 1987 …