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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…
BiographyDikkie Mxolisi Johannes Jacobs
… Dikkie Mxolisi Johannes Jacobs, an active member of a youth organisation in Upington, Northern Cape, was … a wider pre-June 16, 1976 security crackdown under…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveSouth Africa: the state of a nation: vigilance and the need for a critique
… South Africa: the state of a nation: vigilance and the need for a critique …
ArchiveAnalysis of Gordhan's State Capture Inquiry testimony Dr Mpofu, 21 November 2018
… Analysis of Gordhan's State Capture Inquiry testimony Dr Mpofu, 21 …
The first State President of South Africa, Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart dies
… The first State President of South Africa, Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart dies …
Johannes Henricus (Jan) Brand is elected President of the Orange Free State.
… Johannes Henricus (Jan) Brand is elected President of the Orange Free State. …
P.W. Botha, later state president of SA, marries Elize Rossouw in Swellendam.
… P.W. Botha, later state president of SA, marries Elize Rossouw in Swellendam. …
Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof, second president of the Orange Free State, is inaugurated.
… Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof, second president of the Orange Free State, is inaugurated. …
Judge James Buchanan, state attorney of the ZAR in 1872, is born.
… Judge James Buchanan, state attorney of the ZAR in 1872, is born. …
Judge James Buchanan, state attorney of the ZAR in 1872, is born.
… Judge James Buchanan, state attorney of the ZAR in 1872, is born. …
ArchiveEditorial comment on the State`s banning of Frontline on Health in Africa
… Editorial comment on the State`s banning of Frontline on Health in Africa …