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Bishop Tutu’s 1999 interview on NewsHour
RAY UAREZ: We start with some background on this crusader against apartheid in South Africa, including a reprise of several of his appearances on this program…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 8
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin During the black-out on the night of the 7th December 1942,…
The death of Mama Luthuli,16 December 1996
The heart of a lioness has ceased to beat. Mama Nokukhanya Luthuli is no more. Comrade Nokukhanya Luthuli, 92 years old, was the wife of the late ANC President…
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
Walter Sisulu, Lillian Ngoyi and Alfred Nzo were arrested after attending a party that was used as a cover up for a political meeting at the house of Lillian…
EventThe Conservative Party is formed
The Conservative Party (CP) was founded in the Skilpadsaal in Pretoria, with Dr Andries Treurnicht as leader. It brought together, in alliance with Dr…
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
Location: back to this day in history search archive During the summit conference organised by non-racial labour unions at Langa, Cape Town, Trade Union…
EventHolomisa on corruption
The ANC strongly denies Holomisa's charge of accepting payments from Sol Kerzner. In May 1996, Bantu Holomisa, former ruler of Transkei and Deputy Minister of…
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, it consisted of the Transvaal, the Orange Free State, Natal and the Cape Province. Dutch and English were…
EventThe first SARS case is suspected in South Africa
On 9 April 2003, a 62-year-old South African man was treated at a Pretoria hospital as a possible Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) case. The man arrived…
New year message to the ANC external mission by Oliver Tambo, 01 January 1971
Dear friends and fellow countrymen, The opening of a new year is the occasion for the exchange of greetings. From this southern part of the world of…
New Year Message to the ANC External Mission by O. R. Tambo, 1 January 1971
Dear friends and fellow countrymen, The opening of a new year is the occasion for the exchange of greetings. From this southern part of the world of…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
This building was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 1 April 1977. The Historic Machine Building, "Staatsartillerie" Stables and…
Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, 1919
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, c. 1919 1 At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Dr…
27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 2 April 1895, Chief Justice Melius de…
74. The Freedom Charter, 1955
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There were some 2 844 delegates present at the…
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2004 (Before National Elections)
State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Houses of Parliament, Cape Town 6 February 2004 Madame Speaker Chairperson…
The fall of the ANC: what caused it by Chris Kanyane (News24), 11 December 2016
It used to be that the ANC was set up much more like the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), the biggest, the largest and the strongest African initiated church in…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Acknowledgement
From the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du PlessisThis project has been beset throughout by many difficulties,…
ArchiveMandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
When Nelson Mandela walked out of the Victor Verster prison on 11 February 1960, after 10,053 days of incarceration, people all over the world watched the…
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…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
Introduction The people sent a hero to prison, but generally ignored the fact that he had responsibilities and dependants. Nelson, in the loneliness of his…
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…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa to discard policies which…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
"Apartheid - the Indictment" One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa…
Black ViewPoint - Introduction edited by B.S. Biko (1972)
From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa IT IS SIGNIFICANT that in a country peopled to the extent of 75% by blacks and whose…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Radio Freedom on Visits of Multi-National Corporations to the ANC, before February 1986
They assess the apartheid system in terms of the profits or the losses it yields. It has always been clear that for them the apartheid system will be useful so…
Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo's Statement In Court In Trial For Passive Resistance, June 1946
(Dr. Dadoo was sentenced in June 1946, at the beginning of the passive resistance campaign, to three months` imprisonment with hard labour. He had been charged…
Address by Nelson R. Mandela to the plenary session of the Multi-Party negotiations process World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, 17 November 1993
Honourable Justices, Leaders and Members of all delegations present here today. We have reached the end of an era. We are at the beginning of a new era. …
Statement by Nelson R. Mandela on his relationship with his wife 13 April 1992
The relationship between myself and my wife, Comrade Nomzamo Winnie Mandela, has become the subject of much media speculation. I am issuing this statement to…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Statistical analysis of Resisters
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Statistical Analysis of Resisters Studying the…