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Former Members of Parliament of the 1999 National Assembly of South Africa
… Former Members of Parliament of the 1999 National Assembly of South Africa …
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link…
BiographyPhila Portia Ndwandwe
… Ndwandwe (also known as Zandile or Zandi) became part of the Natal Machinery of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in 1985 under the leadership of Muzi … the funeral…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… The Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held its opening conference on 20th … to create an organisation that could become a think tank of the resistance movement…
ArticleParliament of the Republic of South Africa
… Parliament of the Republic of South Africa …
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… state repression and mass detentions. In a frenzy of desperate reaction, the government declared a series of … of FEDTRAW was based on the same lines as its…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… 1997 September, The statue of Steve Biko is defaced twice within a space of three weeks after it was unveiled by President Nelson … Victoria in Port…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 7. Events leading up to Passive … two European Senators would represent the…
BiographyMolefi Paul Sefularo
… to public health management diplomas from the University of Witwatersrand (Wits), he held a medical degree from the Medical University of South Africa …
BiographyJoe Mkhwanazi
… 1959, he joined them and thus became a founding member of the PAC. Following the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of the both the PAC and ANC, Mkhwanazi…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… alternative space to articulate their views. The emergence of a number of publications in the late nineteenth and early twentieth … to attract wide…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in the town of Verulam, a region predominantly inhabited by Zulus and … when he specifically became involved…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… Jacob Zuma exercised his constitutional rights as the head of the executive branch by appointing, reshuffling and … [1] City Press’ Rapule Tabane reports…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… decades living in exile. He left the country because of the continual hardships and injustices of the apartheid state. Hallett grew up in a fishing village ……
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact that the republic … of the republic -…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of his life in the service…
ArticleThe Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo
… This Order is to be awarded to foreign nationals (Heads of State and Government) and other foreign dignitaries. It is … friendship shown to South Africa. It…
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa , 1996, was drawn up by the Parliament … came two years after the first democratic election (1994) of the…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… vote for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This year, 2014, marks 20 years of…
Speech, on Behalf of the National Liberation Movements, at the Opening Session of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Havana, Cuba, 3 September 1979
… Castro, I have been assigned the great honour, as leader of the African National Congress delegation, to propose a … not just the possibilities of a non…
BiographyKippie Jeremiah Moeketsi
… and other personal problems resulted in a life long habit of drinking and money squandering. However, these problems did not stand in his way of being a…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… and the Zanzibar Sultanate in 1896 is most notable for being the shortest war in recorded history, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour. The…
The Order of the Star of South Africa
… and for defending the physical integrity and sovereignty of South Africa. It must also include contributions to peace … The Order of the Star of South Africa…
Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland
… Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland …
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… the petition. The campaign was supported by a wide variety of tendencies, including the Soweto Committee of Ten , … activist, was shot dead outside his home…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… Introduction Afrikaans, one of the official languages, together with English, during … percent are Coloured people. [7] Indeed, there is a large body of work…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
… Like their African counterparts, the organisations of the coloured elite came out strongly in support of the British war effort. They shared the same…
Commission of Enquiry into the Penal System of the Republic of South Africa
… Commission of Enquiry into the Penal System of the Republic of South Africa …
Address to the Joint Session of the houses of Congress of the U.S.A.
… Address to the Joint Session of the houses of Congress of the U.S.A. …
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants of the country were the hunter-gatherer San (‘bushman’) and … livestock. Bantu-speaking clans that…