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Address by President Nelson Mandela to the National Council of Provinces Cape Town, 7 August 1998
… can only promote the basic purpose of co-operative governance, of working together for a better life for all … we do have problems;and that in the spirit of…
Address of the President of the South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 38th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Africa Region Conference (CPA), Cape Town 27 July 2007
… the understanding that only through a democratic system of governance can the masses of the African people acquire the … Review Mechanism (APRM) to meet the…
Dorothy Alexander
Dorothy Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, the third of six children[1]. One of her siblings was Neville Alexander…
BiographyMark Shinners
Mark Shinners grew up in Attridgeville in Pretoria. He became involved in politics as a teenager and joined the Pan Africanist Congress(PAC). This was shortly…
BiographyGeorge Mokate Ramafoku
George Mokate Ramafoku is the only person, banished post-1948, who was also banished prior to 1948. His banishment order, of 8 May 1935, notes that Chief…
BiographyNancy Graham Dick
Nancy Dick was born in Durban, South Africa and was brought up in Cape Town. She was one of four daughters. Her father was a proponent of the Cape liberal…
ArchiveUnited Nations General Assembly Resolution 1375 (XIV): Question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa
Official United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted at the 838th plenary meeting expressing opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies, calling on…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
As the driving force behind the creation of the Ko-operatieve Wijn-bouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika, Beperkt (The Co-operative Wine Growers' Association of…
Address at the Third African Renaissance Festival, Durban, 31 March 2001
… of the former Soviet Union; working to ensure that the governance structures and systems of the CEE have the … technology, in the global spread of cultures…
BiographyKhaya Biko
Early lifeKhaya Biko was born in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape in 1944, the second of four children of Mzingaye Biko, a police officer and later a clerk, and…
BiographyAnn Tobias
Ann Tobias was a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa during Apartheid. The party strongly opposed Apartheid policies and the government would go on to…
Speech by Deputy Minister Gwendoline Mahlangu-Nkabinde, South African Deputy Minister of Economic Development at a Business Conference held in conjunction with the Wuhan Government, Wuhan, China 11 August 2010
… and to enable the public sector to deliver clean governance. Programs to address our challenges: I want to … policies and sector strategies macroeconomic…
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… Compatriots, We have indeed done well in transforming governance in the national and provincial spheres. However, … lines between the political and…
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
… resources for local governments, the matter of Good Governance as well as Co-operation and Solidarity. There were … the Earth Charter; Develop effective and…
Address at the Work-in-Progress Review Workshop of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), 24 Jan 2002
… for the people of these countries that measures for good governance are put in place through which our governments as … agreed upon and put in place for…
Address to The 3rd Summit of The ACP Heads of State and Government Nadi, Fiji, 18 July 2002
… covering matters relevant to good political and economic governance. We have agreed on our own African Peer Review … part of the process of the growth of the…
The fall of the ANC: what caused it by Chris Kanyane (News24), 11 December 2016
… of the ANC by Professor Susan Booysen of Wits School of Governance. You have another book on similar lines called We …
Address by President Mandela at ECOWAS Abuja, 30 October 1998
… our common commitment to democracy, human rights and good governance, as well as the progress we are making in …
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of Boksburg Boksburg, 26 June 1997
… this is where most of that investment will go. Good local governance, including the provision of infrastructure, is …
BiographyAbdul Samad Minty
Abdul Samad Minty was born on 31 October 1933 in Hartebeesfontein, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). Minty grew up in Johannesburg where he…
BiographySibongile Susan Mkhabela
… with a focus on democracy, justice, transformative governance, and unbiased development in Africa. She has also …
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
Born on 1 November 1935, in Berlin, Germany, Gerhardt joined the South African Navy after his father successfully persuaded naval chief Hugo Biermann to take…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal (now…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… occur in certain communities, which talks to issues of governance. The issue is not only about foreign nationals and …
BiographyJoel Mabi Lengisi
Joel Mabi Lengisi was born in 1920 at the Sitholeni Location, Engcobo, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], Lengisi later moved to East London African…
BiographyMngqingo Pikani
At a 1953 meeting in Lusikisiki, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] betterment and the Bantu Authorities (BA) were rejected in the presence of the Paramount…
BiographyTwalimfene Joyi
Twalimfene Joyi, alias Twalimfene Gobinamba, was a sub-Chief from Thembuland, Umtata District (Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape), and a cousin of Bangilizwe…
BiographyPaulus Howell Mopeli
Paulus Howell Mopeli (alias Mopelinyana), originally from Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State (now Free State Province)…
BiographyJoe Mkhwanazi
Joe Mkhwanazi was born on 8 March 1928 in Mandlanzini at the Empangeni District in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). After matriculating at Dumisa Secondary School,…