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Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of Boksburg Boksburg, 26 June 1997
… to be a free citizen of Boksburg. It is a city whose own history embodies our country's past and its hopes for the …
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… it is ANC candidates that have been selected who have a history of working for a better life for the people of South …
Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 36 … South Africa's Radical Tradition a…
EventPortuguese sailors reach St Helena Bay
… Prehistory to the year 2000, unpublished papers with SA History Online. …
Document 29 - Resolution on the need for the resumption of multi-party negotiations
… peacefully and to demonstrate covers. Given South Africa's history of repression, and particularly repression against …
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… most significant mass movements in modern South African history. It is only in the very recent past that the crucial … and 5,000 people participated in a two…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… An Anglican church in New York organised a memorial service during which, Cole’s sister, Joseph Lelyveld, and … by Anna Hutchinson and forms part of the SAHO…
Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
… ended in defeat within a week, it was a milestone in the history of the class struggle in South Africa. By their … by condiÂtions of economic crisis and…
Chapter IX - Treason - South African style 2
… absorbed now, scribbling all the time, to our Congress history being unfolded, a unique record of a non-violent … of many others held like us. It was a "loo"…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… Indian community that they are ignorant first of their own history and secondly of the European case. We live in an age; … and to silence the call which…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 16 - 1 January 1977 by Carol Hermer
… we'd be able to go to church today, I went to last night's service. Gus stayed home. He was too scared to move from his home area. Usually the Friday service…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… traditions that have played a major role in shaping the history and diversity of Cape Town. Origins The exploration … The language and musical style of this…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… it is now possible to take a more sympathetic view of its history, and its early history in particular. In many ways the Society became a …
ArchiveHighlights on successes and experienced challenges during the 25 years of freedom and democracy.
Union Buildings Government Avenue, Private Bag X1000 PRETORIA, 0001 Dear President, Ramaphosa I am Mnguni Bulelani, 14 years old and doing Grade 9 at…
Chapter V - Acts of conscience
… as usual, reacted by parading a show of military and civil might, stockpiling food and buying guns. Waves of … matriculating, the other soon to be called up…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… as a prolonged period of political quiescence in the history of the struggle against apartheid until the outbreak …
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… changes in their lifestyle as they took jobs in domestic service and the textile industries, leaving the agricultural …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… to the Donaldson Community Centre in Orlando. The service is conducted by AME Bishop Francis Gow with Rev James …
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… bus boycott. How the bus boycott began Alexandra had a history of bus boycotts, invariably instigated by a penny … of a Minister of Transport ultimatum that …
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… Ruth First: An Ally of the Struggle Throughout the history of apartheid, freedom fighters were subjects of legal … Archive." Jwa.Org. [5] "Ruth Heloise First…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… authority from the governed. As a result, for most of its history, the ANC’s political practices have leaned heavily on … the Soweto uprising. The uprising…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… individual, in anyone who is a human being. In fact, the history of mankind is the history of man struggling and striving for freedom. Indeed, … vision is a…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 24 … In fact we doubt whether the A.N.C. has…
PlaceAugrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
… and the endangered black rhino. The ancestors of modern History have inhabited the area surrounding the Orange River …
PlaceKingsmead Cricket Stadium, Durban
… when England had to catch the boat home. Highlights in the history of Kingsmead include South Africa's innings and …
PlaceLambert's Bay
… farms like; 'Wadrift', will open your mind to the cultural History of this unique place. …
PlaceMpofu Nature Reserve
… perspective into this very important time in local history. The reserve was established in 1985, on land that …
Intensify the Revolution by O. R. Tambo The 'Morogoro Conference', Morogoro, Tanzania, 25 April – 1 May 1969
… health facilities for the people. Africanisation of the civil services is proceeding apace. The beginnings of … freedom for all. In this the ANC was not…
ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
… am seeking mainly to describe a current in the ideological history of modern capitalism, and am not taking a position … own time. This exhortation depended…
PlaceGauteng Province
… Waterfalls , Forests and Streams . The City’s exciting History began only in 1886 with the discovery of gold and the … still largely refer to it as Pretoria…