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Toast Remarks by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Official Dinner in Honour of His Excellency, Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 21 June 2006
… Toast Remarks by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Official Dinner in Honour of His …
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… In the general election of May 1948, the Nationalist Party polled 400,453 votes and its … the Afrikaner Party, 41,885, a total of 442,338 votes. On the other…
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… need for transitional measures and adds that this will be on the agenda of a multi-party congress. September 1991: The … Park, Johannesburg. 20 November 1991…
”Some Basic Principles of African Nationalism.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in February 1945
… a Beast of Prey—Nazism— are false. Man is body, mind and spirit with needs, desires and aspirations in all three … served their people and did their duty…
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
… On 4 June 1652, sick-comforter at the Cape, Willem Barentz … Here their son, Bernert Willemz, was born on 6 June. Jan van Riebeeck was appointed on a five…
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
… Wife, Anna, a young Native girl, Stephan, the Farmer, Jan, an old Native, Ann's Father. Scene 2. The same day, later, in Jan's hut. The Father and Mother…
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… Defence Force (SADF) can be traced to the 1660s. When Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape in 1652, he had with him … of soldiers were also stationed at…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… friends. While noting this, the spelling on this site has not adhered to Chief Luthuli's preference. … Council (NRC) following the death of Dr John Dube…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Olehile Bada Pharasi
… for the Black child had still not been resolved. 21 years on, despite the declaration in the Freedom Charter that “the … following repeated and protracted…
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… 1907-1914 Indian passive resistance in South Africa, 1946-1948 Defiance Campaign 1952 The Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960 …
BiographyShadrack Fuba Zibi
… £100 a year. With approximately 400 families he arrived on the farm on 20 September 1924, a day celebrated annually by his people … person. However, the…
BiographyJabu Sithole
… Jabu Sithole was born on 23 October 1949 in Lamontville, Durban, Natal (now … Mathematics and Physics. He became politically active on the campus and was…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… elected president. Early Life Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in a small village, Mvezu, in the Eastern … could live freely and equally. Mandela later went…
The National Arts Festival
… the tradition of celebrating landmark anniversaries on a grandiose scale and presented the space as a “living” … of the largest and most important…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… the latter being disbanded. 1923 This election was forced on the government by the expression of no confidence in … Party and the Labour Party. 1929 This…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This … 1992a: 422). The GAA added more restrictions to the lives of…
Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the toast remarks by his Excellency, the President of the Republic of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, on the occasion of the State Banquet, Niamey, Republic of Niger 4 July 2006
… the President of the Republic of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, on the occasion of the State Banquet, Niamey, Republic of …
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
… Masiphumelele means “We will succeed” in Xhosa. This spirit of endurance was needed by the people for decades - … Masiphumelele means “We will succeed” in…
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… of State Information Bill, which was passed by Parliament on Tuesday November 22. This came after a protracted but … the award in protest against what has…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
… and his people and his organisation, the ANC. The passing on of Dr Motlana indicates that we are beginning to lose our … on the enormous contribution of this…
ArchiveA History of Botsotso by Allan Horwitz
… maal talk to me die is mos botsotsos pull high stretch on a high way ons pedetry moet doves 2 no attention to … opportunity to explore the truths of our…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… The House has been saved and superbly Restored. The House lives again as the Windybrow Arts Centre, and its bye line … first Honorary Doctorate (a D Litt) at…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… but is expelled for political activity just as he embarks on a Diploma in Higher Education. Meets Walter Sisulu in … of the National Executive Committee (NEC…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… In the 1490s sugar plantations were established on the islands of São Tomé and Principé. The Portuguese … to establish a permanent refreshment station at the…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… Pietersburg, Later, in 1848, he led a group that settled on the site Trichardt’s group had abandoned, just outside … to DW Kruger. The defeat of the Boers…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… a well known plastic and reconstructive surgeon, was born on 14 August 1909 in Cape Town. Penn later moved with his … and sculptor, and completed work such…
The Treason Trialists, 1956
… Jobe Hlapane, Bartholomew Hodgson, P.J. 'Jack' Hoogendyk, Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Horvitch, Isaac Osler Hurbans, Gopallal …
ArticleConference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… African Socialist" by Bob Hepple. Both are part of SAHO's “Lives Of Courage” series. SAHO is planning two other conferences for 2012 - one on the history of…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… interior and select the best land for yourselves ..." - Jan van Riebeeck. (Morris, M. (2004). Every Step of the Way: … competing and often conflicting…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… The Constitutional Court is South Africa's highest court on constitutional matters. So its jurisdiction - the scope of … constitutional matters and issues…