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EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
… East. He has also alleged that three former National Party (NP) ministers were involved in a child smuggling …
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… Sharpeville, Vereeniging. On 2 February 1990 the National Party (NP) government unbanned political parties and began a …
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… The next day the colonial government dispatched a party of fourteen policemen under the leadership of Sub …
PlaceGoshen
… bridge over the Orange River had not yet been built), a party of Boers with wagons arrived and offered their services …
EventSouth Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
… African Trade Unions (COSATU) and South African Communist Party (SACP) developed the Reconstruction and Development …
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
… of Democrats ; Sophie Williams of the African People's Party and Rahima Moosa of the South African Indian Congress …
PlaceBisho, Capital of the Eastern Cape
… National Congress (ANC) ; the South African Communist Party (SACP) ; the Congress of South African Trade Unions …
PlaceMelmoth, Gateway to Zululand
… royal homestead of Dingaan and where Piet Retief and his party of Boer commandos were executed and Ulundi, the Capital … royal homestead of Dingaan and where…
PlaceVredendal, Western Cape
As its name intended, the little town of Vredendal, which borders on the Southern tip of the Namaqualand region, is named after a; ''peaceful settlement', that…
PlaceZorgvliet Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
Seven kilometers outside Stellenbosch in the heart of the wine lands, "you will find a place of serenity and ultimate beauty!"Wine has been a product of this…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2008
… begins today, and it must be done by all of us, as one united ANC. KEY ANNIVERSARIES AND EVENTS During the course of … world; the 80th anniversary of the…
EventThe government launches 'Operation Iron Fist' in townships
At the height of township violence in Transvaal, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of quelling the unrest…
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical 'TIME' appeared on news stands
… Congressman Joseph Gurney Cannon on the cover. It was the United States' first, modern news magazine. Today, the …
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… and were designed to increase the number of National Party representatives in the Senate in order to pass the … of the legislation during the apartheid era,…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… the political position of the PAC by 1959. Support for the party came from mainly residents of township single men’ … attacking human targets not government…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… he met J B Marks, the prominent trade unionist, Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and ANC leader who, in the late … the first person to place apartheid…
Statement by Oliver Tambo with Other ANC leaders visiting Sweden, 02 February 1990
… our country that are committed to the perspective of a united, democratic and nonracial South Africa. We therefore …
Statement by O. R. Tambo with other ANC Leaders Visiting Sweden, 2 February 1990
… our country that are committed to the perspective of a united, democratic and nonracial South Africa. We therefore …
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… the people of our land must rally and stand firmly united in order to turn back the tide of apartheid tyranny. …
EventSally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top
… Sportsman of the Year. In 1971 she was moved to the United States and was invited to the join the Ladies …
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… Nongqawuse and Maqana Nxele. On 1 December 1999, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural …
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
… question of how to win, how to compel the support of the United States, Great Britain and the Federal Republic of … international public. Twice in the…
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
… the second half of the last century in Europe and the United States. In these centres of imperialist power, there … and domination of the latter. …
ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
… she nevertheless stands above, and at times outside, the party. Her iconic status transcends political parties and … politics of the townships, when the…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… finished school in 1948, the year in which a Nationalist Party coalition took power and would proceed to usher in the … to his secret involvement in the…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
… was totally committed to the vision of creating a truly united, non racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous … she made in August 1992, in her address…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the SA freedom day celebrations Pretoria, 27 April 1996
… in this colourful Freedom Day tribute to our young nation, united in its diversity. For the next two days, we shall all … has further strengthened our…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… of tnot fully learned the lesson of the need for united front action. But we are making rapid and tremendous … with the spirit of the resolution adopted by…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Ceremony to mark the Retirement of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and the Assumption of Office of Chief Justice Pius Langa and Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke: Houses of Parliament, Cape
… "Believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity." Long before assuming the office of … Africa that would truly belong to…
ADDRESS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 24TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CARICOM CONFERENCE, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 2 July 2003
… when he said he was not elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to preside over the dissolution of the British … the victory we seek is our unity, in…