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EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… The Lesotho government invited all South African political refugees to make formal application to leave the country, to indicate proposed dates of departure…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… The Chairman General Assembly United Nations Organisation … Only 40 per cent African Children accommodated in mission schools. 95 per cent Africans are…
Statement at the 19th African-American Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 12 January 1989
… Ambassadors and High Commissioners, Comrades and friends, The Chairman of our Conference, His Excellency the Foreign … our region of southern Africa. We…
ANC statement on The Farming Sector Initiative, 1 November 2014
… The African National Congress welcomes the Western Cape … by the national government today in Paarl, Western Cape. This initiate seeks to address persisting…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
… One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has … more and more labour from them without the risk of a revolt. It was the status of…
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… June 12, 1964 was the day for sentencing in the Rivonia Trial in Pretoria. The … my privilege to speak for Looksmart Solwandle Ngudle, the Cape Town comrade…
EventThe Birkenhead runs aground with 638 passengers
… An English troop carrier, the Birkenhead, under Captain Robert Salmond, stranded on a reef opposite Danger Point, the southern point of Walker Bay, at…
EventForced removals at the Crossroads informal settlement
… Numerous attempts were made by the local government to clear informal dwellings at Crossroads in close proximity to the Cape Town International airport. The…
First National Consultative Conference: Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee, 25 April 1969, Morogoro
… The vital and central task of the African National Congress … bodies useless and wasteful? Certainly not. Not only do we join the powerful mass of mankind…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the European Parliament, Strasbourg: 17 November 2004
… President of the European Parliament, Josep Borrel Fontelles, Honourable … and others from elsewhere in the world who have chosen to join in this effort, are…
BiographyGladys Thomas
… Gladys Thomas born was in 1935 in Salt River, Cape Town . She was adopted by a family in Lakeside, Cape Town in Western Cape as she was an orphan. She grew…
ArchiveThe great conspiracy. Part 1: The story of the Chamber of Mines
… It is customary today for the Transvaal Chamber of Mines to surround itself with a … The great conspiracy. Part 1: The story of the Chamber of Mines …
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern To…
Support our People until Power is Restored to Them - Statement at the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 26 October 1976
… For the first time in the history of the United Nations, a … the colonised peoples from Djibouti on the Somali coast to Cape Agulhas in South Africa to…
American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
… [NOTE: In this statement at a meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid on … with Professor Z.K. Matthews , the President of the Cape…
The report of the Snyman Commission into the disturbances on the campus of the University of the North at Turfloop, finds that
… The report of the Snyman Commission into the disturbances on the campus of the University of the North at Turfloop, finds …
EventThe first 1820 British Settlers arrive in South Africa
… After the Napoleonic wars, Britain experienced a serious … encouraged by the British government to immigrate to the Cape colony, the first 1820 settlers…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African … behind in India. Others came and not under contract to join their relatives. Traders emigrated…
EventColoureds are removed from the voters roll
… The South African parliament, which was dominated by the Afrikaner nationalist majority, embarked on a series of … voters roll. They formed the Franchise…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… 1904 6 January, The settler Frau Sonnenberg tells German soldiers stationed at the Waterberg, including the Sergeant in charge, Sergeant Rademacher, that the…
EventRayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born
… Rayda Jacobs was born in Cape Town on 6 March 1947. Her first publication was a collection of short stories called “The Middle Children”, which was…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … Gertrude Fester was born into this…
Review Essay: Crisis, History and the Challenge of Reinvention in the Postcolonial: The African National Congress after Apartheid by Laurence Piper
… Susan Booysen. 2011. The African National Congress and the Regeneration of … working at the Universities of Witwatersrand and Cape Town, respectively, but…
EventRiaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born
… Riaad Moosa was born in Cape Town on 18 June 1977. He has won numerous awards as a comedian, presenter, writer and actor. Riaad is known as the “Comedy…
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… The first restriction that the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) aimed to contest was the 1913 Land Act, an urgent issue that affected all black…
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… In 2002 the South African Society of Artists, the oldest surviving organisation of its kind in our country, … is perhaps not generally known by present…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… Report on Commissions 1. The two commissions received an input on major issues for … discontinued as it undermined efforts to ensure quality in schools…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on January 1976 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
… During this debate the Prime Minister outlined South Africa's involvement in the … entirety was conceived and born in communist sin here in Cape Town in 1957…
BiographyNathaniel James Merriman
… Born in Marlborough, England, on the 4th of April 1809, died in Grahamstown on the 16th of … the Anglican Church in the entire eastern region of the Cape…
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
… and a president and ANC under fire have all coalesced in the National Assembly. Speaker Baleka Mbete is at the centre of the game with stakes so high that…