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Nelson Mandela Letter to F.W. de Klerk, 9 July 1992
… to the purpose of negotiations, as set out in the Declaration of Intent we adopted together at Codesa I, … parties and with regular elections on the basis of…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Sekoto leaves South Africa and goes into exile in France 1948 Afrikaner National Party, under the leadership of Daniel … Tanzania's President Nyerere…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Sekoto leaves South Africa and goes into exile in France. 1948 Afrikaner National Party, under the leadership of Daniel … Tanzania's President Nyerere…
PlaceMapungubwe Collection at the University of Pretoria
After the Mapungubwe gold was declared a national heritage collection in October 1997, the University of Pretoria (UP) became its official custodian as it…
PlacePilgrims Rest
Once a booming gold rush town in the 1870s, Pilgrim’s Rest remains frozen in time. The entire town is a national monument, with original corrugated iron…
PlaceWalvis Bay, Namibia
Walvis Bay is a lively Port and Namibia’s second largest City, which is protected from wind and waves by the long arm of Pelican Point (SHOWN IN PICTURE). With…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA's richest gold deposit
On 3 June 1954, a mining engineer at the Erfdeel farm in the Orange Free State pulled up a drill-core laden with ore from nearly 6,000-feet. The Essayists…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 Resisters will cross border: No Permits Tomorrow … enter Transvaal without Permits On Sunday 25…
ArchiveCourt Transcript of statement from the Dock of Nelson Mandela, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… in the proclamation of a state of emergency and the declaration of the ANC as an unlawful organization. My … which they were governed. We believed in the…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
… and the adoption of the Freedom Charter, the alliance’s declaration of principles and perhaps the most significant … ideologies have to construct” an…
Tribute to the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid - Statement at the Meeting of the Special Committee on its Tenth Anniversary by O. R. Tambo, New York, 2 April 1973
… clutch of rebels would never have dared their unilateral declaration of independence because then there would be … principles embodied in the United Nations…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
… to the very root of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is also a matter of pride for … to this forum to play its…
PlaceAvalon Cemetery, Soweto
On the Southern edge of one of the Country’s most famous townships, Soweto, lies the equally Historic Avalon Cemetery. The biggest cemetery in South Africa…
EventBlack Wednesday, the banning of 19 Black Consciousness Movement Organisations
It was known as Black Wednesday. On October 19, 1977, The World and Weekend World were banned. The editor of The World, Percy Qoboza, who became the editor of…
PlaceWagenaer's Reservoir, Sanlam Golden Acre-Cape Town
In the heart of the 'Mother City', Golden Acre Shopping Centre has been a key part of everyday life in Cape Town since 1979.This shopping-Centre on the site of…
PlaceElandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape
Elandsberg is a Mountain and is located in the Swartland District, near Riebeeck Kasteel, in the Western Cape. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
… Declaration The conference took place against the background …
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
… mine. Now in the case of Jassat, I have known him since 1948, I know his family and I know that he did not suffer … contact attorneys. Mr. MARCHAND STENS…
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
… in our victory grow. Internationally there was an almost universal turning of the tide in favour of our struggle. Even … These consultations resulted in the…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
… Jiang Zemin in April 2000 during which the Pretoria Declaration was signed. The Declaration confirmed the five principles of Sino-Africa … African continent…
PlaceOhrigstad
Ohrigstad was founded in 1845 by Hendrik Potgieter, the well-known "Voortrekker" leader. He named the Town after himself and George Ohrig: Andries-Ohrigstad…
PlaceNatures Valley, Garden Route
Nature's Valley, and the surrounding Coastline, was occupied by Old Stone Age or Paleolithic, 1 Million Years ago. Paleolithic man lived in the Area in caves…
EventThe Natal Indian Congress is formally revived
… was a press statement which highlighted the possible declaration of the Grey Street area as an Indian commercial …
EventOne-fifth of SA's military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
It was announced that at least one-fifth of South Africa's military was infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS. Therefore on 7 October 2003 the Defence…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant
On 3 December 1967, South African doctor, Dr Christiaan (Chris) Barnard, performed the world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital,…
PlaceSomerset Hospital, Cape Town
The Somerset Hospital in Green Point opened in 1864 and has been declared a National Monument. The Hospital replaced one of the same name in Cape Town which…
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
… Center for surrounding Farmers and smaller Towns. After 1948, and the beginning of the Apartheid era , the District …
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… gentlemanly in their approach to the struggle. After the 1948 election victory of the Afrikaner-dominated National … for combatants. In March 1961, in…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
… the Nationalist government on its assumption of power in 1948 in order to safeguard and perpetuate that power in the … that repression was not exercised in…
Apartheid power in crisis
… attacks on people and property. Until Article 21 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights is implemented in South Africa … from Angola, is to be seen in its…