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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…
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…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… After a long trial, the case is eventually withdrawn in 1948.14 - 17 December At the annual conference of the ANC, … TIC) and Dr AB Xuma (ANC) sign the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
… Declaration The conference took place against the background …
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 …
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…
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…
PlaceMthatha, Eastern Cape- previously known as Umtata
Mthatha, founded in 1879, was declared the Capital of the Transkei, the homeland of the Xhosa during the Apartheid era. The former Transkei is now part of the…
EventGermany signs an unconditional surrender which ends World War II
In the early hours of 7 May 1945, the Chief-of-Staff of the German Armed Forces High Command, General Alfred Jodl, signed unconditional surrender documents to…
PlaceSchmidtsdrift
Schmidtsdrift is a Town, in Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape Province. (Situated 80 km West of Kimberley). It was originally a Fjord,…