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ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
I first met Aziz when I was a student at the London School of Economics. I met him through my involvement in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the National…
Place!Khwa Nature Reserve, Yzerfontein
!Khwa ttu Nature Reserve strives to restore dignity and cultural pride, navigating a practical path between the old ways and the new World. They are committed…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 81st Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1993
Fellow South Africans, Comrades and Compatriots, Today, January 8th, marks the 81st anniversary of the African National Congress. We observe this important…
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Six months later, in August 1958, we came to trial. The government wanted us out of Johannesburg this time, to…
PlaceWest Coast National Park and Postberg Reserve
Flower season along the West Coast takes place Annually between August and September. As the season changes, nature begins to bloom and flowers of all colours…
PlaceFouriesburg
A small Town in the Eastern Free State, close to the Border to Lesotho. The start of the Town was made by a number of enterprising inhabitants who felt that a…
PlaceGarden Route, Cape Town
The Garden Route begins about four hours outside Cape Town, and includes one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline, the starting point of which is…
PlaceBotshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg
Botshabelo Mission Station can be found in Middelburg in the Mpumalanga Province. Originally a place of refuge for Christians, Botshabelo Mission Station grew…
Input by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Farewell service for former President Nelson Mandela, Waterkloof Airforce Base, 14 December 2013
The directors of the programme, fortunately for me you did not say how much I must speak. This is a mourning and a celebration of our leader and don`t you dare…
Address at the National Council Of Provinces, 12 November 2002
Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Honourable Premiers, Honourable Members of the National Council of Provinces: Thank you very much for affording me the…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the expanded OR Tambo International Airport, 20 April 2010
The Minister of Transport; Sbu Ndebele, Gauteng Premier, Nomvula Mokonyane, Chairperson of ACSA, Sindi Zilwa and the CEO, Monhla Hlahla, The CEO of the…
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
Mr. Chairman, Members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades and friends, Compatriots, I came on Thursday, having spent a whole week…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) St Lucia, 4 July 1998
Prime Minister Anthony; Distinguished Heads of Government; Ladies and Gentlemen; May I first thank you most sincerely for this opportunity - too long…
Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around Mandela’s health
Introduction Apart from a prostate operation in 1985 and equally successful treatment for TB in 1988, Nelson's health had been good. At a time when the Press…
XI - The Verdict
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The Deputy Attorney General also made a closing submission, in which he stated that…
PlaceSt-Albans College, Pretoria
The historic private boys school in South Africa run by a famous cricketer for 20 years- ANTON MURRAY"St Alban’s College in Pretoria was brought to life out of…
PlaceCape Peninsula University of Technology
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology was established on 1 January 2005, when the Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon merged. This merger was part of…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
In the 1920s, with the First World War (1914-1918) over, the pattern of female employment began to change. The war and the protectionist policy of the Pact…
Black ViewPoint - Black Development by Njabulo Ndebele
From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa Njabulo Ndebele is a final year B.A. student at the University of Lesotho, Botswana and…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
Evolution refers to the slow process of human adaptation over millions of years. The roots of humanity are believed to lie in South Africa, where the earliest…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
Address by Nelson Mandela to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990
Comrade President, Comrades, members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades leaders of the South African Communist Party, COSATU and the…
38. The Natal Franchise Bill, 1894: Do not make our sons pariahs
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Franchise Law Amendment Bill of 1894 sought…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
Photograph of a Khoisan lady. Source: unknown 1300-1599 c.1300-c.1500 The Khoisan are established as the dominant power in the southern and south…
ArchiveNothing groundbreaking in Mandela debate by Steven Friedman, 09 December 2015
SOUTH Africa’s mainstream does not debate ideas — it debates people. Which is why the argument about the Mandela legacy is really about where the country is…
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
Queenstown was founded in 1853. It was intended to be a Military Outpost designed to protect the British subjects from attack during the time of the Frontier…
PlaceLenasia, Soweto
Hundreds of people braved the cold weather to attend the Eidgah. The Eidgah was hosted next to the Mohammadiyya Qadriyya Majid at the Nirvana Drive, open field…
PlaceMariannhill, Pinetown
Mariannhill lies in a densely green, intense Landscape swept by Forests and sheltered, leafy Neighborhoods outside Durban, on the outskirts of Pinetown. The…
"Racial Problems in South Africa": Speech at the Second Pan-African Youth Seminar by O. R Tambo, Dar es Salaam, 5 August 1961
There is unquestionably much which could be said on the subject of racial problems. I think I could speak to you on the situation in South Africa for…