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Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation Kigali, Rwanda, 18 October 2000
Your Excellency President Paul Kagame, Your Excellency Prime Minister Bernard Makuza, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Brothers and Sisters of…
EventBarry Hough, SA literary critic and successful author of mainly teenage books is found dead
Barry Micheal Hough was a literary critic and author of Afrikaans teenage fiction. He was born in Johannesburg in 1953. He obtained a BA Communications degree…
A Tale of Political Conspiracy and Incomprehensible Judicial Imaginings by Thabo Mbeki, 15 February 2016
On 12 September 2008, Justice Chris Nicholson, Judge in the then Natal Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa, granted the order that: “It is…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
Declaration The conference took place against the background of the Government's adoption of GEAR, its impact on social spending and failure to create jobs,…
Cosatu march: For Who, for What? by Simelane and Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 8 October 2015
At 9:00 on Wednesday morning, only a few people in union T-shirts sat in the shade in Johannesburg's Mary Fitzgerald Square, the listed starting point in the…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: his ‘obstinacy and stubbornness’ (Part 2) by Raymond Suttner, 11 June 2018
An unusual, apparently contradictory set of personality traits combined to make Nelson Mandela the leader that he became. One of these was notorious…
A Brief Commentary on the Question of HIV and AIDS by Thabo Mbeki, 7 March 2016
Towards the end of 2015 I sent the communication below to a fellow African to respond to some comments he had made on the matter of ‘Mbeki, HIV & AIDS’. We…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… passed. The Feetham Commission is set up. 1939 The Asiatic Land Tenure and Trading Act is passed. This Act states that … they may continue to live where …
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade…
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
On this day in history, and international conference was held to implement legislation to protect the African elephant and rhinoceros. This is because due to…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
Pieter Dirk Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and…
PlaceKilnerton Training Institution
… Governor of the Transvaal Sir Owen Lamjon who was promised land in Pretoria and elsewhere for educational purposes, if … came to start building Kilnerton…
EventPercy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police
The editor of The World and Weekend World, Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste were arrested by the Special Branch police in a mission to shut down the…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
Ray Alexander Simons nee Alexandrowich arrives in South Africa from Latvia where she was born on 12 January 1913. After her arrival in the country she realized…
EventThe Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape
Even though none of the Khoisan languages form part of the eleven official languages of South Africa, they are still highly regarded. The government set up the…
EventHelen Nontando Jabavu, author and periodical editor in London, is born in Middeldrift, SA
Helen Nontando (Noni) Jabavu was born in 1919 in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in England, and continued…
7.Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Some 24 Indians calling themselves Madras…
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet, painter and activist, received the Hertzog Prize for his two Afrikaans poetry volumes, an elegy 'Oorblyfsels: 'n…
Appeal to the United Nations, to all Governments, Trade Union Organisations and Mass Organisations
ANC Appeal to the United Nations, to all Governments, Trade Union Organisations and Mass Organisations for the United Nations Organisation to take measures to…
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
Tornadoes are rare in South Africa. Therefore, the radar equipment used to predict and track these killer storms are not in huge supply in the country, making…
Urban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the MSc in Urban Planning (Housing in Development), submitted to the University College, London (Development…
EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
On this day in 1963, the Rivonia trialists were charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the South African government. This after a raid by…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
On 5 January 1965, members of the African National Congress (ANC) Mac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrived at Robben Island. They…
Statement congratulating Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira on winning the Hopman Cup, 8 January 2000
The African National Congress congratulates South African tennis stars Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira on their winning of the Hopman Cup. The two are…
Facts about the current situation in South Africa and what is to be done
African National Congress report on the current situation in South Africa and how to respond. Examines the South African regime, the Black Consciousness…
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
On 14 November 1961 Katangan President, Moise Tshombe, and Congo President, Joseph Kasavubu, were accused of conspiracy to murder ex-premier Patrice Lumumba in…
EventNelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for “incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”
Nelson Mandela was identified as the "mouthpiece and mastermind" behind a call for a national strike and the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the…
EventEgyptian President Sadat formally accepts an invitation to visit Israel. The Egyptian foreign minister and his deputy resign over the proposed visit to Israel and the Arab nations are in uproar
Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel came about after he delivered a speech in Egypt stating that he would travel anywhere, "even Jerusalem," to discuss peace. In…