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Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… Relations, sent an 'urgent telegram to Progressive Reform Party mp Rene de Villiers: 'Deeply concerned Afrikaans medium … the years that followed the banning…
Archive25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
… get an honest answer from you, as the leader of the ruling party, do you think it is possible for us to have a female …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… as a whole." — Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress" , document adopted by the ANC Consultative … delegates, J.T. Gumede, President-General…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… Gardens'. 1984 Mandela is given Honorary membership of National and Local Government Officers Association [NALGO] … of Dakar 1986 Elected Honorary Life…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… to protect each race. The Afrikaner Nationalism of Malan’s National Party posited that each race has their own biological skills, … ‘ focusing on the…
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… Parliament has two bodies or groups. The one is called the National Assembly. There are 350 – 400 people in the National Assembly. They are called Members of…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… politicised. He was expelled from Fort Hare, not over national political matters but for his unwillingness to … In one interview, Sisulu says that they…
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
… South Africa should follow. The declaration came after the National Party adopted new constitutional principles and Five Year …
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… audiences a sense of the legacy of destruction that the National Party was responsible for. The play was revived in 1993 and …
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… Campaign of 1952, which led to the birth of the Liberal Party. It happened again at the time of the bus boycotts, the … of imprisoned leaders, abolition of…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
… if he would describe to us the structure of the African National Congress and its organisation. TAMBO : May I begin … us this opportunity to appear before it…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… is widely documented, considered as the Nationalist Party (NP) government's model for its urban apartheid … succeeded in destroying Sophiatown where the…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… Gool (6 November 1897 – 1 July 1963) founded the National Liberation League (NLL) in 1936 and served as the … ANC, the NLL participated in the South African…
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
… side, the candidate who will bear the standard of the National Party will be the hon. Senator Denis Worrall. Let me say that … Party counterpart, Mr. Vause…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… Gang, the Black Cats and many others. Mass protest, a national strike (November 1991) and international … the effect of forcing the Nationalist government…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… a prominent member of the ANC cabinet and considered the Party’s think tank and intellectual. Despite having served … of some tendencies developing in…
EventKing George VI is born
… states. General Jan Smuts, leader of the United Party (UP) and South Africa's war time premier, hoped to use … Smuts and the UP lost the elections to Malan's…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… practiced as a lawyer. He then first joined the Unionist Party before resigning to join the South African Party (SAP). He was minister of internal affairs,…
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… Africa, is affiliated to Amsterdam; but the Communist Party, finding this body of no use owing to its reformist … to inactivity. I was speaking to a comrade…
PlaceSouth End Museum, Port Elizabeth
… level, and were prohibited from becoming Regional or National Representatives of their Sport. This did not stop … harmonious pirit was all but crushed when,…
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
… of Nelson Mandela and other great leaders of the African National Congress, the South African Indian Congress and the South African Communist Party. Today,…
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… the country. In November 2016, at the federation’s sixth National Congress, six new National Office Bearers (NOBs) were elected. At this … with other unions…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… Congress of the People, Chief Albert Luthuli , the banned National President of the ANC said: "‘Why will this assembly … to sustain the enthusiasm of their…
Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
… outcome of Codesa II, which stalled precisely because the National Party and Government refused to accept democratic principles, … acting in narrow self…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… generates 16% of South Africa's GDP and employs 12% of the National Workforce. Its infrastructure matches leading first … and Home to 74% of the African…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… National Archives The government archives service in South … In 1978, the Government Archives Service launched the National Register of Manuscripts (NAREM),…
PlaceOudekraal Beach, Bakoven
… calm waters. Oudekraal Beach, part of the Table Mountain National Park area, is one of Cape Town’s best kept secrets. … - Oudekraal is an awesome venue to…
PlaceWakkerstroom
… like Wakkerstroom had a say in shaping the direction of national politics. The fact that Wakkerstroom was chosen as … after major political shifts like the…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… I have decided to step aside," he said. Rape is not a party Carrie Shelver Women's rights activist Crowds stand by … Abuse spokeswoman Carrie Shelver. "This…
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… the battle, but the church was built). The Pretorius party crossed the Ncome (Buffalo) River, and on Saturday 15 …