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Statement by President Mandela on receiving the report of the TRC Pretoria, 29 October 1998
Chairperson of the TRC, The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu Presiding Officers of our Houses of Parliament Ministers and Deputy Ministers Leaders of Political…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
History of Cato ManorCato Manor was established in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and is situated 5km west of the Durban city centre. The Township was known for its…
ArchiveJonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture by Gwen Ansell
Music is not a zero sum game with only one ‘best’. But if you seek to name one musician whose life embodies the South African people’s struggle for a national…
Middleburg, Mpumalanga
Middelburg is a modern Town situated in the Cultural Heartland of the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. Middelburg serves as the Agricultural, Industrial…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
Today is January 8th, the birthday of the African National Congress. This 68th anniversary of the foundation of the ANC falls in the year 1980, a historic year…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have been able to come... Perhaps I could…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929 1 There are times when leaders of people,…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980
Let Us Rise to the Occasion Speech by Comrade President, O.R. Tambo on the occasion of January 8th, 1980, 68th anniversary of the African National Congress…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
HEARD: The ANC is officially portrayed in South Africa as a communist, terrorist-type organisation, almost presented to the public as demons. Now, since the…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
State of the Nation Address By His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the 11 Feb 2010 Honorouble Speaker; I stand before you…
Address at the SANEF Conference on the Media, the AU, NEPAD and Democracy ,12 April 2003
Chairperson of SANEF, Mathatha Tsedu, Convenor of the Media Freedom Committee, Henry Jeffreys, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am pleased…
Chapter IX - Return to my faith
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Forty years is a very long time to be away from the faith into which you were born and baptised, the faith in…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 5
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin A domestic interlude should be revealing. No man's private life…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
Mandla Langa was born in apartheid South Africa in 1950. His family, friends, and his own life were made in and developed by this program that killed,…
Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
1900 - 1909 1900 January 7, Ambulance corps is reformed and stationed at Estcourt. January 21, Corps in action at Spionkop. Bearer's carry wounded through…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
Figure 1 Image source Abdullah Ibrahim is a profoundly influential South African jazz musician who was frequently oppressed by the apartheid regime in South…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… resistance to the issuing of passes to African women in 1913 and again in 1956 when they defiantly burnt their passes …
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
June 12, 1964 was the day for sentencing in the Rivonia Trial in Pretoria. The prosecution wanted the maximum sentence – and we expected it: death. But in a…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
The Maynardville Open Air Theatre is a popular and central part of Cape Town’s art scene – chiefly known for its Shakespeare performances and its ballet nights…
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
Kamuzu Banda (Hastings Kamuzu Banda), medical practitioner and politician: born 14 May 1898; Minister of Natural Resources and Local Government, Nyasaland 1961…
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
Emily Hobhouse, Beloved Traitor, by Elsabe Brits, published by Tafelberg, 2016, 336 pages, illustrated. A few weeks ago I reviewed Rob Eales’ book on Emily…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
The Mompati family Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Former President Thabo Mbeki and Madame Zanele Mbeki at home, Former President Kgalema Motlanthe and…
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Rosenberg Arcade, 58, Market Street, Johannesburg. …
Constitution of the ANC
29a. Constitution of the ANC 1. NAME: The name of the organisation shall be the African National Congress. 2. OBJECTS: The aims of the Congress shall be: (a)…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Zinzi Mandela at Jabulani stadium 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
Josina Mutemba Machel was a revolutionary Mozambican fighter for FRELIMO who like thousands of women fought for independence for her country until she died at…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman This is a book about repression. More specifically, it…
Simon's Town Museum
Simon’s Town Museum is housed in "The Residency" which was built in 1777 as the Winter Residence for the Dutch East India Company Governor at the Cape. Simon…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
- Soweto and All That, June 1976 - October 1978 Fifteen years after our commitment to armed struggle, we could mount no organised retaliation by armed groups…