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Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… Gomas set out to record, in the most explicit way, his own views on the question. Using as a point of departure, … to the non-Europeans than on economic…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… international solidarity for a quarter century but his political life is inseparable from that of his two closest colleagues. The three men began their ……
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… international solidarity for a quarter century but his political life is inseparable from that of his two closest colleagues. The three men began their ……
OR Tambo Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 25 October 2015, Port Elizabeth
… anti-apartheid struggle. He was to set foot on the land of his birth again only three decades later. During October each … human rights and equality, who…
PlaceOld Fort and Cemetery, Durban
… when the Colonial Office in London refused to ratify his actions, Napier was forced to recall his men. Delighted with this turn of events, the Dutch now ……
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… movement and key in its radicalization. Turner acquired his doctorate at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he was inspired … by Steve Biko and the Black…
EventThe National Library of South Africa is founded
… collection of Joachim Nicolaus von Dessin, who bequeathed his books to the Dutch Reformed Church in 1761 to serve as … he left South Africa in 1861 presented…
EventThato Madonsela, the South African rapper is born
… hip hop artists in South Africa.[i] L-Tido released his first mixtape “City of Gold” in 2009, for which he … Suit” aimed at South African rapper AKA.[iii] He…
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
… next fourteen years of working for the Government, he and his team developed the Republican Style (also known as … Wilhelmina ), designing numerous…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… against colonial domination in the sub continent. Under his presidency, Kaunda allowed liberation movements from … South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and…
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… Herold Macmillan; it was seven days after he made his famous speech "Winds of Change In Africa" in Cape Town. In the letter he was sending his gratitude to…
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… law with regard to Israel's occupation of Gaza Strip. His involvement has been criticized on the basis that it was biased against Israel and that the report…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The award recognised his unifying role in the fight against apartheid. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee made specific…
EventNelson Mandela is free
… unconditionally from prison after 27 years. Accompanied by his then-wife Winnie, he left the Victor Verster prison … had waited for hours to see him. He…
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… soccer player who later became a coach. He spent most of his soccer career playing midfield for Cosmos, though he also … to qualify Banyana for the 2011 FIFA…
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… of Nigeria after it gained independence. He served his term as Prime Minister from 1957 until he died in 1966 … in the area eventually led to the coup in…
EventPolice open fire, killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana
… with dangerous weapons. President Jacob Zuma cut short his attendance of the 32nd Southern African Development … in order to visit the site of the incident…
ArchiveHandwritten transcript of interview with Mrs J Dube, wife of the late Dr John Dube
… Dube (1871-1946). The interview is related to his political activities in Natal and his relationship with the African National Congress. …
ArchiveTyped transcript of interview with Mrs J Dube, wife of the late Dr John Dube
… Dube (1871-1946). The interview is related to his political activities in Natal and his relationship with the African National Congress. …
Deployment of Racism in South Africa by Rooha Variava
… prints and relatively little contact with those who study his texts in a European context; and because of the angle of … terrain. I also thank most warmly…
EventSABC personality Nic Swanepoel dies
… of thirty-three years before he retired in 1995. During his flourishing career, Swanepoel was awarded numerous prizes for his outstanding radio drama scripts…
ArchiveOne hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018
… the "Smuts report". "My father's conclusion," wrote one of his sons, was that "we can only defend this island … attack by offensive measures and by attacking…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… like the Epistles in South Africa," Masekela writes in his 2004 biography, Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of … some of the traditional, dance music and…
EventDerek Hanekom is born
… president Nelson Mandela after 1994 general elections. His appointment to the ministry could best be explained as a compensation for his contribution to the…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
… who was principled to the end, and never shifted from his loyalty to his country and his people and his organisation, the ANC. The passing on of …
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… sure that the deeply weathered quartz vein that traversed his farm was indeed auriferous, he was not certain of the richness of his discovery. So, having…
ArchiveBiography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi
… 1955 in Evaton, the fifth son of a family of five boys, his politisation began at an early age he was living in … at the time of the Sharpville shooting in…
EventThe Voortrekkers are united for the first time and only for a short period of time
… time and only for a short period, when Gert Maritz moved his own laager and several small laagers scattered over a … Retief's main laager, after the murder…
A Tale of Political Conspiracy and Incomprehensible Judicial Imaginings by Thabo Mbeki, 15 February 2016
… by President of the ANC, Cde Jacob Zuma, to have his case, once more, struck off the roll…The judgement … wrote: “It is a surprise…that Mbeki did not employ…
PlaceWelkom
An Industrial and Commercial heartland, the City derived its name after the Farm; 'Welkom'. Welkom was founded in 1948 by Sir Earnest Oppenheimer, (who was the…