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Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Freedom Day celebrations, Bisho Stadium, Eastern Cape, 27 April 2007
… in Bhisho as well as in different parts of the country on this historic day, 27 April 2007, to hold aloft the banner … the resources for further advances in…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… to establish the South African Native National Congress on January 8, 1912; later named the African National Congress … NP, that enforced segregation…
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
… extensively about Zapiro and worked with the cartoonist on his book 'The Mandela Files'. Andy tells us what scares … (hint: it’s not a R15-million lawsuit). …
EventAcclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons dies
… in Afrikaans, produced in ten volumes. Cussons was born on 9 August 1922 in Moravia, near Piketberg in the Cape … at the HoÁƒÂƒÂ«r Meisieskool Pretoria…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… the production of plays including Sarafina which went on to play on Broadway. Sarafina , a South African musical produced by … “Ever never again: dedicated…
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… as a clerk at Lloyds in 1947. The two married in September 1948. Their marriage was prohibited in Botswana and escalated … to prevent their marriage. To make…
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… Bechuanaland (now Botswana) President, Seretse Khama died on 13 July 1980 he died in Gabarone, Botswana. He was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, Botswana. His…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.3 and No.4 1989
… and Mi Hlatshwayo. STORY: Reminiscences of a Job Seeker, Jan Ceasar Mbele. ESSAYS and INTERVIEWS: Language and Labour … Posters and the Proletariat, A.W…
EventPrime Minister, D.F. Malan retires
… minister of the NP government that came into power in May 1948, retired from his position and withdrew from politics at …
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
… President of the General Assembly, Mr Jan Kavan, Secretary-General of the UN, Mr Kofi Annan, Your … have a common task to ensure that this Organisation truly…
Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990
… this day a reality. Many of these have laid down their lives, and still countless others were maimed for life whilst on active duty in the service of their…
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… On 22 February 1707 a young man on horseback raced through the streets of Stellenbosch … Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), was saturated. Therefore, Jan Van…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… extent, rural people eke out a living as farm workers on commercial farms. These in turn are very different from … system and the pass laws have left an…
Learning about history through objects
… the objects you can help Ariel learn more about their lives. Try to answer the following questions: What objects …
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… the land of his ancestors. Instead, Themba was constantly on the receiving end of the prejudices, hostility, and … then again when they sit at their desks…
EventThe second Matabele war breaks out
… the Matabele Rebellion or the second Chimurenga broke out on 20 March 1896 in Matabeleland Zimbabwe. The war broke out … arms. In the end, hundreds of…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… today as Africa’s “literary foremother” - was born on [1] January 13, 1931 in Oguta, located in eastern Nigeria. … were simply literary truths that revealed…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… edited various mathematical texts. She also gave lessons on the construction of the astrolabe, which was used for more … at the time of the Roman empire…
EventFive developed countries recall their Ambassadors from South Africa
… which was introduced by the National Party government in 1948. The policy instituted racial segregation in the country. …
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… Bevil Gordon d’Urban Rudd was born on 5 October 1894 in Kimberley, Northern Cape.[i] He is the … editor of the Daily Telegraph.[vi] Bevil Rudd passed away on…
EventBantu Women’s League protests against pass laws
… president Charlotte Maxeke, undertook a passive resistance on 7 January 1919 against the application of pass laws to … BWL continued to fight against the…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the country ungovernable. A State … property. Some black people died from so…
Archive2009 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 3 June 2009 (After National Elections)
… Fellow South Africans, Dumelang, Avuxeni, Molweni, On the 22nd of April, millions of South Africans went out to … democratic right spurred on by the desire…
South African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… On 21 February 1917 the SS Mendi troopship sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South … to…
EventSouth African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… On 21 February 1917 the SS Mendi troopship sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South … to…
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… and Ekurhuleni. Although there is no consensus on how to classify those protest, it has been acknowledged … very high levels of youth unemployment and the…
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… 10 classroom content was developed in 2003 for the topic on ‘large empires and civilisations that existed in the world … not allowed to marry or own property…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 11 November 2003
… At its Lekgotla in July, the Cabinet once more focused on the critically important issue of the struggle against … of 'strategies for catching up". In the…
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… Back in 1802, the establishment of a Missionary Village on a deserted farm near Algoa Bay, now Port Elizabeth, became … was a refuge from a harsh colonial…
EventMagnus Malan's trial ends
… trial of former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan ended on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all … of thirteen people in KwaMakutha in…