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Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
… dispensation of the day in an exemplary fashion. It was his first public appearance following the announcement of the … and therefore not in South Africa,…
PlaceOnze Molen, Durbanville
… Uys to land in the Cape in about 1700, Jacobus Uys, and his mother-in-law the widow Roeland, were granted two morgen … met William Burchell when he…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… reads, “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi took the first step in his struggle against all forms of discrimination and … he boarded a train at the Durban station on…
PlaceShri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat
… and the caretaker of the Temple. The Temple was built by his grandfather in 1900, at a time when it was nearly … the History of the Temple, we spoke about…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… any doubt the statesmanship that has been the hallmark of his Presidency should serve as a lesson to those who seek to … scourge of unemployment. The…
A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
… expressed a key and important truth when he said in one of his statements that the victory of the Angolan people was "a … brutal means the enemy thought he…
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada Ottawa, 18 June 1990
… passionate sermons which proclaimed that God made Man in his image. We had absorbed and were moved by school lessons … of martyrs. An entire people has…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… the issue of liberation has become a matter of life and death. These masses need also to be organised and mobilised … use of force to entrench himself in…
Address by Nelson Mandela on behalf of the ANC delegation to the Conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa Addis Ababa, January 1962
… to have paid the full price of freedom and independence. His Imperial Majesty, himself a rich and unfailing fountain … months, more than thirty Africans have…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
… the issue of liberation has become a matter of life and death. These masses need also to be organised and mobilised … use of force to entrench himself in…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… work when under-age, or do work that would interfere with his or her education or development. Children should be … was the unmarried father of a child put…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… of the current Old Presidency in Bloemfontein. He named his farm 'Bloemfontein' after the flowers (wild clover) that … peace between the various population…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… College, whose principal Ottilie remained until her death. Only when the 1989 independence process promised …
Comrade Keith Khoza`s father being buried on Saturday, 3 February 2011
… condolences to its communications manager Keith Khoza and his family for the loss of his father – Mr Wakheni Wilson Khoza (69) - who will be …
PlaceMandela House
… hard-fought path to democracy. Nelson Mandela lived with his first wife, Evelyn , and later with his second wife, Winnie , in this four-room house, just off …
EventJosiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the LWF
… Federation. The cleric held this position until 1984. His election was a great honour for the Evangelical Lutheran … on 18 July, 1988 at the age of 63. In…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… Training School under Lorna Peirson . After completing his studies, he went on to teach at the Appelsbosch Training … Rocke’s Drift. Sibisi has won numerous…
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… situation returned to normal. Chief Albert Luthuli burned his reference book on Saturday where he issued a call to non-Whites to follow his example. Duma…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… Delta and now a Special Administrative "Region" of China. His parents moved to Johannesburg in 1956 when he was only thirteen years old. After his first race…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… Tutu was arrested by the South African government and his passport was confiscated, barring him from travelling … 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize…
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
… At the age of 21, he came to South Africa and started his ministry in Namaqualand. In May 1821 he and his wife Mary, an indispensible helpmate, carried on…
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… nearing Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, Omar was his spokesperson. Omar was the first Minister of Justice of … He died of cancer on 13 March 2004 and…
EventGandhi leaves South Africa
… liberty in SA, was passed in July, and it contributed to his view that his task in South Africa has been fulfilled. …
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… War 2 (South African War), summarised the pssure his government has put on the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek … a peaceful settlement." He was hoping to avert…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… South Africa and Governor of the Cape Province in 1897. His efforts to gain political rights for the "Uitlanders" … Britain and the South African Republic …
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… ArminiaBielefeld and Greece’s Skoda Xanthi. Katongo made his international debut in 2003. He is currently captain of the Zambian national team. Under his…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… in Johannesburg to an English father and a Swedish mother. His father Sidney Peter Norton was a journalist and would influence his son’s future career path…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the first time alongside his documentary photographic essays for which…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… of Meritorious Service (Gold) posthumously to Sontonga for his service to South Africa. . His granddaughter, Mrs Ida Rabotape received the award. Nkosi …
EventEthiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
… a successful rebel war against the forces of Mengistu and his appointment marked the end of years of civil war in the … government, Zenawi promised a…