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EventTanzania gains independence
… was briefly re-established until the outbreak of World War One. Following Germany's defeat, Britain administered the … known from then on as Tanzania. In…
Entering Namibia without visas
… of the Council going to South West Africa. But no one seemed serious. I am not sure that the matter was … the territory to “Namibia”. [2] See George M…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… convention failed when Smith rejected ZANU’s demand for one man one vote. ZANLA intensified armed incursions into Rhodesia. …
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… close to the SALP, a party which he publicly exposed as one which "Hates the Native People Most." In the climate of … Trotskyists declared their intention of…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… cent of the Constitutional Assembly. This Constitution is one of the most advanced in the world, establishing a … a system of government that allows South…
PlaceSouth African Naval Museum, formerly the Navy Mast House and Dutch Store House
… and Maritime Museum in Cape Town. In the mid 1970’s a part the naval collection was transferred to the Martello … comprised exhibitions of the historic clock…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… location started with just sixteen residents who shared one toilet and one water well. The toilets for the location … The government planned for a new…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO THE RALLY AT KWA - MTHETHWA KwaMbonambi, 21 May 1995
… the government and our constitution is that amakhosi are part of our everyday lives and part of our being. They are essential for the day-to-day …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the XIV Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, Havana, Cuba 14 September 2006
… Bandung, more that anything else, was an initiative on the part of the anti-colonial and anti-imperialist movement to … of billions of the people of the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 9 - Tactics of talks, Tactics of confrontation, The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. by Howard Barrell
… 1985, the ANC faced a fundamental strategic choice. Its one option was revolutionary confrontation; the other was a … be talking with a clear mandate. 18…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… stage, Kohler believed that uniting all wine farmers in one giant co-operation was the only solution to the dilemma …
EventThe Choice of Termination Act is enacted by the Parliament of South Africa
… woman no more than 13 weeks pregnant. The act was dubbed one of the most “liberal abortion laws in the world”. It … a rigorous and lengthy application…
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… was born on 17 May 1954 in Cape Town.[i] Roberts was one of South Africa’s most renowned jockeys.[ii] Roberts was … times in a row, before immigrating to…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… One of South Africa’s deadliest terror attacks took place in … bombing resulted in the death of 19 people as well as over one hundred injuries. [ii] The…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… nations, to learn and to contribute her utmost. Soccer is one of the sporting disciplines in which Africa is rising to … scored: but also in the way it draws…
Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 44 - Letter from … workers and students, and what is the…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… was accused of forming a dictatorship. In 1964 he formed a one-party state, with himself as president for life. On 9 … which had rejected multiparty rule in…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… and the well known writer and poet, Sol Plaatje, was one of its founding members. Formed in protest of the … in South Africa is without dispute. He has been…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… author of 18 novels and numerous works of history, he is one of South Africa's most awarded and highly-regarded … have been translated into other languages…
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… the world's top ten tennis players. He was ranked number one in both 1968 and 1975. He was one of the founders of the powerful Association of Tennis …
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew THE WORKERS PARTY OF SOUTH … typed by comrades in readiness for…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… the passing of the iniquitous Group Areas Act, which was one of the cornerstones of its Apartheid policies . The size of the ghetto depended on where one…
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… was used as a staging post. The town has since become one of the most important gold-producing towns on the … Hospital (previously called Boksburg Benoni…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… also demotes opponents and intimidates dissenters. One example: Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, a … he told Reuters in answer to emailed questions. One…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… prescribe and proscribe the thoughts of a prisoner. The one thing that he could have expressed freely was remorse and … days. I fell down and couldn't do…
PlaceMatatiele Local Municipality
… Area are mainly Commercial Agricultural Farms . They form part of the high production potential land stretching from …
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 50 - Lenin Club, … hand, the Cape Federation of Labour…
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… a pity it was that we could not run full colour on page one of the next day’s paper. The Daily Dispatch was then … through lunchtime in a private house…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… my emotions as I write this letter. I have received only one letter since you were detained, that one dated 22 August. I do not know anything about family ……
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
… will be started, two shops on the ground floor with one storey. The building will cost about £1,200. So the place … of tweed is to sew an achkan [long coat]…