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Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014
The Nelson Mandela timeline tracks the history of the first democratically elected president of South Africa through his childhood in rural Transkei, the…
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women socially, politically, and…
Andrew Tshabangu
Born: Soweto, 1966. Tshabangu has studied at a number of institutions, amongst them the Institute of Advancement for Journalism (1998) and at the Alexandra…
Esau Mokhethi reburial speech by AZAPO President Cde. Koti Dikobo
Programme Director, Cde. Nelvis Qekema, Jwarra!!! Pastors who are present; Pastor Letshelega, Prof. Masango, Rev. Raboroko and Rev. Vilakazi The family of…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
Prof. Dent, Ladies and Gentlemen, I intend to follow in my opening remarks the conventional pattern. And for that reason I will give a very brief review of…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
Prof. Dent, Ladies and Gentlemen, I intend to follow in my opening remarks the conventional pattern. And for that reason I will give a very brief review of our…
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
Comrade Chairpersons, To the family, Our daughter-in-law, Limpho, and grandchildren Neo, Nomakwezi and Lindiwe, Gilbert and Mary Hani, parents of Chris,…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
From: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis Introduction Background to the project This book had its origins in…
PlaceSouth Africa
Is the Southern most Country of Africa. It is bordered by Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. It is also bordered by two Seas, namely the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Acknowledgements
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede We first met each other in 1984 at A. P. Mda's law office in Mafeteng, Lesotho, and we…
ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
The judge Is dressed in red and white the assessors in black and white the prosecutor in a hostage smile and I in the borrowed robes of my grandmother…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
Contents Economic Development and the Expansion of the African Working Class The Quiescence of Political Organisation in the 1930s Mass Spontaneity and the…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The…
ArticleSoweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)
Before the June 16 student uprising, the Soweto Students' Representative Council (SSRC) was formed. This organisation led the march that the police fired on…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker By at least the turn of the century, African churchwomen across the…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai This document, dated 10 July 1909, was submitted…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure of 1930 The (Amendment) Bill is introduced by Minister of Interior as a result of recommendations of Select Committee…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
The reign of Mzilikazi Under the leadership of Mzilikazi, the people who came to be called the Ndebele in Zimbabwe (originally of the Khumalo clan) broke away…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
Prehistory of Southern Africa The Dutch East India Company (VOC) established Cape Town as a refuelling station in 1652 for their ships sailing between Europe…
Work and education
Primary and Secondary Education Rhulani crèche and classroom. Northern Province. © Omar Badsha The biggest challenge the first post-apartheid government was…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area Prehistory of Southern Africa Lying just below the escarpment, Nelspruit is the capital of a region with important…
A Brief Commentary on the Question of HIV and AIDS by Thabo Mbeki, 7 March 2016
Towards the end of 2015 I sent the communication below to a fellow African to respond to some comments he had made on the matter of ‘Mbeki, HIV & AIDS’. We…
Intensify the Revolution by O. R. Tambo The 'Morogoro Conference', Morogoro, Tanzania, 25 April – 1 May 1969
Contents Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the Consultative Conference of the ANC The Freedom Charter;…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein ultimately played an important role in the Province during the early years of the 19th century as it became the meeting place for discussions that…
Julian Goldswain
Julian Goldswain is an established portrait & documentary photographer in South Africa. Since 1998, his work has been exhibited extensively in South Africa,…
The Pioneers
The artworks presented in this section of the exhibition had their historical beginnings in the decades of the 1920s and 1930s. These beginnings took place in…
The melody of freedom
A reflection on music Riot policeman Erasmus shot seventeen-year-old Mngcini 'Big Boy' Mginywa from Grahamstown at a funeral because, he told the judge, the…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
In this period early African political organisations were formed; these organisations precipitated the formation of the African National Congress. 1866 …
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
Walter Sisulu celebrates his 90th birthday. One of the godfathers of the fight for equality in South Africa, he has fought long and hard against racism and…