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EventIgnatius Iggy Mthebule remembered
… Johannesburg . He was working closely with Joy Harden an apartheid agent who he met while working in Maputo; Iggy had … a restaurant in Hillbrow ,…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2008
… has worked, together with the masses, first to defeat the apartheid system, and then to vanquish the legacy of racial … the African National Congress. We…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 20th April 1992
… have attempted to find a time suitable to both myself and His Grace, Bishop Lekganyane, so that we could confer about … to make different, commit an ugly sin…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… Church Archbishop of Cape Town, Owen McCann, an enemy of Apartheid, became South Africa's first Cardinal when he was … on its racial segregation policy and…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… been recognised that Gumede’s historic visit to Russia, his active participation in the Tenth Anniversary … only on a negligible scale; but “if we add the…
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… Reforms Following the Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin and his new communist government initiated many reforms. They … workers. Exploitative working conditions…
Speech by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Blade Nzimande at SAHO Graduate Internship Programme launch, 30 October, 2012
… SAHO interns are indeed lucky to get this opportunity to work in an area that they love and to mobile it with … new, exciting and relevant ways. It should…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is murdered
… Mxenge , an African National Congress (ANC) veteran and apartheid activist, was assassinated and his body was severely mutilated in an act of barbaric…
Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
… when he walked and worked with us; when he showed us his sharpness and the quality that made him our leader. The … no matter what indignation he held in his…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… collapsed periodically in the heavy winter rains. The work was conducted by employing the local garrison and … Bay and attack the Castle overland from the…
Broadcast to South Africa by OR Tambo on the 8th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16 December 1969
… of our fathers, this time against the modern oppressor and his allies. Already that army has won historic battles in the … enemy agents in our midst. We are…
Capture the Citadel. Broadcast to South Africa on the eighth Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1969
… of our fathers, this time against the modern oppressor and his allies. Already that army has won historic battles in the … enemy agents in our midst. We are…
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… as provincial superior for the Jesuits, before he began his work in southern Africa. He first arrived at Sofala … and proceeded to Otongwe near Cape…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to Conference on Unemployment, Low Wages and Poverty, 21 October 1961, Durban
… One cannot exhaust nor adequately portray the ugliness of apartheid ills. Much could and should be said by the … House demands that we actively support…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… project is trying to do, is it to look at the role of anti-apartheid NGOs within South Africa and how they had an … was something that appealed very much to…
EventPrime Minister Botha visits Soweto
… the first South African prime minister to visit Soweto. His visit included talks with the Soweto Community Council … "we are all South Africans". These…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… He is commonly referred to as "Die Groot Krokodil" for his strong advocacy of the apartheid system. Botha's political career began when he … Israel,…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… Legislation This period marks the beginning of the rise of apartheid. Although South Africa was already a very … The Fagan Report stated that total…
Address by President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 62nd session of the United Nations’ General Assembly, New York
… by adding my voice to the many salutations directed to His Excellency, Ban Ki-Moon for being elected as the … Excellency, a fruitful tenure, trusting that…
Consultation in preparation for the meeting with law professors from white South Africa
… Notes regarding a meeting to discuss and work out an agenda for an African National Congress meeting … Law professors. Proposed agenda includes Human Rights…
Speak
… contraception and sexually transmitted diseases, better work conditions as well as representation by trade unions, including domestic workers, resistance to…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… government. AZAPO saw the capitalist system rather than apartheid as the main oppressing force in South Africa and … to bring about an equal distribution of…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… Phillipus Brink was born on 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he…
ArchiveThe romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop by Dr Yohannes Woldemariam, 4 February 2019
… range of views of the man whose full official title was: “His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the … fairly be compared to the 19th…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… if only they would be patient and go quietly on with the work in the old conditions. By the time the Commission … cross examining and contradicting witnesses…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… Association 'was killed because he refused to sell his people for thirty pieces of silver.' 24 March, South … , and many more at the Durban Central Prison,…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… class and working class Focus is on the individual and his/her own progress in life Communism System of government … ideology of communism People need one…
Statement of the African National Congress by Oliver Tambo, 18 March 1980
… P.W. Botha, surprised the world with the announcement that his Government had decided to summon a conference … we understand this move? Does it mean that…
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… P.W. Botha, surprised the world with the announcement that his Government had decided to summon a conference … we understand this move? Does it mean that…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… place, near or far, the better to be able to continue to work for our liberation. We salute the Founding Fathers of … did 75 years ago, to confront the…