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Address by President T Mbeki at Press Conference following Meeting with President Kikwete of Tanzania, held on 7 April 2006, at Presidential Guesthouse
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the press. First of all let me say I'm very happy indeed to have President Kikwete with us here. When we went to Dar-es…
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
Former Home of past Presidents featuring exhibits on their lives, plus art exhibits & performances. It is now a Military Museum, which can be visited between…
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
COSATU PRESS STATEMENT RE: MINISTER OF LABOUR GREEN PAPER ON POLICY PROPOSALS FOR A NEW EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS STATUTE COSATU welcomes the green paper announced…
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
Members of the South African Indian Congress met the Minister of the Interior in Pretoria on 16 November 1925. They opposed the Areas Reservation and…
The start of mass campaigns
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1948, the same year that I joined the ANC and the trade union the…
Don’t eat potatoes!
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner I have already spoken about the boys on the potato farms at Bethel, how they…
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
When The Awakening of A People was first published in 1950, it was intended for the clarification of the real issues facing the Black masses of South Africa…
PlaceSada
Sada (Xhosa word meaning “at last”), a Township about 30km North of Seymour and 3km South of Whittlesea, was first established in 1964 as a “dumping ground” or…
Cathcart District, Eastern Cape
The District of Cathcart was created in January 1877, and it was raised to a fiscal divisional on 1 December 1879. Its economic base was largely agrarian, but…
Chatsworth, Suburb of Durban
The origin of Chatsworth Chatsworth is a historically Indian township located in Durban some 14km south-west of the City centre, in the Umhlatuzana River…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cheryl WalkerQuestion: Do you favour votes for all women, irrespective of colourAnswer: As…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the release of the 20 Year Review: South Africa 1994 to 2014, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, 11 March 2014
Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Representatives of all sectors, Fellow South Africans, Good morning to you all. Thank you for joining us on this important…
National OR Tambo Memorial Lecture series inaugural address by his excellency Dr Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, OR Tambo International Airport, 24 October 2011
Mr Dali Tambo and the entire Tambo family, Esteemed Trustees and Founding Members of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, Ministers and Deputy Ministers…
ArchiveThe arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019
To mark the centenary of the founding of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU), New Frame republishes work by historian Shula Marks about Allison…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
Life Florence Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta was born on July 21, 1944 in Yaba near Lagos, Nigeria, to Igbo parents, Jeremy Nwabundinke and Alice Okuekwuhe…
Address at the University of The State of Bahia Brazil, 14 December 2000
Your Excellency, the Governor, Dr Cesar Borges, Madam Rector, Dr Ivette Alves do Sacramento, Dr Jonatas Nunes Barreto, Mr Joao Jorge Rodrigues, Mr Antonion…
Address to the Commonwealth Club, World Affairs Council and US/SA Business Council Conference, 24 May 2000
San Francisco, USA. Michael Edwards, in his book 'Future Positive', captures the essence of the dilemmas of the current economic relations between the rich and…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
Madame Speaker; Honourable Members; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen: It was to be expected that this year's debate on the State of the Nation…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Royal Visit - 1947
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Royal Visit 1947 King gave consent to the "Ghetto"…
The fight against passes continues
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner All this time there was still this thing of passes for women going on, and the…
PlaceKruger National Park
The Kruger National Park was proclaimed on 31 May 1926 under the newly formed National Parks Board of Trustees, which became the controlling body of the park,…
Political Overview By The ANC Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, Comrade Paul Mashatile On The Occasion Of The Special Provincial General Council, Turffontein Racecourse, Johannesburg, 24 February 2013
Programme Director, Deputy Chairperson, Comrade Gwen Ramokgopa Secretary General, Comrade Gwede Mantashe NEC Deployees here present Provincial Secretary,…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
1806 Sir John Barrow indicates on a map that gold is to be found in the approximate vicinity of either the Witwatersrand or the Magaliesberge. 1852 Gold…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 4 - B.M. Kies "The Background of Segregation",…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education The first ten years of South Africa’s democracy…
Archive1997 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 1997
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honorable Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of the National Council of Provinces; Honorable…
ArchiveKeynote Address at National General Council Meeting, by President Thabo Mbeki, 12 July 2000, Port Elizabeth
Comrade Chairperson, Members of the NEC, Comrades delegates, Distinguished veterans, Your Excellencies, Members of the diplomatic corps and guests,…
PlaceChad
Chad is the fifth largest country in Africa[i]. Chad is estimated to be one of the areas for where the human species originated[ii]. The area which is now…
Notes from Books
Jean Gelman Taylor, THE SOCIAL WORLD OF BATAVIA: EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN IN DUTCH ASIA. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1983 The book…
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
The most senior leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa have been in prison for almost a quarter of a century now. They, who would have…