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BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
… Johnson Mlambo was born in Johannesburg on 22 February 1940. He did his secondary school education at … to prepare for the “Year of Destiny” – 1963. …
Address by Nelson Mandela to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990
… It is a signal honour for me to be addressing you on the occasion of the first ANC conference inside the … in the early 1960s you laboured to rekindle the…
Chapter 12 - Blind alley of guerrillaism
… people to make sure that this campaign is conducted in a spirit of absolute non-violence," stated Sobukwe at the start … taken place on the Rand. Many…
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… On 26 June 1959, over five hundred people attended a meeting … going to win!' declared Nyerere.* Exactly 40 years later, on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 June…
BiographyHenry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi
… Henry Gordon "Squire" Makgothi was born on 25 December 1928 to Walter Mokowa, a school teacher and … Secondary School in Rosettenville 1947. He then went on…
BiographyAndrew Mokete Mlangeni
… Andrew Mokete Mlangeni was born on 6 June 1925 on a farm in the Bethlehem, Orange Free State (now Free State … branch delegate at Kliptown. Mlangeni became a…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… Cape by the Dutch East India Company (DEIC). He arrived on board De Voetboog and with his family and retinue; they … people in total. In order to minimise…
BiographyAnthony Sampson
… Westminster School and Christ Church in Oxford, and served on the Royal Navy from 1944-7. In 1951, due in part to his … such as Nelson Mandela , and writers…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… Lecture, where Professor Mahmood Mamdani will speak on “Decolonising the Post-Colonial University”. The lecture is to be held at 17:30 for 18:00 on Tuesday,…
BiographyRonald (Ronnie) Kasrils
… Ronald Kasrils was born in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on 15 November 1938. His grandparents were immigrants from … became the Commander of the Natal Regional…
ArchiveAppendix 5.1 The First Anniversary of the Declaration of the State of Palestine by Denis Goldberg
… organisation, the Palestine Liberation Organisation, on this most important occasion. We look forward to the day … declare for all our country and the world…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… heart in the rulers. The African National Congress (ANC), on the other hand, expressly rejected any concepts and … Malan's Nationalist Party seized…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… is a knoll? A small rounded hill. The word “knoll” only lives on in the English language because, according to … Lenin, Edward Said, or Malcolm X. I want to…
BiographyRobert Edward Jansen
… Cape Town jazz musician, Robert Edward Jansen was born on 5 August 1949. The Cape Doctor, as he was popularly … Europe with Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ebrahim)…
BiographyRev. George Champion
… their wives sailed from Boston, Massachusetts to Cape Town on 3 December 1834 and arrived in the Cape on 5 February 1835. On 20 December 1835 Revs Champion,…
ArticleSita’s story
… IV when the war really came to North Africa and in our lives. My teacher looked very sad. One teacher’s husband had … Sanskrit, the Gita and to develop an…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… October 1977 morning that they came. Ironically, they came on the morning of the Hindu festival of lights called Diwali, … to ask if Erikssen placed value on…
BiographyDouglas Chadwick Thompson
… Douglas Chadwick Thompson was born on 8 August 1905 to David Chadwick Thompson and Kitty Brettle … Society for ten years and active in other welfare bodies…
BiographyPumzile Sokanyile
… the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2001. On 13 August 2012 Mr Sokanyile was killed after being shot in … supporting his two brothers, his…
Bibliographical note and further reading
… Natal (Cape Town, 1957). Published and unpublished works on the indentured Indians are not numerous. The researcher … Evolution of the Policy Towards the…
ArchiveOne hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018
… (RAF). Nearby in Parliament Square stood the statue of Jan Christiaan Smuts, often described as the founding father … 300 people were killed when German…
EventFirst sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town
… bore the first sextuplets known to survive their infancy on 11 January 1974, in Cape Town, South Africa. The three … 6 oz (2.0 kg) Only one of the six…
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… into the Westdene Dam .The children were on their way to their homes when the driver blacked out as he … the dam. Residents, teachers and other pupils risked…
BiographyRev. Aldin Grout
… Aldin Grout was born on 2 September 1803 in Pelham, Massachusetts in the United … other missionaries and their wives, arriving in Cape Town on 5 February…
BiographyJacob Sello (Jackie) Selebi
… Jacob (Jackie) Sello Selebi was born on 7 March 1950 in Johannesburg. Selebi was the African … Human Rights Commission and the Oslo Diplomatic Conference on…
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
… as a medium of instruction at schools and Bantu Education on 16 June 1976, protests continued and spread across the country with more schools joining. On 4…
56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed
… it was prepared 'to meet this friendly and tolerant spirit' of the Government. In the following document, … with our Congress resolution a deputation waited…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… endorsed by the Coat of Arms. Your smallest coin has it on one of its sides. When away from the country seeing a plaque of it on the embassy signals a home…
BiographyGlenn Moss
… Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and … Primary School and then attended Pretoria Boys High. On…
PlaceCape Town City Hall, Darling Street
… Town, Thomas Ball, laid the cornerstone of the City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the Hall was only opened in 1905. It … history, and an important moment for…