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EventThembisile Chris Hani is killed
On 10 April 1993,Thembisile Chris Hani was shot and killed as he returned home to the racially mixed suburb of Dawn Park, Boksberg (Johannesburg), Hani was…
PlaceVersfeld Pass
This superb Pass is rich in South African folklore. John Versfeld was a resourceful farmer from Bo-Piketberg who built the original pass in 3 months, with only…
PlaceLeliefontein
The pretty, Historic Village of Leliefontein is located in; the Kamiesberg Mountain Range. The turn off the Road, between Kamieskroon and Garies in the Namakwa…
INTERNATIONAL NGO CONFERENCE AGAINST APARTHEID AND COLONIALISM IN AFRICA Geneva, 2 - 4 September 1974
Statement by Sean MacBride United Nations Commissioner for Namibia Having had the honour and privilege of presiding over the Special NGO Committee on Human…
PlaceKingsmead Cricket Stadium, Durban
Although it operates under the sponsorship-based name of Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, this cricket ground in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal is more commonly referred to as…
ArchiveObituary for Andrew Verster
Andrew Verster died peacefully in his bed on Sunday 16th February. It was the kind if death he would have wished for. No fuss, no drama – an end to a life…
PlaceMpofu Nature Reserve
Mpofu is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Mpofu, Xhosa for eland, is so named as the eland like to roam…
PlaceCango Caves, Oudtshoorn
29 km from Oudtshoorn, at the head of the picturesque Cango Valley, lies the spectacular underground wonder of the Klein Karoo - the Cango Caves.The limestone…
PlaceBaviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape
There is a Gorge that lies in the Valley, stretching for over 100 kilometres, between the Baviaanskloof Mountains to the North and the Kouga Mountains, to the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of the National Council of Provinces; Honourable…
Archive1999 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 5 February 1999 (Before National Elections)
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, 5 February 1999 Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
Joshua Richman Joshua Richman is a final year English and Politics student at the University of York. From October 2015, he will read Law at Hughes Hall,…
Interview with Oliver Tambo in Luanda after summit meeting of Presidents of frontline states and Southern African Liberation Movements, 01 March 1977
Question: How did the Luanda summit go? TAMBO: This has been a very important meeting for a number of reasons. The consultations of British Foreign Secretary…
O. R. Tambo interviewed in Luanda after Summit Meeting of Presidents of Frontline States and Southern African Liberation Movements, 1977
Question: How did the Luanda summit go? TAMBO: This has been a very important meeting for a number of reasons. The consultations of British Foreign Secretary…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
Two different current Narratives refugeesTo many Afrikaans speaking white people in South Africa the narrative of what in South Africa is called ‘The 2nd…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education This chapter looks at how archaeology and the…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa
South African Communist Party 2003 Chris Hani Memorial Lecture. 15th April 2003. Delivered: by Z. Pallo Jordan. 15th April 2003. Transcribed: by…
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), "The Colour Bar…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia PotenzaUp to the 1860s the economy of South Africa was based on agriculture and trade. Then the discovery of…
Address by his excellency, President Jacob Zuma at the 50th Anniversary of the Mpondo Revolt of 1960, 07 June 2010, Ingquza Hill, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape
Hon Minister Sicelo Shiceka; Hon Premier Kiviet; Members of the Provincial Executive present; Mayors of OR Tambo and Ingquza Hill Municipalities; Hon…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
The Maynardville Open Air Theatre is a popular and central part of Cape Town’s art scene – chiefly known for its Shakespeare performances and its ballet nights…
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
The lessons of the Zuma rape trial have a bearing on the type of future leadership we must seek. In the normal course of events someone acquitted of a criminal…
Presidential Address to the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 1958
Presidential Address To The Eleventh Annual Conference Of The Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 195864 Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, The…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
Ntsiki Biko and members of the Biko family; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen, We are gathered here to pay homage to one of the greatest sons of our…
86. Non-racial sport
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Cricket Board (SACB), which is…
Postscript
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph ... Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference…
Archive2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020
Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Amos Masondo, Deputy President David…
10 YEARS PROJECT
close Document 6 Africans' claims in South Africa 16 December 1943 (Including 'The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
Before presenting the history and impact of resistance photography we must consider the historical moment in which resistance photography in South Africa came…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: ANC Statement on Policy Conference state of readiness, 25 June 2012
The African National Congress is more than ready with its preparations for the fourth National Policy Conference which will kick off with a colloquium on Brics…