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ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… a technical school in Kimberley in the Cape Colony (South Africa). The trip was organised by James H. Balmer. … young Africans and campaigned for women’s…
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… War II . The War broke out in September 1939 and South Africa joined in support of Britain. The decision to enter … would have supported the Germans instead…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
Patrice Emery Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day…
Mrs. Gertrude Shope Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, August 11, 1981
… Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, August 11, 1981 …
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… Duncan Village, East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, where he spent his childhood. [1] In an interview … Eastern Cape, which was later succeeded…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
Finance Minister Barend du Plesis presented in parliament a budget offering a large tax incentive to business, with emphasis directed to the Growth Domestic…
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… Sustainability and Art in Africa Art that reflects sustainability includes not only the … that explore the gamut of sustainable practices in art in Africa…
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
Former SA president and long serving political prisoner, Nelson Mandela, was voted the Greatest South African in a TV show that had the country nominate their…
BiographyPaul De Groot
… and in Berlin (Ufa). In 1924, he travelled to South Africa. Here, several ventures with his own company were a … company was named the Paul de Groot company…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… for his diplomatic and negotiating skills in South West Africa (Namibia) during negotiations towards an … “We were there”, a documentation of his time in…
BiographyDr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer
… AAC. In 1972 he became chairman of Anglo American Central Africa and lived in Zambia until 1974. De Beer was a director … Slabbert Trust, renamed Progressive…
EventPeter Scott, South African alpine skier is born
Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine skier.[ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
… From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker Founded in 1869 by … was the first establishment of its kind in southern…
BiographyRebecca Malope
… in Europe, Middle East (in particular Israel), America and Africa. While traveling in Israel in 1995 she shot a …
BiographyLord William Waldegrave Palmer Selborne
… appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. He came to South Africa to succeed Lord Milner as High Commissioner in South Africa, and Governor of the Transvaal and…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
… For almost 350 years, Black people in South Africa had been subject to exceedingly unjust laws designed, … not include extending the right to vote to all of…
BiographyDavid Dabede Mabuza
… in 1985. He furthered his studies at University of South Africa (UNISA) with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989. Mabuza … a Chairperson of the National…
Statement at the 19th African-American Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 12 January 1989
… here who come from outside of our region of southern Africa. We take this opportunity to join them by expressing … overwhelming majority of humanity, the…
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin Volume 2 Number 3 August 1975
South African Labour Bulletin is a refereed journal
ArchiveIntroductory essay: the African National Congress, 1964 - 1994
Introductory essay on the African National Congress from 1964 to 1994.
South African Labour Bulletin Volume 5 Number 5 January 1980
South African Labour Bulletin is a refereed journal. The focus in this issue is Botswana.
ArchiveThe South African Fellowship of Reconciliation: a short history
This is a journal article about the short history of the South African Fellowship of Reconciliation.
ArchivePresidential Address delivered at the All-African Convention
Presidential Address delivered at the All-African Convention held at Queenstown, 15th to 17th December 1955.
Constitution of the South African Native National Congress, September, 1919 [Extracts]
… there existed in the Provinces of the Union of South Africa several small and Independent Associations, … interest to and affected the whole Bantu people in…
ArchiveThe South African Youth Congress (SAYCO): Freedom Charter
The Freedom Charter; with the logo of the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO). Words on poster: Every youth a Congress member; and at the bottom of the poster…
BiographyMargaret Singana
… the British magazine Music Week. Margaret, known as “Lady Africa” in Southern Africa, suffered from bad heath in 1980, but despite this … during this time…
BiographyLionel Rusty Bernstein
… that they both joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and both got elected as Distric Committee in 1941. In 1942 Bernstein enrol in the South…
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… being... We all, black and white together, belong to South Africa and blacks yield place to no one in their passionate … to the United Nations, Mr Botha,…
EventSally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top
… said, "but I never realized it until I went home to South Africa where my mother took one look at me and nearly had a … Little was at the top of her career…
ArchiveStatement of the South African Council of Churches
Journal article containing a statement by various church bodies including the South African Council of Churches, the Christian Institute, IDAMASA, the World…