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Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
… At Thursday evening's session of the Industrial Commercial Workers (Amalgamated) Union of South Africa, Mr. Selby Msimang (president) delivered his … in the…
BiographyBoy Mvemve
… violent death in exile in Zambia in 1974. He was 43 years of age at the time, operating under the nom de guerre John … off. Mvemve died instantly. Sisulu,…
PlaceQuaqua
… Free State (OFS) that had been granted to the followers of a relative of Moshoeshoe . It was only 655 square … evicted from the Orange Free State, as a…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… 1. NAME : The name of the organisation shall be the African National Congress … the "Congress". 2. AIMS AND OBJECTS : The aims and objects of the Congress…
First National Consultative Conference: The Freedom Charter revolutionary programme of the ANC, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… two hundred and fifty years the African people fought wars of resistance against the European invaders in defence of their motherland - South Africa. Despite…
Appeal for Action to stop Repression and Trial in South Africa: Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 8 October, 1963
… policies which are a cruel scourge on the conscience of every civilised being and an unequalled example of man's inhumanity to man. But we feel we cannot…
Grade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
… and the expanding frontier A frontier marks the edge of a known area, but a frontier is not a formal border. A … away from Cape Town, eastwards and…
Archive2011 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 10 February 2011
… State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Joint Sitting of … register businesses and also…
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
… Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Thandi Modise, … offences, in accordance with section…
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… Theophilus Shepston was born near Bristol in 1817, the son of the Reverend J William Shepstone, who became an 1820 … to Sir Benjamin D'Urban during the Sixth…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… Theophilus Shepston was born near Bristol in 1817, the son of the Reverend J William Shepstone, who became an 1820 … to Sir Benjamin D'Urban during the Sixth…
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
… G" throughout Mitchells Plain , grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her exact birthdate and … in available sources, she was 60…
BiographyAdam Small
… Wellington, Cape Province (now Western Cape) to a mother of Muslim Indian heritage and a slave descendant father. He … where he discovered the Kaaps…
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
… with Vivalia Press. Editors : Cornelius Thomas Statement of principles 14. We believe that a conjuncture of circumstances exists which, if there is a…
Address on the occasion of the Launch of the Final Report of the World Commission on Dams 16 November 2000, in Cabot Hall, London Friends Honoured Guests Ladies and Gentlemen
… pleasure to be present at and participate in this occasion of the launch of the report of the World Commission on Dams. This is not least so because ……
Message to the People of South Africa on the 67th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1979
… Fellow countrymen, Militants of the African National Congress and of the struggle for liberation in our country, Cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe inside South…
Address by President Mandela to the Meeting of Directors-General Establishing a Forum of Directors-General Pretoria, 18 August 1998
… Chairperson; Members of the Forum, A perennial challenge for all democratic … in all circumstances, is to achieve an integrated process of development and…
Address to the Biennial Meeting of the Association for The Development of Education in Africa (Adea), Johannesburg, 6 December 1999
… Education Ministers from African Countries Representatives of Donor Organisations Distinguished Delegates Ladies and … from other countries on our continent…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Celebration of Workers Day, Swellendam, Western Cape, 1 May 2006
… to be long so that we can go home and enjoy ourselves. And of course the other problem is that it is cold. So all of us who have been sitting here on this…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… And for that reason I will give a very brief review of our doings within the College this year. We saw at the beginning of the year the implementation of the…
Address at the Opening of the Second Session of the South African-Algerian Bi-National Commission, 17 October 2001
… Welcome to South Africa and to this Second Session of our Bi-National Commission. We are meeting here today to … our already strong relations and laid the…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
… Poor White problem spread to the factories and the slums of Johannesburg and was soon felt in the offices of the union. There was a constant flow into the…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at the University of Stellenbosch on 22 February 1971
… expounded in a most original way the responsibility of being a student. Discovering life is a personal responsibility as also the secret of being a complete…
Albert Luthuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1961
… most important occasion not only in my life, but in that of my dear wife, Nokukhanya, who shares with me this honour. … I will now, Mr. President, humbly…
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Cape Town Cape Town, 27 November 1997
… Mayor Theresa Solomon; Distinguished guests; Citizens of Cape Town, It is a great honour to be given the freedom of one of South Africa's leading cities. I…
Document 60 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936
… Allison Drew Document 60 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936 … The Workers Party of South…
Testimony of Charles Sakwe, Elijah Qamata, and William Mlandu of the Transkeian Native General Council, before the Select Committee on Subject of Native Bills, May 6, 1927 [Extracts]
… (Published in Minutes of Evidence, Select Committee on Subject of Native Bills) … Testimony of Charles Sakwe, Elijah Qamata, and William Mlandu of the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… Mr. Issa Hayatou; Mr. Joao Havelange and other Guests of Honour; Mr. Solomon Morewa; Players and Supporters. The … will bless liberated South Africa with the…
Mines of the beloved country: Through the mind of a photographer and essayist by J Brooks Spector (Daily Maverick), 5 November 2012
… this landscape. Among the books on display were volumes of new South African poetry by writers like Wopko Jensma, … like Miriam Tladi and André Brink. There…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Unveiling of the Tombstone of Oliver Tambo, 19 April 1998, Wattville, Benoni
… Master of ceremonies; Our dear Adelaide and family; Comrades and … speaker on this occasion is Thabo Mbeki, the President of the movement to which Oliver…