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Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… State of the Nation Address by His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa; Joint Sitting of Parliament, … we find ourselves in…
EventJan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
… Founder of and first commander of Cape Town , Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck , was born in … Company (DEIC) , van Riebeeck landed at the southern tip of…
ArchiveStatement by a representative of South Africa's workers to the Conference: People of the World Against Apartheid for a Democratic South Africa
… Statement by a representative of South Africa's workers to the Conference: People of the World Against Apartheid for a Democratic South Africa, marking the…
EventWestern countries, including South Africa, implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern section of Berlin
… all land access to the British, American and French zones of Berlin, a city which was located deep within … post-World War II Germany. This event was one of…
BiographySelbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi
… and prosperous farmers. Selby’s father was a graduate of the prestigious Fort Hare University and graduated in 1935 … Cape when his father was appointed…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1946
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Support … Africa must Bt submits to the latest racial…
ArchiveMeeting with Secretary of State Shulz during a working lunch at the Department of State: Washington DC on 26 November 1982
… Report of a meeting between representatives of the United States Government and representatives of the South African Government to discuss the independence ……
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig Jr, Secretary of State, Washington DC
… Pik Botha to Alexander Haig regarding the independence of Namibia in the context of international relations, stabilisation of the southern African region and…
Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions
… Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions. The two Voortrekker … Rivers in…
BiographyMary Moodley
… Free State (now Free State). She was the second eldest of 10 children born to Tom Anderson, a miner of Danish descent, and Katherine Anderson, a descendant…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… Justice Arthur Chaskalson President of Constitutional Court interview with Rupert Taylor 2 … through it at the time. Taylor: It gives an indication of what…
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
… He acquired the name, Comrade Mzala, as he was fond of addressing everyone as “mzala, mzala”.) In 1972, at the age of 15, he was detained without trial for…
ArchiveMeeting between Minister R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador H Nickel of the United States: Cape Town, 21 March 1984
… Meeting, following on from the meeting of the previous day, 20 March 1984, between South Africa and … issued in Havanna, Cuba, by Fidel Castro, President of…
ArchiveMeeting with Secretary of State Shultz during a working lunch at the Department of State, Washington D.C. on 26 November 1982
… Minutes of a meeting between the Foreign Affairs Minister together with other representatives of the South African Government and the Secretary of State…
BiographyGraeme Williams
… Williams completed his Bachelor of Science majoring in Geology and Statistics at the University of Cape Town. For him photography was a pass time activity ……
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… to visit his relative Jacqueline Arenstein , a member of the Communist Party of South Africa , when he first met Eleanor. Eleanor joined … assisted in…
”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something
… night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something to eat after … manager, John Howard,…
Archive2009 - President Motlanthe, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2009 (Before National Elections)
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, to the … the date of the elections. Honourable Members; We owe our being as…
BiographyManiben Sita
… (TIC) in 1928. He was an executive member and chairman of the Pretoria branch before becoming president of the TIC. Her father encouraged all seven of his…
Sir Joseph Baynes (83), successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies
… Sir Joseph Baynes (83), successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies in Ixopo, Natal. … Sir Joseph Baynes …
ArchiveStatement of the United Democratic Front General Secretary to the Annual General Meeting of the South African Health Workers Congress
… Statement of the United Democratic Front General Secretary to the Annual General Meeting of the South African Health Workers Congress held on 1st July ……
Copy of the treaty allegedly signed by Dingaan and Retief ceding large tracts of the Zulu Kingdom to the Voortrekkers
… Copy of the treaty allegedly signed by Dingaan and Retief ceding large tracts of the Zulu Kingdom to the Voortrekkers, created by Jan … Copy of the treaty…
ArchiveStatement of the African National Congress of South Africa on the recent Black Labour Reforms Commissions in fascist South Africa
… Statement of the African National Congress of South Africa on the recent Black Labour Reforms … Statement of the African National Congress of South Africa on…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… Women in South Africa, since the turn of the century, have emerged as primary catalysts for protests against, and as challengers of, the apartheid regime…
Address at the Meeting of Nigerian and South African Business 2 October 2000
… Are just every moment And every day writ large. Thousands of years of loving, failing, killing, Creating, surprising, … has already made it possible to…
A call to the people of South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 02 May 1987
… to break the people`s resistance and block the path of our further advance towards the seizure of power. At this moment the enemy is trying to recapture the …
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
… "Huis aen de drie grachten" next door to the old premises of the Gemeentelijke Universiteit of Amsterdam. From the outset his customers were bookish … the…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
… as a teacher at the Springfield Teachers Training College, being part of the first group of teachers to qualify from this institution when it was … 14 Dec…
BiographyJacobus Wilhelmus Sauer
… and was also a farmer. Sauer was elected as a member of the Cape Parliament in 1874 representing Aliwal North. Sauer married Mary Cloete, a daughter of Henry…
Address on the Occasion of the Torch Handing Over Ceremony, “From Rio to Johannesburg” , 25 June 2002 Rio De Janeiro
… Minister Goran Persson, Distinguished Guests, and, People of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro: First of all, let me thank you, President Cardoso, both for … of…