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BiographyAllan Kirkland Soga
… Allan Kirkland Soga was among the founding members of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1912, he was the youngest son of Tiyo Soga, the first African…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… Introduction Following British victory in the South African War , the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 … Matlou and their children. They became the…
Chapter 3
… The Formation of the All-African Convention: The Background In 1935 the Union … Bill and the Native Trust and Land Bill), and 1937 (The Urban Areas Amendment…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… commoners lived outside the main walls, while the royal family lived on the hill. The king lived in a magnificent … same again. Reasons for European…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… is often given to two beautiful and talented South African actresses – Cecilia Sonnenberg and Rene Ahrenson – … schools and teacher training colleges in…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… to voice protest to a large audience. The South African government mobilised its riot police to break groups … of Orlando West AME church. Two years later…
EventBritish Airways prohibits smoking on all flights
… Initially airline companies were made to separate smoking areas from non-smoking areas on planes, but by the late 1980s all smoking was … and domestic) a…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 87th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1999
… Today, we mark the 87th Anniversary of the birth of the African National Congress. Since its birth, this organisation … mobilise these masses to go to the…
BiographyBeauclerk Upington
… Cape Town at the age of one. He was educated at the South African College School, Cape Town, and Trinity College, … were yachting, he served as president for…
BiographyXego Michael
… Island. It is here, where he would become a member of the African National Congress (ANC). After his release on 20 … Elizabeth Youth Congress to becoming a…
Archive2009 - President Motlanthe, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2009 (Before National Elections)
… National Executive in completing the mandate accorded the African National Congress in the 2004 elections, and in … Mahlangu, brother of Kalushi,…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
… all of you to the National Policy Conference of the African National Congress. The conference takes place during … proper roads, trains that run on time all…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… in the Tsomo district of the Transkei to a very large family. Circa 1926 Albertina started school in a local … Circa 1947 Walter decided to quit his job and…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… settlers and colonial companies like the British South African Company for farming and mining. This was also largely … Experts were called in to help in the…
BiographyMary Elizabeth Davis
… later became the Victoria League and looked after South African graves of both English and Boer combatants. She was later a member and President of the South…
Eye of the Needle - Preface by Richard Turner
… disaster of racial war? to a new discovery of the human family? The Eye of the Needle is more than a book about South … 1977, the Christian Institute was…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather
… of the Congresses between 1961 and 1971. In 1961 the South African government decided to establish a new body, the South … Street area - an area that had…
PlaceKwaZulu-Natal Literary Trails (under Heritage Routes)
… literary history, the Rider Haggard trail includes key areas in and around Durban, that detail Haggard's time in … Durban became the first city in South…
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… their records may be traceable from the Who's Who or from family records and correspondences. The Home Affairs … Who. Use this link to find passenger…
A new total strategy emerges July 1990 -June 1991
… forces By security forces we refer primarily to the South African Police (SAP) and the South African Defence Force … and 'self-governing' varieties) and the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Noticias, 05 August 1983, Maputo
… arose from the fact that the headquarters of the South African Air Force was a prominent target of our attack; … without having nearby examples to follow as…
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… and Indians ”” all made journeys down the west and east African coasts, and one expedition went right around the … padroes which the explorers raised on…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
… team of spies infiltrated and dismantled the violent urban terror organisation, Pagad G-Force. What to expect: An … genius, and the human cost of a six-year…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2011
… Comrades and Compatriots, Today the African National Congress is 99 years old and thus enters its … we have put in place a New Growth Path that will:…
Disbanding, 1990-1991
… 2 February, F.W. De Klerk announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)…
PlaceSada
… driven off the farms. The Land was bought by the South African Bantu Trust (which was later renamed as the South African Development Trust) from Shiloh, an…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… and Coloureds were carried out to implement the Group Areas Act, which mandated residential segregation throughout … of this Act, all Black people living in…
BiographySusan Shabangu
… as the assistant secretary for the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the Federation of Transvaal Women … T&GWU. Shabangu was also a member of…
Acceptance speech by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters in recognition of his contribution to education at Texas Southern University Houston, Texas, 23 September 2011
… in town, where I joined the trade union movement and the African National Congress. The two organisations added a lot … for disadvantaged children,…
The National Flower
… is widely distributed in the south-western and southern areas of the Western Cape, from the Cederberg up to just east …