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Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
… I know you take very seriously. Three outstanding South African journalists, the late Percy Gqoboza, Donald woods, … Press. We remain in your debt for that…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… historians cast their eyes back over this the 21st and African century, what will they see! They should see that … and backwardness. They should see the…
EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola. Between two and three hundred South West…
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
… was a prominent trade unionist, the leader of the South African Coloured People's Organization and an executive member of the South African Communist Party…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… but for all liberation movements in the continent and the African peoples in general. The ANC, which is the oldest … we share the passion for achieving the…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… official organisations in South Africa. Just as the South African white sports bodies are responsible for enforcing … of sport and selection of participants…
Journal of Black Theology
… is a scholarly publication dedicated to the exploration of African and Black theology and its growth and identity in … Africa. Issues such as social class…
EventSA is blamed for Harare bombing
… in which several people are injured. Unlike other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, Zimbabwe had had a longer relationship with the…
EventOlivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
… was a self-confessed SA spy of the security police in the African National Congress who was held prisoner at the ANC … fifteen months under ANC guard in…
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… of judicial executions in the world. Recently, a South African citizen, Muziwokuthula "Muzi" Madondo, 33, was … Mexico. Reports also claim that Madondo…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… exiled Father Lapsley for his affiliation to the African National Congress (ANC) as well as for the support of … Lapsley moved from Lesotho to Zimbabwe, …
The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963 to 1994
… 1963 to 1994. Speaker: Hugh Macmillan, research associate, African Studies Centre, Oxford University Venues in Pretoria, … provides a vivid account of this…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… concern, of the Constitutional Court of South Africa! The African continent has demonstrated commitment to promoting … Discrimination against Women. Other…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… On 18 February 1960, South African Police (SAP) detectives continue to give evidence at … were members of the Congress Alliance, which included the African…
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… Enshrined in the South African Bill of rights, is the right to free access to … year. This effectively created competition for the South African Broadcasting…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) was plunged into a … in April. This is after the broadcaster and the South African Press Association (SAPA)…
Mafika Gwala’s Books Catalogue
… 1952- EXILES within : an anthology of poetry / 7 South African poets. - Johannesburg : Writers Forum, 1986. -- 68p. … theatre.' (SUBJECTS: Theatre and black…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… for writing her authentic and compelling stories of African women came. Local women in her Igbo community who … her writing as her platform to [5] “break the…
EventThe NCCR is dissolved
… Coordinating Committee for the Repatriation of South African Exiles (NCCR) was dissolved due to fraud and … amounting to substantial amounts of money. South…
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
… The Tripartite Alliance, consisting of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and Congress of South African Trade Union …
EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
… Nelson Mandela was issued with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8 days after he was … that he used to embark on a tour of some of the…
EventThe National Party wins Western Cape local elections
… were closely contested between the National Party and the African National Congress at the opening stage. However, as … results showed National Party leading…
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… Political activist, teacher and lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League (ANCYL) and its president in … 1949. He was also part of the…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), a federation of various labour … union and 21 years in the Tripartite Alliance with the African National…
EventGovernment bans 20 Black leaders
… a crowd. Shortly afterwards it was reported that the South African government has banned twenty leaders of Black organisations, including the South African…
America, Spanish conquest
… labour and Africans slaves proved to be the answer. African workers were strong, worked hard, were immune to many … The trans-Atlantic slave trade brought…
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
… In the following years, the African National Congress (ANC) leadership evolved to be more …
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… these, ‘grey areas’ were beginning to emerge, where African, Indian and Coloured people took up residence in …
ArticleKey People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising
… turning point that 16 June 1976 became. These South African students, parents, activists, government employees, …
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… of cultural practices that are still being by Southern African hunter-gatherers. Such as the making of ostrich … Khoi and San off their land. Because of this…