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Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… On behalf of the African National Congress, its National Executive … of indigenous blacks are being declared foreigners in the land of their birth, while the…
Address, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of the World Summit for Sustainable Development Johannesburg, 26 August 2002
… Mr Nitin Desai, Secretary-General of the World Summit for Sustainable Development, Your … and Rio de Janeiro about the need for all of us to act together to…
An interview with Mr. A.W.G. Champion
… in 1964 by Mr. Stanley Trapido, Lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford. S. Trapido : Mr. Champion, … so strong in Natal? A. Champion : The…
Towards Simon’s Town – The life of Peter Clarke by Joline Young
… Peter Clarke exudes a quiet confidence of a man who is comfortable with himself, but navigates the world around him with a probing mind. His use of words is…
BiographyGeorge Arthur Heard
… Journalist George Arthur Heard was the elder son of Arthur Henry Heard, inspector of works in Bloemfontein, and his wife, Millicent Agnes … a magisterial…
BiographyMithrasagaran “Murthie” Naidoo
… Mithrasagaran (Murthie) Naidoo was the son of Ama and Thambi Naidoo. He worked as a clerk and was … he was stripped naked and searched and then given back…
BiographyPieter Streicher Steyn
… He is currently a senior researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science at the University of Stellenbosch, distinguishing himself in the area…
BiographyTlou Theophilus Cholo
… worked in Johannesburg where he was an active member of the Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU). Cholo attended Lennes Primary School in Limpopo. At the…
BiographyDavid Hepburn Craighead
… the Transvaal Province (Gauteng). He was born to parents of English and Scottish descent. His father, who worked as a … where upon completion he enrolled to…
BiographyMduduzi Richard Shabalala
… education in the township. In 1982 Lamontville was one of first Black townships in Natal to protest against high … As a young boy, Shabalala grew up…
BiographyJames Randolph Vigne
… where he enjoyed a spell as head boy at the age of 13 in 1941. That same year he joined the Van Riebeeck … 1964. Vigne played an important role in the…
BiographyPauline Podbrey
… Pauline) was born in Kovna, Lithuania in 1922, the eldest of two children. In 1933, the family immigrated to Durban , … was a Bundist, and once in South…
Presidential Address to the Extended Meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, April 1975
… pace. The period from the Lisbon coup to the installation of a transitional government in Mozambique, representing a rapid process of demolition of a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of president Rafsanjani of Iran Pretoria, 12 September 1996
… visit we paid to your country four years ago. At the time of that visit, our country was still clawing its way out of decades of the apartheid nightmare. Our…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Bantu and the Gospel
… with the great masses of unthinking people in this land with reference to the Natives: The first is, that the … Europeans in South Africa when they dogmatise…
ArchiveOpening Address of Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project, by Nelson Mandela, 21 September 2004, Johannesburg
… Thank you for attending this function at the invitation of an old man. What you have just witnessed could be … me. However, I want you to see the symbolic…
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… recognition as the “sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa.” It was a title which had been given to SWAPO of Namibia in 1973. The…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem…
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… Secretary of State Colin Powell was heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in, South … Secretary Powell was…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979)
… Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Stellenbosch. This thesis includes chapters on sport, … An…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979
… Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Stellenbosch. This thesis includes chapters on sport, … An…
Summary Minutes of a meeting between a delegation from the Republic of South Africa, an Angolan/Cuban delegation, and a delegation from the United States of America as mediator on the question of SWA/Namibia and Angola: Cairo, 24-25 June 1988
… Minutes of a meeting between delegates from South Africa, Angola and Cuba, with delegates from the United States of America as mediators, to discuss Cuban…
ArchiveTelex from Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to His Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cape Town
… Translation of a telex sent from the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, with regard to the alleged ……
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, … opportunity I have had to occupy the highest office in the land as a consequence of the…
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
… Didiza, announced that South Africa had been declared free of notifiable avian influenza (bird flu). The partial ban imposed on the export of ostriches,…
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… In the 1990’s Kebble got into mining and was soon director of three mining companies. In 2005 Kebble came under … for alleged fraud involving R 2 billion…
BiographyRaymond Hoffenberg
… and he credited him for instilling in him an informed love of books. At the age of 16, he entered the Faculty of … he occupied the chair. This was considered…
BiographyWendy Heather Woods
… After training as a librarian, she became a licentiate of the Trinity College of Music and became a music teacher. She met her husband, … was banned for five…
In memory of Archbishop Dennis Hurley by Phyllis Naidoo, 16 September 2009, Durban
… march in 1989 with other religious leaders. On the morning of the 17 August 2009, my copy of The Witness and yours held the story of Paddy Kearney’s … that…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 May 1983, Volume 61
… Transcript. Evidence from D P Conradie, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice…