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Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the frontline states and Lesotho, Lisbon, 25 March 1983
… of South Africa and Rhodesia - ardent adversaries of African independence, peace and social progress. But today … and colonialism in southern Africa... In…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… The African National Congress has emphatically denounced attacks … to a stakeholder forum that will bring together voices of African compatriots against this…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The Federation of South African Women's Papers, University of the Witwatersrand … Ravan Press, 1983. Interview with…
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
… Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with … and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Gwala…
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2 (South African War), summarised the pssure his government has put on the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… heightened growing tension between Britain and the South African Republic (Transvaal). With his rigid attitude he … a prominent role in events leading up to…
EventActress and teacher Wilhelmina Freund is born
… Germany, when her parents, who were South African German immigrants, were on a visit to Germany. On … she was appointed as teacher of elocution at the South…
Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012
… parted ways with pride and embraced selflessness. For the African, it is that year that God gave us Pixley Ka Isaka … in the last decade of the 20th century…
Articlehoz tab example
… “Towards a People’s History…” South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan people's … internship programmes Improving the knowledge of 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…
This item by Oliver Tambo was published as the introduction to the book "No Easy Walk to Freedom" by Ruth First, 01 June 1965
… House in Fox Street was one of the few buildings in which African tenants could hire offices: it was owned by Indians. … Hare University College. With others…
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…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… of Zululand (Ongoye) after students aligned to the UDF and African National Congress (ANC) oppose an attempt by Chief … declares that the UDF is an extension…
Political Report by Limpopo ANC Chairperson Cde Cassel Mathale during the Limpopo ANC Provincial General Council, 10 June 2012
… morning in the name of our revolutionary movement, the African National Congress as we mark the final preparations … only way we can succeed in building a…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… recognised that as long as the vote is denied to the African, Coloured and Indian peoples, Parliament cannot be … discrimination, intended to defeat the…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… of gold'. As the most powerful Commercial Centre on the African continent, Johannesburg generates 16% of South … to Los Angeles! Founded in 1886, Joburg (as…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Diplomatic Correspondent of Morning Star, 23 November 1967, London
… only, not with the Rhodesian Africans. Quoting from the African National Congress-Zimbabwe African People`s Union joint communique that as … case of South…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… pay homage to Comrade Michael Harmel, an outstanding South African revolutionary whose whole life was unconditionally … draft of our Party's new programme, …
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
… David Goldblatt was the first South African to be granted one of the art world’s major benchmarks … on the campus. It is not just on universities that South…
ANC Secretary General meeting former political prisoners on the Cuban Five, 21 May 2010
… unionists - incarcerated in Miami, United States, in 1998, African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Gwede … is today (21 May 2010) holding a meeting…
EventMafika Gwala born
… South African poet, writer and BCM member Mafika Gwala was born … activities firstly joining National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) that later…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… Harold Strachan, former South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the … (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African…
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… or referring to himself as Coloured in 1970, but the African National Congress (ANC) has made him "Coloured" again … descent) and contribute to the…
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… game ranger, Sibusiso Vilane, became the first Black South African to reach the top of Mount Everest, an 8 848m … peak, one of the world's highest. Vilane,…
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… Machel of Mozambique pledged solidarity with the South African people, in reaction to the massacre on 30 January … weSizwe (MK) cadres were killed. Machel,…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… "The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… and he maintained a policy of neutrality during the South African War . When platinum was discovered on BaFokeng land … kraal. A favourable environment is…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… on the Linton stone, a world famous example of South African Rock Art, now housed and displayed in the South African Museum in Cape Town. The Khoisan, the…
From retirement to parliament
… ' Bill of Rights ' and ' The Atlantic Charter from the African's Point of View '. This document was drawn up after … at the end of this booklet. The Annual…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… Party of South Africa (CPSA – subsequently renamed South African Communist Party (SACP) ) and various political … active in labour politics. Frances Baard ,…