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BiographyDavid Rabkin
… Literature and had been employed as a sub-editor at the Cape Argus newspaper at the time of his, and his wife, … pamphlets from January 1973. They were…
Zubeida Vallie
… Zubeida Vallie was born in 1963 in Newlands, Cape Town from which she and her family were forcibly removed under the Group Areas Act . She is a graduate of…
EventThe Castle of Good Hope, oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa, is completed.
… The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving colonial … upon establishing a maritime replenishment station at the Cape of Good Hope for the Dutch East…
Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Commencement of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, Kigali 7 April 2004
… Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Commencement …
EventThe 4 x 100m men’s relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… The South African squad of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, … clocked 3 minutes and 13.17 seconds to triumph over the Netherlands (2nd) and the US team (3rd)…
EventAthanase Seromba surrenders to the ICTR after being accused of participating in the slaughter of the Tutsis
… Athanase Seromba, a priest accused of partaking in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that saw over 800 000 tutsis die at the hands of Hutu militia, handed himself…
ArchiveA message from the Administrator-General of Namibia and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to all SWAPO personnel
… Circular from the Administrator-General of Namibia to SWAPO soldiers to lay … A message from the Administrator-General of Namibia and the Special…
ArchiveLetter from M J Jonker, Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from M J Jonker, Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education
… "The Turning Points in History project has invited four leading academics to locate the primary document presented here ”” Nelson Mandela’s … by Phil Bonner…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos THE CHANGE TO WAGE LABOUR has described some of the…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of January 8, 1984
… Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of January 8, 1984, marking the organisation's … Statement of…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the ‘72-hour curfew’
… The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announced that the '72-hour curfew' will be lifted on a trial basis in … as part of a plan to…
ArchiveThirtieth anniversary of the Freedom Charter: the people shall govern
… with lettering in red and black; images of people on the poster. … Thirtieth anniversary of the Freedom Charter: the people shall govern …
Address at the National Youth Day Celebrations, 16 June 2002
… It has been 26 years since the youth of South Africa marched in all parts of the country on a lonely journey for a better education, a … local municipalities…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
… Honourable Ministers and Ambassadors, Your Excellency, the Secretary General ad interim of the OAU, Comrades and friends, It is with a feeling of great ……
ArchiveWwomen organising for change: The struggle continues in the home
… lettering. Black and white images of women. History of the ANC Women's League. … Wwomen organising for change: The struggle continues in the home …
The Role of Vrye Weekblad in the Struggle Against Apartheid
… article was written by Olivia Cassidy and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project … The Role of Vrye Weekblad in the…
ArchiveReport of the Secretary-General to the December NUSAS Congress
… Report of John Frankish, NUSAS Secretary-General, to the December Congress held at Rhodes University. Assessment, … Report of the Secretary-General to the…
64. Congress addresses the Union Parliament, 1946
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … standard of living of Indians resulting partly from the Cape Town Agreement and the…
Address At Meeting On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The Formation Of The South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
… sense of pride and honour that I speak today on behalf of the South African Communist Party, which celebrates the 60th year of its birth, on 30th July 1981…
ArchiveThe position of the Democratic Movement on participation in institutions of minority rule in the oppressed communities
… Article outlining the position of the Democratic Movement on participation in institutions of minority rule in the oppressed communities. … The position of…
ArchiveStatement on the question of a united front to the 20th session of the O.A.U. Liberation Committee
… Edited statement by Oliver Tambo on the question of a united front, presented to the 20th session of the Organisation of African Unity Liberation Committee. …
EventDavid Frost wins the South African Open golf championship in Stellenbosch
… won several tournaments throughout his career, including the Gordon’s Gin Challenge (1983), The Nedbank Golf Challenge (1989) and his first South ……
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Annual Gold Award ceremony of the President’t award Pretoria, 25 November 1994
… Minister Glover, Premiers of the Eastern Cape and Northern Transvaal; Craig Andrew; … Distinguished guests; Ladies and Gentlemen; Recipients of the Gold…
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… Present-day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth … Herero…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… you that we had hoped that this inaugural Convention of the Africanists would be opened by Dr. Kamuzu Hastings Banda, failing which, by Mr. Kenneth Kaunda of…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the Eastern Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of … the Tyume valley in…
ArticleGrade 12 - Forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s to 1970s
… and a much larger world. Therefore, what happens in the ‘North’ has a huge impact on what happens here. For this section, it is important to understand the…
ArticleConference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… by Prof. Phillip Bonner: "Fragmentation and Cohesion In The Anc, The First 70 Years". Delegates at the 3-day conference “100 years of the ANC, Debating ……
ArchiveOn the current political trends in South Africa in the context of the struggle for national liberation
… An address to the Press luncheon in Washington DC on the national liberation struggle in South Africa … On the current political trends in South Africa in…