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EventWalter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”
… On 26 June 1954 Walter Sisulu addressed a meeting of the African National Congress (ANC) at the Communal Hall in Johannesburg. At the … 5 000 volunteers…
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
… The African National Congress of South Africa brings you this urgent call to unity and mass … by political prisoners on Robben Island to all patriots of our…
A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969
… (Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa in the struggle for freedom. For over fifty … the sword…
Archive2000 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 4 February 2000
… THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO … the Commission will, later this year, convene a National Congress against Racism…
Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
… Chairman, Comrades, Delegates, This day, the opening of the National Consultative Conference of the ANC, is a … to repeal the Clark Amendment which the…
Grade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
… and the expanding frontier A frontier marks the edge of a known area, but a frontier is not a formal border. A … away from Cape Town, eastwards and…
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… Natal in the early years of the 20th century became the site of conflict between Colonial Administrators and autonomous … superseded by the establishment of…
Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
… famous men Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44.1 In the canon of human conscience Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is surely the … in the contemporary world. In the 20th…
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
… [Note: The questions of the members of the Working Group are briefly indicated in … time I was a full-time organizer of the Transvaal Indian Congress which…
Address by the Chairperson of the Group of 77 and China, President Thabo Mbeki at the XIV Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Havana, Cuba 14 September 2006
… Your Majesties, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Ministers, … Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen: This important gathering…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, Sandton Convention Centre, 2 April 2007
… Director of Ceremonies, Distinguished delegates and guests, Ladies and … address this important meeting convened to deal with one of the most critical…
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
… with Vivalia Press. Editors : Cornelius Thomas Statement of principles 14. We believe that a conjuncture of circumstances exists which, if there is a…
Address on the occasion of the Launch of the Final Report of the World Commission on Dams 16 November 2000, in Cabot Hall, London Friends Honoured Guests Ladies and Gentlemen
… pleasure to be present at and participate in this occasion of the launch of the report of the World Commission on Dams. This is not least so because ……
Address as Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement at the Opening of the South Summit, Havana 12 April 2000
… Chairperson of the South Summit, President Olusegun Obasanjo, Our … Castro, Your Excellency, Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations…
Address to The 3rd Summit of The ACP Heads of State and Government Nadi, Fiji, 18 July 2002
… Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Madame Ortiz Bosch, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Ministers and…
Address by President Mandela to the Meeting of Directors-General Establishing a Forum of Directors-General Pretoria, 18 August 1998
… Chairperson; Members of the Forum, A perennial challenge for all democratic … in all circumstances, is to achieve an integrated process of development and…
Address to the Biennial Meeting of the Association for The Development of Education in Africa (Adea), Johannesburg, 6 December 1999
… Education Ministers from African Countries Representatives of Donor Organisations Distinguished Delegates Ladies and … from other countries on our continent…
Testimony of Charles Sakwe, Elijah Qamata, and William Mlandu of the Transkeian Native General Council, before the Select Committee on Subject of Native Bills, May 6, 1927 [Extracts]
… (Published in Minutes of Evidence, Select Committee on Subject of Native Bills) … Testimony of Charles Sakwe, Elijah Qamata, and William Mlandu of the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the G20 Finance Ministerial Conference, Kleinmond, Western Cape
… Ministers of Finance Central Bank Governors Distinguished guests … to meet with you this morning at the closing session of your conference. I was pleased…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… And for that reason I will give a very brief review of our doings within the College this year. We saw at the beginning of the year the implementation of the…
Address at the Opening of the Second Session of the South African-Algerian Bi-National Commission, 17 October 2001
… Welcome to South Africa and to this Second Session of our Bi-National Commission. We are meeting here today to … our already strong relations and laid the…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
… Poor White problem spread to the factories and the slums of Johannesburg and was soon felt in the offices of the union. There was a constant flow into the…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at the University of Stellenbosch on 22 February 1971
… expounded in a most original way the responsibility of being a student. Discovering life is a personal responsibility as also the secret of being a complete…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education To understand the complexities of modern South…
Albert Luthuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1961
… most important occasion not only in my life, but in that of my dear wife, Nokukhanya, who shares with me this honour. … I will now, Mr. President, humbly…
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Cape Town Cape Town, 27 November 1997
… Mayor Theresa Solomon; Distinguished guests; Citizens of Cape Town, It is a great honour to be given the freedom of one of South Africa's leading cities. I…
EventThe participants at the multi-party forum negotiations agreed on both new structures of the police and defence force
… forum negotiations agreed on both new structures of the police and defence forces. They agreed that the old … and members of the military wings of the…
Document 60 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936
… Allison Drew Document 60 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936 … The Workers Party of South…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… Mr. Issa Hayatou; Mr. Joao Havelange and other Guests of Honour; Mr. Solomon Morewa; Players and Supporters. The … will bless liberated South Africa with the…
Mines of the beloved country: Through the mind of a photographer and essayist by J Brooks Spector (Daily Maverick), 5 November 2012
… this landscape. Among the books on display were volumes of new South African poetry by writers like Wopko Jensma, … like Miriam Tladi and André Brink. There…