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EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… troubled KwaZulu-Natal province. Further Reading: South African Human Rights Commission Annual Reports Pityana, N.B., 2004. Reflections on the African…
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… Black person to receive an honorary D.Phil. from a South African University. Dube, who is of royal descent, was also founder and first president of the South…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… The South African government presented a promotion of Constitutional … 1989, de Klerk met with the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC),…
Address at the Africa Regional Disability Consultative Conference Johannesburg, 6th May 2003
… of this important conference on disability, the Disability African Regional Consultative Conference. I hope that our … of disabled persons. We are almost…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… current state of affairs in South Africa? TAMBO: The South African regime has become very desperate. They have lost a … spite of their efforts, in spite of…
Remembering Sol Plaatje as South Africa’s original public educator (The Conversation), 05 October 2016
… also a proud member of the Barolong clan and treasured his African identity and culture. He lived through times of … Early years Plaatje is best known as a…
EventHistory of December 16
… Covenant’. Since the 1920s, the day was also used by the African National Congress, South African Communist Party and other political organisations to … The…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at dinner hosted in his honour by the Minister of External Affairs of India, Mr. P.V. Narasimha, 21 January 1983, Rao, New Delhi
… Movements, Ladies and Gentleman, Comrades and Friends, The African National Congress is one of those forces in the world … for the cause of the people of…
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… leabua Jonathan Chief Jonathan was one of the first Black African leaders to sup with Vorster, South Africa's then … from SA together with 4 magistrates and…
Land mine kills 6 in South Africa by Sheila Rule (New York Times), 16 December 1985
… JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 15 — The South African Army reported tonight that six people were killed and … After the initial land-mine explosions, the first in South…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… effort against Germany, Italy and, later, Japan. The South African Union Defence Forces were considerably larger than … been in World War I, comprising the…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South Africa, on the authority … of the National Action Council set up by…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… the disillusionment of educated Africans, the poverty of African life, crime and a host of other things ’ (Ndebele … and literary pieces which projected a…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… She was blown up with a letter bomb, the apartheid South African Government happily ignoring other states sovereign … and was at that time run by Samora…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
… in John Locke’s book, Two Treatises of Government, he claims that all men are born equal and should not be …
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
… the first of its type to present the entire history of the African continent. The collection sheds light on the … is published in eight volumes: Volume I -…
Message sent to Canon Collins by ALbert Luthuli, 1 March 1956
… may have heard from press reports about the meeting of the African leaders recently held in Bloemfontein under the auspices of the African Ministers`…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… has not only endorsed the brutal policies of the South African Government but has also given the rulers of South … drawers of water" in the land of their…
ArchiveKwaZakele - the politics of transition in South Africa: an Eastern Cape study
… They are examined through an in-depth study of the African community of Kwazakele, a township in the Nelson … participation of "ordinary people" - in…
EventOAU Council of Ministers decide to reject dialogue with South Africa
… On 20 June 1971, at the meetings of Organization of African Unity's (OAU) Council of Ministers, dialogue with … apartheid regime of South Africa was…
EventDennis Brutus is born
… Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to South African parents. His parents moved back to South Africa and … and the University of Fort Hare. Brutus, who…
Chapter 14
… and on the other side unwanted by the people. The All African Convention for its part was consolidating its gains. … full franchise rights, a Working…
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
… prestigious college that has trained many of our senior African military officers. Institutions such as yours play an … as envisaged in the founding…
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… black, green and gold colours of their organisation, the African National Congress, at grave risk to themselves - all … person has come to embody the…
Message by Oliver Tambo on South Africa`s year of the women, a call to the peoples of the world, 01 November 1983
… The African National Congress, the broad democratic movement and … historic achievements, such as the founding of the South African Women`s Federation on…
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… black, green and gold colours of their organisation, the African National Congress, at grave risk to themselves - all … person has come to embody the…
New Year Message to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 December, 1964
… firmness and determination in the handling of the South African question. We wish to express our deep appreciation of … proof of the suicidal intransigence…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 January 1982
… invasion of the Kingdom of Lesotho by the racist South African army on December 9th. The multiple murders of Lesotho nationals and South African refugees,…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Radio Freedom, 01 April 1981
… a lot of noise but I do not know if it is damaging to the African National Congress because it is noise about nothing. … to use in various ways. Some are…
Ubuntu Awards 2018
… across the continent. The Ubuntu Awards recognise South African citizens who embody principles of Integrity, Passion, … dignity and reconciliation. 5…