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Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… Dent to the position of Principal of the S.A.N.C. [South African Native Collegel. He was succeeding a man who was … intention of the trustees of this College…
Document 114 - (National Liberation League?), How To Work Among Urban Africans
… three distinct groups; the Coloured, the Indian and the African. The three of them differ in custom, tradition and cultural development. The African, the…
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…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… and security forces. The three were recruited by the South African intelligence service after 1980 to carry out … operation for the ANC particularly for…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… and teacher who played an important role in the South African Teachers' Association and undertook several major … teacher. She played a very important role…
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…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… On 29 May 1994 the South African government signed an agreement establishing … is also responsible for looking after the needs of South African pilgrims…
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, president of the then banned African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the Nobel Peace … the peoples of all races in South…
EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
… a coalition between the National Party (NP) and the South African Party of Jan Smuts in 1933, and rejected the … Smuts had surrendered his principles on the…
EventANC calls for the dismissal of Adriaan Vlok and Magnus Malan
… The African National Congress (ANC), in an emergency meeting, … and with implicit approval from Malan and Vlok, the South African Defence Force (SADF)…
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),…
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…
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…
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…
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… who transcended a particular experience and became a South African, an African and a citizen of the world. Her name is Ingrid Jonker. She was both a poet and…
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… white race would continue to dominate all aspects of South African society. Its ideology of "baaskap", or "white power", … development, which drew heavily…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… and diversity of Cape Town. Origins The exploration of the African continent in the fifteenth century and the … back to the Netherlands from the East. The…
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…
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…
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…