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South Africa: Liberation and Reconciliation Role of International Solidarity, 8 April 2004
… and the Council on African Affairs he headed - and of his associates, Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois and Dr. Alphaeus Hunton … was the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King,…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… from the time when they were adumbrated by the General in his famous Smithfield speech in 1925 until they reached the … the African regarding legislative…
Archive1994 - President Mandela, State Of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994 (After National Elections)
… the midst of despair, she celebrated hope. Confronted with death, she asserted the beauty of life. In the dark days when … she wrote that: "The child is not…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
… Van Graan almost immediately remembered what one of his lecturers, Professor Leo Fouche, had taught him about the … Phalaborwa District. In addition to…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… President. I remember at That conference Mtimkulu and his executive staged a walk-out, with Chief Luthuli at that … power' (laughs) Yes, and became…
76. The Indian people are an integral and permanent part of South Africa
… are reflections of the white man's dilemma ”” a dilemma of his own making ”” when he decided to make his home in a country and a continent inhabited…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… African, in most cases, is also a city worker for part of his life, so the land problem is tied up with the problem of … nationally in order to exploit n…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… and Langa. On Saturday 26 March he publicly burnt his pass. Mass support swung once again behind Congress. The … black pressure could not be maintained;…
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… Cape, 7 January, 1907 1 Dr Abdurahman delivered his Presidential Address, speaking in English. He said that … was necessary or not. He put Education in the…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… of any self-respecting British Indian in this portion of His Majesty's dominions almost intolerable. Having hitherto … procedure, as a last resort they now…
Congress of the People - I was there
… with the spirit, enthusiasm and energy of someone 50 years his junior. He lived with his wife in a tiny pondokkie in Elsies River, near Cape Town. … Inspired…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinner, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town: 8 April 2005.
… here (that) for the African man to fully understand his present situation, he must trace his roots and course of his journey to the present; and to make…
88. Gandhi’s legacy
… The source of much of Gandhi's inspiration came from his early experiences in this country, and because of this I … essential freedoms: political, economic,…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… Samuel Motsuenyane, arrived in November 1996 and completed his duty in August 2000. The Royal Saudi Arabian Embassy in …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… ANC said Gerhardt had become an ANC member and called for his release “so that he can contribute to the peace process." …
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… against apartheid in South Africa. Just months after his speech, South African Defence Force (SADF) crossed the …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… stardom when they collaborated with Paul Simon on his album Graceland in 1986. The album went on to win three …
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… president of the Republic of South Africa in April 1994. His announcement would mean stepping down as the African …
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… for a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu in Swaziland. In his letter Mabizela wrote; “Dear Comrade, first, may I say we …
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… approval to send troops to Europe, contrary to his promise in 1939 that SA troops would only fight in …
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… and Forestry under President Thabo Mbeki. He served his second term in Mbeki's cabinet as minister of …
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… to enter into practice with people like Phyllis Naidoo but his banning orders prevented him from doing so as he was not …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… where he became a coordinator of the school boycotts. From his early documentary projects for student publications, …
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… talks between minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha and his Botswana counterpart Gaositwe Chiepe. The government of …
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in Amsterdam. Tas and his fellow free burghers were protesting against the …
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… Another National Party member Roelof Meyer said his party's withdrawal from the Government of National Unity …
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… of instruction in all primary schools up to standard IV. His proposal was unanimously adopted by three provinces but …
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… on route to Potchefstroom military camp from Johannesburg. His driver did not stop at a roadblock set up for the Foster …
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… changed to African National Congress (ANC). Throughout his political career, Dube strived to promote peace between …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… Malan and became prime minister in 1954. It was during his tenure, in 1955, in Kliptown near Johannesburg, that the …