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EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… President Lucas Mangope, the leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreated from the … a member of the anti-election Freedom Alliance. His stance…
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… the resignation of President P.W. Botha on 14 August. His announcement on 02 February, 1990 to release Nelson … in the referendum which, as he put it "closed…
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
… outstanding role played by the last Chairman of the OAU, His Excellency Mengistu Haile Mariam, who has, despite … problems which have confronted and continue…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa
… Comrade Martin Thembisile Hani, better known to all by his MK nom de guerre, “Chris,” was murdered in broad daylight … quickly through high school and…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
… story of our country especially with regards to the Apartheid era. As “Moederkerk” of the Dutch Reformed … PEN Ministries, who was very much involved in…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… Nelson Mandela said that he was very much influenced by his fellow students at Wits in 1946 "when Ismail Meer, J.N. … efforts to promote effective…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… the Cape Province as new Prime Minister and Party leader. His elevation to the new position was boosted by the … the country onto reformist paths and away…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… cement her reputation as a supporter of South Africa's Apartheid regime. Throughout the summit Thatcher stood alone … demanded by almost all the other…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and covert elements in apartheid government structures playing leading roles. The … one of a number of actions that had…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… the past it was a light in the darkness of colonialism and apartheid, today the Herald can act as a clear mirror against … is as relevant today as it was one…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… the past it was a light in the darkness of colonialism and apartheid, today the Herald can act as a clear mirror against … is as relevant today as it was one…
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… (NIC). The NIC had grown more radical in its attitude to apartheid after the Second World War and Kajee held moderate … on 21 October 1945. Kajee had come…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… George Heys, a young man from Durban, made his fortune in the diamond rush in Kimberley by establishing … that operated between Kimberley and Pretoria. With…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Soweto rally to welcome released leaders, 29 October 1989
… of a century and more; the murder of thousands by the apartheid army and police and their secret murder squad; the … who have suffered from the daily…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… Here a labour tenant from Vrede describes aspects of his working life in 1926. I don't know what terms were made … only to have a right of settling on the…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985
… CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am … to the internal struggle. Then for largely international…
Statement at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 1 - 6 September 1986
… and the decisions of this, its Eighth Summit Meeting, His Excellency Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has handed over the baton of leadership of this Movement to…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… party that supported increased racial segregation and apartheid legislation, took increasingly authoritarian … her escape from Fort Napier, which he then…
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… was a man of the people who dedicated sixty years of his life to the course of freedom. During these sixty years … the ANC as he was a leader of the trade…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the book launch of the series on Southern African leaders 1 August 1994
… flame of truth continues to flicker under the darkness of apartheid. No less crucial in this effort were the students … without delay. We must urgently deal…
Black ViewPoint - Kwa-Zulu Development by Chief M.G. Buthelezi
… conquerors who called upon Chiefs to supply young men to work on what was then known as Isibhalo. They were in other … setting us up as a separate…
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
… today the huge Longbeach shopping mall is located. Under Apartheid laws these families were repeatedly chased away by … they were told that this area was for…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… harbouring strong connections to the most popular anti-apartheid movements of the time. In 1987 to 1989 NACTU held several meetings with the ANC, the PAC…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… Nelson Mandela , Yusuf Dadoo and Walter Sisulu defied apartheid laws in Johannesburg and other major city centres. … sitting on benches marked for whites, or…
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… period of the armed struggle. This feature includes anti apartheid mass actions which demonstrates the links and … Passive or non-violent mass action…
EventDesmond Dube was born on this day.
… played an important role in social transformation through his philanthropic work and is respected as a devoted family man. He is the …
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
… this event proved a remarkable influence on the future of his political life. Gandhi was later instrumental in … did not only affect where Indians could…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… Act. The defiant Sisulu continued with the ANC underground work and less than five months after his release on bail he made a short broadcast from a secret …
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… statement came at the height of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Just months after his speech, South African Defence Force (SADF) crossed the …
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 … a republic, and strengthened and…