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ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO THE RALLY AT KWA - MTHETHWA KwaMbonambi, 21 May 1995
… your heroic ancestor, King Dingiswayo, must be smiling in his grave because this is exactly what he would have done if … also consider the changes that have…
Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to M.S. Njisane, Flagstaff, 15 September 1938
… of land to plough in order to provide food of a sort tor his family, yet "in 1928-1929. 11,000 married but owners had … a society whose motto will be, "From…
Say It out Loud - A letter to the Coloured People of South Africa
… determination on the part of every individual, to prove by his life and conduct that he values his political rights and privileges, and both knows how to,…
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… land and would not easily join those who wish to destroy his country... Indeed, he would be willing to die to defend his mother country and his birthright…
EventChad gains its independence
… (Kousseri) along the Logone River, the Islamic ruler and his kingdoms were all defeated and a French territory was …
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… Ghanaian sculptor ElAnatsui has incorporated refuse in his sculptural work to mine the history of colonialism by …
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… to claim the area as a protectorate, Lüderitz transferred his rights over the bay on 24 April 1884 to the German …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.2 1988
… the Truth by M.S. Qwesha Interview: David Hlongwane: His Life and Art. Robert Siwanqaza. Essays: Censorship and …
The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… Levy entered liberation politics during the 1940s, finding his niche in the left wing of the liberation movement. As an …
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… It was named in honour of the Governor, in recognition of his contribution to education in the colony. In January 1859 …
Letter to Farzanah
… images, along with the preface letter written by Badsha to his infant daughter, Farzanah, in which he sincerely speaks …
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… later that afternoon. Masego received five medals for his service in the army, inter alia the Military Medal (MM), …
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… Masekela composed and recorded many new songs; including his 1968 number one hit "Grazing in the Grass", which won him …
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… Nelson Mandela attacked President F.W. de Klerk for his continued silence on alleged co-operation between the IFP …
EventAdvocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated
… was shot dead at close range with an AK47 rifle outside his luxury home in Windhoek, South West Africa (now Namibia). …
EventSADF responds to allegations by FAPLA
… de Angola (FAPLA ), during which he declared that his forces had killed over 230 South African troops in the …
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… Dias landed in Mossel Bay. On 12 March 1488 Dias erected his first padrÁƒÂƒ£o, or stone cross, at Kwaaihoek near the …
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
… Guinea. Moto, based in Spain, allegedly offered Mann and his group $1.8m and oil rights in Equatorial Guinea. Mann was …
EventBotha found Guilty
… activists. Botha denied having given any such order in his written responses to the commission. Despite the fact …
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… further incidents. Rudolph, however, proceeded with his with terrorist attacks in 1997, targeting an Atlanta …
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… astonished at the excellence of some of the camps ..." His observation is belied by the fact that about 28 000 …
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… Indian situation, and reportedly assisted M.K Gandhi in his passive resistance campaigns. Today Hobhouse is …
EventThe Neptune, with 288* convicts on board, enters Simon’s Bay, with strong resistance from Cape inhabitants
… passed. Adderley Street in Cape Town was later named in his honour, after The Neptune was sent on to Van Diemen's …
EventKenyan mediates in SA election deadlock
… in the elections. Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini called on his subjects to take part in the election. The details of the …
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… Commission. On the 22nd May 2019 he was elected to his first full term as President after an election victory by …
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
… they are black. White indifference is appalling: the death and destruction, the refugees, homelessness and scale … whose 44- year reign has brought nothing…
Speech by Rev. Dr. Allan Boesak at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 20 August 1983, Rocklands Civic Centre, Mitchell’s Plain
… so many of those who struggle for justice; the torture and death of so many in detention; the merciless killing of our … family life and which spell out a…
ArticleAmbassador Lindiwe Mabuza and her connection with Scotland: An Appreciation by Brian Filling
… Nights are held annually around 25 th January, the date of his birth in 1759. Lindiwe hosted annual Burns Nights, which … discovered the most…
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
… the opposite of what the measures contain. Verwoerd called his law greatly extending and intensifying the pass laws the … placing Africans "on the road to…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native
… Translated into practical politics by Sir George Grey and his contemporaries, who meticulously eschewed all … the Cape Native franchise against future…