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Statement of the African National Congress and the South African Tamil Federation National Working Committee, 14 November 2014
The 650 000 strong South African Tamil Federation (SATF) met with the ANC on 5 November 2014 at Luthuli House, Johannesburg. The SATF delegation led by its…
Chief Albert Luthuli and the ‘gospel of service’ by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick), 12 March 2014, South Africa
Luthuli told the Natal ANC in 1949: We cannot say that Africans are accepting fast enough the gospel of service and sacrifice for the general and larger good…
ArchiveOpening Address of Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project, by Nelson Mandela, 21 September 2004, Johannesburg
Ladies and Gentlemen Comrades and Friends Thank you for attending this function at the invitation of an old man. What you have just witnessed could be…
O. R. Tambo interviewed in Luanda after Summit Meeting of Presidents of Frontline States and Southern African Liberation Movements, 1977
Question: How did the Luanda summit go? TAMBO: This has been a very important meeting for a number of reasons. The consultations of British Foreign Secretary…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979)
Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Stellenbosch. This thesis includes chapters on sport,…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979
Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Stellenbosch. This thesis includes chapters on sport,…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1948
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 Speech by Gandhi at Prayer Meeting, New Delhi, 28…
Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
Albie Sachs SA Constitutional Court Judge interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane Johannesburg, Constitutional Court, 24 March 1998 Taylor: The…
Statement of the Chairperson of SADC and the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the 28th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government, Sandton Convention Centre, South Africa, 16th August 2008.
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1947
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 Statement to the Press by Mahatma Gandhi, 28…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… leader forced into exile by the Chinese occupation of his land. Singh is the first South African Producer to be invited …
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… literature 1990 Publishes Age of Iron 1992 Publishes A Land Apart 1994 Publishes The Master of Petersburg 1996 …
Event’Viva Frelimo’ rallies, organised by the BPC and SASO, take place even though they were banned by Government
The achievement of independence in Mozambique inspired the South African Black Consciousness Movement organisations, the Black People's Convention (BPC) and…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… Sam Matiase says the ongoing struggle to reclaim stolen land is epitomised by the events of 1921 This Land, is ‘Holy Grounds’, Marking the 94th Anniversary…
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
In terms of section 248 (1) of the Interim 1994 Constitution, and acting on the advice of the Transitional Executive Council (TEC), former State President F W…
ArchiveOpen letter from the National Executive Committee of the ANC to State President De Klerk and his Cabinet
Open letter to State President De Klerk and his cabinet from the National Executive Committee of the ANC regarding violence in the country. Calls for the…
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
… “There remains before us the building of a new land, a home for men who are black, white, and brown, from …
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
Victor Sidney Norton was born in Johannesburg to an English father and a Swedish mother. His father Sidney Peter Norton was a journalist and would influence…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… an order to forcibly remove a group of people from their land. However, on 19 September 1985 a Supreme Court ruling … Governments intention of moving them…
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
Born in Kent on 2 April 1807, William Cornwallis Harris was a military engineer working for the East India Company. He later became a hunter who discovered his…
PlaceDal Josafat, Paarl
… 'Kleinbosch' was built in 1792 by Guillaume du Toit , on land granted to his grandfather, Francois, one hundred Years …
PlaceuMgungundlovu, Dingane's Royal Kraal
… murdered Voortrekkers were found, and the controversial land treaty reputedly retrieved from a leather bag, near the …
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
Pan-Africanist and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, was a leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the Organisation…
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist Frederick Courtney Selous came to South Africa at the age of nineteen in 1871. Inspired by the writings…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
Michael Paul Sibisi was born in Umkhumbane, Durban on 23 September 1948. He studied art at the Ndaleni Educational Training School under Lorna Peirson. After…
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
Justin Alexander la Guma was born in District Six, Cape Town on 20 February 1925. His father, Jimmy La Guma was of Cuban descent, which made him mixed race in…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… colonial rule from the outset, trying to hold on to their land, but were not strong enough to defend themselves … form of government. The result of these…
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
While inhabiting the area near present day Estcourt in the Drakensberg foothills, Langalibalele- a hereditary chief of the Hlubi- was summonsed to…
ArchiveVerwoerd lets loose terror on All-African Convention and Unity Movement of South Africa: the struggle goes on
Circular by the All-African Convention and the Unity Movement on the arrests and bannings of some members of these organisations.