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'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… Emergence' is a striking debut. Charting an epoch in South African art, this accomplished unveiling presents works by a host of South African contemporaries,…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
… gentlemen. South Africa had dared to expect much of the African Cup of Nations. We felt we would acquit ourselves … and Recreation for their sterling work in…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) Summit, Great Hall of The People, Beijing, China, 5 November 2006
… and beneficiation of the resources derived from African countries through encouraging joint ventures between … harmonious and ensure a better life for our…
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… Members of the South African Indian Congress met the Minister of the Interior in … of the deputation elected at the session of the South African Indian…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… under D.F. Malan. In it Lutuli calls for unity among the African people and pleads for co-operation among all people … out the trends affecting us in the…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It was marked by a number of … indicated a new political outlook on…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… 1983, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress, detonated a large mortar bomb … Square in Church Street, a building which…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… to independence as Ghana in 1957. A firm believer in African liberation, Nkrumah pursued a radical pan-African policy, playing a key role in the formation of…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… played between the White Germiston Callies and the Black African Pirates before 10 000 people in Maseru, the capital … clubs that played in the first league…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… He moved back to South Africa and worked at the South African Library in Cape Town from 1983. Schoeman is the … languages In 1999 he was one of only two…
EventChurch Council meets PW Botha over unrest
… A delegation of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met with President P W … Africa. In 1968, the CCSA changed its name to the South African Council…
EventZambian president Kenneth Kaunda refuses to take part in UK
… offered military bases for both Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People Union (ZAPU). However,…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… bases for military training. For instance, the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) established…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… 1974 Libya permitted not just the PAC but also other South African political organizations fighting Apartheid to use … support for the PAC was its alliance…
EventMK’s Luthuli Detachment and ZAPU in a joint operation
… Luthuli Detachment in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Zimbabwean African People's Union (ZAPU) guerrillas engaged Rhodesian … was meant to give added military…
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… on high profile cases under the Apartheid regime. When the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned in 1990, she was … apartheid government. In 1991, she…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… subsequently served as Professor and Head of Department of African Languages at the University of Botswana in Gaborone. … equally fluently. Moloto was once…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… The significance of the area, in the life of the South African Indian community, can be gauged from the fact that up … settled by Indians, it was also home…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… there has been unanimous praise in France for the South African leader and the struggle against apartheid he … became Total in 1991, had significant…
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
… the interests of the workers of South Africa, the South African Labour Party must be considered as an important section of the South African working class…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… hand and was an active trade unionist before joining the African National Congress (ANC) in 1940. He immediately … to serve their prison sentences. In…
Address on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency, 18 June 2002
… consisting of the Presidency, all the Premiers, the South African Local Government Association and the Ministers of … building of a democratic, peaceful and…
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
… and was named in honour of Athol Fugard , an iconic South African playwright known for his contributions to South African theatre and film. He is one of the…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… is where we ended and the third Boer War, another South African war, will start here again. The Town has a History, … steeped in bloody relations between the…
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
… The African National Congress mourns the passing of … Johannesburg from 14h00 this afternoon. Issued by the African National Congress Enquiries Zizi Kodwa…
EventSouth Africans pay tribute to Nelson Mandela at the Grand Parade in Cape Town
… South Africans sang and danced while some waved the South African flag in honour of the former president. Flowers and … front of the City Hall to honour the…
Telegram to Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic by Oliver Tambo, 27 May 1967
… African National Congress of South Africa expresses full … peace in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the world. African National Congress condemns these…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
… racial discrimination and non-violence for all South African citizens. The Liberal Party was forced to disband … (1969-1993). The journal continued to focus…
EventTwenty former SA political prisoners launched a campaign against apartheid laws
… Twenty former South African political prisoners, in defiance of the restriction … outside Cape Town. Their campaign came a month after the African National…
EventAnnesu de Vos, SA poet, is born.
… She is well-known as the youngest published poet in South African literature history. When she was 16, her first book … Marais prize, a prestigious literary…