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Document 58 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936
… Drew Document 58 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936 … The Communist League of South…
ArchiveThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
… in Africa especially Kenya. She has been described by most of her colleagues as a teacher and a woman of virtue, integrity, principle, and benevolence. As an…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Banquet help in honour of President Bakili Muluzi of Malawi Cape Town, 2 June 1998
… are renowned for extending to visitors to the "warm heart of Africa." South Africa and Malawi have many things in common, chief among them the experience of…
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… On 23 June 1835 Port Natal was renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D'Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 37. It is thought that the first…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2010
… Response to the State of the Nation debate by His Excellency Mr JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa; National Assembly 16 … by Honourable…
Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… Drew Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936 … The Communist League of South…
Letter to the Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid by O.R. Tambo, President of the ANC, 06 October 1975
… We enclose herewith a copy of a document published by our Information Department exposing the dangerous and sinister policy of the Government of the Federal…
EventSouth African Library Week is held from 22 - 27 March 2010 to make people aware of the value of libraries
… In 1997 the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) was formed. LIASA has worked … This was done to promote libraries and to instil a…
BiographyPercival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn
… Percival Sonn, universally known as Percy, dedicated much of his life to the development of the game of cricket in the former townships and the … ICC hence…
BiographyDavid Hepburn Craighead
… the Transvaal Province (Gauteng). He was born to parents of English and Scottish descent. His father, who worked as a … where upon completion he enrolled to…
BiographyNorman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen
… (MK) veterans and became an MK guerrilla. At the time of his recruitment, Pietersen was 15-years-old and the youngest member of his MK unit led by former MK…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace Charley-Ann … David Lurie. Coetzee explores…
EventJan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
… Founder of and first commander of Cape Town , Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck , was born in … Company (DEIC) , van Riebeeck landed at the southern tip of…
ArchiveStatement by a representative of South Africa's workers to the Conference: People of the World Against Apartheid for a Democratic South Africa
… Statement by a representative of South Africa's workers to the Conference: People of the World Against Apartheid for a Democratic South Africa, marking the…
EventWestern countries, including South Africa, implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern section of Berlin
… all land access to the British, American and French zones of Berlin, a city which was located deep within … post-World War II Germany. This event was one of…
ArchiveMeeting with Secretary of State Shulz during a working lunch at the Department of State: Washington DC on 26 November 1982
… Report of a meeting between representatives of the United States Government and representatives of the South African Government to discuss the independence ……
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig Jr, Secretary of State, Washington DC
… Pik Botha to Alexander Haig regarding the independence of Namibia in the context of international relations, stabilisation of the southern African region and…
Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions
… Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions. The two Voortrekker … Rivers in…
ArchiveMeeting between Minister R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador H Nickel of the United States: Cape Town, 21 March 1984
… Meeting, following on from the meeting of the previous day, 20 March 1984, between South Africa and … issued in Havanna, Cuba, by Fidel Castro, President of…
ArchiveMeeting with Secretary of State Shultz during a working lunch at the Department of State, Washington D.C. on 26 November 1982
… Minutes of a meeting between the Foreign Affairs Minister together with other representatives of the South African Government and the Secretary of State…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… By 10:30 on 16 June 1976, thousands of students had gathered in Orlando West to begin a protest march against the imposition of the Afrikaans language as the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 7 September 1982, Volume 9 and Volume 10
… evidence from Eugene Lesley Roelofse to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice C F…
”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something
… night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something to eat after … manager, John Howard,…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of former ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli tomorrow, 21 … to view," she says. Pathekile Holomisa, President of…
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
… the Union Buildings houses the Administrative offices of the Union of South Africa . Today it is still the official … included: ' Lilian Ngoyi of the ANC ; …
Sir Joseph Baynes (83), successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies
… Sir Joseph Baynes (83), successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies in Ixopo, Natal. … Sir Joseph Baynes …
Copy of the treaty allegedly signed by Dingaan and Retief ceding large tracts of the Zulu Kingdom to the Voortrekkers
… Copy of the treaty allegedly signed by Dingaan and Retief ceding large tracts of the Zulu Kingdom to the Voortrekkers, created by Jan … Copy of the treaty…
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… racialistic statement made by Dr Malherbe, Principal of the University of Natal, alleging that the African was … by Dr G. M. Naicker, President of the Natal…
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Second … 1996 Constitution the alternative vision adopted at the Congress of the People during…
Prisoners of Apartheid - Statement at a Press Conference in Addis Ababa by O. R. Tambo, 11 July 1973
… July 11, 1973, marked the passage of ten years since the leadership of the South African … African freedom fighters in Zimbabwe. The African National…