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Letter reporting on joint meeting of the Executive Committees of the All African Convention and the African National Congress from Moses Kotane to Professor Z. K. Matthews, May 8, 1949
… and the African National Congress from Moses Kotane to Professor Z. K. Matthews, May 8, 1949 …
State of the Nation address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 21 May 2004
… address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, …
Dr D.F. Malan is the first cabinet minister in SA to travel by air. He leaves Cape Town in a Moth aeroplane at 6.30 a.m. and ar
… Dr D.F. Malan is the first cabinet minister in SA to travel by air. He leaves Cape Town in a Moth aeroplane at 6.30 a.m. and ar …
The Bulls beat the Sharks 21 20 in Durban, to win the Super 14 final in the last minute of the game. It is the first time i
… The Bulls beat the Sharks 21 20 in Durban, to win the Super 14 final in the last minute of the game. …
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… Turtles, which emerge from the sea in December and January to lay their eggs on the beaches. Sodwana lies within the … and St Lucia Marine Reserves join…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… Mission Village in Africa, with Church buildings and a School that dates back to 1738. The original Moravian Mission Church houses the … labour. Given the…
Acceptance speech by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters in recognition of his contribution to education at Texas Southern University Houston, Texas, 23 September 2011
… Fellow South Africans, Distinguished Guests, It is a great privilege to receive this honour from such an esteemed institution of … the Jacob Zuma RDP…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… co-operation with the South African Communist Party (SACP) to fight against the apartheid government by means of … ANC leaders were tried for sabotage. MK…
From the 1973 Durban strikes to the Marikana massacre and De Doorns conflict: How trade unions acquired their power and what has gone wrong with employment relations in South Africa subsequently by Johann Maree
… longest one lasted 7 days. The Durban strikes constituted a defining moment in South African history. It shattered the … of Trade Unions (SACTU). What made…
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… A double-storey brick building with heavily ornamented … on 15 February 1899. Later that year, from 31 May to 4 June, it was the location of unsuccessful…
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… Prime Minister, Louis Botha was raising an expedition to invade German South West Africa, pro-German Boers raised a rebellion against British authority. This…
ArchiveReport on the strike at Armourplate Safety Glass from 6th September 1976 to 1st November, being the first legal strike by black workers in South Africa
… strike at Armourplate Safety Glass from 6th September 1976 to 1st November, being the first legal strike by black …
Opening address by Oliver Tambo to the Conference on “Whites in a changing South Africa”, Convened by the five Freedoms Forum and the African National Congress, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… Opening address by Oliver Tambo to the Conference on “Whites in a changing South Africa”, Convened by the five Freedoms Forum …
Speech by Oliver Tambo to the people of South Africa on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1981
… Speech by Oliver Tambo to the people of South Africa on the occasion of the 20th …
Tribute by Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Statement at the meeting of the special committee on its tenth anniversary, New York, 2 April 1973
… Tribute by Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… Alliance. MK launched into action that same year with a series of sabotage campaigns across major cities in South … severely crippling MK. The organisation’s…
PlaceRiverside
… Riverside was a trading station providing staple goods to a predominantly rural indigenous clientele. It was already … accumulated a vast fortune through a…
ArchivePaper on apartheid presented on behalf of the African National Congress of South Africa to the United Nations Human Rights Seminar on apartheid, held at Brasilia, Brazil, 23rd August - 5th September 1966
… on behalf of the African National Congress of South Africa to the United Nations Human Rights Seminar on Apartheid, held at Brasilia, Brazil, 23 August to…
PlacePlumstead
… some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a growing Village. The Cape Town-Wynberg suburban Railway … commute in and out of the City, and it’s…
Opening remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability - transforming the world in an era of global change, Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, African Pavilion, Durban, 06 December 2011
… Ladies and gentlemen, It is indeed an honor for me to welcome you to this august gathering of Laureates, state … to members of the UN SG`s panel as obtaining…
PlaceElim
… town is one of the few surviving South African mission stations . It was founded in 1824 as the third Moravian … on the dirt road between Bredasdorp and…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to 1923, when the first wireless broadcast was made in … Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and by 17…
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… of the old Transvaal railway system. It was declared a National Monument in 1983, devolved to a Gauteng Provincial Heritage Resource in 1999. [SAHRIS] ……
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… declared that 1960 would be the "Year of the Pass", with a nation-wide anti-pass campaign to start on 31 March - the anniversary of the 1919 Anti-Pass ……
‘The Coolies will elbow us out of the Country': African Reactions to Indian Immigration in the Colony of Natal, South Africa by Heather Hughes, University of Lincoln, August 2007
… will elbow us out of the Country': African Reactions to Indian Immigration in the Colony of Natal, South Africa by …
Speech by Oliver Tambo to the 20th session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
… Speech by Oliver Tambo to the 20th session of the assembly of Heads of State and …
Next to the Man, and Not Forgotten: Gay McDougall And the Southern Africa Project Of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1963-1994 by Myra Ann Houser
… Next to the Man, and Not Forgotten: Gay McDougall And the Southern …
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape to establish a station at which ships of the … notwithstanding the uplifting work of missionary stations. Sport and…
How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde: A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths(The Guardian), 24 May 2016
… In a calm morning in March 1968, a shipment carrying the latest Korgs, Moogs and Hammond … miles off the west coast of Africa). The crew were nowhere to be…
Sadecque Variava
… held various jobs and was very well-read, and his mother, a lively and intelligent woman, was a cook for weddings. The family was steeped in anti-apartheid ……