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78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
… chambers of commerce, teachers' societies, trade unions, sports associations, churches and all other groups and …
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… Ferguson to allege that a well-known South African sports administrator and ex-politician had reportedly raped …
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
On June 15 this year the Azanian Students Organisation will celebrate its birth 25 years ago as a forerunner to the current leading student organisation SASCO…
PlaceEllis Park
Emirates Airline Park, also popularly known by its old name Ellis Park Stadium, was constructed in 1928 and was first named for Mr J.D. Ellis who initially…
PlaceCamp’s Bay, Cape Town
Camp's Bay is located some 9 km from Cape Town, on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles. Zwarte Maria Evert was the first owner of the Farm that later became…
ArticleA history of Soweto
The consequence of this promising wealth was that a great number of people left their farms, rural homes and other towns in South Africa to make a quick buck…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
In the language of the Shangaan people, the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word for Buffalo. You can see the 'Big Five' and many other animals in the Balule Game…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on 26 June 1955 We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… The Nationalist Group calls a public meeting at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg, which is attended by 6,000 …
GANDHI THE PRISONER
A comparison of prison experiences and conditions of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in South Africa1 by Nelson Mandela Gandhi threatened the South…
ArticleKey sites
… and a Youth League was formed to promote and encourage sports, physical culture and debates. A cricket club under …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… annually to individuals whose contributions transcend sports. The award is accepted on Mandela's behalf by his …
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
Poet, scholar, botanist, auxiliary soldier, journalist, politician, talented sportsman and grandson of a famous Herero leader, Robert Grendon is one of the…
PlaceGreen Point
The area about Green Point was initially used by the Dutch as a cattle grazing station. After the British annexed the Cape in 1806, they began to hold horse…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Early LifeJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He is the first…
Reply by President Jacob Zuma to the debate of the Presidency budget vote, 13 May 2010
… Chabane, the Department of Arts and Culture, GCIS, Sports and Recreation, SA Tourism and other agencies that are …
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… showed so much interest in me, my studies, my interest in sports and future plans. He put me completely at ease and …
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
The double-storey building which, together with the adjacent St George's Cathedral, was designed by Herbert Baker, replaced the original school which was…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
Three years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's occupation of the…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the President’s Cup 2003 Fancourt 20 November 2003
Honorary Co-Chairman of the President’s Cup, President George Bush, President Nelson Mandela, President FW de Klerk, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished…
PlaceEshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal
Eshowe, a Town in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Area is set on a Hill, is situated around a 250 hectare indigenous Coastal Forest. Eshowe actually means Ekowe, the place…
ArchiveSteve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
The first black South African footballer to play in Europe, was told whenever he scored it would be in the cause of independence. Jonathan Wilson tells of a…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
Mandla Langa was born in apartheid South Africa in 1950. His family, friends, and his own life were made in and developed by this program that killed,…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… the release of Nelson Mandela, the cancellation of 'rebel' sports tours that occurred in violation of the international sports boycott against South Africa,…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
The 1980s saw escalating state repression and mass detentions. In a frenzy of desperate reaction, the government declared a series of back-to-back states of…
ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
As Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans for many centuries the maps that were created were by and large grossly inaccurate. They are still a fascinating…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around birthdays and anniversaries
Introduction: The Mandela family commemorated birthdays whenever possible, and wedding anniversaries almost without exception, in prison during official…
Black ViewPoint - Black Development by Njabulo Ndebele
… educational groups, religious groups, industrial groups, sports groups and others. An important characteristic of … the blacks is the space they give to gory…
Archive1996 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 1996
… to the crowning glory of our rugby world champions. Our sports-persons are performing beyond the nation's wildest … We must bring out the best in all of us;…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the unveiling of the FIFA Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 emblem, Tempodrom, Berlin 7 July 2006
Programme Directors, Tumi Makgabo and Marcus Ziegler, Your Excellency, President of FIFA, Joseph Sepp Blatter, Your Excellency, UN Secretary General, Kofi…