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ArchiveResolutions of the Eight National Conference of the South African Council of Churches, July 27-29, 1976
… Resolutions of the South African Council of Churches, discussed at the Eighth National Conference, which includes the call for detainees to be charged or…
EventBritish explorers, John Speke and J.A. Grant announce that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile
… an expedition in Africa announced that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile River. The expedition was Speke’s second attempt and was meant to … John Speke…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee
… Mr. President, Sons and daughters of Africa: On behalf of the Executive Committee of the African National Congress, I have great pleasure in submitting to…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… The deadlock was not about principle, but about political power: the power to determine the final constitutional dispensation. It also served to fuel ……
Chapter 12 - Certification of the final constitution
… Within twenty-four hours of adoption, the executive director of the Constitutional Assembly began receiving calls from the Constitutional Court enquiring how…
Archive2001 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2001
… THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, AT THE NATIONAL … 2000, compared to 15,3 per cent in 1991. Reflecting the…
Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984
… Apartheid was brought to an end by the struggles of millions of ordinary people in townships, factories and rural areas. The insurrection of the 1980s was…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance Despite the isolation and consequent defeat of the…
ArchiveSummary notes of the meeting between South Africa and the United States: London, 13-14 January 1982
… Report from a meeting between representatives of the South African Government and the United States Government to discuss the military withdrawal from Angola…
ArchiveA selection of resolutions taken at the Committee Meeting of the Christian Citizenship Department of the Methodist Church of South Africa, held at Alberton on August 18, 1977
… article containing a selection of resolutions taken at the Committee meeting of the Christian Citizenship Department of the Methodist Church of South Africa,…
64. Congress addresses the Union Parliament, 1946
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M. D. Barmania, one of the secretaries of the South…
ArchiveLetter from Isaac Tembani protesting the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma
… Handwritten letter from Isaac Tembani protesting about the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma to Kieskammahoek. The letter…
Constitution of the ANC Youth League, 1944
… NAME: The name of the Organisation shall be "African National Congress Youth … among African Youth (b) To assist, support and reinforce the African National…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… As the Polly Street Art Center drew to a close so Rorke's Drift … dominated Polly Street, Rorke's Drift is notable for the central role of women. The…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 7 - Participatory Democracy for South Africa
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner South Africa is an unequal … for people over things. We must realize that love and truth are more…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 20th April 1992
… Reading from the "Lamentations of Jeremiah", Chapter 5 Remember, O Lord, … water;and our wood is sold unto us, Our necks are under the yoke of oppression, we…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… The Orange Free State constitution was adopted on 7 April 1854, three weeks after the renunciation of British sovereignty. Initially the Boers (Voortrekkers)…
ArchiveMotion passed at the 43rd Provincial Synod Meeting of the Church of Province of Southern Africa
… Journal article about the motion passed at a synod meeting of the Church of the Province of South Africa, that, aware of the number of … Motion passed at the…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 4 - Participatory Democracy
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner A Christian society is one in … them is what not to do. We can thereby discover some of the problems…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… The accepted view of black, and especially African, politics after the Rivonia Trial, held by historians and other scholars of … qualification by Leonard…
EventGambia is admitted to the United Nations
… Situated on the west coast of Africa, the banks of the River Gambia have been inhabited for many centuries. The … gambia, 'History of the Gambia ',[Online]…
Wosa on the 1997 Conference for Socialism
… SOCIALISM HAD ITS BEGINNING as a propaganda force from the plinth of Van Riebeeck Statue, Adderley Street, Cape Town, when it stood at the bottom of Dock…
Affirming the history of all South Africans
… At the beginning of the second term of our new democracy, we South Africans are fully aware that we have not as yet told the full story of the sacrifice of…
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… that satyagraha is not mere jail-going. He warned, during the first satyagraha in South Africa, as early as 1909: "A … is a totally non-violent and civilised…
PlaceAasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron
… This spectacular sandstone Mountain is a backdrop for the town of Zastron , in the South-Eastern Free State Province of South Africa. At 2207 m (approx. 7240…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… In June 1978 two new prisoners joined us in the Pretoria Security Prison. They had not long before … more strongly built than his friend. They had both…
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… constructed church. Just a few hundred meters from the KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State border, perched on top of the plateau, is the smallest, most charming…
PlaceThe Mead and Meadway, Pinelands-Cape Town
… The land was granted to the Garden Cities Trust in 1919 and was capitalised in part by a member of the trust, namely Richard Stuttaford of Stuttaford’s fame…
56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Indian Congress had several…
67. The Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact, 1947
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The new leadership had long been urging closer co…