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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 … deficiencies in some of our provinces…
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… of South Africa put it, 'the economic workshop of the African Continent'1 Yet common sense as much as class … be confined to another largely male institution…
Siyanqoba Bafana-Bafana Siyanqoba!!! Siyavena Bafana Bafana Siyavena!!!, 3 June 2010
… The African National Congress joins all soccer loving Africans, … reasons of the bash the ANC would like to welcome the FIFA family and all participating…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
… On the night of the 19th of November in the South African city of Durban, agents of the Pretoria regime … mutilated his face and cut off his ears. A member…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… are a number of other important buildings like:' the South African Library ; Iziko South African Museums ; the Iziko South African National Gallery ; … in…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
… Council, comprising of the National Officials of the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP), the Congress of South African…
The death of Mama Luthuli,16 December 1996
… South Africa. The ANC sends its deepest condolences to the family, relatives and friends of the Luthuli family. Funeral arrangements will be announced later…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… apartheid, in 1943, women were officially allowed into the African National Congress (ANC). In 1948, they created a … the negotiations were successful in…
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
… Bantu Steven Biko , leader of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and pioneer of the … circumstances surrounding his death. At first, the South…
PlaceFietas Museum, Johannesburg
… forced removals and ethnic segregation, know as the Group Areas Act. The once-bustling market street fell silent as its … community-sourced exhibition of…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the 26th Singapore Lecture, “Africa’s Season of Hope: The Dawn of a new Africa-Asia Partnership”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, 21 April 2005.
… the opportunity to address the members of ASEAN on the African development programme, the New Partnership for … the intelligentsia, workers, women, youth,…
BiographyPaul Stopforth
… Stopforth has always maintained interest in South African issues. In 2003 he was invited to Robben Island as a … South African Artist (painter and graphic…
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
… She also represented the GWU at conferences of the South African Trades and Labour Council and at the meetings of its …
BiographyJan van Riebeeck
… "Jan" van Riebeeck remains a significant figure in South African history for his role in establishing the colony at …
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 20th April 1992
… as a pilgrim, with other pilgrims, senior members of the African National Congress as a mark of respect and as an act … his children! Those who dare to cast…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… rights leaders is part of the University of Minnesota family. One hundred years ago, Alfred B. Xuma (B.S. 1920) … ruled the country with an iron grip. As…
Mary Matilda Brown
… 1880 she sent the manuscript of her novel, The story of an African farm, to the Browns for evaluation and dedicated the …
Faith Gasa
… Brigade into peace talks with their counterparts in the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) in a bid to … Africa. Gastrow S. 1995. “Who's Who in…
PlaceMendi Memorial, Eastern Cape
… were from Pondoland, in the Eastern Cape, and the Royal Family of the Western Pondoland have erected a memorial to … men and white officers of the 5th…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… official organisations in South Africa. Just as the South African white sports bodies are responsible for enforcing … of sport and selection of participants…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… Benjamin Rajuili who was a minister of religion in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a teacher at a high … photojournalists around when they were…
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… removed from Wynberg, Cape Town, under the Group Areas Act. [i] By 1961 he was one of the leaders of the … can easily be considered a prominent and…
EventQueen Mother Elizabeth turns 100
… her. The Queen Mother is the first member of the Royal Family to reach her centenary. Her popularity stemmed from … occasion. Queen Elizabeth, the first…
The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool
… 19th century Cape Colony to the early 1950s covering the family history or the Gools, Rassools, and Abdurahmans. The … Street, the unoccupied and shuttered…
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… On New Year's eve in 1977 he escaped to Lesotho and his family followed soon afterwards. Once in exile Woods continued to publish articles on the South…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… a press statement with regards to the work of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). This suggests that … to my normal, cosy life, but the…
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… in the District of Amersfort in Transvaal where his family had relocated. After passing standard six at St Bedes … school between 193 and 1937. Mothopeng…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… that the special branch wanted to destroy the whole family, as Dweba's death was becoming a matter of public … Dweba was suspected of being a courier of guns…
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… used by visitors travelling from the coast into the South African interior. A military post was erected there in about … and Castle, and remained in the…
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… on Earth and of the unique Geological Foundations of the African Continent are outlined, and the Theory of Evolution … are also transcribed in Braille for…