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The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… of the most significant mass movements in modern South African history. It is only in the very recent past that the … of non-racial worker solidarity. Since…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… not be like them. My father says: I am a member of the African National Congress. I have always been a member of the African National Congress and I will…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… of Defiance against Unjust Laws" - launched jointly by the African National Congress of South Africa and the South African Indian Congress - was one of the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to The Joint Sitting of Parliament, Palais Du Parliament, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 1 December 2005
… it was in this very city that in 1986 the Organisation of African Unity launched the Africa Fund which played a … and Kinshasa. As far as mining is concerned…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… shot dead 69 unarmed anti-apartheid protesters in the African township of Sharpeville on March 21 1960. Nine days later, the South African government…
ArchiveRoseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
… and the predominantly white National Union of South African Students were then calling for and proclaiming … invited to share his historical knowledge of the…
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
… they are now known, left the Cape and moved into the South African interior. They grouped themselves into a number of … known as the Great Trek. As they…
The Atlantic slave trade
… Atlantic Ocean, was in the early 1500s. European, Arab and African merchants were now selling humans as well as gold, … hand, Africans bear some…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Globalisation by Jeff Guy
… trading sites which were being established on the East African coast in what is now Kenya and Tanzania. More than … beliefs and religious practices. It also…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
… by a small group of men who style themselves the South African Indian Congress, which held their meeting on the 12th … public feeling for reasons stated…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
… by a small group of men who style themselves the South African Indian Congress, which held their meeting on the 12th … feeling for reasons stated below: 1…
The Spirit of Bandung - Address to the International Conference in Support of the Liberation Movements of Southern Africa and in Support of the Frontline States by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 10 April 1979
… the days, 25 years ago next year, when a delegation of the African National Congress travelled from Johannesburg to … the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity…
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
… in the Eastern Cape in preparation for the funeral of African National Congress (ANC) veteran, Mama Dideka Mhlaba … who was Eastern Cape Premier and…
PlaceBaxter Theatre, Rondebosch- Cape Town
… of the Baxter to house and represent the best of South African performing arts and has played a significant role in South African arts and entertainment. It…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… when it was acquired by August Schoch. After the South African War, the farm Boschdal was used as a centre for the … du Plessis, of life in Rustenburg during…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
… of April 1877, Sir Shepstone annexed the ZAR (The South African Republic or the Dutch : Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), … Africa, it occupied the area later…
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a day in which all are … the proposed Public Holidays Bill before the New…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… The government and the African National Congress agree on a common commitment … on a definition of political offences in the South African situation; to…
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… city, where they were confronted by a force of the South African Police (SAP) under Col. I.B.S. Terblanche. The … called by the PAC, which ultimately…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… The African National Congress will submit its protection order … Issued by Jackson Mthembu National Spokesperson African National Congress Enquiries: Keith…
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… signalling yet another convincing victory for the African National Congress, the movement will tomorrow … the corner of Sauer and President Streets Issued by…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
… Teheran Islamic Republic of Iran On behalf of the African National Congress and the oppressed masses of South … Iranian Revolution. (signed) Oliver Tambo …
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… known as the JG Strijdom Tower, after JG Strijdom, South African Prime Minister from 1954 to 1958. On 31 May 2005 it … Telkom Jo'burg Tower. The tower was…
EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
… for a short while and a literary magazine called the South African Journal. The magazine proved to be the beginning of … Thomas Pringle went on to become the…
EventPrime Minister opens SA's first atomic reactor
… South Africa's first atomic reactor, SAFARI-1 (South African Fundamental Atomic Reactor Installation-1) at … was made in 1974. In 1996, South Africa signed…
Document 66 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 21 February 1937
… Cape Town. Dear Comrade, We have been busy organising the African Metal Trades Union and as you will see from the … pulbicity to, and gaining support for the…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… The South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster wished the new … on 20 October 1986. In 1981, 13 exiled members of the African National Congress (ANC) were…
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… 1962, with a view to keep the racial policies of the South African Government under review throughout the year. When … for effective international sanctions…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… in Pretoria. Probably the most dramatic escape in South African history, the detainees' exit from the country, … based in New Delhi as the Asian…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… which had a cast of only two characters, a White and African. The play was staged at Labia Theatre, Cape Town on … (Mokae) was dark-skinned. It was a second…