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Address by President Nelson Mandela to a joint sitting of both houses of the parliament of Lesotho Maseru, 12 July 1995
… colonial forces at bay was emulated, in our own time, apartheid regime encircling your land. For that, for the … vicissitudes of struggle, the challenge we…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… on 25 and 26 June 1955 Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work", (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956 Document 25 - … L 1,21 February 1953 Document 47 - "Answer…
Free Nelson Mandela - Margaret Thatcher
… rested on two main premises: that sanctions do not work, indeed are likely to be counter-productive and damaging … at the very moment when you are taking…
Address by the President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of Civil Society Forum of the WSSD, Johannesburg, 23 August 2002
… us as we struggled together to defeat the evil system of apartheid. In good measure, we owe the freedom and democracy … produce positive results. They have…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… that they should disarm and Cetshwayo should forsake his sovereignty. The inevitable invasion of Zululand began … and Mavu-mengwana kaNdlela Ntuli. Cetshwayo…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… Exactly how did workers live their lives away from the work place — the hours when they had to renew and prepare … of the tin. For example, author Modikwe…
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… at this time. 1818 Dingiswayo of the Mthethwa leads all his forces against Zwide of the Ndwandwe and is seized in an … and put to death, which results in the…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
… was that a real man was one who could stand firmly on his feet and never bend his knees even when dealing with the divine. Passage of time … Senator Tsongas…
ArticleSlave Resistance
… visiting Spanish sea captain. Hooper and Kelly rode up by his side, disguised as British officers. The disguised band … Bokkeveld. Galant and the people that…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
… broke her family’s heart − her son now old enough, mourned his mother’s absence for months. She would never return …
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Radio Freedom on Visits of Multi-National Corporations to the ANC, before February 1986
… They assess the apartheid system in terms of the profits or the losses it yields. It has always been clear that for them the apartheid system will be useful…
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… 1945. An armoured division served under British (and later American) command in Italy from April 1944 to May 1945. A few …
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… a slave-trade, but the Heeren XVII consistently refused his requests. By 1657, the Heeren XVII finally conceded to … them instructions in the morning and…
Say It out Loud - The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913
… the opening of the tenth annual Conference of the A.P.O. [His Worship Councillor E. Oppenheimer Mayor of Kimberley, … to have left much of the emotional side…
The Durban Strikes and the making of the Political Struggles in South Africa by Vuyisile Msila
… struggles are linked to political struggles against the apartheid government. Yet, with the banning of political …
Address by Mandela to the CBI conference London, 10 July 1996
… to many an anathema;a former convict battling to establish his credentials with an audience that fully grasped the … us, as we set out to eradicate the…
XII - Unanswered Questions
… on Bite's dignity and of a 'callous disregard for his legal and human rights' had proved so shocking that … concoct a more acceptable theory as to how Biko…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… similar discrimination and oppression in that territory. His statement - based on his personal knowledge as the former … Soon after the National Party,…
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… right to own, inherit or alienate property. We resolve to work for a change in the laws of marriage such as are found … equal pay and possibilities of…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… rights lawyer who defended political detainees during the Apartheid regime.[ii] Moosa was one of South Africa’s … Judge Essa Moosa passed away on 26 February…
EventJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo is born
… Art in Rorke’s Drift from 1967 to 1969. After completing his studies he began teaching at the Lutheran Centre for Arts … Centre in London. As an artist he…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 9: Law, justice and society
… Legal Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society. Content includes: Statement by the Members … The image of the law in the minds of…
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… for that time, he did not necessarily approve of his daughter’s writing career later on. By the time she was … University and New York University (De la…
EventThe first indications of protest over Afrikaans in Soweto schools
… of 1976 can be traced in part to the cutbacks by the Apartheid government on education for Black students. The … resources to accomplish this task. This…
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… Amenities Act, Act No 49 of 1953, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The … were inferior. The act was part of the…
Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
… of expression in South Africa. During the darkest days of apartheid and repression, the International Federation of … consequences of democracy. The…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the launch of the Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy, 1 August 2008,
… to management development that had been associated with apartheid public administration. Indeed, the aim of this … was challenged to reposition itself…
63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… the basic philosophy in forming the new organisation. His address is reproduced here in part. Source: Indian … We are the nationals of South Africa, and we…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… the summit hours later, and is thought to have died on his descent. Until the end of apartheid, South Africans had not been able to get a permit …