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Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… at Presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to South African President, Nelson Mandela President Clinton; Mr. … between our nations, and paying tribute to…
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
… Union. The frontier wars of the 19th Century stripped African pastoralist farmers of some of their land: but not … and Pretoria – large tracts of land were…
Edited Transcript of Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Heads of Mission at the Presidential Guest House, Tshwane, 13 October 2005
… to do in order to increase the rate of growth of the South African economy. And that is one of the central principal … IMF [International Monetary Fund]…
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… further and dangerously, in favour of the South African liberation forces headed by the African National Congress and its allies. He knows that in … have…
PlaceSouth Africa
… ocean . The national flag was designed by a former South African State Herald- Mr. Fred Brownell - (is a civil servant … as the convergence of diverse…
PlaceKwaZulu-Natal Literary Trails (under Heritage Routes)
… Durban became the first city in South Africa and on the African continent to become a Unesco World City of Literature … Durban is now the first Unesco City…
A Brief Commentary on the Question of HIV and AIDS by Thabo Mbeki, 7 March 2016
… the end of 2015 I sent the communication below to a fellow African to respond to some comments he had made on the matter … it “HIV/AIDS and the Struggle for…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Millennium Debate of the Joint Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 19 November 1999
… apart." Unlike Pliny, Chinua Achebe speaks directly to our African experience. Far too often have the warriors fought … things were falling apart. So must it…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… and had a significant impact on the development of South African art and craft in the 1960s and 1970s. This influence … students who have filtered into many…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… There was a large crowd of mourners and supporters of the African National Congress, which was at that time, still banned by the South African authorities…
Statement of ANC National Working Committee, 5 September 2011
… The National Working Committee of the African National Congress, met today in its regular session … Issued by: Gwede Mantashe ANC Secretary General African…
Letter to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 June 1968
… in South Africa. It is my firm belief that the South African situation has within it all the essential ingredients … the effect of a violent earthquake on…
Zola Skweyiya, former Social Development Minister, to work at ANC Headquarters, 7 May 2009
… he would wish to retire from parliamentary politics. The African National Congress accepted his reasons thereof. The … of responding to the mandate accorded…
ANC statement on The Farming Sector Initiative, 1 November 2014
… The African National Congress welcomes the Western Cape Farming … communities. Issued by: Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress Chief…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
… The African National Congress in the Frances Baard Region will be … Issued by: Webster Dichaba Regional Secretary African National Congress NC Enquiries:…
Africa South
… and was an anti-apartheid activist who crossed the South African border into exile in 1960 with the African National Congress leader, Oliver Tambo. Views and…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… 1896. He is among the most prominent figures in South African history. Rhodes rose to prominence as a Financier, … and Founder of the De Beers Company of…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… accessed: 19 May 2011] Boddy-Evans A. (n.d.), ‘This Day in African History: 27 June,’from African History, [online] Available at …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… Transvaal in the event of a war with England. The South African War, or Anglo-Boer War, broke out on 11 October 1899, … Stephanus Johannes Paulus "Paul"…
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… At a special conference of the South African Labour Party (SALP), Colonel Creswell’s move to … Some of ISL’s ideas later influenced and radicalized South…
Letter to Farzanah
… focuses on the lives of both Black and White South African children. Through Badsha's social documentary … in vivid strokes the reality of life for the…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki establishes a commission of inquiry to probe alleged illicit activities on the UN's Iraq oil-for-food programme
… Mbeki to probe alleged illicit activities of certain South African companies or individuals relating to the United … featured in their investigation had…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… during his reign, the position he occupied, as an African leader of an empire that claimed a pedigree older than most European empires, gave hope to many…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… Three African National Congress members, Telle Simon Mogoerane, … their torture. The trial also revealed that South African medical professionals were…
EventMass protest against the circumstances of Neil Aggett’s death
… for a nationwide work stoppage from the mostly nonwhite African Food and Canning Workers Union, where the young … had worked. A spokesman for the Federation…
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
… However, the actions of Ronnie Kasrils and other senior African National Congress members were criticized for acting … start shooting without warning,…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… Many who gathered wanted to hear the speeches from leading African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party members such as Walter Sisulu,…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… were killed on the day of the funeral of Sam Ntuli, an African National Congress (ANC) member murdered on 29 … Party (IFP). The incident led to renewed…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… The African National Congress (ANC) threatened in an open letter … "Inkathagate" scandal (This was revelations about South African Defence Force involvement…
EventAdvocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated
… Anton Lubowski (37), secretary-general of the South West African People's Organisation (Swapo), was shot dead at close … Malan, that Lubowski was a paid…