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44th National Conference: Report of the National Executive Committee, 18 December 1955
… ruling nations: they are the affair of all peoples. Even from those colonies in Africa where the people have been kept … denied rights of assembly and…
Chapter II - More of the same
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph After almost … engulfed me and bore me up at the same time. It came from all sorts of people, by telephone, by…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia Potenza This … brought for the majority of people in South Africa. From being farmers with varying degrees of…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… to Pretoria . At about this time he bought land from a James Kelly for £500, upon which this house was built. … the Bond van Afrikaanse Moeders . The house…
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… the Drakensberg Escarpment, which separates the Highveld from the lowlands of Mpumalanga. The renowned as the … age utensils dating as far back as the…
Statement by Nelson R. Mandela on his relationship with his wife 13 April 1992
… detain and charge her. This culminated in her banishment from Johannesburg to Brandfort in the OFS. Comrade Nomzamo … the government with exemplary fortitude…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… Nasionale Party (Reunified National Party) took power from Jan Smuts' United Party (UP) by 5 seats. The HNP came to … it was in serious trouble. Afrikaners…
EventThe Dutch Indiaman, the Nieuwe Haerlem, is wrecked in a storm in Table Bay
… They were generally hoping to barter fresh meat and water from the indigenous people who lived on the peninsula. On 25 … Janszen and his crew grew vegetables…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… palaeontologist, Andrew Geddes Bain , lived in the area from 1822 and it was here that he discovered the fossil of a … revealed much of the story of our land…
PlaceLadysmith
… Ladysmith located only about an hour or some 80 kilometres from the Central and Northern Drakensberg. Tourists staying … Ladysmith his centre of operations…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of … unthinkable that a nation of a country should be prevented from moving freely from one province…
Say It out Loud - The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1939 … her chequered history, is fraught with unprecedented and from all present indications,…
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
… for Black people, who ended up being segregated from the city in a location called Waaihoek. Women played a … to be remodelled in the goal of segregating…
Outcome of the High Court Application, 12 February 2014
… Congress welcomes the court ruling which prevents DA from being near Chief Albert Luthuli House or causing harm to … by Judge Mojapelo secured a binding and…
Finding Courage: Young Women's Writings edited by Shamim Meer
… Lukhele A visit to the clinic by Lawrentia Lukhele From hardship to being a leader by Keitumetse Self Love by … A smile saved for my daughter by Desiree…
ANC hits back at Jimi Matthews
… resignation on Monday, saying they expected better conduct from him. Matthews says his exit was brought on by the recent … an outrageous act. “We would have…
PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
… with prospecting on Cecil Rhodes’s behalf, was guided from Ferreira’s Camp to the main group of gold reefs by a son … married quarters, which originally…
EventIsmael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa
… where he qualified as a lawyer. He was, however, excluded from the Pretoria Bar because only whites were allowed. In … and stressed the need for independence…
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… The day he arrived in Tokyo, Abebe hadn't fully recovered from the surgery and limped his way down the stairs. However, the reception Abebe received from the…
EventDutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg
… to the Dutch government. The committee wanted to know from Luns what the Dutch would do if South Africa was to get … wishes of the Ambonesians. Luns was in…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… February, his first since 1962. Subsequent to his release from prison on 11 February 1990, after 27 years in jail, he … his visit, on 1 March, Mandela…
EventRSA introduces more press restriction
… introduced more press restrictions to censor the media from reporting about incidents relating to unrest and police … Botha also labelled the alternative…
EventBritain returns the Cape to the Netherlands and the flag of the Batavian Republic is hoisted on the Castle
… the rule of the Dutch East India Company, which had lasted from 1652 to 1795. Commissioner-General J.A. de Mist and the … In short the colonial history of…
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… retirement as the leader of the National Party (NP) and from public life. It was under his leadership where banned … role in post-apartheid South Africa. De…
EventFirst mines are proclaimed in Johannesburg
… (meaning Ridge of White Waters), the first gold from the Main Reef on the Witwatersrand was obtained in 1885, … came into being along the whole Witwatersrand…
EventThe UN requests States to terminate restrictions on economic relations with South Africa with immediate effect
… against SA and in 1974 South Africa was suspended from the UN General Assembly. This move to terminate … not accepted and efforts were made to expel South…
EventThe United Nations (UN) imposes sanctions on Libya
… with the blast, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was released from prison in Scotland. Upon his return he received a hero’s welcome from his countrymen at Tripoli…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987, Lusaka
… freedom fighter who has never abandoned the battle front from the day, in his youth, when he first joined the … of South Africa and Namibia - a pillar that…
Statement at the 19th African-American Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 12 January 1989
… especially to those of our friends present here who come from outside of our region of southern Africa. We take this … armed struggle. There is, of course, a…
Statement at the Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 21 February 1986
… the globe. Yet the geographic distance of South Africa from these shores has not reduced the deep sense of offence … The warm and heartfelt greetings…