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Statement by Oliver Tambo accepting the Simon Bolivar award on behalf of Nelson Mandela, 24 July 1983, Caracas, Venezuela
The time comes in the life of all oppressed peoples that some among them should, as rebels, lay down their lives to affirm the very humanity of the oppressed…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
Mandela and MK The late 1950s saw the first hints of an armed struggle occurring in certain parts of South Africa. Various types of armed resistance spread…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985
CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have been able to come... Perhaps I could…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria, South Africa constitutes an especially noteworthy moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
CONTENT West Africa before the European slave trade A map depicting the three most well-known West African Kingdoms. Image source The peoples of West…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
Fifty Years of Union - Political Review My assignment is: "Political Review - Fifty Years of Union." I hope I shall succeed in dealing with the subject with…
ArchiveSpeech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela to members of the British parliament House of Commons, London, 5 May 1993
Address by Nelson Mandela to Members of the British Parliament, London - United Kingdom5 May 1993Chairperson, My Lords, Distinguished Members of Parliament,…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at the University of Stellenbosch on 22 February 1971
On this occasion. Adv. Vorster expounded in a most original way the responsibility of being a student. Discovering life is a personal responsibility as also…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Source-Based Questions and Answers
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Source A: Source…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
It was early in the October 1977 morning that they came. Ironically, they came on the morning of the Hindu festival of lights called Diwali, celebrating…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
AbstractThrough the efforts of a dominant women’s movement in apartheid, the democratic transition in South Africa has enshrined gender equality within the…
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit Cape Town, 9 June 1994
Your Excellencies; President Sam Nujoma of Namibia President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe President Hassan Mwinyi of Tanzania Visiting Cabinet Ministers …
Chapter 9. The Struggle against Sweating - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
All South African labour laws have objectionable features which cause bitter resentment among the workers, and nearly all of them are punitive in character. …
PlaceKruger National Park
The Kruger National Park was proclaimed on 31 May 1926 under the newly formed National Parks Board of Trustees, which became the controlling body of the park,…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
People banned under ApartheidNameAct/Section/Issued up to: (delivery date)Date on which notice expires:Other: (address, occupation etc.)Aba, LickardAct No. 44…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
British arrival and the expanding frontier A frontier marks the edge of a known area, but a frontier is not a formal border. A frontier can lie on a boundary,…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat hamstrung by the fact that people from these agencies do not want their stories…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
In June 1978 two new prisoners joined us in the Pretoria Security Prison. They had not long before completed their studies. Tim Jenkin, blonde, with glasses…
PlacePilanesberg International Airport, North West
Pilanesberg International Airport is a small Airport located in Pilanesberg, in the North West Province of South Africa. This Airport is located close to Sun…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
… process of the systematic decimation of the Khoi and the San, whose recovery from centuries of dehumanisation is one …
Eye of the Needle - Preface by Richard Turner
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner What is it that fascinates us so about South Africa? One thing, we would suggest, is that when…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph In January 1957 we were back again in the Drill Hall. The cage had been removed and our seats were now numbered. I…
PlaceLimpopo Province
The Limpopo Province covers the Area that lies Northern most in South Africa, just South of Zimbabwe. It was first called the Northern Province, but this was…
ArchiveGoldblatt: I'm after a particular sense of stillness by Ivan Vladislavic, 27 September 2013
Vladislavic: What work are you showing at the Art Fair?Goldblatt: I've chosen 30 pictures, both old and new. It's a rather disparate collection of work that I…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Source Based Questions
European Expansion Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo …
Pravin Gordhan on a leash by Daniel Silke (Politics Web), 16 May 2016
Gordhan on a leash In political science, students studying the theory are often told that the most dangerous time for political leaders is when they begin to…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF PIETERMARITZBURG Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997
Mayor Omar Latiff; Councillors; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen, I feel deeply honoured to be awarded the Freedom of the City of …
Place(The) Gambia
Gambia is a Western African country, situated on the Atlantic coast and is entirely surrounded by the neighbouring country, Senegal. It is a long narrow strip…
Document 4 - “The Great Native Strike”, “ The International, 27 February 1920
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 4 - "The Great Native Strike", " The…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid: A Preliminary Study of Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Department of History, Michigan State…