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Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
… policy on economy, labour market and other key strategic areas like education, health, transport, etc. 5. The clause … fact that economy. labour market and…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
… reburials of victims of apartheid Special pensions and Housing. Further, we have taken various measures aimed at the … and nation building can only happen…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… national aspirations. Yet it is impossible to grasp South African events, political conflicts and problems without an … for their national independence. In…
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… also helped to create theatre awareness in the rural areas. Some of the actors who made their debut under his …
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… 1944, in which a detailed report regarding the "Western Areas Scheme" had been approved. The scheme involved the …
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… numerous honours for his exceptional contributions in the areas of the health sciences, social welfare, education and …
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… Ozynski The Rand Daily Mail , a prominent, liberal, South African daily] routinely avoided using pictures of black … the history of photography in South…
PlaceFort Cox
… from the Governor of the Cape Colony, Sir Benjamin D’Urban. 1850: Around Christmas, when the Sir Harry Smith was … economic needs of the country. 2010: Fort…
EventWinnie Mandela's Soweto home reported burnt down
… of Winnie Mandela, wife of an imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was burned … was one that the attack had been aimed…
EventNiel van der Watt, SA composer is born
… well known for his choral compositions. He comes from a family of teachers. He obtained his high School education in …
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… born in Turalei, Sudan on 16 October 1965. He came from a family of tall people; both his parents were over two metres …
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… 2003 in Saudi Arabia. The Ugandan government refused his family permission to allow Amin to die in Uganda. … Boddy-Evans A. “This day in African History: 25…
Afrikaner
… group was formed which identified itself completely with African soil. As early as 1707, Hendrik Biebouw (Bibault) … traditionally celebrated annually even…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… own community, and forgetting that it was among the South African Indians that Mahatma Gandhi first learned how to … in the absence of available vacant…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, Cape Town, June 7, 2006.
… of the Budget Vote of the Presidency to reflect on a few areas that bear on our obligations as reflected in the … local sphere of government participates…
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… In 1979 the African National Congress launched an attempt to receive … in November 1979. My role was to advise the party on these areas and to service two…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
… inspiration not only to you but also to the children, the family and myself.' One day you'll relate everything to me … [references to the Black peoples of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at May day rally, 01 May 1987, Stockholm
… of South Africa and Namibia, as well as their southern African co-fighters against apartheid. The ANC, formed in 1912 as the first African political…
Move from Condemnation to Confrontation of Apartheid and Colonialism - Statement in Committee II of the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo by O. R. Tambo, 11 April 1973
… of Portugal, of the Ian Smith regime and of the South African regime. What I think has been missing is how to … of the time. It has been particularly missing…
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
… defenses of peace must be constructed'. In 1995 the South African Government set up a process for the granting of … offering the international community a…
PlaceBlyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
… The Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve and all three South African species of Loerie can be found in the Reserve. … canyon vistas, this varied trail packs…
Descom Bulletin
… have access to doctors of their own choice or of their own family's choice. The Johannesburg committee set up an …
![Freddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/event_pics/Freddie%20Mercury.jpg?itok=Vuq6ADKe)
EventFreddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.
… and grew up there. At the age of seventeen he and his family left Zanzibar and settled in Britain. In 1970, he …
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
… The Doctors X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family XI - The Verdict XII - Unanswered Questions XIII - The …
PlaceAlbertskroon, Suburb of Johannesburg
… 1896 on the Farm Waterval, it was named after the Alberts family, who owned it. The Afrikaans term 'kroon', refers to … New Dictionary of South African Place…
Links & Partnerships
… recommends (and uses) for further research about South African History. Please inform us if links are no longer … Website - This website is a joint project…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… commonplace for activists during the movement as the South African government sought to silence those speaking out; to … it the name it holds today. [2]…
Chapter XIV - End of an era
… to communicate with each other, even members of the same family, and to forbid publication of statements by banned … this repressive regime came in September…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… the slaves.”’ [5] Brand was a legal adviser to The South African Commercial Advertiser, one of the first independent … in favour of scrapping petty apartheid…
BiographyPhathekile Holomisa
… the role that he has played and continues to play in South African politics. In 2002, he became a member of the … in South Africa . Leiden: Koninklijke Brill…