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EventThe South African Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu
… In 2004, South Africa was hit by the H5N2 strain of the Avian Flu Virus. The virus killed over 2000 birds in the Middleton area of the Eastern Cape and…
Challenge to the churches: report of a consultation on the church and the liberation of Southern Africa, held at Mindolo, Kitwe, Zambia
… Report of a consultation held at Mindolo, Zambia on November 25-30 1979, to discuss the role of the church in the struggle for liberation and includes … the…
EventAfrikaans is used for the first time in an international document with the signing of the Convention of Mozambique in Pretoria
… Afrikaans is one of the eleven official languages spoken in South Africa. It is a derivative of the Dutch, language spoken by settlers who arrived in the ……
ArchiveJoint Statement on the Durban Riots, by A. W. G. Champion of the ANC (Natal) and Dr. G. M. Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress [n.d.]
… JOINT STATEMENT ON THE DURBAN RIOTS, BY A.W.G. CHAMPION OF THE ANC (NATAL) AND DR. G.M. NAICKER OF THE NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS, 1949 The African National ……
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 March 1983, Volume 43 and Volume 44
… Transcript of Volumes 43 and 44, evidence from Reverend Peter John Storey, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), ……
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 March 1983, Volume 41 and Volume 42
… Transcript of Volumes 41 and 42, evidence from Reverend Peter John Storey, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), ……
Five Freedoms Forum - African National Congress Conference, July 1989: Report of the Commission on the role of Parliament and Parliamentary Opposition
… - Five Freedoms Forum Conference, July 1989. Report of the Commission on the role of Parliament. Summary of a discussion on the role of parliament and…
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… Dental Council (SAMDC) to hold an inquiry into the conduct of the two doctors who treated Steve Biko for five days … Biko’s death on 12 September 1977 caught…
Minutes of the Meeting of the Tripartite Alliance Co-ordinating Committee held on 15 November 1990 at the ANC Head Office
… Minutes of the meeting of the Tripartite Alliance Co-ordinating Committee. Discussed structure and functioning of the Alliance, problems regarding the…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… This chapter is not about the general role of the South African Police (SAP) and the South African … Under such circumstances it becomes easy for one to act…
ArchiveLiving in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983
… in a society whirling, stamping, swaying with the force of revolutionary change. The vision is heady; the image of … it reached its ultimate expression, open…
Chapter 3 - SASO: The Ideology and Politics of Black Consciousness
… For white South Africans the late 1960s was a time of political calm, rising living standards, prosperity and sharing in the sustained economic boom of that…
PlaceUNISA’s Department of Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology
… University of South Africa, better known as UNISA, was founded in 1873 as the University of the Cape of Good Hope . It is one of the few that continued to…
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
… Leaflet issued by the Command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16th December 1961 Units of Umkhonto we Sizwe today carried out planned attacks … particularly those…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 3: The Sounds of Kora
… From the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis There will be many readers who would like to have a sense…
ArchiveMandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
… When Nelson Mandela walked out of the Victor Verster prison on 11 February 1960, after 10,053 days of incarceration, people all over the world watched the…
Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, 1919
… out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, c. 1919 1 At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Dr. Abdurahman and the A. P.O…
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
… will be launching the Luthuli Volunteer Corps; thousands of volunteers of the ANC dressed in gold overalls will be launched and unveiled across the regions…
Briefing to organisation of African Unity Kampala, September 8, 1990
… (In a speech to the fifth session of the OAU Ad Hoc Committee on Southern Africa, Nelson Mandela dealt with the wave of violence in South Africa, and said…
Minutes of meeting of the Christian Consultation on Resettlement in the Ciskei held in Grahamstown on August 29 and 30, 1980
… Minutes of meeting of the Christian Consultation on Resettlement in the Ciskei discussing the socio-economic impact of forced removals and relocations on…
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… name, and one that was regularly used in the early days of her childhood. Nnoseng was given later in life, when she … heavily involved in helping her step…
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… origins that can be traced back to 1904, the University of the Free State (UFS) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in South Africa. On 28…
EventBritain proposes the sale of arms to South Africa
… At the Conference of Heads of State of the British Commonwealth of Nations held in Singapore, Britain proposed a sale of arms … Britain proposes the sale of…
EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
… apartheid, the term "Coloured" was used to refer to group of people generally considered to be of mixed race origin. Coloured people, throughout the course…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
… Publishers.|African National Congress, (1980). The Role of Women in the Struggle against apartheid, 15 July. … African Publishing Group.|Berger, I., (1992)…
Funeral of Sean MacBride: Oliver Tambo, 05 May 1988
… in prison for his part in the struggle for independence of his own people. From 1973 to 1976, as United Nations … he distinguished himself in his work for…
EventSouthern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union of South Africa
… between establishing self government, joining the Union of South Africa or continuing under the British South Africa … John Rhodes was given permission to…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer It's two and a half years … The students concentrated on their studies. 61, 7 percent of those who…
EventRoman Catholic Bishop Augustin Misago, cleared of genocide charges
… On 15 June 2000, Roman Catholic Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro was cleared of charges against him regarding his alleged participation in the Rwandan…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November 1987
… Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic,…