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Speech by Nelson Mandela at Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 3 April 1994
(Begin with a reading from the Gospel According to St Matthew, Chapter 5. Verses: 1 to 12.) 1. And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain;and…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
… of the abyss from which, as a nation, we had retreated. Five years ago, the sense of our common belonging, our shared … have come out in favour of a society…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of being entrenched. The formation of the Union of…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… all racial groups to enjoy the same rights and fundamental freedoms". 1959 17 November, GeneralAssembly of the United … and orderly application of…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
“They have taught us through their orations the undesirability of a social system based on capitalism, that is inqubo yogimhelakwesabo, that is stuffing one’s…
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
"[B]y sheer accident, despite the [ANC] military's wishes, for the first time, military work was a complement to political work... [V]isibly through the media,…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… he died of the wounds a few days later. On 23 June, five resisters were beaten unconscious and thrown in the … not yet ready for a joint struggle. The ANC…
Chapter 1: Introduction
Before embarking on an investigation of vigilantes and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, it is important to give an account of what the situation in KwaZulu…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… and universities, the Circle, since the past twenty-five years, has conducted Arabic classes, held Qur'anic … The Muslim Digest, a monthly publication…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… dry period of "cash trickles" totalling a mere forty-five pounds in July 1927. This changed dramatically during …
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
The President of the NUM, Comrade Senzeni Zokwana, The General Secretary of the NUM, Gwede Mantashe, The President of COSATU, Comrade Willie Madisha, The…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 98th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2010
… of such a vision, our movement decided in 2009 to focus on five strategic developmental priorities, namely: the creation … India, Brazil and South Africa …
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
Nineteen-eighteen was a significant year for Cape Town (and South Africa generally). The influenza epidemic with many thousands of deaths and the end of the…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Nineteen-eighteen was a significant year for Cape Town (and…
Input by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Farewell service for former President Nelson Mandela, Waterkloof Airforce Base, 14 December 2013
… he was tried for the first time when he was convicted for five years, when he was accused he accused the regime and …
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
Oppressed people in South Africa have always associated the history of the United States with the great name of Abraham Lincoln. There was an issue…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… form and a graceful manly deportment; his height about five feet ten inches; his face of a deep bronze colour, …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… 11. members: the chairman (Secretary for Native Affairs), five appointed white "native" commissioners, four appointed … "Cast down your bucket where you are"…
Address to the Nation on Radio Freedom by O. R. Tambo, 22 July 1985
Compatriots, Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle. Already in…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985
Compatriots, Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle. Already in…
ArchiveHARWU: The Aborted Attempt to Build a National South African Catering Union (1984 – 1990) by Allan Horwitz, June 2018
… Union of Foodworkers (IUF) and its Southern African forum. Wits Liquor and Catering had joined the IUF in 1981 … subscriptions and also jockey for influence…
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
Military History Journal Vol 10 No 1 - June 1995 (incorporating Museum Review) SOLDIERS WITHOUT REWARD Africans in South Africa's Wars by J S Mohlamme …
PlaceKruger National Park
… to rangers and pilots, South Africa’s most famous Big Five reserve, Kruger National Park, has called in all …
The Pioneers
The artworks presented in this section of the exhibition had their historical beginnings in the decades of the 1920s and 1930s. These beginnings took place in…
Chapter 5 - TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WAR
… no longer made sense to convene augmented CC meetings as a forum for contact with the membership and the election of the …
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… passed judgement in the now notorious 'Trust Feed' case. Five policemen, including Captain Brian Mitchell, were found …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of the National Council of Provinces; Honourable…
Archive1999 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 5 February 1999 (Before National Elections)
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, 5 February 1999 Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable…
Archive2001 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2001
… all. Our country jumped 14 places in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2000, rising from 47 …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Sitting of Parliament to Report on the Processing of Some Presidential Pardons: Cape Town, 21 November 2007.
Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Leaders of our political parties, Honourable…