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EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… to gain wide support within the structures of the African National Congress (ANC). She was also earmarked for the …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… Wiwa led a Passive resistance campaign against the multi-national corporations, Royal Dutch Shell in particular, and …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… held by white representatives of Coloured people in the National Assembly. Vorster retired as prime minister after …
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… on another dimension. In 1938, he won second prize in a national art competition organised by Ester Bedford at the …
PlaceCradock Division
… rural areas of Fish River Mortimer and Rosmead. The N10 National Road, which is the vital economic link between Port …
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… operation. The 4 May is now called Cassinga Day and is a national public holiday in Namibia remembering the Battle of …
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… Natal Indian Congress with a membership of 20,000 is the national organisation of the Indian people of Natal. The …
’Asinamali’
… earn one pound a day for the work they are doing. It was a national campaign. There were pamphlets and big meetings and …
EventThe SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two South Africans have been found in Thailand
… dry foodstuffs to affected areas. Between them, First National Bankand the South African public raised over R2 …
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… artist. Three of her publications featured in the new national monetary coin series in 1961. In 1973 Letty …
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… Lesotho and Swaziland. The majority joined the African National Congress (ANC) and some opted to undergo military …
The ANC Gauteng condemns violent protests and ongoing disruption of schools in Gauteng Province!, 7 September 2011
… the ANC`s governing capacity: the relationship between the party and the state; The PEC is confident that all regional …
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 22 April 1976 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… A few days later, on 26 May 1948, the Nationalist Party, under the leadership of Dr. D. F. Malan, took over the …
In memory of Archbishop Dennis Hurley by Phyllis Naidoo, 16 September 2009, Durban
… As you can see this was long before The Nationalist Party came into power in 1948! I recall teasing Hurley about …
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… they would deferentially state, Government will be a party to a deliberate policy calculated to involve the most …
Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki: University of Witwatersrand, 29 July 2006.
… as unemployment and job creation, disbursements from the national budget and expenditures on such items of education, … purpose, is already beginning to…
PlaceMthatha Airport, Eastern Cape
… Cape. Mthatha Airport was used by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for border security … The Airport was handed over to the South African…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
… to strike a balance between a divided past and promoting national unity and reconciliation in a new political …
PlacePilgrims Rest, Graskop- Mpumalanga Province
… Rest remains frozen in time. The entire town is a national monument, with original corrugated iron buildings, … protected Historical Site. In 1986 the Town…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… his two crowning achievements: President of the African National Congress (1952-1967) and the first African to be … USA and the first president of the South…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
… and politically. EDUCATION The question what is a National Education? is one that requires long and serious … action of the Federation of Trades and the…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… The new Constitution, one unifying flag and one national anthem became the building blocks of this important … and Francois Pienaar - the victorious White…
PlaceBlue Crane Municipality, Sarah Baartman District- Eastern Cape
… Area. The Municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane. It spans an Area of … economy. It also encompasses part of the Addo…
PlaceO.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
… 2006. Oliver Reginald Tambo was President of the African National Congress at the height of the anti-apartheid … boasts excellent Road infrastructure linking…
PlaceBuffalo River, East London
… and the Leander Rowing Club and is also home to the oldest national sporting event in South Africa, the Buffalo Regatta … that takes place there, it is also…
PlacePhilip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate- Cape Town
… a State of the Nation Emergency and banned the African National Congress and the PAC . Driving their movements …
Statement at the International Labour Conference (extract) by O. R. Tambo, Geneva, 19 June 1986
… have elaborated and advanced the so-called doctrine of national security, according to which everything the regime … situation when the escalation of the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Labour Conference,19 June 1986
… have elaborated and advanced the so-called doctrine of national security, according to which everything the regime … situation when the escalation of the…
Address by Deputy President Thabo MBeki at the Conference on Infrastructure Investment, 28-29 March 1996
… sector, and those Ministers within the Government of National Unity, whose hard work has made this conference … will reach. Soon after its establishment the…