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Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon of the conference of editors 6 September 1994
… ANC in particular - that such a storm will not come. South Africa should not again experience conflict based on racial, … nation apart. Reinforced by the…
PlaceCurries Fountain Sports Development Centre
… and cultural environment in Durban and South Africa. The historical and socio-cultural experiences of all the people that used Curries Fountain, created … in…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… border. Relations between the Transkei and South Africa were strained, since Holomisa openly supported the … to decide on the possible reintegration into…
EventReported arrest of London bomb mastermind, Rashid Aswat
… of the bomb attacks in London on July 7 hid in South Africa for several weeks before being arrested in Zambia last … of Investigation (FBI) wanted to arrest…
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
… the nomadic, Khoikhoi groups in Namibia, then South West Africa. The Bondelswarts, a nomadic Khoikhoi group who … 1906. Germany was defeated during World War…
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
… armed struggle for the seizure of state power in South Africa. The strategic review of 1978-79 would not alter this … reported in March of that year and most…
Say It out Loud - The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923
… that it will be quite impossible for me to deal with all of them in detail. It will, therefore, be advisable for … of the relations between European and non…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… would attend. The principle of inclusivity meant that all the parties that had participated in CODESA were invited, … its powers to the Negotiating Council…
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… which houses family groupings of plants and trees of South Africa and the rest of the world. The gardens contain an … Dams above it, which are home to many…
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
… Mutual control the overwhelming bulk of the SA economy. All these monopolies operating in South Africa are themselves controlled by big capital from the ……
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… who had sacrificed their lives for freedom in Southern Africa. Candles were lit for those who were being remembered, with representatives of all the main…
PlaceVredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West
… to the benign climate, we are able to plant and harvest all year round. Some crops, like lettuces, carrots, spinach (Swiss chard), beetroots and spring…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on being awarded an honorary doctorate University of Zululand, 30 May 1998
… on the best from our past to build the better future for all our citizens. We look to our universities to lead the … of this university, I want to make an…
PlaceSea Point
… a block of flats, and fourteen houses existed by 1903, all of which were later demolished. A park now stands where … with white residents occupying the front…
Speech at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party by O. R. Tambo, Zambia, August 1988
… well as from the struggling masses of the people of South Africa, to this historic tenth General Conference of the … positions which the regime needs to…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the National Assembly 20 June 1996
… rises for the winter recess. I am certain we will all agree that we have had lively, productive and fulfilling … are not only making a positive mark on the…
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
… Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to South Africa, to the City of Tshwane and to this important … an opportunity to contribute to the Commonwealth…
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… tour. This was as a result of the reaction caused by the all-White composition of the South African team among the … that were opposed to the Apartheid…
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… several hundred guerrillas to invade South and South West Africa (renamed Namibia), from Zambia, at the urging of the … NICKEL on 8 September 1967, as they…
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… continue to be public health and social problems in South Africa. The Act, a critical milestone for gender equality, secured all South African women …
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… period resulted in violence and human rights abuses from all sides. No section of society escaped these abuses. The … Tutu. The Commission held public…
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… Though Cilliers-Bernard was at one time one of South Africa's underestimated artists, her contribution in helping … her between the top achievers. She has…
EventThe Polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
… and made available for use. Salks’s vaccine killed all strains of the polio virus. Poliomyeletis is caused by … some with atrophic limbs leading to paralysis…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… to form a new party on the basis of equal rights for all racial groups in South Africa. No actual unification was immediately announced …
39. Second report of the Natal Indian Congress, 1899
… insensible for a few seconds. It was suggested that all should return as the road was bad and evening had set in. … would not listen and the journey was kept…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… The independence of these two territories breached South Africa’s regional cordon sanitaire which had curtailed the … body, the Revolutionary Council (RC),…
Pedi
… Northern Sotho, or Sesotho sa Leboa, is one of South Africa’s 11 official languages, and consists of up to 30 … or tractor owners. Women were then left to…
Forming the Federation
… or 'Pretoria' and so on. You must carry it with you all the time because the police can ask you, 'Where is your … what would happen to them. We were very…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Press, 16 November 1984, Addis Ababa
… are the issues of the liberation of Namibia and South Africa. The positions adopted by the Summit on South Africa and on southern Africa constitute the basis…
Statement to the Press by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 16 November 1984
… are the issues of the liberation of Namibia and South Africa. The positions adopted by the Summit on South Africa and on southern Africa constitute the basis…