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EventAdvocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated
… Advocate Anton Lubowski (37), secretary-general of the South West African People's Organisation (Swapo), was … luxury home in Windhoek, South West Africa …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… Today, January 8th, 1987, your organisation, the African National Congress, is 75 years old. Con … and for all our people, a proud and historic Jubilee Year…
Speech on the Occasion of the Award of an Honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by The Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic by O. R. Tambo, Leipzig, 11 November 1987
… esteemed rector of Karl Marx University, Members of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Members of the … the struggle for peace,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… Ntsiki Biko and members of the Biko family; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen, We are gathered here to pay homage to one of the greatest sons of our…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… Sam Matiase says the ongoing struggle to reclaim stolen land is epitomised by the events of 1921 This Land, is ‘Holy Grounds’, Marking the … tribes of Israel…
Response by Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the first session of CODESA, World Trade Centre, Kempton Park
… Response by Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the first session of …
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… and Deputy Speaker, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, … Members, Ladies and Gentlemen: A recent…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… and Gentlemen, I intend to follow in my opening remarks the conventional pattern. And for that reason I will give a very brief review of our doings within…
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, 11 November 1987, Leipzig
… esteemed rector of Karl Marx University, Members of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Members of the Council, … the struggle for…
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
… and a president and ANC under fire have all coalesced in the National Assembly. Speaker Baleka Mbete is at the centre of the game with stakes so high that…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… This article was written by Meghan Knapp and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract The African National…
Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the OAU meeting of Heads of State and government
… Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the OAU meeting of Heads of State and government …
"Apartheid Spells Disaster", Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party's National Conference, Johannesburg, 6 to 8 January 1950,29
… "Apartheid Spells Disaster", Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party's National Conference, Johannesburg, 6 to 8 January …
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… Introduction In the years following 1994, South Africa has become well known … diverse population and heritage (Fraser, 2005:11). The ways in which this…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… Reasons: DEIC permanent settlement at the Cape 1652 The DEIC (Dutch East India Company) in the Netherlands was set up in 1602 to trade. In 1647, the … Dutch…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… The late 1970s witnessed increased labour unrest in the region of the Western Cape. For instance, the Fattis and Monis strike … Community mobilisation,…
Address of President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the opening of the second session of the Democratic Parliament Cape Town, 17 February 1995
… Honourable President and Deputy President of the Senate, Honourable Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… This article was written by Bennett Gwynn and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Overcoming Adversity from All…
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
… On 6 October 2006, the Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, opened a community library at Mbuzini in the Mpumalanga Province, known as the Mbuzini…
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… members drove into Bophuthatswana, a Bantustan homeland in the north western region of South Africa. This followed a … Mangope for their assistance to help…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… 11 1869 in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. … Kasturba and Mohandas’ betrothal, both…
Address at the Opening of the 24th General Assembly of the World Veterans Federation, 1 December 2003
… Master of Ceremonies, Honourable Ministers, Leaders of the World Veterans Federation, Distinguished delegates, … government and people I am very pleased to…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 11) “Bantu Education … Huddleston noted with characteristic starkness: “[t]he…
ArticleCommemorating 350 years of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa
… Commemorating 350 years of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa …
"People's Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa", The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936
… "People's Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa", The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936 …
Speech by Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa at the naming of the Albertina Sisulu Freeway
… Speech by Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa at the naming of the Albertina Sisulu Freeway …
CHAPTER II: Malan's Bill and the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Accommodation, 1924
… CHAPTER II: Malan's Bill and the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Accommodation, 1924 …
CHAPTER II: Malan's Bill and the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Accommodation, 1924
… CHAPTER II: Malan's Bill and the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Accommodation, 1924 …
CHAPTER II: Malan's Bill and the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Accommodation, 1924
… CHAPTER II: Malan's Bill and the Cape Town Agreement: The Politics of Accommodation, 1924 …
Speech by the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, to May Day rally
… Speech by the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, to May Day rally …