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Rivonia: Telling it as it was, 2 July 1988
… pasted up during the night announced the actions to be the work of a new body, Umkhonto we Sizwe, which would carry on … left the country, and returned again…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: ANC Statement on Policy Conference state of readiness, 25 June 2012
… at Gallagher Estate. Our administration teams are at work at Gallagher Estate particularly with the registration … that all processes will unfold smoothly as…
ArchiveAcknowledgements by Howard Barrell
… her colleagues on the foreign desk at the Guardian gave me work and vital extra liquidity; so, too, did Ivor … my arguments at an important moment. Glenn…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE NATIONAL MEN’S MARCH Pretoria, 22 November 1997
… who have been victims of abuse. To men wherever they work or live it is also a call to support and strengthen … than that it is a pledge to use our…
ArchiveThe Original Chris Hani Memorandum
… be cut down to a reasonable few and the remainder should work around the clock working on the home front. 4. There are … with others and it is extremely…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… and then returned home to South Africa, which is when his artworks became so prominent in this country. A collection of his works as well as some of his…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… if not the very best, Xhosa translator from English into his mother tongue. During his lifetime his Xhosa writings appeared only in the newspaper Isigidimi …
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… J.J. Hadebe replied to Thabo Mbeki’s request to complete his Masters Degree. Mbeki, who would become South Africa’s … 1964, asking the organization if he…
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… Band, Senegal’s most famous band. He left the band to form his own, Á‰toile de Dakar in 1979. By 1995, N’Dour had his own recording label, Jololi . His music…
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… legendary German general was known as the "Desert Fox for his brilliant military exploits in north Africa during the … commands, and was a military school…
EventJazz veteran Dorothy Masuka dies
… to release more songs until one of her songs about apartheid laws was banned. She then went into exile where she … to music and the role she played in the…
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… started playing music on a homemade guitar. He joined his first band at the age of 16 and soon became a known and sought after bass player. In the course of…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… that they can do anything to prevent the overthrow of the apartheid system itself. How would you explain South Africas … changes are not reforms. They are…
Address at the opening of The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Durban 12 November 1999
… the sustained struggle you waged to ensure that we end the apartheid crime against humanity. That we are able to receive … our fond farewell, was not only…
EventCecil John Rhodes is buried in the Matopos
… ). Rhodes visited England in 1901. He was already ill on his return to Cape Town in the early months of 1902 and died soon afterwards at his seaside cottage…
EventThe Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha
… himself on 11 February 2000, exactly ten years since his release from prison. Positioned in the area of his birth, the museum receives tourists from all over…
PlaceBloubergstrand, Tableview -Cape Town
… “Harry die Strandloper,” also known as- 'Hadah'. Due to his diligence to the Dutch Empire (the Verenigde Oostindische …
EventPaul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid
… as the 'father of the Afrikaner nation'. This is because his firm belief in the destiny of the Afrikaner, his strong faith, and his obedience to his God…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
… way, as has done our young democracy. Hard and dedicated work has resulted in many important breakthroughs which made … as an important and critical part of…
EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
… George Aubrey Faulkner (1881 - 1930) was in his day a dominating figure in South African cricket, one of … games' finest all around players, and a legendary…
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… tries came from the 21 year old wing Bryan Habana on his first international start. Habana was voted for the … Despite the fact that the team had won…
EventJoseph Engenas Lekganyane, founder of the Dove branch of the ZCC, is born
… into two branches. Barnabas chose and presented Joseph to his brothers, elders and his advocate as his successor just before he died in 1972. After his …
PlaceNgcobo
… In 1876 Walter Stanford arrived at the station to take up his appointment as Resident Magistrate to the amaQwathi. He established the seat of his magistracy…
PlaceWitbank, Mpumalanga
… Winston Churchill hid in a colliery near Witbank after his escape from Pretoria . Witbank attained Town status in … ) was a South African trumpeter who was…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… Lungi came to South Africa and settled in Soweto with his grandmothers, Greta Ncapayi and Albertina Sisulu. As a result of political activism in his family,…
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… and North and West Africa. It would be 24 years before his return to Morocco and 29 years before he completed his travels. Sadly, Battuta did not document…
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… was a self taught painter and printmaker who spent most of his life at the Cape of Good Hope. He arrived at the Cape … astronomer Thomas McClear in 1834 whom…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… They are working for this. They want him personally and his government to fall. Then they will replace him with their … It is not so harsh when one considers…
Liberation and Ethics. Is there a connection? by Raymond Suttner, 05 April 2016
… this shared by others or were we naïve? I was born into apartheid South Africa and was aware that being white meant … himself alone on the little pleasurable…
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame and … After defeating the Italians, Menelik II…