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King Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with East Africa Company.
… King Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with East Africa Company. …
Address at the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly 23 September 2003
… President of the General Assembly, Mr. Julian Hunte, Secretary-General of the UN, Mr. Kofi Annan, Your Excellencies, Ladies and … things, the poor billions…
Negotiations, the ANC Vision of a New South African and the Indian Community Keynote Address by the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… here today at a time when South Africa is at the threshold of some of the most momentous political changes. I am advised that this gathering tonight…
EventThe first museum is opened in Soweto, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprising.
… in Orlando West, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 1976 uprising against the use of the Afrikaans in schools. Another…
Address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Abuja, 3 October 2000
… Gentlemen. Democracy and Renaissance in Africa: In search of an enduring Pax Africana Thank you for inviting me to come … and share with you some thoughts…
53. The significance of the settlement for the colonial-born India
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … The Settlement and His Future.’ Source: Golden Number of Indian…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Cross-roads of Native Policy
… Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu The beginning of the year 1926 sees South Africa standing at the cross-roads of race relationships. The adjustment…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Bibliography by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida References: 1. Mayson, J S, The Malays of Cape Town, Manchester, UK, Cave and…
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes fossils, amphibians, fish, … which includes a dinosaur collection and a…
Speech on Receiving the Freedom of Durban, Durban, 16 April 1999
… Your Worship, Mayor Obed Mlaba Mayors of Local Councils Distinguished Guests Citizens of Durban I am truly honoured to be receiving the Freedom of…
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
… Fountain was erected by Public subscription as a tribute of respect from the people to the Memory of those Local Volunteers who lost their lives in the…
The Industrial Workers of Africa, 1917-1921 by Bikisha Media Collective
… The history of four years of the revolutionary multi-racial union in South Africa, the Industrial Workers of Africa, and the labour movement at the time. …
ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo, 31 January 2007
… It is with deep regret and a profound sense of loss that the African National Congress has learnt of the death this evening (31 January 2007) of Adelaide…
Statement on naming of OR Tambo International Airport, 31 October 2006
… the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, the Department of Arts and Culture, Department of Transport and the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) for…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
… British statesman, Mr. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Britain turned to Africa, including the Union, "to see." … and to all in the Union something to…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
… Inseparable from the photographic images of world-renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt, are values. Values, like waves of light, are in some…
Recommendations of Commission on undesirable publications - Interview: Albert Luthuli, 1 September 1957
… The recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry in regard to Undesirable Publications create another grave threat to the liberties of the people and…
PlaceSterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
… 1895, geologist Dr D Draper had reported on the discovery of fossil bones in its vicinity. All though many years were … deposits were found thereafter on the…
EventInternational Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa is launched
… (originally called the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa), launched the International … O…
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… Africa's second democratically elected president in front of a vast crowd of dancing and cheering supporters. The inauguration came … Nelson Mandela, who…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… political activist, human rights lawyer, former Minister of Education (1999-2004) and of Water Affairs and Forestry (1994-1999); is born in … a school…
EventSouth Africa abandons the Gold Standard, sparking a period of economic expansion
… farmers were hard hit when the resulting spike in the cost of South African goods devastated exports, especially … fortunes; gold prices increased and…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… agree on a common commitment towards the resolution of the existing climate of violence and intimidation from whatever quarter as well as a commitment to…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida This book, History of Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology, probably the first…
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, to His Excellency Mr Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York
… A letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the United Nataions Secretary-General … by SWAPO from Angola into Namibia for the purpose of establishing…
South African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South African Native … Contingent. On 9 March 1917, the…
EventSouth African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South African Native … Contingent. On 9 March 1917, the…
EventBoers defeat British in the battle of Ingogo (Anglo-Boer War 1)
… During the Anglo-Boer War 1- also called Transvaal War of Independence or Anglo-Transvaal War- a Boer force of about 200 (under General Nicolaas Smit)…
ArchiveReport on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn Presented at National Conference 1976
… on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn … discussing migrant labour,…
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… The Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899 and was the result of the British annexation of the Transvaal, soon after gold had been discovered in the region in 1886…