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EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… The South African state president, Thabo Mbeki, opened the second sitting of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) for the first time at its new … March 2004, by…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… The South African government threatened to pull out of the United … for Namibia unless action was taken against the South West African People's Organisation …
ArchiveReport of meeting with HM
… Report from H. Makgothi to the African National Congress National Executive Committee on a meeting with Ntatho Motlana, regarding the South African political…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
… Banda, failing which, by Mr. Kenneth Kaunda of the Zambia African National Congress in Northern Rhodesia. Both have … demand the right of self determination…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… Banda, failing which, by Mr. Kenneth Kaunda of the Zambia African National Congress in Northern Rhodesia. Both have … demand the right of self-determination…
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… The African National Congress joins the nation in commemorating … of our struggle, a unifier and a selfless leader. The African National Congress…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
… Georgia.[iv] She was elected co-captain of the South African Olympic team.[v] Other than Penny Heyns, Kriel was the only other South African to receive a…
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… . The design concept of the Stadium is: 'The Calabash, or African pot'. This iconic, 87 436-seater is the largest Venue … It is often fondly referred to, as…
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… Principal of the University of Natal, alleging that the African was “totalitarian at heart and used to an ideology of … without any historical basis…
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
… country in whose territory the plane crashed, the South African government was bound by the Chicago Convention to … of demeaning treatment by South Africa…
Resignation of Cde Zweli Mkhize a Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, 22 August 2013
… The African National Congress is grateful to Comrade Dr Zweli … Mkhize, relinquished his position as Chairperson of the African National Congress in KwaZulu…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… suspicions pointed almost immediately to the South African government, who opposed Renee's socialist's regime … substantiated by the casual manner in which…
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… 2017 This conference, hosted by the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town, commemorates … War, on 21 February 1917. It pays tribute to…
PlaceThe AVA Gallery
… took place in South Africa. Previously known as the South African Association of Arts in the Western Cape, the AVA Gallery was rooted in the South African…
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… Executive members meet with the leadership of South African Indian Congress (SAIC) to recommend a massive … conferences. The Defiance campaign was adopted by…
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
… At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the South African government was divided on the issue of participation. … in defeating Benito Mussolini's troops in…
ArchiveMeeting between the Honorable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador H Nickel of the United States: Cape Town, 12 March 1984
… Minutes of a meeting between the South African Foreign Affairs Minister, Pik Botha and the American … Mr H Nickel, about a statement made by the South…
Comments and Observations on Proposals for a United Nations Security Council Resolution on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, 1963
… that resolution, and in view of the worsening of the South African situation since the August meeting of the Security … a further meeting has now been…
The CASA Conference
… History. The conference included the participation of the African National Congress’s Department of Arts and Culture …
Thupelo (1985)
… were initiated in 1985 in Johannesburg by the South African artist, David Nthubu Koloane , together with William …
ArticleSpark: A Progressive Arts Project Publication
… it and why? by Mzwakhe Mbuli COSAW The Congress of South African Writers If Poets must have flags by David Evans The …
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… parties we want to represent us in Parliament. The South African Parliament has two bodies or groups. The one is …
EventPhakisa Freeway opens
… End Notes [i] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 210. ↵ [ii] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… "Spear of the Nation", was the active military wing of the African National Congress (ANC). It was formed in co-operation with the South African Communist…
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… South African prime minister, General J.C. Smuts, asked … that SA troops would only fight in Africa. The Sixth South African Armoured Division, the most…
Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, Johannesburg (Rivonia Trial), 15 January, 1964
… told Mandela that he was anxious to help the South African freedom fighters. Recruits from South Africa could be … arrested, you would be taken to a place of…
ArchiveFacts about the current situation in South Africa and what is to be done
… African National Congress report on the current situation in South Africa and how to respond. Examines the South African regime, the Black Consciousness…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
… which showed that Pretoria would always be harassing African independent States "on one pretext or another." … that Zimbabwe had to do the explaining, not…
EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
… security and an advanced economy. A firm believer in African liberation, Nkrumah pursued a radical pan-African policy, playing a key role in the formation of…
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… and other political prisoners, F.W. de Klerk, former South African president announced his retirement as the leader of … leadership where banned liberation…