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EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… Cape. Nothard rendered outstanding service in the South African Military Service in Western Europe during the First … in France. She received the first Gold…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… are noticeable on the far-off horizon. A new spirit of African nationalism, or Africanism, is pervading through and stirring the African society. A young…
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…
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
… The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was one of the women’s rights … launched in the Western Cape. Leading women in the South African struggle were…
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… It was officially disclosed that the South African Police (SAP) were in Rhodesia (later renamed … urging of the Liberation Committee of the Organisation of…
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… a retired army major, Mr. Nico Basson, said that the South African Defence Force (SADF) had supplied weapons (such as … to Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… on 27 August 1990 said that negotiations for a new South African constitution should begin in 1991 and be completed within two years. The African National…
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 …
PlaceHlobane, Zululand District Municipality
… "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research …
PlaceVaalkop National Park, North West
Vaalkop is known as: "an Anglers Dream", it is situated 54 km North of Britz, near Beestekraal and North-East of Rustenburg, in typical 'broken Bushveld…
PlaceMjejane Game Reserve
Only 4 hours drive from Gauteng and less than 60 minutes from Nelspruit’s Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport. Positioned on the Kruger National Park's…
PlacePilgrims Rest
Once a booming gold rush town in the 1870s, Pilgrim’s Rest remains frozen in time. The entire town is a national monument, with original corrugated iron…
ArchiveAlliance paper: the alliance in the Western Cape
… Assessment on the alliance in the Western Cape between the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African…
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 …
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…
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…
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…