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Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of Boksburg Boksburg, 26 June 1997
… Master of Ceremonies; Premier Tokyo Sexwale; Mayor Mxolisi Xayiya; … I am very proud and honoured to be a free citizen of Boksburg. It is a city whose own…
ArchiveThe Life of Trevor Huddleston, Makhalipile (the Dauntless One) by Victoria Vandiver, 3 May 2018
… against apartheid through the theology that all mankind is of equal value. The year the book was published it became a bestseller and attracted the attention…
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… June 18, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Amandla! Magazine — A defining feature of the 1976 uprising was the decisive…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… well before Jan van Riebeeck, administrator in the service of the Dutch East India Company (also known as the VOC) … caused much damage to shipping in the…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 19 February 2015
… President Jacob Zuma on Thursday in response to the State of the Nation Address Debate 19 February 2015 Honourable Speaker,Honourable Chairperson of the NCOP…
ArchiveSpeech at the Unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini, Tuesday 19 January 1999
… Address by President Nelson Mandela at unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini 19 January 1999 Your Excellency, President Chissano of Mozambique;…
Oration by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Moses Kotane, 26 May 1978, Moscow
… with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove most decisive in…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… 22 December 1996, Groutville Comrade chairperson; Members of the Luthuli family; Minister and Premiers; Leaders and veterans of the ANC; Members of the…
ArchiveStatement on Mbeki's recall, by Jacob Zuma on behalf of ANC NEC, 22 September
… The National Executive Committee of the ANC met over the weekend of the 19th to 21st September 2008, to deliberate on various … NEC decided to recall Comrade…
A Brief Commentary on the Question of HIV and AIDS by Thabo Mbeki, 7 March 2016
… Towards the end of 2015 I sent the communication below to a fellow African to respond to some comments he had made on the matter of ‘Mbeki, HIV & AIDS’. We…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… that Stephen Ellis refers to about Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party is pretty definitive. It is based upon recollections of party members some of…
Statement Issued By GCIS: Briefing on the Case of Robert McBride - 21 May 1998
… Statement Issued By GCIS: Briefing on the Case of Robert McBride - 21 May 1998 … | library | articles & documents | briefing on the case of Robert McBride…
EventUS House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
… On 18 June 1986, the House of Representatives of the United States of America approved a Bill that would impose stricter … US House of Representatives…
A Tale of Political Conspiracy and Incomprehensible Judicial Imaginings by Thabo Mbeki, 15 February 2016
… Nicholson, Judge in the then Natal Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa, granted the order that: “It is declared that … 2007 to prosecute…
The end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in the subject history at the University of South … The end conscription…
"Should we get rid of the whites?" - Albert Luthuli answer to a question, 5 March 1959
… [Drum, a Johannesburg monthly, asked a number of African leaders, "Do we really want to get rid of the white man?" The following is the reply of Chief Lutuli…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… The Seventh Annual Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa, which lasted from Saturday evening, December … delegates, 20 black and 10 white. The…
ArchiveChapter 14 Out of prison: 28 February 1985 as a free person by Denis Goldberg
… and exhausting. It was lovely sitting in the back of a car looking at the city with her, holding hands. Very … I was quite exhausted from the noise and the…
EventSouth African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang, Club Kevin Carter, commits suicide
… after winning the Pulitzer Award for feature photography of a controversial picture depicting famine in Sudan. Carter came under a lot of criticism for a…
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
… Following the Rwandan genocide of 1994, thousands of Hutu refugees fled to the neighboring Congo (DRC), … as Zaire. This was in an attempt to escape the…
Political Overview By The ANC Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, Comrade Paul Mashatile On The Occasion Of The Special Provincial General Council, Turffontein Racecourse, Johannesburg, 24 February 2013
… Comrade David Makhura and Office Bearers Members of the Provincial Executive Committee ANC Regional Office … ANCs response to any new developments in our…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… The Canadian government offered a second contingent of troops consisting of infantry, cavalry and field artillery to bolster British … need for additional…
Letter to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 June 1968
… In the course of my address to the session of the Special Committee on Apartheid in Stockholm, I asked … Marof, to convey to Your Excellency the gratitude of…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… Perhaps one of the most notorious pirates in history, Captain William … was thought to have become familiar with the practice of piracy while serving as an…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… in 1894. She studied Social Anthropology at the University of Witwatersrand. For her Master’s degree Hellman decided to do research into the lives of urban…
ArchiveA Place In The City - The Rand On The Eve Of Apartheid by Luli Callinicos
… The new government, they feared, would introduce an era of rampant racism, and many left South Africa for other … Congress President, Dr Xuma, spoke for many…
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America', 26 April 1932 … April 26,1932. Secretary Communist League of America 84 East 10th Street…
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
… and Congo President, Joseph Kasavubu, were accused of conspiracy to murder ex-premier Patrice Lumumba in a UN … that Patrice Lumumba was assassinated with…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… The poverty and vulnerability of the South African Republic (Transvaal) prompted Disraeli's … This was an important step in achieving the federation of the…
EventConnie Mulder resigns as a result of his involvement in plot to sell apartheid propaganda
… On 24 January 1979, the Minister of Information, Connie Mulder , resigns his seat in Parliament at the insistence of the Prime Minister P. W. Botha as a…