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EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of political prisoners
… Shortly after taking over from P.W. Botha as state president, F.W. de Klerk announced …
EventMiriam Makeba is nominated for a Grammy
… was released world-wide and featured a collection of songs from buoyant to the plaintive, illustrating the vocal range … 95.|TNYT, (2001), Some Top Nominees…
EventRamaphosa announces his decision to leave parliament
… Constitutional Assembly, announced his intention to resign from Parliament once the final Constitution is agreed upon. … Political History: a chronology of…
EventP.W. Botha is born
… he became state president he served as Prime Minister from 1978 until 1984. Botha became president after 1983 …
Esther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, is born in Zurich
… SA, was born in Zurich, Switzerland. Her parents emigrated from Russia via England and Switzerland and came to SA … HSRC.|Andrea, (2001), ' Esther Franks…
Travelling in a cab no longer in fashion
… electric trams were introduced in March 1906, travelling from the town centre to Siemert Road in Doornfontein.The …
PlaceRiebeek East
… amended to Riebeek East in about 1881 to differentiate it from its namesake in the Division of Malmesbury. …
EventSA is readmitted to the IOC
… bodies elsewhere in Africa. The country had been banned from the games since 1970. … 1994, p 38087.|Morgan, B., South Africa at the Olympics , from…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
… jail at the Robben Island Prison. In June 1990 he retired from politics at the age of 80. … South Africa info, The world at Mandela’s feet , from Sowetan…
EventThe Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils
… government. Three months later, more than 20 000 learners from Soweto marched against the use of Afrikaans as a medium … Nelson Mandela Foundation, "20 March…
Deportation of NUSAS President Elect
… June to 9th July, 1968. Contains general circular to NUSAS from Margaret Marshall informing the Union of the deportation …
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
… ago, we set out on a path of growth and renewal. Emerging from a period of uncertainty and a loss of confidence and … October last year, which brought…
Political Overview by the Gauteng ANC Chairperson, Paul Mashatile, at the Provincial General Council, 8 June 2012, St George`s Hotel, Tshwane
… celebrations, last week we received the Centenary flame from the Province of the Eastern Cape. This marked the … included zones and branches reflecting on…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of … were handed a cable which the Arab League had received from Johannesburg. This cable is purported…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, 12th June 2007
… will assume particular significance because three months from today will be the 30th anniversary of the death of one … denying our country the possibility…
Say It out Loud - The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1910 … have not been restricted to the Cape, but delegates from the various Colonies have joined in…
Press statement by Oliver Tambo in Moscow, 06 November 1986
… of the CPSU, Comrade Mikhail Gorbachev. We emerged from this meeting greatly strengthened by the knowledge that … Africa. We draw immense satisfaction and…
Address by President Jacob Zuma during the commissioning of the OR Tambo school of Leadership, 26 March 2010, Kaweweta, Uganda
… and believed that every corner of Africa should be free from oppression. As my predecessor, former President Mbeki, … of all MK camps. MK soldiers received…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at lunch hosted by the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, 13 July 1987, Caracas
… country, entrenching the exclusion of the African people from the South African polity and retaining white domination … Last May, Botha called a new "whites…
Address by President of the Republic Commander-in-Chief of SANDF and Patron-in-Chief of Military Veterans at the funeral of Major General (retired) Mongameli Johnson Tshali (aka Lennox Lagu), Thaba Tshwane, 17 September 2011
… well in these military operations. He was later withdrawn from Angola and reassigned other missions in the … On threats and demand of the then regime, he was…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… father and mother, mentors and role models. We have come from all over the country to bid farewell to a fighter and … beloved leader Chief Albert Luthuli…
PlaceSouth Africa
… This statistic shows the total population of South Africa from 2011 to 2021 by gender. In 2021, South Africa's female … August 2023). An interesting…
PlaceNorthern Cape
… examples of San Rock Art . When you are traveling North from South Africa and crossing a Namibia Border Post, it … were discovered at Hopetown and then at…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE Pretoria, 4 December 1997
… Agreements. Leaders of vision, who saw problems not merely from the point of view of their own narrow constituency, had … of land can only fan the flames of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… Elizabeth's confidence in the future;a confidence issuing from present attempts to make that future truly better for … to do with expecting a sycophantic and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… Elizabeth's confidence in the future;a confidence issuing from present attempts to make that future truly better for … to do with expecting a sycophantic and…
Biko’s legacy lives on in our nation’s history and culture by Nkosinathi Biko, 12 September 2012, South Africa
… have contributed to shifting the focus, befittingly, from the circumstances surrounding Biko’s death, to the … and citizens about their rights and…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the XIV Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, Havana, Cuba 14 September 2006
… as a member of the Troika, we reflect on a full circle from Cartagena to Durban and Kuala Lumpur and back again to … Movement, remaining loyal to the causes…
May Day
… movement celebrations conducted on 1 May. May Day was born from the industrial struggle for an eight-hour day. Origins … strike, led by Irish coal heavers…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… movement celebrations conducted on 1 May. May Day was born from the industrial struggle for an eight-hour day. Origins … strike, led by Irish coal heavers…