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EventChris Ntuli is stabbed to death
… believed to be a political murder, happened on his return from reporting to Inanda police station in compliance with …
EventP.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues
… Mackenzie. An incident in which a Black pupil was banned from competing in an athletics competition at Menlo Park High …
EventTshwane Metro’s 5th anniversary celebrations held at Church Square
… square. The incident was marred by some unruly behaviour from the crowd, and people criticised the celebrations saying … looklocal, On this day January 21: ,…
EventDefence Minister disputes HIV statistics in SANDF
… was about 22% or 23%. Lekota was responding to a question from Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentary member Mohammed … Meyer Jani (2004), ' SANDF unveils…
EventThe TRC report points out culprits
… Commission (TRC) report, which accused prominent leaders from across the political spectrum of human rights … News , 1988: Apartheid report accuses SA…
EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
… was inaugurated eight years later. The Union was made from four colonies: Cape Colony , Natal, Orange River Colony … Evans, A.B., Union of South Africa ,…
EventAllison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion is born
… Workers Union (ICU) when it relocated its headquarters from Cape Town to Johannesburg. During the term of office of …
PlaceCofimvaba, Eastern Cape
… to a more accessible location. It derives its name from the Xhosa words "cofa", meaning to froth, and "mvaba", a …
EventPaul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid
… proceeded to negotiate complete independence for the ZAR from Britain in 1884, at the London Convention. …
Constitution Hill - Free tours for pensioners during October and November
… historical journey of South Africa’s remarkable transition from Apartheid to what is our Democracy today. …
EventFormer Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.
… for their efforts in achieving a peaceful transformation from an apartheid regime to democracy. … BBC News, Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk , from BBC News …
Briefing by Mr D Simpson, Head of the State D
… Minutes from a meeting between South African representatives and Mr …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke
… Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary Chapter III - …
EventSouth Africa Grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu homelands
… to the creation of these Bantustans and also refrained from crediting them as legitimate. … World Statesmen.org, Former Black Homelands (Bantustans) , from…
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…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… movement celebrations conducted on 1 May. May Day was born from the international industrial struggle for an eight-hour … strike, led by Irish coal heavers…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and … virtually halted the flow of imported manufactured goods from the United Kingdom and Europe…