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EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… The South African government presented a promotion of Constitutional … 1989, de Klerk met with the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC),…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… current state of affairs in South Africa? TAMBO: The South African regime has become very desperate. They have lost a … spite of their efforts, in spite of…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at dinner hosted in his honour by the Minister of External Affairs of India, Mr. P.V. Narasimha, 21 January 1983, Rao, New Delhi
… Movements, Ladies and Gentleman, Comrades and Friends, The African National Congress is one of those forces in the world … for the cause of the people of…
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… leabua Jonathan Chief Jonathan was one of the first Black African leaders to sup with Vorster, South Africa's then … from SA together with 4 magistrates and…
Land mine kills 6 in South Africa by Sheila Rule (New York Times), 16 December 1985
… JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 15 — The South African Army reported tonight that six people were killed and … After the initial land-mine explosions, the first in South…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… effort against Germany, Italy and, later, Japan. The South African Union Defence Forces were considerably larger than … been in World War I, comprising the…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South Africa, on the authority … of the National Action Council set up by…
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
… the first of its type to present the entire history of the African continent. The collection sheds light on the … is published in eight volumes: Volume I -…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… has not only endorsed the brutal policies of the South African Government but has also given the rulers of South … drawers of water" in the land of their…
EventOAU Council of Ministers decide to reject dialogue with South Africa
… On 20 June 1971, at the meetings of Organization of African Unity's (OAU) Council of Ministers, dialogue with … apartheid regime of South Africa was…
EventDennis Brutus is born
… Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to South African parents. His parents moved back to South Africa and … and the University of Fort Hare. Brutus, who…
Umberto Eco on the Merits of Studying History (and the Terrors of Losing It) by Charles Chu (The Polymath Project), 24 September 2017
… were tested by bludgeoning the victim to determine if any areas were still frozen. Variations of these tests in more …
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
… prestigious college that has trained many of our senior African military officers. Institutions such as yours play an … as envisaged in the founding…
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… black, green and gold colours of their organisation, the African National Congress, at grave risk to themselves - all … person has come to embody the…
Message by Oliver Tambo on South Africa`s year of the women, a call to the peoples of the world, 01 November 1983
… The African National Congress, the broad democratic movement and … historic achievements, such as the founding of the South African Women`s Federation on…
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… black, green and gold colours of their organisation, the African National Congress, at grave risk to themselves - all … person has come to embody the…
New Year Message to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 December, 1964
… firmness and determination in the handling of the South African question. We wish to express our deep appreciation of … proof of the suicidal intransigence…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 January 1982
… invasion of the Kingdom of Lesotho by the racist South African army on December 9th. The multiple murders of Lesotho nationals and South African refugees,…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Radio Freedom, 01 April 1981
… a lot of noise but I do not know if it is damaging to the African National Congress because it is noise about nothing. … to use in various ways. Some are…
Ubuntu Awards 2018
… across the continent. The Ubuntu Awards recognise South African citizens who embody principles of Integrity, Passion, … dignity and reconciliation. 5…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… was completed a few years after the end of the first South African War (Anglo-Boer War) and the restoration of the … lions. Since the outbreak of the second…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… On 11 January made a surprise appearance at the Pan-African Freedom Movement Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. … Nation), also known as MK, which was the…
EventUDF men takes refuge in the US consulate
… Senate was considering new sanctions against the South African government. As a result, the South African government was put under pressure to respond to the…
EventThe company, IBM, re-forms in South Africa
… name only. IBM calmly announced that it had sold its South African subsidiary to a new company established for the … also profit from interest on loans it…
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
… sources are unclear as to whether it was the South African or German colonial government that imposed this tax. … being forced into exile. When the colony…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… Africa in 1948, but colonialism and oppression of the African majority had plagued South Africa since 1652. After … Apartheid government was reached in 1988…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: his ‘obstinacy and stubbornness’ (Part 2) by Raymond Suttner, 11 June 2018
… leading the life of “an outlaw”, not seeing his family, or being able to bear himself as a conventional …
ArchiveThe voice of South Africas young generation:
… New African talks to Tebello Motapanyane, Secretary-General of the banned South African Students Movement. … New African …
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert: Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg
… this institute? and we called it Idasa, it had a sort of African ring to it. And we made it quite clear from the … the top security guys spread the rumour…
ArchiveHeroes of the people : viva ANC viva
… Black, yellow and green poster. Artwork of african people dancing. African shield on right hand side. …