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Statement by Oliver Tambo on ANC`s seventieth anniversary: Appeal to the world, 02 December 1981
… 1912, representatives of the African peoples of southern Africa assembled at Bloemfontein. From all parts of South Africa, from the Rhodesias, Basutoland,…
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… On 20 October, 1820, South Africa’s first permanent modern observatory was erected at …
BiographyKagiso Patrick Mautloa
Kagiso Patrick (called Pat) Mautloa was born 24 September 1952 in Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal. Mautloa's family moved to Soweto in 1954. He attended…
BiographySimon Moroke Lekgetho
Simon Moroke Lekgetho was born in Schoemansville near Hartebeespoort Dam in 1929. He was self-taught, despite lessons in drawing taught at the occupational…
BiographyBarend Jacobus Du Plessis
Barend Jacobus du Plessis was born on 19 January 1940 in Johannesburg to Martie and Jan Hendrik du Plessis. He was the eldest of three children and grew up in…
Sizakele Sigxashe
Sizakele Sigxashe was born on 21 June 1937. Sigxashe joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959 and became involved in its anti apartheid activities…
BiographyChris van Wyk
… Between South African and Other African Writers, from Africa Book Club , 1 August. Available at …
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
… This clear mandate is a full endorsement by white South Africa of the Nationalist Party policy of baaskap apartheid. … country. Unfortunately, the large…
"United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid": Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. T. Tambo, New York, 29 October, 1963
… and this Committee for this opportunity. In South Africa, since the earliest days of white rule, our people … august audience is not one of a group of…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… Namibia or South West Africa, as it was called while it was a German territory was … General Smuts argued for the incorporation of South West Africa into…
Need for New Level of International Action against Apartheid. Statement at the special session of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, June 18, 1968
… devotion to the cause of freedom for the people of South Africa. Your own inspired and capable leadership of this … wing of the liberation struggle of the…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… black professional musicianship. Black musicians in South Africa were able to hear the music of Duke Ellington, Count … it, but some dance bands played it;…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
… Ceremonies; Guests of Honour; Ladies and gentlemen. South Africa had dared to expect much of the African Cup of … display of sporting skill by leading…
Address at the High-Level Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Nepad, New York, September 16, 2002
… of the Implementation Committee of the New Partnership for Africa's Development, President Olusegun Obasanjo, in … Heads of State and Government that the New…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As the years … that, until the 1960s, it maintained its…
Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012
… the attention of the world that not only does God love Africa, but that Africa’s time to assert herself had come. On January 8, 1912, … the 20th century. In…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Diplomatic Correspondent of Morning Star, 23 November 1967, London
… South Africa - The principal target Mr. Tambo explained that the … that some of the guerrillas were making for South Africa, the rest were aimed at Rhodesia…
Address to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 19 July 1985
… its militants and combatants inside and outside South Africa, on behalf of the oppressed millions of our country, … an end. It is a matter of honour to the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
… Nations General Assembly, by 106 votes to one (South Africa only voted against) requested the South African … and reason have indeed departed from apartheid…
Prisoners of Apartheid - Statement at a Press Conference in Addis Ababa by O. R. Tambo, 11 July 1973
… Nations General Assembly, by 106 votes to one (South Africa only voted against) requested the South African … and reason have indeed departed from apartheid…
Comments and Observations on Proposals for a United Nations Security Council Resolution on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, 1963
… apartheid in the light of the current situation in South Africa. (3) The Security Council meeting is being convened … 11th, which called for the abandonment…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… African Air Force during World War Two. He served in North Africa and Italy and on being demobilised, was given a small … because it seemed to me obvious…
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… The government of South Africa disputed compensation claims from the government of … Chiepe. The government of Botswana demanded that the South Africa…
BiographyDarius Segatle
Darius Segatle was the principal of a school in Rooijantjiesfontein, Lichtenburg [Northern Transvaal, now North West Province] until the end of 1960, when he…
SAAAH: “Reception / Perception”
… being a field still strongly underdeveloped in South Africa and particularly Africa. Papers could also explore a changing perception of … particular artists,…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… dream for her to become an educated Black woman in South Africa. Her journey led her to become a founding member of … was born on 4 July 1952, in the fourth…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… The increasing social unrest in South Africa that swept through the country in the 1980s, and the … Party. Western countries with business interests in South…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… thecondition of the people of Indian origin in South Africa and theimpact of the policies of apartheid on them. We … in ourcountry and to establish a free…
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… Provincial governments South Africa's government is divided into a legislative body …
Lerato Maduna
… Award nomination 2007-student category- exhibition- Museum Africa. Production collaboration on a project called Locating …