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Black ViewPoint - Black Development by Njabulo Ndebele
From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa Njabulo Ndebele is a final year B.A. student at the University of Lesotho, Botswana and…
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
The President of the NUM, Comrade Senzeni Zokwana, The General Secretary of the NUM, Gwede Mantashe, The President of COSATU, Comrade Willie Madisha, The…
EventAndre Botha, South Africa’s bodyboarding champion saves a life
Andre Botha won the Global Organisation of Bodyboarders World Tour Title in 1998, and in the next year the World Bodyboarding Championships at Banzai Pipeline…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
On behalf of the National Executive Committee, the entire membership of the African National Congress, its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe and indeed on my own…
Funeral of Sean MacBride: Oliver Tambo, 05 May 1988
Our Banners Dipped As a young man, Sean MacBride, an Irishman, spent time in prison for his part in the struggle for independence of his own people. From 1973…
PlaceSeychelles
Seychelles is a comparatively young Nation which can trace its first Settlement back to 1770. It is made up of 115 small Islands. They were first settled on by…
PlaceLusikisiki near Port St. John's
Lying on Route 61, just inland from the beautiful coastal villages of Port St Johns and Mbotyi, Lusikisiki is wild. The countryside is rugged, remote and…
EventJuan de Jongh, the South African rugby player is born
Juan Leon de Jongh was born in Paarl, Western Cape on 15 April 1988.[i] Juan is a professional South African rugby player.[ii] His position of choice in …
PlaceLeeuwenhof, Official Residence of the Premier of Cape Town
Proclaimed as a National Monument in 1966. Leeuwenhof, the official residence of the Premier of the Cape Province, stands on the slope of Table Mountain. It is…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
The Museum of Military History offers adults a fascinating look at all forms of war vehicles and weapons. And it will captivate children with the visual…
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
“no Room For Racialism At Natal University”: Statement, June 195651 [The most unscientific and blatantly racialistic statement made by Dr Malherbe, Principal…
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R…
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
The Natal Indian Organisation (NIO) was founded on May 4 1947 by A. I. Kajee and others who had left the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). The NIC had grown more…
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
On the morning of 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake deformed the…
EventWorld Teachers Day - “Build the future: invest in teachers now!”
The UNESCO World Teachers' Day 2009 was inaugurated by UNESCO and Education International at the International Conference on Education in Geneva in 1994, with…
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
The Union Buildings are considered South Africa's Architectural Masterpiece! Designed and built by Herbert Baker and completed in 1913, the Union Buildings…
The international situation
Typescript of speech prepared by I B Tabata and Jane Gool and delivered by Jane Gool at the conference of the All-African Convention in 1959, while Tabata was…
ArchiveMonth of Compassion 1987
Black background. Title in black letters. Black and white photograph of two men building a shack. Words "I was homeless - but not helpless". Request for…
ANC Negotiations Bulletin
ANC Negotiations Bulletin, No.4, November 1991. Covers period of negotiations. Explanation of why the preparatory meeting for the All-Party Congress was not…
EventMilitary Coup in Ghana
A military coup, led by General Joseph Ankrah, seized power in Ghana. They staged the coup while President Kwame Nkrumah was out of the country en route to…
ArchiveImmorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950
The Act was to amend the Immorality Act, 1927, so as to prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and non-Europeans, and to provide for matters…
ArchiveNAAWU honours leader
Brother Arthur van Wyk, who recently retired from General Motors after 25 years service, was presented with an honorarium at a meeting of NAAWU's National…
ArchiveNational Forum
The National Forum was formed in June 1983 from organizations to the left of the ANC. They comprised Azapo, Azasm, Soya, Action Youth, Cape Action League and…
ArchiveStatement by Mass Democratic Movement on Winnie Mandela
Statement made by the Mass Democratic Movement on Winnie Mandela at the press conference which was called after the culminating of community meetings in Soweto…
PlaceWelgelegen Ilanga Colliery, Mpumalanga
iLanga Coal Mines (Pty) Ltd. owns and operates Coal Mines in the Ermelo and Witbank Coalfields. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Middelburg,…
ArchiveNever again! : Fight back!
Offset litho; black and pink; Never again! : Fight back! : The pink triangle was used to identify the thousands of gay people who died in concentration camps…
ArchiveAzanian Youth Organisation
Profile and description of Azanian Youth Organisation. Azanian Youth Organisation was relaunched in 1987 as an umbrella structure for youth aligned to the…
Bay View House, 132 St Georges Street, Simonstown
The double-storeyed building dates from 1803 and retains a number of fine Georgian and Victorian features. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC…
EventCyprian Mpho Shilakoe, SA artist, is born
Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe, South African artist who studied under Azaria Mbatha at Rorke's Drift. Shilakoe was known for his wooden sculptures and etchings. He…
ArchiveProhibition of Political Interference Act, Act No 51 of 1968
The Act was to prohibit intereference by one population group in the politics of any other population group and the receipt by political parties of financial…