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EventJody Scheckter
… in East London, Eastern Cape .[i] Scheckter became South Africa’s first and thus far only Formula One World Driver’s …
FW de Klerk’s speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990
… who identify yourselves with the broad aim of a new South Africa, and that is the overwhelming majority: Let us put … politics have created new opportunities…
EventSnaar Viljoen, the great all-rounder is born
… Cape on 11 January 1904.[i] Snaar was one of South Africa’s greatest all-rounders.[ii] AnchorHe alsocompeted in …
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… the most poignant accounts of the township's and South Africa's history in the last sixty years. Many of them were … texture of Sophiatown and life in early…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - List of Abbreviations
… IDASA Institute for a Democratic Alternative in South Africa IMD International Institute for Development Management … and Development Programme RSA Republic…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
… Kriel earned herself a gold medal at the All Africa Games in the 100 metre backstroke in 1995.[iii] … Games held in Canada, and once again, captained South…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
… life, the film drives with him in camper van across South Africa in search of images, and explores his studio where he … work doesn’t question the system of…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at funeral in Maseru, 05 December 1982
… of this Kingdom and the children of the mothers of South Africa. They have fallen to the bullets of a common enemy of the people of this land, the people of…
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… On March 9, 1980, the racist Prime Minister of South Africa, P.W. Botha, surprised the world with the announcement … our country to "deliberate about matters…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… the remaining 1 500 South African troops in South West Africa (Namibia) had been withdrawn during November. While … in 1988, a turning point in the history…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… Nazi doctrine." "What the future is going to be in South Africa I cannot say," he added, "but I can say with the … consequences of opposing this policy, not…
BiographyPepsi Mahlangu
Pepsi Mahlangu was the chairperson of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) in KwaThema, Springs. A member of the African National Congress (ANC) and…
Dave Robertson
… photographs depicting marginalized lifestyles in South Africa, which were exhibited at galleries in Germany, the … my work has been exhibited by several…
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… South Africa reacted with shock at the passing away of veteran … In 1932 Bernstein and her mother immigrated to South Africa from England. She worked in the…
Address on Receiving the Freedom of the City of Kingston Jamaica, 30 June 2003
… with all the glory that goes with their city. In South Africa we have a saying which reads: 'you are because I am, … strength of the spirit to be free. Your…
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… From: South Africa Freedom News, Dar es Salaam The University of Algiers … Chief A.J. Luthuli, President-General of the ANC of South Africa. The people of…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… fortunate to have known albeit briefly. We met in South Africa at an international conference on Palestine in 2006, … century. In 1976 ELMESSIRI wrote …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… are now witnessing the first glow of a new dawn in South Africa and a decisive turning point in her history. Our … for democracy for all, for a great united…
Address at the 8th Asean Summit, 5 November 2002
… strengthen the relations between our two regions of Africa and South East Asia. As the Current Chairperson of the … African Union as well as best wishes from…
Free Nelson Mandela - Margaret Thatcher
… to give you a fuller account of the discussion of South Africa at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting … extensive trade and economic…
ADDRESS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 24TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CARICOM CONFERENCE, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 2 July 2003
… of the African Union and your brothers and sisters in Africa, I would like to thank you most sincerely for the … and best wishes of the government and people…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… to change significantly in the Western part of Southern Africa. Herders, also known as the Khoikhoi, arrived, … shows three possible routes the Khoikhoi took…
PlaceDelmas
… and situated east of Johannesburg in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The town originated out of a farm called Witklip or … SEPHAKU CEMENT DELMAS PLANT: BUILDING…
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 493. Potgieter, … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
BiographyPercy Ndithembile Konqobe
Percy Ndithembile Konqobe was born in 1939 in Nigel, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He completed school through standard six (now Grade Eight)…
BiographyMonty Johannes Motloung
Motloung started his primary schooling at Mmuso Lower Primary School in 1965. Ten years later, in 1975, Motloung went to pursue his secondary education at…
BiographyMatsobane Morris Matsemela
… for the ideals of a free, just and democratic South Africa was awarded the Order of Luthuli in Silver. …
BiographyProfessor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel
… on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa, ZED Books, pp. 277-286|Gruchy, John W. de, (2002), … (SCM Press: London), pp. 14-15 & 43.|…
Siva Pillay
Siva Pillay was a B.Sc. student at university in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), when he joined uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the African National Congress’s…
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… social forces striving to give birth to a democratic South Africa, clashed head-on with the joint forces of reaction … which reverberated through the length…