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Commemorative Walk
… We are organising a symbolic train trip from Durban Central railway station to Charlestown on the 30 …
EventSouth Africa and the United Kingdom embroiled in a diplomatic crisis
… crisis because of tension over six dissidents hiding from police in the British Consulate in Durban. The South … O’Malley, P. ‘1984’ , from Nelson Mandela…
EventSouth African athlete and Africa high-jump record holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston, Transvaal
… of 13 when she was discovered by her coach Martin Marx. From 1995 Cloete enjoyed success in athletics; taking gold …
EventKenyan Politician, Tom Mboya dies
… on 5 July 1969 in Nairobi CBD as he was coming from the pharmacy. Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge was … Boddy-Evans A. Thomas Joseph Mboya from About African…
EventPaul Kibii Tergat Kenyan professional long distance runner is born
… straight IAAF World Cross Country Championships titles, from 1995 to 1999. He came second in the 1996 Atlanta and …
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… held the largely ceremonial post of president of Zimbabwe from 1980, when the country gained independence, until Prime … Boddy-Evans, A., ‘This Day in…
Claremont Histories
… forced removals, and share their memories and stories from a lost community. Celebrate history with Claremont …
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… Prime Minister K.D. Matanzima announced his retirement from active politics, but would accept nomination as … O’Malley P. ‘1978’ from Nelson Mandela Centre…
EventLady Mary Bailey, the first pilot to complete the London to Cape flight and back solo, dies in Cape Town
… African mining magnate, was the first person to fly solo from London to Cape Town and back. She was already the mother …
EventEritrea becomes a member of the United Nations.
… Several attempts were made by Eritrea to gain recognition from the United Nations (UN). Habte Selassie who represented …
Contact
… the period January 1954 to December 1957. With effect from January 1958, publication began in Cape Town, on a …
EventA fire breaks out on Table Mountain after a British tourist allegedly tossed a lit cigarette out of a car window
… tourist threw the cigarette butt that started the fire from a car window. A woman walking with her daughter died … C., (2006), ‘ Briton in court over Table…
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… wanted to explore the continent of Africa. He travelled from the Cape of Good Hope to the Transvaal and south of the … v. 9, p. 579|Britannica, Frederick…
EventSaxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town
… the Bobby Hendricks Sound. Hendricks died in Cape Town from kidney failure on 7 March 1999. Though he never achieved … Overberg, Bobby Hendricks , from…
Archive2009 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 3 June 2009 (After National Elections)
… that: “For as long as there are South Africans who die from preventable disease; For as long as there are workers … as there are rural dwellers unable to…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 4 - Participatory Democracy
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner A … tried non-capitalist ways of life, even if all we learn from them is what not to do. We can…
Reciprocal Bases of National Culture and the Fight for Freedom by Frantz Fanon, 1959
… maintain intact traditions which are completely different from those of the colonial situation, and the artisan style … for example, there is relative over…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 19 February 2015
… leaders,All our special guests including 45 interns from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and … twenty one years since we started the radical…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 88th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2000
… inevitable that we should treat this year, two years away from the 90th Anniversary of the ANC, as a special year. We … 21st Century an African Century. We…
VIII - The Pathologists
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, … necros. Loubser Agreed. The contusions [bruises] came from a 'median origin'. Kentridge The…
Alfred Nzo Lecture in memory of Comrade Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo delivered on 28 June 2014 by Dr Zwelini Mkhize Treasurer General of the ANC in Mount Ayliff ; Alfred Nzo District in Eastern Cape Province
… and further specialist training in Wits after returning from exile. Comrade Nzo was awarded The Order of the Luthuli … Alexandra bus boycotts in which people…
Address by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at Freedom Charter Forum, 29 September 2015, Pietermaritzburg City Hall
… non-sexist, democratic society. Comrades and compatriots, From its formation, the African National Congress has … of the Congress Alliance in March 1954 was…
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … assigned, but one cause is that industries have been moved from the home countries to colonial…
Report of the National Executive Committee of the PAC, Submitted to the Annual Conference, December 19-20, 1959
… held at the Communal Hall, Orlando, Johannesburg, from the 4th to the 6th of April, 1959. Ever since then your … the National Working Committee has suspended…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … beyond lip sympathy, it was unable to get anything more from His Lordship. He strongly advised the…
Archive1996 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 1996
… of last year. To the millions of children who benefit from the school nutrition scheme, free medical care and free … and the families who, for the first time…
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
… internationally. The exhibition, which takes place from 23 May 2017 - 16 June 2017 at the Michaelis Galleries, …
Message by Albert Luthuli to Asian-African Conference, 7 April 1955, Bandung
… sanity to this mad world of ours which is suffering from a paralysing sickness engendered by fear and jealousy …
Statement on the release of the NDC decision, 29 February 2012
… Disciplinary Committee of Appeals. Having heard arguments from both parties involved on the matter, the NDC has applied …
EventA 19 year old Mzwandile Kekana is testifying at the trial of 14 Cookhouse people charged with murdering a teacher.
… but he saw injuries on his head. They were distracted from killing Mr Kekana, who was able to escape. …