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Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida, 29 March 1986, Maputo
… farewell to a warrior. We have converged from all corners of the globe to pay homage to a revolutionary. We have convened on this grieving piece of the earth…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 5th National Congress of COSATU 7 September 1994
… Gomomo, Comrade General-Secretary Sam Shilowa, Members of Central Executive Committee, Distinguished delegates, Dear … invitation to take part at this, the…
David Goldblatt: In the time of AIDS by Galeria Elba Benitez, 31 March 2009, Madrid
… galería elba benítez the artist presents his “In the time of AIDS” suite, which features medium sized colour photographs. The carefully chosen selection of…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… this year, took place against a favourable backdrop of positive developments towards independence for Namibia, and chances of a durable peace in the People's…
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… Torture has recently been often in the news because of the revelations of the use of torture by the United States in its so-called ‘war on … South Africa,…
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
… The visit of Nelson Mandela to India may be an appropriate occasion to recall a little known but significant aspect of relations between India and South…
Address to the Summit of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 21 March 2002
… Chairman, President Vicente Fox, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency, Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations,…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… appeal beyond the Indian setting and mark him as one of the outstanding individuals of the twentieth century. Yet the twenty-one years that … Gandhi spent in…
Say It out Loud - Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 1 Mr. Chairman and … we are performing tonight. We are driven…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Golden Doves of Peace Awards ceremony 7 June 1994
… (Madame/Master) of Ceremonies Members of the National Peace Secretariat Members of the Diplomatic Corps Distinguished guests For me … Address by President…
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… In 2001, the ANC National Working Committee (NWC), of which I was a member, issued the seminal document, “Through the eye of a needle? Choosing the best…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… law. The already so weak and feeble democratic structure of South Africa has received a further blow and our country's … threatened with cultural, moral and…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
… under people’s skins. See what is inside.” [1] -The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda Speaking at a book reading of her novel Far from my…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… convened to adopt important amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 1993. The fact that we have done so in the midst of the most…
The tragedy of history: When caricature displaces the truth by Thabo Mbeki, 11 January 2016
… Churchill actually said, speaking at the British House of Commons on 23 Jan 1948, was, “For my part, I consider that … be influenced by the political or…
Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the Monopolisation of Power by Thabo Mbeki, 25 January 2016
… The December 17, 2007 website of the UK newspaper, “The Guardian”, carried an article … Chris McGreal. Among others McGreal said that as President of the ANC…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… Ms Ruth Sando Perry, was unanimously elected at a meeting of West African heads of state to become the third chair of Liberia's ruling council. Perry,…
ArchiveRestoration of the Old Cape Archives by Michael Scurr (The Heritage Portal), 03 October 2016
… Scurr penned the following article on the restoration of the Old Cape Archives (today the Centre for the Book). It was published in Restorica, the journal of…
150th Anniversary; Anxieties of Commemoration - Towards a National Dialogue by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske
… During the latter half of 2010, a series of events commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the first Indian indentured laborers in Natal will take … 150th…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Royal Visit - 1947
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Royal Visit … Act A fairly large crowd assembled…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… and regret that the African National Congress has learnt of the death today (12 September 2004) of Ray Alexander Simons, a champion of the working class and…
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… compelled us to have conversations about the wellbeing of our country and continent. His illustrious career took … Africa and his perspective was shared in…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Pandit … Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, commenting on the…
Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
… Allison Drew Document 59 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936 141 … position than myself to inform you about…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
… for the tolerance that has come my way from members of the Koranna and Griqua community in Bloemfontein in whose … daughters, Camilla and Aurora. Apart from…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… Willem Botha was the prime minister and then president of South Africa from 1978 to 1989. He is commonly referred to as "Die Groot Krokodil" for his strong…
EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
… Most historians consider the first half of the 1960s as a period in which the Nationalist Party (NP) Government consolidated white rule in the face of…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF PIETERMARITZBURG Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997
… I feel deeply honoured to be awarded the Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg. For me personally this city has strong … in building democracy, peace and…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… The Naledi High School branch of the South African Students Movement (SASM) held a meeting, which was attended by representatives of all Soweto high schools,…
Statement of the NWC on the organisation`s readiness for the upcoming election, 10 May 2011
… The National Working Committee of the African National Congress held its regular meeting on … other things, receive updates on the organisations state of…