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Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
Programme Director; Members of the families of Bopape, Dlephu and Motloung; Members of the PEC and REC; The Executive Mayor and Councillors; The…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
President of COSATU, comrade Sdumo Dlamini, ANC chairperson, Comrade Marius Fransman, General Secretary of the SACP, Comrade Blade Nzimande, Leadership of…
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
The Reverend Michael Scott was born on 30 July 1907 at Lowfield Heath Sussex, the youngest of three brothers. In 1911 his father, an Anglican priest, was…
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
Honourable Speaker, First Minister, Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am greatly honoured that you have given us the opportunity to…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984Chapter 5 - The Freedom CharterThe Freedom Charter, a programme which still embraces many of the…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
"Johannesburg, renowned for its thunderstorms and is ironically the Economic powerhouse of Africa!"'Joburg' as it is called by locals, was founded in the…
African and Indian in Durban by Fatima Meer
The following article was written just before the Emergency, having been commissioned by the Editor to commemorate one hundred years of Indian settlement in…
Chapter 14
New efforts at disruption The farcical elections were over. Most of the old M.R.C.s had been returned to the dummy council, but were more than ever in a state…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
European ‘Discovery’ of the Americas Where and what is America? 'America' has more than one meaning. It is usually taken to mean the United States of America…
‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
‘”¦ when historians assess the democratic credentials of Thabo Mbeki’s government in future, it is likely that their most critical attentions will focus on its…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
Achari, Achary, Archary - Sometimes the last name of a person. Caste of the craftsman -architects, goldsmiths. Also associated with Brahmin class. www.boards…
Doing Oral History
Edited by Dr Johan Wassermann (2002) This publication is a product of an Oral History workshop organised by the Department of Education and the facilitator…
PlaceBorder Cave or Sibudu Cave, Found in Cliff Between KZN and Swaziland
The World's oldest known mattress has been unearthed in South Africa, in a Cave in KZN! Made of plant material and dated up to 77,000 years ago—50,000 years…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
In an interview with the New Nation, Felix Ndimene alleged that the Selous Scouts of Pietersburg and Five Reconnaissance Regiment (5RR), part of the SA Special…
EventArmistice day 11th Nov 1918
At 11am on the 11th November 1918 a truce came into effect between Germany and the Entente forces. This was supposed to be the war that 'ends all wars'. Yet by…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
1940 Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins the African National Congress. The population…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
One pound a day for the factory worker who today cannot buy what he makes. One pound a day for the miner who earns his phthisis and goes home broken and to die…
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
Comrades, the ANC has held many national conferences in its history. One of these was the 1949 Conference, which was held here in Bloemfontein. That …
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
There was no single moment when I began to sense the long shadow that Cecil John Rhodes has cast over my life, or over the university where I am a professor,…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Documenting Ordinary Scenes Of South Africa Then and Now by Michael Kimmelman (The New York Times), 24 August 2001
David Goldblatt's photographs have borne witness since the late 1940's to life in his native South Africa. More than 150 of his pictures are in a retrospective…
Postscript
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph ... Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference…
Mission Stations - T-Z
Mission Stations - T TABA MOSEGU, Transvaal: Bn 1880 TABASE, Umtata, Cape: Mor 1873; MorG 1914 TABLE MOUNTAIN, Pietermaritzburg, Natal: ABCFM c1851 …
PlaceThe Space
In 1970 Brian Astbury, a Professional Photographer, was hired to take rehearsal photos of Athol Fugard, Yvonne Bryceland, Val Donal and Wilson Dunster who were…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
Early Humans: Considerable evidence indicates that about 600,000 years ago, humans inhabited what has since become the desolate Sahara of northern Niger. Long…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
This Saturday, former District Six residents and their descendants will campaign for the area to become a National Heritage site. District Six was declared a…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
A press release from the Poetry Africa festival, which ended in Durban last night, touted the presence of Mafika Gwala as the “exciting re-emergence of the…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
It is with deep sadness and regret that the African National Congress has learnt of the death today (12 September 2004) of Ray Alexander Simons, a champion of…
ArchiveAcknowledgements by Howard Barrell
First thanks to Ronnie Kasrils - King Kong, friend, commander and the greatest hairy one of them all - who planted the seed for this study, cleared the way for…
PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
The estate of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the end of the century. Its…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
This Building has since been given over to the National Cultural History Museum. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 September…