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EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… Plymouth, England and Newport, Rhode Island. While South Africa celebrated Dalling's success, Admiral H.H. Biermann made the first recorded suggestion of…
BiographyMizream Maseko
Mizream Maseko (also documented as Mizraim, Mizriam, Mizram) was born on 10 June 1927. Maseko began his career as a house painter after completing his studies…
BiographyGoolam H. Gool
Goolam H. Gool was born on 24 March 1905, in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was the son of Yusuf Gool, born in India, in 1864. He made his way to Cape Town in…
BiographyJoseph 'Headman' Shabalala
Joseph Bhekizizwe Shabalala was born on 28 August in 1941 and town of Ladysmith (eMnambithi district) in the Kwazulu-natal region was a member of the…
BiographyGeorge Matthias Winkles
George Matthias Winkles was born in Birmingham, England, 1859. Winkles came to SA in 1889 to help a widowed sister stranded on the Kimberley diggings. He never…
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Asvat
Ebrahim Ismail Asvat (Aswat) was born in Surat, India. He was a committed passive resister from Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was a Member of the…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… the resurgence of resistance politics in Namibia and South Africa by Heike Becker The Lessons of the Transition Era, … by Monique Marks An evolution of…
”Apartheid Over Our Dead Bodies:” Speech, July 1948
… outside world. We did not know what was happening in South Africa. We only knew of the food we got, the work we had to … events and make a study of what has…
ADDRESS AT A DINNER HOSTED BY THE FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE (FICCI), CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRIES (CII), AND JOINT BUSINESS COUNCILS (JBC) Delhi, 26 January 1995
… a period of preparation and planning. The people of South Africa understand that lasting changes and services of good … is much that favours co-operation…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… DEFIANCE CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AFRICA, RECALLED By E.S Reddy The "Campaign of Defiance … launched jointly by the African National Congress of South Africa and…
Message to the Rally to Relaunch the ANC Women's League by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 9 August 1990
… because of the courage with which the women of South Africa responded so magnificently to the calls made by the … for the organisation itself; for all the…
PlaceBotshabelo
… the most important station of the Berlin Society in South Africa. Here were established a school, seminary, workshops, … converts in the region. The Berlin…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… non-violent resistance to racial discrimination in South Africa. Though the apartheid government restricted his … of a bomb threat. The last president of…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda Kigali 19 October 2000
… of Rwanda, We bring the greetings of the people of South Africa. The people of South Africa feel very close to Rwanda. We feel that the pain that ……
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation Kigali, Rwanda, 18 October 2000
… of Rwanda; We bring the greetings of the people of South Africa. The people of South Africa feel very close to Rwanda. We feel that the pain that ……
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… national liberation struggles were fought to achieve an Africa in which people were free from colonialism, racism, … unity and a spiritual, humane, caring…
EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
… in Pelindaba, near Pretoria, went critical and South Africa entered the nuclear age. The US firm Allis Chalmers Corporation had supplied South Africa with…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
… diplomatic, economic and military relations with South Africa, this august body honoured certain personalities for … welcomed by the oppressed and struggling…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Introduction
… is often viewed as an overwhelming force that devastated Africa. However, it is equally important to highlight the … show that its power was contested and…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… A Salute by the South African Communist Party to South Africa's Black Mine Workers Published by the South African … miners for digging gold and coal from the…
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… people, as they were the largest ethnic groups in South Africa. The National party leader, Roelf Meyer, called the … similar activities in Namibia to…
PlaceWorkers’ Museum, Johannesburg
… Labour Hostel Compound and documents the History of South Africa’s Migrant Workforce, from the first arrivals to … Workers who were recruited from throughout…
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… During the 1980's P. W. Botha, the President of South Africa and leader of the National Party, launched his "Total … was severe economic destabilisation of…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
… to the apartheid system and stand for a democratic South Africa, should unite in action and act in unity, thereby to … out confidence that they, the army of…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… general help cement her reputation as a supporter of South Africa's Apartheid regime. Throughout the summit Thatcher … tightening, and intensifying sanctions…
AAM and UN: partners in the international campaign against apartheid
… coalition played a crucial role in the liberation of South Africa from apartheid. Recognition of this fact in no way … 1959, which launched the international…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
… Mr. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Britain turned to Africa, including the Union, "to see." But, in the end, he … of the aspirations of the oppressed…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… from the UP by the split decision in 1939 to take South Africa into the war, and by the disruption of the war effort. … the 1948 victory at the polls Malan…
EventNatoo Babenia is born
… first in India, resisting British rule and later in South Africa against the Apartheid government, was born at Coedmore Road, Bellair, Durban. In South…
”Joint Declaration of Cooperation.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma of the ANC, Dr. G. M. Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress, and Dr. Y. M. Dadoo of the Transvaal Indian Congress, March 9, 1947
… and for the building of a united, greater and free South Africa, full franchise rights must be extended to all … to all democratic and freedom loving…