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EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… been influential in the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and had been vocal in his condemnation of …
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit Cape Town, 9 June 1994
… Economic Forum for this timely August summit of Southern African leaders and world business. It is particularly … in their interest too. This challenge is as…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… in internal affairs, which allowed the South African government to deflect early attempts by India, … first time, held informal discussions with the then…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… international Guests especially the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr Jean Ping; Former political … and veterans; Members of the diplomatic…
EventCI and SACC offices are raided
… the offices of the Christian Institute (CI) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC), two religious formations … to investigate the CI, the National…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… Matomela as ‘a woman who gave out warmth and life like the African sun, full of lively energy and songs and cheerfulness … the Women’s Rights causes, taking…
English Settlement in South Africa
… and the British in what became known as the South African war. At the end of the war in 1902, all four colonies …
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… Natal Indian Congresses to Lusaka, to meet with the banned African National Congress. Comrade Cas was instrumental in …
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… two decades. Kenyon’s cartoons appeared in a book of South African cartoonists. He was honoured with posthumous …
PlaceThe Space
… “ESAT Bibliography”, The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance, 25 January 2017, http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=South…
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… I want to address my message to all sections of the South African population - both Black and White. I want to address … of the people that can stop this…
Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… as the operative principle of government, in the South African context, effectively invests the privileged minority … schools, separate group areas and the…
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
… as the operative principle of government, in the South African context, effectively invests the privileged minority … schools, separate group areas and the…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… the destitute. The person behind the challenge was Durban African National Congress councillor Trevor Bonhomme. The … government election manifesto by the…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
… era poet.” “Crap,” says the published South African poet, essayist, writer of short stories and … that might put him in the forefront of the present South…
ArchiveAcknowledgements by Howard Barrell
… to an end. Terence Ranger provided a valuable focus for African studies at Oxford University. Without Jeremy … war we are; ... - W H Auden From: Conscripts…
Place(The) Gambia
… Gambia is a Western African country, situated on the Atlantic coast and is … of the world. Over the years, conflict in other western African countries led to…
PlaceNorth West
… Platinum Province. North West Province is an inland South African Province that borders Botswana. Capital : Mafikeng … ranging from 16 – 38 degrees C. The…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Banquet help in honour of President Bakili Muluzi of Malawi Cape Town, 2 June 1998
… democracy are permanent features of the entire Southern African region. We are heartened by the growing co-operation … between us in technical matters and…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE NATIONAL MEN’S MARCH Pretoria, 22 November 1997
… on this historic day. I feel honoured to join with South African men in giving this bold message to our fellow men, … the time will soon come when no single…
Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois”, Internal Bulletin of the International Communist League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935
… League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935 The efforts of our South African comrades do not sufficiently stress the essential … abstract propaganda, summed up in the…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… During the South African War the British military authorities imported a large … traditional bars). In addition you will be treated to African music, dances…
The Democratic Party (DP)
… opponent of racial discrimination in the whole South African Parliament. She fought against detention without … Federal Party. During 1987 Denis Worrall…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
… the value of socialism as expressed in the precolonial African communal tradition. It was Lembede, together with A. … earnest commitment to enhancing and…
PlaceCape St Francis, Eastern Cape Peninsula
… and cartographer commissioned to chart the southern African coastline and record safe anchorages, surveyed the … tower is the tallest masonry lighthouse on…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… own community, and forgetting that it was among the South African Indians that Mahatma Gandhi first learned how to … defended the dignity of the Indian…
EventArmistice day 11th Nov 1918
… the direct and open conflict with a rival colonial power. African soldiers and support staff from South Africa received … SA casualties in World War 2. This…
PlaceMthatha Airport, Eastern Cape
… Eastern Cape Province. It is the Hometown of many great African leaders, including Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu! … in the Eastern Cape. Mthatha Airport…
EventPresident Jacob Zuma steps down as President of South Africa
… years of scandals and internal disputes. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) formally asked Zuma, 75, to … to resign. The event was broadcast live on…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs' (CAD)
Long before the inception of apartheid "Coloured" people in South Africa occupied this precarious position between White and Black South Africans. This…