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PlaceVenda
… bantustan, or homeland , was in the North East of South Africa close to the Zimbabwe border. Its North Eastern border … Homeland's income. Venda applied to…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… commemorated through a national public holiday in South Africa on the 9th of August every year. This is known as … Union Buildings to accept the petition,…
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… with the ZANU PF liberation movement. The move by South Africa to support the negotiated settlement was influenced by … African foreign relations with Black…
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… timing and manner of an uprising to be launched in South Africa in 1963. At the time of his claims, the PAC, African … National Congress (ANC), the Communist…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… thanks of the Indian and non- European people of South Africa for the support the Arab States had 'in at UNO. In … message to the Indian and non-European…
Helen Zille and the myth of the White Saviour by Panashe Chigumadzi, (Sunday Times), 19 March 2017
… Smith, that great chronicler of the White Man's Burden in Africa, was arguably at his finest in his 1972 novel, The … under the mandate of Cecil John Rhodes…
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the 48th General Assembly of the World Medical Association (WMA) 25 October 1996
… and to welcome all of you to Cape Town and to South Africa. I hope that the weather has been kind and that you … Games in 2004. We are delighted that you…
Michael Mosoue Moerane, pianist, choirmaster and composer, is born in Gumtree, Basutoland (now Lesotho). He died in Gumtree in
… Moerane. He was the first African BMus graduate in South Africa (1941) and remains the most popular Africa choral composer in Southern Africa, through works…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… seek to re-assure the world in general and white South Africa in particular that our struggle is a non-violent one … man. With this assurance reiterated we…
Statement at the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, Cuba by O. R. Tambo, 3 - 9 September 1979
… racism, fascism and brutal exploitation in South Africa. The delegation of the African National Congress … is unbounded. Mr. Chairman, for the peoples of…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… economy was crippled after the war and the Union of South Africa knew they had to act soon if they wanted to uphold the … class differences between different…
Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, 09 May 1986, New Delhi
… not only the vast majority of the people of South Africa of all races, but also the people of the entire region of southern Africa. It involves peoples in…
"We are of the World and the World is with Us": Address on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University by O. R. Tambo , New Delhi, 9 May 1986
… not only the vast majority of the people of South Africa of all races, but also the people of the entire region of southern Africa. It involves peoples in…
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… the Palestinians and the Israelis have accepted it. South Africa has pledged its full support for the Road Map. … to meet the African National Congress (ANC)…
ArchiveBriefing by Mr D Simpson, Head of the State D
… role during negotiations to find a settlemt for South West Africa. Included is a proposal made by South Africa to Angola, Ilha Do Sal, 7 December 1982 …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… Witwatersrand marks the radical transformation of Southern Africa and in particular the Witwatersrand. The region’s … and Asian immigrants and work seekers…
A Brief Commentary on the Question of HIV and AIDS by Thabo Mbeki, 7 March 2016
… the ‘Mbeki Presidency.’ In 2002 a few of us here in South Africa wrote a booklet entitled “Castro Hlongwane…”, and … first report on the incidence of HIV in…
Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela edited by Ruth First", 1965.
… and the letters stood out like a challenge. To white South Africa it was bad enough that two men with black skins should … the chairs in the waiting-room…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
… and the letters stood out like a challenge. To white South Africa it was bad enough that two men with black skins should … the chairs in the waiting-room…
EventKenneth Kaunda accuses British Foreign Secretary of “kissing” apartheid
… accusing him and President Reagan of supporting South Africa’s apartheid government. The attack by Kaunda on Howe … Reagan came at the height of popular…
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… and countries of choice. Transit rights through South Africa would be arranged. This step followed a joint meeting … also proposed. Lesotho, an enclave…
EventNOCSA announces SA participation in Olympic games
… president of The National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA), announced South Africa's acceptance of an invitation to participate in the … singing the…
BiographyBilly Lesedi Masetlha
Billy Masetlha was born on 21 November 1954 in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He is a founder member of the Congress of South African…
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…
Address at the SANEF Conference on the Media, the AU, NEPAD and Democracy ,12 April 2003
… Ladies and Gentlemen: I am pleased to welcome you to South Africa and to this seminal conference, which aims to develop … African Union and its programme,…
"Strategy and Tactics" - Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
… (abridged) The struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa is taking place within an international context of … progress by the people of the whole…
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… This new country's independence was recognised by South Africa and the Transkei only. In order to gain independent … be declared an independent state outside…
EventThe fall of the fortress town of Tobruk
… the impression that Rommel, the German commander of the Africa Korps, had bypassed them and linked up with the main body of the Africa Korps in what the…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… as part of the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Prior to this, South Africa had been divided into two British colonies and two … against proposed…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… as part of the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Prior to this, South Africa had been divided into two British colonies and two … against proposed…