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PlaceHillbrow Tower
… located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it has been the tallest structure and tower in Africa for 45 years, and it was…
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
… crisis that revealed Lesotho's dependence on South Africa. A busload of pilgrims coming to see the Pope was … were freed only after direct intervention of…
EventThomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London
… without obtaining a degree. Pringle immigrated to South Africa with his family in 1820. He opened a school with … and receiving rave reviews as the first…
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…
EventEfforts by a pro-sanctions lobbyist group against SA debt rescheduling prove unsuccessful
… Efforts by a pro-sanctions lobbyist group in Southern Africa to persuade banks in the United States (US) not to allow debt rescheduling against South Africa…
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…
5th Jozi Book Fair
… Book Fair taking place from 25-26 October 2013 at Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg. This is the fair for … to the Fair. Other round tables include …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… of the four self-governing colonies into a Union of South Africa. Subsequent sessions of the National Convention take … referred the draft constitution for…
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby’s return to international games
… controlling board was established. In 1964 South Africa was banned by the International Olympic Committee … was held in Zimbabwe. Seven years later, in 1995,…
EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
… to improve their diplomatic relations with South Africa. Djibouti lifted all trade and travel restrictions it had imposed on South Africa, whilst Cote d…
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…
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…
EventWW2: British 8th army marches into Tripoli
… This thrust was eventually supported by the German Africa Corps in the hope that the whole of North Africa would be occupied by the Axis forces, ultimately ……
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PlaceRepublic of Congo
… of the Congo), is a former French colony of west-central Africa. It shares common borders with Gabon, Cameroon, … capital is Brazzaville. The Republic of…
Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
… social justice and freedom. Our own country, South Africa, is also caught up in the throes of a process of … made to the struggle for freedom of expression…
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… Western and the Islamic and the Euro-Christian elements in Africa, and develop them in such a way that they fit into the … ‘coloureds’/Indians by saying that…
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…