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Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… Congress and a tribute to the valiant people of South Africa. I am greatly honoured for the opportunity to share … We have reached this stage because the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Tributes to Lembede After His Death
… The example he set will guide many a coming servant of Africa. We join the many who mourn his death and in doing this are proud to salute a great son of…
POLICY AND POLITICAL PROCESSES TOWARDS 51ST NATIONAL CONFERENCE, Parktown, 13 August 2002
… democratic, non-racial, non- sexist and prosperous South Africa. Whatever the detail in the policy, the orientation … has remained the same -the creation of…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Globalisation by Jeff Guy
… - globalisation. When in its historical journey did South Africa first link up with the rest of the world and make the … timeframe. Others look further back…
EventAn intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique
… "hostile elements which threaten the Safety of South West Africa (Namibia) and South Africa". These included SWAPO, the African National Congress …
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… politician, and principal architect of Africanism in South Africa, died unexpectedly in Johannesburg at the age of 33. … pursuing his doctoral studies at the…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… slaves spoke Malagasy while slaves originating from East Africa had their own languages to communicate. Furthermore, … and the Americas where the majority of…
For Africanisation of the Party Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee dated February 23, 1934.
… he will not fail to see that they subordinate South Africa in the interests of Europe, in fact, ideologically … of Bolshevism. But we are living in a…
EventHenri Edouard Prosper Breuil (84), French archaeologist who did research with Dr Robert Broom in SA, dies in Paris
… Professor Henri Breuil came to South Africa as a part of a six year trip across Southern Africa with a mission to examine rock shelters and rock art. Most of…
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… on an expedition to discover a sea route to the East round Africa. He gave the area the name Golfo de Santa Maria da … Walvis Bay became part of the newly…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … In order to understand the present land problem in South Africa, it is necessary…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… the beginning of the 20 th century Black workers in South Africa made many attempts to organise themselves into unions … time was the second largest…
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
… Tambo, July 1984 1 Introduction ‘[T]he people inside South Africa,’ ANC president Oliver Tambo told members of his … people who involved themselves in…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… white educators responsible for African education in South Africa. For details, see R. Hunt Davis, "The Black American … Component in African Responses to…
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… and the entire oppressed and struggling people of South Africa, I am honoured to express our gratitude to the … goal: the establishment of a democratic State…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… Ndebele migrated onto the central highveld of southern Africa some four centuries ago. The exact date of their … into a region. A brief history of polygamy…
Oliver Tambo interview to Sechaba, 01 March 1976
… colonialism is a victory for the people of South Africa, for the continent of Africa and for progressives the world over. It was clear ever … people, the…
Racists Humiliated - O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Michael Wolfers, Sechaba, March 1976
… colonialism is a victory for the people of South Africa, for the continent of Africa and for progressives the world over. It was clear ever … people, the…
ArticleThe Khoisan
… grew, and spread throughout the Western half of South Africa. They were the first pastoralists in southern Africa, and called themselves Khoikhoi (or Khoe),…
EventThe Johannesburg International Airport is officially renamed OR Tambo International Airport by President Mbeki.
… OR Tambo Airport is South Africa’s main airport for domestic and international flights. … Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, just outside Johannesburg. It is Africa’s…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement … Congress (PAC).The political conditions…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… son, Manilal. 1893 April, M.K. Gandhi leaves for South Africa to work on a lawsuit, invited by Seth Dada Abdullah. … 1896 June, M.K. Gandhi leaves his…
A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
… and the youth; from the entire struggling people of South Africa. We feel genuinely proud that we are active … time. The heroic anti-colonial struggles of…
Document 83 “Native Bourgeoisie as a Class”, Umsebenzi, 16 February 1935
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … under the heading, "Is there a Native Bourgeoisie in South Africa?" I maintain…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… arms in order to prevent a Soviet invasion of South Africa. This programme, which included the setting up of … Koeberg power station, the only nuclear power…
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… First World War. The occupation of the country by South Africa started in May 1915 when General Louis Botha, first Prime Minister of the Union of South…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at May day rally, 01 May 1987, Stockholm
… of this country in the name of the working people of South Africa and Namibia, as well as their southern African … also salutes you in the name of the…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… site of the first commercial gold mining activity in South Africa’s modern History, has, in many instances, been … books, Eersteling does have a physical…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… 25 years. Under the harshness of life in apartheid South Africa, it was Cassim Saloojee and his dedicated staff at … election boycott campaigns in the…
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
… the University of the Western Cape (UWC), she left South Africa to join the African National Congress (ANC) in exile, … of the SACP, based in Zimbabwe. Upon…