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EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… Sando Perry, was unanimously elected at a meeting of West African heads of state to become the third chair of Liberia's … a sub-regional plan of the Economic…
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… than 17 percent for 8,000,000 Africans. Only 40 per cent African Children accommodated in Mission Schools. 95 per cent … at home. (Signed) A.B. Xuma…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… On 04 March 1963, the African National Congress (ANC) leader, Walter Sisulu was … banned ANC, Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party …
The Atlantic slave trade
… Atlantic Ocean, was in the early 1500s. European, Arab and African merchants were now selling humans as well as gold, … hand, Africans bear some…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving and Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University Boston, 18 September 1998
… tribute to the struggles and achievements of the South African people as a whole. I humbly accept the award in that … memory of this great American…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… of Defiance against Unjust Laws" - launched jointly by the African National Congress of South Africa and the South African Indian Congress - was one of the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… a world power in the 14th and 15th centuries, Songhai, an African empire during the 15th and 16th Centuries, and the … Ming Dynasty, China in the 14th and…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
… by a small group of men who style themselves the South African Indian Congress, which held their meeting on the 12th … public feeling for reasons stated…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
… by a small group of men who style themselves the South African Indian Congress, which held their meeting on the 12th … feeling for reasons stated below: 1…
PlaceBaxter Theatre, Rondebosch- Cape Town
… of the Baxter to house and represent the best of South African performing arts and has played a significant role in South African arts and entertainment. It…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
… of April 1877, Sir Shepstone annexed the ZAR (The South African Republic or the Dutch : Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), … Africa, it occupied the area later…
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a day in which all are … the proposed Public Holidays Bill before the New…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… another society, namely, the good society. The South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which was reconstituted later into the African National…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… The government and the African National Congress agree on a common commitment … on a definition of political offences in the South African situation; to…
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… city, where they were confronted by a force of the South African Police (SAP) under Col. I.B.S. Terblanche. The … called by the PAC, which ultimately…
Thabo’s pen versus perceptions by Tinyiko Maluleke (Sunday Independant), 24 January 2016
… that in the year 2100, students of post-apartheid South African rhetoric the world over will continue to recognise his 1996 “I am an African” speech as a…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the 12th International meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties, 3 December 2010, Centurion, Pretoria
… General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, Comrade Blade Nzimande; Comrades` … and friends, I bring revolutionary greetings from the African…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… The African National Congress will submit its protection order … Issued by Jackson Mthembu National Spokesperson African National Congress Enquiries: Keith…
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… signalling yet another convincing victory for the African National Congress, the movement will tomorrow … the corner of Sauer and President Streets Issued by…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
… Teheran Islamic Republic of Iran On behalf of the African National Congress and the oppressed masses of South … Iranian Revolution. (signed) Oliver Tambo …
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… known as the JG Strijdom Tower, after JG Strijdom, South African Prime Minister from 1954 to 1958. On 31 May 2005 it … Telkom Jo'burg Tower. The tower was…
EventPrime Minister opens SA's first atomic reactor
… South Africa's first atomic reactor, SAFARI-1 (South African Fundamental Atomic Reactor Installation-1) at … was made in 1974. In 1996, South Africa signed…
Document 66 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 21 February 1937
… Cape Town. Dear Comrade, We have been busy organising the African Metal Trades Union and as you will see from the … pulbicity to, and gaining support for the…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… The South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster wished the new … on 20 October 1986. In 1981, 13 exiled members of the African National Congress (ANC) were…
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… 1962, with a view to keep the racial policies of the South African Government under review throughout the year. When … for effective international sanctions…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… which had a cast of only two characters, a White and African. The play was staged at Labia Theatre, Cape Town on … (Mokae) was dark-skinned. It was a second…
EventANC launches mass boycott of Bantu Education
… African National Congress (ANC) launches mass boycott of … to school and those who did not were expelled. The African Education Movement set up by the ANC…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… in 1968 after completing Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo Thorpe … has also exhibited a number of times at…
EventANC calls on International community to save lives
… two women (according to the common purpose doctrine). The African National Congress (ANC) called upon the United … Nations to impose mandatory sanctions…
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… movements in Rhodesia that included Zanu (Zimbabwe African National Union), Zapu (Zimbabwe African Peoples Union) and others against the white minority …