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ArticleGrade 4 - Term 1: Local History
… places and the people around them. In a country like South Africa, which has a rich diverse heritage, many people have … of a local history project, it being…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… When the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, there was already a … Events leading up to the formation of the Union of South Africa presented a…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by RIXAKA, January 1985
… to certain exclusivist cultural artifacts. In South Africa this view has been deliberately promoted and used for … There should be no cultural links with…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Rixaka, 05 January 1985
… to certain exclusivist cultural artifacts. In South Africa this view has been deliberately promoted and used for … There should be no cultural links with…
Statement of Acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh Award Bestowed on the ANC by the World Peace Council by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, 15 December 1986
… most serious challenge to the ANC and the people of South Africa to relentlessly pursue their struggle for the … forces inspired and encouraged the oppressed…
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… system had developed, but due to the European scramble for Africa, this system was replaced by French colonial rule in … was incorporated into the Federation…
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
… Mandela's Nuclear Nightmare " claimed that South Africa did not destroy all its nuclear weapons in 1993, as it … insisting that there was no reason to…
EventThe ANC Youth League is re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto
… absence of thirty years from the political arena in South Africa. The Youth League was effected through the … in the struggle to achieve democracy in South…
Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
… Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), inside and outside of South Africa, the workers, peasants, students and indeed all of the … our country. We greet you also on…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… the scourge of apartheid from the face of southern Africa. The Anti-Apartheid Movement will by its nature always … no government that has dealings with…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… the apartheid security establishment. He then left South Africa the following year and went into exile in Zambia. … commissar for Umkhonto weSizwe. On his…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… Johannes Vorster stepped down as Prime Minster of South Africa after the holding office since 1966. John Vorster, as … Vorster was appointed as the Prime…
"If I were Prime Minister": Article by Albert Luthuli, 2 December 1961
… this is what I would do if I were Prime Minister of South Africa. The solution to the South African problem will call … inequality will demand what will…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… The second Convention for a Democratic South Africa, or CODESA II, ends in a deadlock. The negotiating … new constitutional dispensation for a post-apartheid…
BiographyJohn Marinus Ferus
John Marinus Ferus (Hennie Ferus), an uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) soldier, was born on 8 February 1940. He joined the South African Coloured Peoples Congress (SACPO)…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… and even gone overseas, but all had remained in South Africa. Dr Monty Naicker and J.N. Singh disguised themselves … the growing demands of the unfranchised…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… policies of apartheid; resistance by the people of South Africa, resistance by South Africa's neighbours and resistance by the international … involving the…
Foreword - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993 as amended; and TAKING NOTE of the … provisions of the Constitution of the…
PlaceKruger National Park
… independence. During the last few months of the South Africa War, the Government Game Reserve was re-proclaimed by … early 2000's, an agreement is signed by…
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… of the SACP, COSATU and SANCO, Our friends from all over Africa and the world, Comrades and Compatriots, The African … years old today! We have come from all…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… of the SACP, COSATU and SANCO, Our friends from all over Africa and the world, Comrades and Compatriots, The African … years old today! We have come from all…
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… as President of the ANC and of the Republic of South Africa.This meeting was the first ever between the Congress … M., (2007). Thabo Mbeki: The Dream…
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… history from the Oxford University. On her return to South Africa Ginwala completed her legal training. Ginwala got … serving as the speaker of the National…
BiographyDuke Ketye
Duke Ketye was born was born on 6 June 1943 in Orlando east, Soweto. Ketye attended Ematsheni Primary School in Orlando East, Soweto. He completed Standard VII…
BiographyHester Elizabeth Cornelius
Hester Elizabeth Cornelius was born on 5 April 1907 in Lichtenburg Western Transvaal to an Afrikaner family. Her family was very nationalistic, with both her…
BiographyMichael Sedgwick
Michael Sedgwick was born on the 20th February 1958 in Claremont in the Western Cape. He grew up in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. His school career started…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… and defending an Ndebele State (visit our 'People of South Africa feature to read more about this). Mzilikazi's War with … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
… The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century …
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… by European nations that became known as the Scramble for Africa. The region today known as Kenya had previously been … to white farmers, who mostly moved…
EventEarthquake shakes up Tulbagh
… Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment for Tulbagh, South Africa: Part I – Assessment of Seismic Hazard. Natural … Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment for Tulbagh…