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Statement of the ANC Veterans League Inaugural National Conference, 6 December 2009
… For the past three days, the veterans and stalwarts of our glorious movement – some in wheelchairs and walking … Park during the historic inaugural national…
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
… Fountain was erected by Public subscription as a tribute of respect from the people to the Memory of those Local Volunteers who lost their lives in the…
Address at the Launch of the Millenium Labour Council, 7 July 2000
… Chairs of the Millennium Labour Council, Zwelinzima Vavi and Leslie Boyd, The Minister of Labour, Mr Membathisi Mdladlana, The Director of the International…
ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo, 31 January 2007
… It is with deep regret and a profound sense of loss that the African National Congress has learnt of the death this evening (31 January 2007) of Adelaide…
Statement on naming of OR Tambo International Airport, 31 October 2006
… the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, the Department of Arts and Culture, Department of Transport and the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) for…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
… Inseparable from the photographic images of world-renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt, are values. Values, like waves of light, are in some…
Recommendations of Commission on undesirable publications - Interview: Albert Luthuli, 1 September 1957
… The recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry in regard to Undesirable Publications create another grave threat to the liberties of the people and…
PlaceSterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
… 1895, geologist Dr D Draper had reported on the discovery of fossil bones in its vicinity. All though many years were … deposits were found thereafter on the…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, August 1976
… in our country. The heroic youth and masses in many parts of our country have stood against brutal massacre and defied … They have attacked many accessible…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Nosipho Majeke was the pen-name of Dora Taylor. She worked in the liberatory…
Speech at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party by O. R. Tambo, Zambia, August 1988
… Excellency, Comrade President Kenneth Kaunda, President of UNIP and of the Republic of Zambia, Honourable members of the Central … state of emergency, now…
EventInternational Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa is launched
… (originally called the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa), launched the International … O…
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… Africa's second democratically elected president in front of a vast crowd of dancing and cheering supporters. The inauguration came … Nelson Mandela, who…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… political activist, human rights lawyer, former Minister of Education (1999-2004) and of Water Affairs and Forestry (1994-1999); is born in … a school…
EventSouth Africa abandons the Gold Standard, sparking a period of economic expansion
… farmers were hard hit when the resulting spike in the cost of South African goods devastated exports, especially … fortunes; gold prices increased and…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… agree on a common commitment towards the resolution of the existing climate of violence and intimidation from whatever quarter as well as a commitment to…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida This book, History of Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology, probably the first…
EventBoers defeat British in the battle of Ingogo (Anglo-Boer War 1)
… During the Anglo-Boer War 1- also called Transvaal War of Independence or Anglo-Transvaal War- a Boer force of about 200 (under General Nicolaas Smit)…
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, to His Excellency Mr Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York
… A letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the United Nataions Secretary-General … by SWAPO from Angola into Namibia for the purpose of establishing…
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… The Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899 and was the result of the British annexation of the Transvaal, soon after gold had been discovered in the region in 1886…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Friday, August … because I wanted things to show at a parents' meeting. All of a…
ANC caucus statement on death of Adelaide Tambo, 01 February 2007
… ANC Members of Parliament from both the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces, who began the three day National Caucus Lekgotla this…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Mooki Molapo, told The Star of an agreement reached with the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha, a few months…
ArchiveReport on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn Presented at National Conference 1976
… on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn … discussing migrant labour,…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… the Great Trek started in 1836, he joined the trek party of Hendrik Potgieter, and later settled on a farm at the foot of the Magaliesberg in 1841. After the…
Theoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
… In June 1947, Theoria : a journal of studies of the Arts Faculty, Natal University College was published. Later, the title changed to, Theoria: a journal of…
EventSA and British governments clash over interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement
… governments were in open conflict over the interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement. The South African government had accused the British of being in…
EventSouth Africa is said to resume its membership of the Commonwealth
… On 31 May 1994, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaouku told reporters at the … in London, that South Africa would resume…
Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic: Answers to Questions by May 1961
… Demonstrations Against Proclamation Of Republic Answers To Questions By drum , May 1961 73 [ Drum … the planned demonstrations. The following are answers of…
EventMayor of Welkom, in the Free State, is tarred and feathered
… Race relations during the decline of the Apartheid regime were particularly problematic as many Whites felt threatened by the eventuality of a regime change…