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Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 01 September 1983, London
… in Edinburgh University in 1936. On his return to South Africa, he started his medical practice amidst the … to his fellow Indians that "our place in a free…
Appendix II: About Dr. Dadoo, delivered by Oliver Tambo
… in Edinburgh University in 1936. On his return to South Africa, he started his medical practice amidst the … to his fellow Indians that" our place in a free…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… played at Lords. Not even a Country at the time, South Africa had started its journey towards becoming one of the … great cricketing Nations. Australia’s…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1946
… Gandhi It is my firm conviction that Indians in South Africa must Bt submits to the latest racial legislation of the Union of South Africa. They have well…
PlaceLiberia
… of free blacks in the United States by resettling them in Africa. The resulting state of Liberia would become the … time. In 1818 the Society sent two…
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… years later he founded the Christian Institute of Southern Africa (CI), which was aimed at promoting inter-racial … to financially support liberation…
EventFirst celebration of International Women’s Day
… International Women's Day is not celebrated in South Africa. Since 1994, Women's Day is celebrated with a public holiday on the 9th of August. On this day,…
EventMandela meets Taiwanese Foreign Minister
… President met with President Nelson Mandela. While South Africa had maintained a friendly official relationship with … rewarded with economic aid this…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa, was refused permission to enter South-West Africa (now Namibia). The minister of Foreign…
EventANC attacks Koeberg nuclear power station
… reported.MK sabotaged the Koeberg plant, at the time Africa's only nuclear reactor plant to dispel allegations … foreign investors against investing in…
EventSA signs Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
… South Africa was one of the original twenty-two nations who signed … Indian Ocean that are politically part of South Africa. A South African scientist is…
EventSmugglers of military recruits in court
… that they had set up a transport route in and out of South Africa (through Swaziland into Mozambique) for the recruits … used neighbouring countries as…
EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… and replaced by Brigadier Joshua Oupa Gqozo. After South Africa's first democratic elections Ciskei was re-incorporated into South Africa. …
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… leprosy non-governmental organisations converged in South Africa from 30 January to 3 February for the African Leprosy … Executive Director of the Leprosy…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… through stories, a tradition that is still used in South Africa. Many South African cultures have storytellers who …
Conference in pictures
… tab View photographs by Jenny Altschuler from the Bonani Africa 2010 Conference at the Centre of the Book in Cape Town …
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The Village is mainly known as being the birthplace … the world Metro-5 hours ago Mandela…
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… dream of Black people around the world. He condemned South Africa's apartheid regime on many occasions. On 10 December … by churches and unions Economic…
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… contract from an Indian law firm work in Natal, South Africa. His time in South Africa was a turning point in his career and changed him … Gandhi extended…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… the border between the Cape Colony and the rest of South Africa. The Boers declared the area the Orange Free State, a … Colony and was later incorporated in…
EventPassbook laws relaxed
… In July 1986, South Africa was in a state of martial law, with a nation-wide … became known as the Sharpeville massacre, leading to South Africa's first…
BiographyMazizi Magekaza
A member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was killed in his hospital bed, in a raid in Lesotho, 1988.
BiographySefelaro Magashule
A member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Died of natural causes in Tanzania
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa; Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town 11 February … Honourable Chief Justice of the…
PlacePilanesberg Game Reserve
… hippos, rhino, elephants and buffalo. Among Southern Africa’s fascinating game reserves , Pilanesberg National … most accessible. Only three hours’ drive…
The melody of freedom
… only African high school jazz band ever formed in South Africa - the Huddleston Jazz Band, which was based in St. … to perform as professional musicians…
Mawanda Isaac Mbongela
… of Technology. Exhibition: VUT Exhibition, Museum Africa, Johannesburg 2008. Collection: Vaal University Of …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
… of the national liberation movement throughout Southern Africa, the Pretoria regime continued during the past year to … the concrete reality of the balance…
2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
… to the bench of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the position of Chief Justice. It is a long line, … As a barrister, he represented defendants…
BiographyDaniel Crosby Mabaso
Daniel Crosby Mabaso (Tommy Shenge) was executed by order of African National Congress (ANC) military tribunal in Angola