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ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… expected to attend the event. The president will use his speech to thank the millions of South Africans - the huge …
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
… His Excellency Ayatollah Khomeini, Teheran Islamic Republic …
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
… fresh and valid and should be presented to our people. His call to unity and mass action is of particular importance …
Introduction to a Message from Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Smuggled Out Of Prison, 10 June 1980
… fresh and valid and should be presented to our people. His call to unity and mass action is of particular importance …
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… 1967. The Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, invited his South African counterpart John Vorster to send South …
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… and the banning of torture Appendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand … of life in South Africa before, during, and after the…
ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
… Banned and harassed by the security police, Hjul and his family left South Africa for Britain on an exit permit in …
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… events in the rest of South Africa kept Rhodes away from his home, and it was only in 1902 that he finally moved here. …
EventNathaniel Nakasa, South African journalist and writer, dies in exile
… Harvard University in the US but the government rejected his application for a passport. This forced him to leave the …
EventThe Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill
… Prime Minister Robinson, and Attorney-General Escombe. In his telegrams Ghandi requested the postponement of …
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… 1902 to 1958 the building housed the local magistrate and his staff, but after they were moved to a new building, it …
Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930
… written to Comrade Bunting, asking him to supply us with his version of the case. The following telegram was sent to …
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… 70’s and served time in prison, during which he completed his law degree. Ntsebeza emerged as a commissioner in the …
EventSouth African man walks from England to France through Channel Tunnel
… between Folkenstone in England and Calaise in France in his flip flops. Trains travelling at speed of 100 mph pass … (2005),' Man Walks To France Through…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… led closer to Mannie and he was forced into hiding while his family went into exile. The prison break came roughly two …
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… in the profession of hand-weaving. However, Fallows spent his spare time studying, especially subjects like …
EventCharles Swart, a student ranger from Mangosuthu Technical College, is killed by a leopard
… easy targets. In 2010, the Bengal tiger Panjo escaped from his owner's bakkie. He was found two days later after an …
PlaceCape Maclear, Malawi
… found the Cape, and named it "Cape Maclear" after his friend, the astronomer who was Her Majesty's Astronomer … found the Cape, and named it "Cape Maclear"…
EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
… of Zulu Chief Cetshwayo(Cetewayo) was burnt down and his impis (Zulu soldiers) were defeated. Cetshwayo was …
EventSir George Gray, governor of the Cape, lays the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital
… need for a public hospital in Cape Town. Dr. Bailey used his own funds to build the hospital. In 1855, the Somerset …
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… her three cubs. Adams took the cubs home and together with his wife, Joy, raised them. The two older cubs were later …
PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
… Graham Leonard signed it as the Bishop of Truro, and wrote his comments in Cornish. It was declared a National Monument …
ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
… were mixed according to race? RM: I can say I was happy to work with different people but the people I have enjoyed most …
ArchiveHugh Masekela - what I'm thinking about ... a crisis for African culture (The Guardian)12 March 2013
… journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our …
To All Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa. Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, 15 October 1976
… of jobs because they obeyed our call to stay away from work for three days. 4. We should stand together and be …
From Resistance to Creative Mediation: Writing and Literary Intellectuals’ Influence on the Liberation Struggles and Political Impact on Literary Discourse and Developments
… the ordinary, the mono- and the multi-perspectival. The work of creative mediation done in literary and other …
Address at a Luncheon in Honour of Zhu Rhongji, Premier of the People’s Republic of China, 5 September 2002
… of the African Union, we are assured that both sides would work hard to ensure that the programmes of the China-Africa …
Biographical Introduction
… was solo or group follows in brackets. Where the artist's work was exhibited in more than one exhibition in a year at a …
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… of engaging with Langa residents, conducting research work, and collaborating on community initiatives. (In …
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… 1884, in Mafikeng, Chief Montshiwa signed a treaty ceding his sovereignty to the British. Soon afterwards the British … Wales road, which was used by the…