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Address by President Nelson Mandela to the annual conference of the Methodist Church Umtata, 18 September 1994
… has a proud record of commitment to the development of Africa's sons and daughters in more areas than one. The great … and held out a vision of a different,…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… By 1985 the struggle for democracy in South Africa had intensified, and the country found itself on the … must also be a catalyst to initiate this process…
Chapter X - Final word
… of course, because the prohibition on quoting me in South Africa still remained. I continued to be a listed person, … in the past by very prominent people…
Statement Issued By GCIS: Briefing on the Case of Robert McBride - 21 May 1998
… of the investigation by Mozambican authorities. South Africa unequivocally recognises the sovereignty of … in the judicial processes in that country. Has…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… Prehistory of Southern Africa Farming people did not inhabit the Greater … Bantu-speaking people brought a new way of life to South Africa. For the first…
Speech at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
… of peace and stability in the region of southern Africa. This aggression invariably increases with the escalation of the struggles of the peoples of South…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… work in the United States of America. He then left South Africa on an exit permit. He was made a professor in African … into English under the title Tales…
Archive2011 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 10 February 2011
… Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town 10 Feb … Mbete, Honourable Chief Justice of the…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… Flora Nwapa - remembered today as Africa’s “literary foremother” - was born on [1] January 13, … to parents, Christopher Ljeoma, an agent for the United…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… as the first president of the democratic and free South Africa. The 9th of July 2011 was a historic day for South … for self-determination and freedom for…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
… of Khoekhoe formerly spoken throughout much of South Africa are reported to have been more or less mutually … same time would be accessible to the…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… oppressors, and of the French Huguenots, who came to South Africa at the end of the 17th century to escape religious and … was an opportunity for national…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging 1910 31 May, Adoption of South Africa’s first constitution 8 Jan 1912 Formation of the ANC … military action in Bophuthatswana…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
… Arab expansion spreads smallpox into northern Africa, Spain, and Portugal. 11th Century – Crusades further … occupation introduces smallpox into part of…
David Goldblatt,The Transported of KwaNdebele by L'oeil De La Photographie, 26 September 2016
… the social and political developments of his native South Africa with a critical yet compassionate eye. Drawn “to the … is epic. He is one of a kind, and his…
PlaceGabon
… On 17 August 1960, Gabon, a country in west central Africa, astride the Equator. The Country gained independence … lived and interacted in the changing…
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… wife, in a territory strategically placed between South Africa and the Rhodesias, caused outcry among white settler politicians. South Africa had come under…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… INTRODUCTION No significant change has occurred in South Africa in the last decade. Apartheid and racism continue … for the very peripheral impact of…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Mohale Dam, Kingdomof Lesotho, 16 March 2004
… water to a thirsty soul' of industries and homes in South Africa. This project sparkles like a jewel in the crown of … gold", for the benefit of both our…
EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… Refugees. Click here to read an in-depth analysis of South Africa's raids in Angola. …
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… BWL was under the leadership of Charlotte Maxeke , South Africa's first women graduate, who had been educated in the …
PlaceFreedom Park
… heroes would be honoured and the complex story of South Africa and its people would be told. Freedom Park is a … ceremonies, to acknowledge the major…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… was organized by white trade unions in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1922. This was in response to intensified … of Fordsburg and Jeppe. The Communist Party…
EventFormer Colonial Prime Minister John Merriman dies
… the Cape Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, John Xavier Merriman, died in Stellenbosch at … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventSADC treaty is signed in Namibia
… Co-ordination Community (SADCC), of which South Africa was not a member until the new treaty was signed in … Burger, D. (ed)(2002). South Africa Yearbook…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … dark forces of Reactionary Capitalism. "Our part in South Africa may seem a…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… of our movement was confirmed by the people of South Africa, who gave birth to the clauses of the Freedom Charter … a non-racial, non- sexist, united and…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… Torch and New Age banned. (Merrett:44-45) Apr- Editor of Africa South, Ronald Segal, flees the country Apr 11- Myrna … the impressions of 2 Canadian tourists…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Cross-roads of Native Policy
… by D.D.T Jabavu The beginning of the year 1926 sees South Africa standing at the cross-roads of race relationships. The … tribes) in the Cape Colony. The…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… the pass laws rife and full in force in apartheid South Africa. There was always an actor who would get arrested for …