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Political Overview By The ANC Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, Comrade Paul Mashatile On The Occasion Of The Special Provincial General Council, Turffontein Racecourse, Johannesburg, 24 February 2013
… Comrade David Makhura and Office Bearers Members of the Provincial Executive Committee ANC Regional Office … we held successful NEC, PEC and Cabinet…
Address to the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process 29 September 2000 Mr President Honourable Members of the Security Council
… We are honoured by the opportunity of returning to the Security Council to report to your … and our esteemed world body on progress and the current state of…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… neglected the existence, evolution, and activities of the early labour movement in general and the radical … Jones and Katz, 1 have attempted to improve our…
A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
… the campaign to make ordinary black people more aware of their political situation. Lutuli attempts to bridge the … we approach June 26th, a date that has…
EventWorld Health Day
… World Health Day. This date commemorates the formation of the WHO in 1945. The WHO's Constitution came into effect … celebrated as World Health Day ever…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in the town of Verulam, a region predominantly inhabited by Zulus and … censorship, an obstacle for Black…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… During the period of transition and negotiation in South Africa, the core area … Hoping to create an aura of normality De Klerk lifted the state of emergency…
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… Neo, Nomakwezi and Lindiwe, Gilbert and Mary Hani, parents of Chris, Dushe and Nkosana, Chris's older and younger … participants at this solemn occasion, To…
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
… had come to South Africa around the 1880’s. They were part of the second wave of emigrants from India to South Africa. His grandfather had owned property, in…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in … and its aftermath. The heavy-handed response of the state saw thousands of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… 1960 1 January, Minister of Bantu Education assumes control of University College of … it off on the promise of top level negotiations. The state calls in…
EventSlave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… at the Cape, and suggests a deep awareness around issues of abolition and freedom held by slaves and servants throughout the Cape Colony. The timing of the…
Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943
… - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, … Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943 These…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001
… Guests; Comrades and friends: In 1940, the Office of Public Opinion Research in the USA conducted a nation wide … those words that seemed to describe best…
Address By President Mandela - Opening Of The President’s Budget Debate Cape Town, 2 March 1999
… the nation: a nation which has mandated each and every one of us to work towards the goal of a better life for all South Africans, and especially the … It…
Statement at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida by O. R. Tambo, Maputo, 29 March 1986
… farewell to a warrior. We have converged from all corners of the globe to pay homage to a revolutionary. We have convened on this grieving piece of the…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
… by Allison Drew Document 28 - Brian Bunting, "Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference", Liberation, 28, November 1957 The decision of the Congresses to take…
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… created. The 'separate development' policies (Apartheid) of H.F. Verwoerd resulted in the 'awarding' of 'self-government' to four of these 10 homelands…
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of Boksburg Boksburg, 26 June 1997
… Master of Ceremonies; Premier Tokyo Sexwale; Mayor Mxolisi Xayiya; … I am very proud and honoured to be a free citizen of Boksburg. It is a city whose own…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… well before Jan van Riebeeck, administrator in the service of the Dutch East India Company (also known as the VOC) … caused much damage to shipping in the…
ArchiveSpeech at the Unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini, Tuesday 19 January 1999
… Address by President Nelson Mandela at unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini 19 January 1999 Your Excellency, President Chissano of Mozambique;…
Oration by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Moses Kotane, 26 May 1978, Moscow
… with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove most decisive in…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… 22 December 1996, Groutville Comrade chairperson; Members of the Luthuli family; Minister and Premiers; Leaders and veterans of the ANC; Members of the…
ArchiveStatement on Mbeki's recall, by Jacob Zuma on behalf of ANC NEC, 22 September
… The National Executive Committee of the ANC met over the weekend of the 19th to 21st September 2008, to deliberate on various … NEC decided to recall Comrade…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the SOWETO Uprising on 16 June 1976 16 June 1994
… Master of Ceremonies Honourable Ministers of the Government of National Unity Honourable Provincial … African National Defence Force and other institutions…
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… Deputy Ministers, MECs and Mayors, Honourable Leaders of political parties represented in Parliament, Heads of Chapter 9 Institutions, Fellow South Africans…
A Brief Commentary on the Question of HIV and AIDS by Thabo Mbeki, 7 March 2016
… Towards the end of 2015 I sent the communication below to a fellow African to respond to some comments he had made on the matter of ‘Mbeki, HIV & AIDS’. We…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… that Stephen Ellis refers to about Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party is pretty definitive. It is based upon recollections of party members some of…
"Should we get rid of the whites?" - Albert Luthuli answer to a question, 5 March 1959
… [Drum, a Johannesburg monthly, asked a number of African leaders, "Do we really want to get rid of the white man?" The following is the reply of Chief Lutuli…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… The Seventh Annual Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa, which lasted from Saturday evening, December … delegates, 20 black and 10 white. The…