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Chapter III - The world outside
… incarceration, even torture by the security police to extract information from helpless victims, was the order … We Sizwe sabotage continued and multiplied,…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… the end of the 1970s. They had both dedicated their lives to the struggle for freedom, "sparing nothing of their … organiser. It was not this that endeared …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… of the Orange River near present day Oranjemund is dated to this period. 700 000 to 400 000 years … Botswana. The body of Chief Samuel…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories. [i] She was also … [ii] Her white family, the Birches, only…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
… proceeding. The purpose of this media conference is to announce the outcome of disciplinary proceedings involving … in 11.2, subjects all member of the ANC…
ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
… the dock, at his 1962 trial for inciting African workers to strike and leaving the country without a passport, Nelson … a boy brought up in my village in the…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
… based on their skin color and treated them according to the White supremacist ideology of the Nationalist Party … of Nelson Mandela and maybe Desmond Tutu,…
Statement at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 1 - 6 September 1986
… has handed over the baton of leadership of this Movement to His Excellency Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. But for … Destruction in Our Region But,…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VIII - “Christianity and Civilization”
… EIGHTEEN-FIFTIES and after, British politicians were wont to invoke Divine Providence, the Queen and the might of … his people. The second part of the scheme…
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… who would help out wherever he could. He would be as ready to help hang up the washing as he was when a comrade needed to be hidden from the apartheid secret…
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
… by local farmers. In 1918 the name was officially changed to Theronsville, but the original name stuck and was … which was built by the Missions. The town's…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… as "wasted years". New forces converged with old ones. How to reconcile the class with the national struggle remained … Communist, FIOSA, Greyshirts -…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… 3) The Broederbond Just as it was the white man’s way to think and dream for the Africans, the Broederbond … a state by the end of the 1940s, saw it as its…
EventGambian Government overthrown in military coup
… Location: back to this day in history search archive On 22 July 1994, … was characterised by mostly good governance, he failed to address the endemic…
EventIgnatius Iggy Mthebule remembered
… military training in Maputo, Mozambique and was sent back home as an underground African National Congress (ANC) … Iggy had no knowledge of this. Harden…
PlaceHeidelberg, Gauteng
… fashioned German hamlet, but a closer inspection showed it to be a decidedly dirty and unimpressive little place'. He came through Heidelburg, (his spelling)…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… Virus (HIV) was first transmitted, from one chimpanzee to one human, as early as 1908 in the southeastern corner of … variant known as HIV-2 is found in West…
"Peace and Development in our Region" Speech at "War on Want" Conference by O. R. Tambo, London, June 1988
… We would like to take this opportunity to pay homage to the farsighted leaders of our region who, … the development and defence of our region are…
Tell no Lies, Claim no easy Victories by Thabo Mbeki, 4 April 2016
… him and the Governments he led are false, the failure to correct them is to allow these to become established as historical truths.” I … latest episode – why…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… Congress, is 75 years old. Con sequently, we are honour bound to do more than observe an anniversary, because this is, for … imposed on our society. We have…
Freedom for Namibia by Toivo Herman Ja Toivo (1968)
… our background. When this case started, Counsel tried to show that this Court had no jurisdiction to try us. What they had to say was of a technical and…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the European Parliament, Strasbourg: 17 November 2004
… having first taken a step away from war, may be edging back toward the precipice. Sudan is walking a fine line between war and peace, with an agreement…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
… the nature of housing and shows how it was related to the labour needs of the employers on the Rand. Housing in … was fairly easily overcome—it was not…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 26 April 2013, Queenstown
… from whose life we must draw inspiration as we prepare to mark Freedom Day. The life of Comrade Chris was a life given to the struggle for liberation not as…
ArchiveChapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
… It was...a way in which we could give real meaning to people's involvement; to once and for all take away this … of people from Natal' to discuss the front's…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… The Department of Education In1652, three ships belonging to the Dutch East India Company - the Vereenigde Oost-Indisch … Bay. The young commander, Jan van…
Article by Oliver Tambo - In the observer, 10 November 1985, London
… countries, including the United Kingdom, will continue to act in their various ways to help bring about genuine change in South Africa. The real … means to…
Botha's British Allies by O. R. Tambo(Observer), London, 10 November 1985
… countries, including the United Kingdom, will continue to act in their various ways to help bring about genuine change in South Africa. The real … means to…
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
… enthusiast, Norman Owen-Smith, took his Leica camera along to a jazz concert at the then University of Natal … Owen-Smith’s photos are a rare and unexpected…
PlaceBobbejaan Mountain, Elands Bay
… 000 years ago. Elands Bay Cave is a rock art site dating back 10 000 years. The mild weather ensures year-round … in the rugged Cape mountains. Difficulty: 6…