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Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert: Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg
… happen. I think it posed certain problems for the ANC-in-exile, but the ANC-in-exile really by 77, 76 were not really all that significant, … the country,…
Robben Island
Unesco declared Robben Island in the Western Cape a World Heritage Site in 1999. Robben Island is located in Table Bay, some 6km west of Bloubergstrand, and…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
… killings, banning, assassinations, torture, imprisonment, exile as well as internal destabilisation. Yet it has always …
Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017
… who is now late, was an elder whom we lived with in exile. He was a veteran of the ANC that we had worked with …
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… white citizens. Many South Africans ended up in prison, in exile or were murdered due to apartheid security legislation …
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
… cooperation between SAN-ROC and the ANC leadership in exile. New successes were achieved In 1976, when New Zealand …
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
… branch level, has been banned, imprisoned or driven into exile. And this applies to the members appointed to replace …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the SOWETO Uprising on 16 June 1976 16 June 1994
… hangman's noose, detention and long terms of imprisonment, exile and banishment. That is what those who arrogated to …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Freedom Day Celebrations: Landsdown Stadium, Cape Town, April 27, 2008
… hangings of those opposed to apartheid, imprisonment, exile, massacres, assassinations, forced removals, …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the unveiling of the FIFA Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 emblem, Tempodrom, Berlin 7 July 2006
… was football that helped to boost the morale of those in exile; indeed, football was a source of comfort and solace …
Closing speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… importance of unity eloquently in a message to the ANC in exile after the 1976 uprising. He said: "Every effort to …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of His Inauguration and the 10th Anniversary of Freedom, Pretoria, 27 April 2004
… for liberty was to invite torture, prison, banishment, exile and death. To say that South Africa belongs to all who …
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
… the fact that activist artists have been forced to go into exile and that the galleries have not been viewed as the …
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
The South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster wished the new Mozambique government well. Voster however, warned that South Africa will have to act in self…
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
On 30 January 1987 the Minister of Law and Order issued a message to the newspapers denying Carte Blanche, an investigative television programme permission to…
EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
In mid-January 1879 Lt-Gen. Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand with three columns of British troops, starting the war that ended Zulu independence. After the…
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
King Dinizulu was the son of Chief Cetshwayo who reigned over Zululand, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) from 1872. Dinizulu was recognized as the legitimate heir and…
New Age
New Age, newspaper and its' predecessors, The Guardian; Advance were founded by trade unionists, academics and and was known as a leftist publication. New Age…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
The Citizen reported that the remaining 1 500 South African troops in South West Africa (Namibia) had been withdrawn during November. While the Namibian…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, when Malay slaves were brought to the Cape. This was followed by the arrival of…
EventA South African spy is released from jail
Location: back to this day in history search archive Odile Harrington, a South African convicted and imprisoned for espionage in Zimbabwe in 1987, was…
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
Robben Island is the largest of the nearby coastal islands around the Cape. In the nearly four centuries of European settlement it has been used for numerous…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
Haile Selassi was born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… of Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners. The ANC in exile mounted a campaign against the Apartheid regime. … Front and the international pressure led…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… Sonia Bunting, “The Prisons of Apartheid, Africa South in Exile, Jul-Sept 1960, 4 (4): 42, … Hilda Bernstein, “Diary of a Detainee,” Africa South in Exile,…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… his 3 kids (one of which is my father) where froced into exile because of the banning order on him which would have …
South African and World leaders
… keep links between jailed members of the ANC and those in exile. In 1983 Albertina was elected co-president of the …
Staffrider Vol.9 No.2 1990
Contents and Contributors Comment, A. W. Oliphant; STORIES: Grandpa's Rooster, Fred Khumalo; Whose Triomf?, Maureen Isaacson; Leaf-Mould, Liz Gunner; Water…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
On 3 January 2008 Mlungisi Sisulu, the grandson of Walter Sisulu died in London from Cerebral Malaria. Sisulu, better known as Lungi, was born on 20 August…