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Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… unionist, a well-rounded ANC leader and a devotee to human freedom. On behalf of government, let me take this … who dedicated sixty years of his life to the…
Resist Apartheid Campaign Message to Meeting in Johannesburg, 11 July 1954
… nation will have the opportunity to write into this great Charter of Freedom their aspirations on freedom. The Western Areas Removal Plan of the Government …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… Congress and the African People Organisation organised a “Freedom of Speech Convention” in Johannesburg. The Convention … in the Congress of Democrats and…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 4 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… is still there. I still want this country to be like the Freedom Charter says. South Africa belongs to the people who are … not interested. We still say the…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… the role that these activists played in the struggle for freedom was erected on the site of the massacre in 1997. …
Remembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz by Gwen Ansell, 11 September 2017
… working. Apartheid restrictions and the defiant, joyful freedom of the group’s music meant gigs were scarce, and the … young players could develop their own…
ArchiveAddress at 46664 Concert, by Nelson Mandela, 27 June 2008, London United Kingdom
… ago London hosted a historic concert which called for our freedom. Your voices carried across the water to inspire us … oppressed, there is more work to be…
EventChief Buthelezi considers registering the IFP for April 1994 election
… in Durban that he was considering registering his Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The elections were set to take place on … but added that his party's demands,…
EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… Apartheid government was concerned about threats to media freedom. However, the sentence meted out suggests that the … the journalists and showing a…
Address to the nation by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, on the assassination of Martin Thembisile (Chris) Hani 10 April 1993
… day of truth will dawn. Chris spent his life fighting for freedom, democracy and justice. It was this passion for … selflessly chose the often thankless task…
EventZambian journalist, Fred M’membe is born
… of the Media Institute of Southern Africa's Press Freedom Award in 1995. That same year, he also won the International Press Freedom Award. However, M’membe…
Statement by Albert Luthuli on the "Sabotage Act", 6 June 1962
… ensure respect for basic human rights as enunciated in its Charter. In the dark days that lie ahead, we should be … an admission by the Government of the…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… 5) The divine destiny of the African people is National Freedom. Unless Africans achieve national freedom as early as possible they will be confronted with…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
… corner of our land and demands for incorporation into Charter were to be formulated. Third stage . During this … a direct connection between the more long…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
… no other purpose than to further the CAUSE OF PEACE AND FREEDOM in Afrika in particular, and in the world in general. When I say Freedom I mean true freedom…
South Africa: Basic Education Hosts 2016 Inkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Programme, 4 to 7 October
… to the "Honouring our Heroes and heroines programme" of Freedom Park. The iNkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History is a … sessions on the 5 October 2016 to 6…
ArchiveStatement Celebrating Ten Years of Democracy, ANC Chief Whip Nkosinathi Nhleko, 10 May 2004, Parliament Cape Town South Africa
… is today taking part in celebrating the first decade of freedom and democracy in our country. And as we so, we remain … joint sitting on the celebrations of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the Senate 18 June 1996
… new. It has been continually forged in the struggle for freedom. Enforced division has engendered in our people a powerful urge towards unity as a condition…
Speech by Albert Luthuli at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats, 1 February 1958
… essence it is the same speech. Those of us who are in the freedom struggle in this country have really only one gospel. … it in different ways, but it is a…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… essence it is the same speech. Those of us who are in the freedom struggle in this country have really only one gospel. … it in different ways, but it is a…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… was a fearless defender of the principles of academic freedom and university autonomy, defining academic freedom as the university’s right to determine who…
The Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… Congress (PAC)has been involved with in relation to the freedom struggle of the oppressed in South Africa and the … of the PAC and directed the course of…
EventThe Cape Times appears for the first time
… in South Africa was closely linked to the struggle for freedom of speech. The South African Commercial Advertiser, … The paper reappeared again in 1828, with…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: his ‘obstinacy and stubbornness’ (Part 2) by Raymond Suttner, 11 June 2018
… Obstinacy, in this sense, was also why his commitment to freedom never wavered. Nelson Mandela was notoriously … proponent of the non-racial and multi-racial…
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… The Act received strong opposition from the right-wing Freedom Front (FF), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the South African Agricultural Union …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… remain on the outskirts of the historic meeting. Here the Freedom Charter was read to 2884 delegates. September, During one of … Sisulu's whereabouts. 26…
Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 26 June 1969
… has led the people of South Africa in the struggle for freedom. For over fifty years it has been the sword and … Africa is in flames - the flames of…
A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969
… has led the people of South Africa in the struggle for freedom. For over fifty years it has been the sword and … Africa is in flames - the flames of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… Speech Convention in Johannesburg proclaims May 1st as Freedom Day and calls on all organisations to go into … is held countrywide. June 26 is observed as…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela to the Angolan National Assembly Luanda, 29 April 1998
… the elected representatives of a people for whom our freedom was as precious as their own. Angola's solidarity … their liberation was of heroic proportions…