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EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women's Day
In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… 1990 after South African President F.W. de Klerk made a speech at the opening of Parliament, announcing among other …
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… Harold Macmillan gave his famous 'winds of change' speech here in South Africa. By 1962 the British Government …
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… and British and Natal officials brushed off Shepstone's speech as being without legal force. More significantly, the …
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… and British and Natal officials brushed off Shepstone's speech as being without legal force. More significantly, the …
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… of person, of one’s house and privacy. Freedom of speech, press, meetings and association. Freedom of movement …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… Harding expressed his support for the movement in a speech made on 26 November 1913. London finally communicated …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… to cause "incidents". 20 April, Mandela made his famous speech from the dock in which he exclaimed that he was … ‘ We are at War! ’ 18 June, Oliver Tambo…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… in South Africa. 1972 August 11, Dadoo delivers a speech at the funeral of J. B. Marks at Novodovichy … meeting and asks him to deliver the main address…
ArticleUniversity Christian Movement (UCM)
… after its president, Jonty Driver, delivered a speech questioning the role of the organisation. Driver … weakened if it broke away from its white student…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… 1946: Winston Churchill delivers his ‘ Iron Curtain’ speech 1947: Marshall Plan is announced 1948 : February, …
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… of 10 May 1897. It effectively summarises the introductory speech given by R. H. Whale (qv.).* The primary argument for …
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… the walled-in people of both West and East Berlin. His speech contained the memorable phrase, " Ich bin ein Berliner …
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… expected to attend the event. The president will use his speech to thank the millions of South Africans - the huge …
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
… of one million people came to see and listen to the Pope's speech. References: Malunga, M. (1988). "Smiles for the …
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… release from prison, Nelson Mandela made his first public speech after his release from the balcony of Cape Town City …
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… of Delegates (Indian representatives). In his closing speech at the conference, Dr. Allan Boesak, who was at the …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… Macmillan, British Conservative Prime Minister, delivers a speech, which became known as the ‘winds of change’ speech, to the South African Parliament. In…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Cultural Activities
… Transvaal youth. Mr. A. M. Lembede replied in a memorable speech. He took the Platonic view for his definition of … moon, and way below it on the eastern…
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… the greatest human rights leaders of all time. His moving speech, "I have a dream", spoke to the hearts of people the …
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… that when one did not understand or listen to a political speech, they surely could not walk away from these … at the Funeral of Ellen Motlalepule Kuzwayo,…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… Black South Africans. Click here to read Tutu's acceptance speech. …
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… (BPC) and the Black Parents Association (BPA), delivered a speech about Black Consciousness, in which he raised the …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… in Johannesburg on 23 January 1983, but this part of his speech was unplanned- and even he was surprised to see the …
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is a tribute to Africa - ANC, 21 May 2010
… of the day when Nelson Mandela made his official public speech at the same stadium after his release from prison on the 20th February 1990. This followed his…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… in the Rivonia Trial begin. Z.K. Matthews makes a speech, entitled ‘ The Road From Non-Violence to Violence ’ … ‘ We are at War! ’ 18 June, Oliver Tambo…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… (Gasa, 2007 188-189) Upon her release, Cornelius gave a speech calling on workers to demand a living wage and freedom. (Cornelius SAHO) This speech propelled…
EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… analysis, the poem deliberately imitated the local speech patterns of the Cape Dutch speakers, marking an …
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… the aim of bringing the apartheid regime to an end. In his speech on Capitol Hill, Desmond Tutu asserted that the policy …
EventJulius Nyerere chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) addresses the ANC in Arusha
… the struggle against apartheid to continue. In his speech he stated that: "Throughout these long years the …