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Robert Sobukwe: What a sense of mission! By Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, 19 February 2015, South Africa
… 27 marks 37 years since the passing away in the hands of the apartheid regime of the great pan-Africanist leader. His radical dedication to the total freedom…
Address to CODESA by comrade Nelson R. Mandela, President of the ANC 20 December 1991
… Chief Justice and Joint Chairpersons; Leaders of Political Parties and Movements; Distinguished Observers from International Organisations; Members of the…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2014 (before National Elections)
… State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of … 2014 -…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 17 June 2014 (after National Elections)
… The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and … 2014 - President…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… I had been active in the labour movement since the days of my youth, my election to the position of general secretary the union was purely fortuitous. In…
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
… on 30 July 1907 at Lowfield Heath Sussex, the youngest of three brothers. In 1911 his father, an Anglican priest, was transferred to a slum parish in the…
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…
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… June 18, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Amandla! Magazine — A defining feature of the 1976 uprising was the decisive…
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…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 19 February 2015
… President Jacob Zuma on Thursday in response to the State of the Nation Address Debate 19 February 2015 Honourable Speaker,Honourable Chairperson of the NCOP…
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;…
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…
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…
Statement Issued By GCIS: Briefing on the Case of Robert McBride - 21 May 1998
… Statement Issued By GCIS: Briefing on the Case of Robert McBride - 21 May 1998 … | library | articles & documents | briefing on the case of Robert McBride…
The end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in the subject history at the University of South … The end conscription…
"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…
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
… Following the Rwandan genocide of 1994, thousands of Hutu refugees fled to the neighboring Congo (DRC), … as Zaire. This was in an attempt to escape the…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… The Canadian government offered a second contingent of troops consisting of infantry, cavalry and field artillery to bolster British … need for additional…
Letter to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 June 1968
… In the course of my address to the session of the Special Committee on Apartheid in Stockholm, I asked … Marof, to convey to Your Excellency the gratitude of…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… Perhaps one of the most notorious pirates in history, Captain William … was thought to have become familiar with the practice of piracy while serving as an…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… in 1894. She studied Social Anthropology at the University of Witwatersrand. For her Master’s degree Hellman decided to do research into the lives of urban…
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America', 26 April 1932 … April 26,1932. Secretary Communist League of America 84 East 10th Street…
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
… and Congo President, Joseph Kasavubu, were accused of conspiracy to murder ex-premier Patrice Lumumba in a UN … that Patrice Lumumba was assassinated with…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… The poverty and vulnerability of the South African Republic (Transvaal) prompted Disraeli's … This was an important step in achieving the federation of the…
EventConnie Mulder resigns as a result of his involvement in plot to sell apartheid propaganda
… On 24 January 1979, the Minister of Information, Connie Mulder , resigns his seat in Parliament at the insistence of the Prime Minister P. W. Botha as a…
EventNelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists
… a statement condemning the Lockerbie bombing and loss of life that occurred as a result. The bombing killed all 243 … sustain peace and stability. It was the…
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… On 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the Republican Referendum Bill was introduced to Parliament by the Deputy Minister of…
EventEllen Johnson-Sirleaf, becomes the first woman to be Head of State in Africa
… Johnson-Sirleaf became the first elected woman as Head of State in Africa. Johnson-Sirleaf’s historic inauguration as President of Liberia was on 16 January…
EventThe Castle of Good Hope, oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa, is completed.
… The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving colonial building in … establishing a maritime replenishment station at the Cape of Good Hope for the Dutch…