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ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… of the Sharpeville massacre to knowledge of both the 1955 Freedom Charter and the 1976 Soweto Uprising. The Freedom Charter is the statement of core…
”Africans and San Francisco.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma, May 8, 1945
… opportunity to continue pressing your claims for full freedom as human beings. Demonstrations on Victory Day must be merely a stage in this fight for freedom…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1974
… countrymen... On this, the eve of June 26th, South Africa Freedom Day, which we all observe annually, I greet you in … usurpers and colonisers; and later to…
Message by Albert Luthuli, 1 May 1955
… year we shall re-dedicate ourselves to the struggle for freedom in that great assembly of the people, where we shall write a charter for freedom. The…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… Peter Mokaba, a notable freedom fighter and patriot, was born on 7 January 1959. Mokoba played a significant role in the struggle for freedom especially…
EventThe Declaration of Windhoek
… World Press Freedom Day is observed on 3 May. This day was the … the 3 May 1991. This declaration is a statement of press freedom principles put together by…
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… Palestinian territories like West bank and Gaza. 1955 The Freedom Charter is written in South Africa. It was the statement that …
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… Huddleston with the nation’s highest award, the Order of Freedom 1st Class. Huddleston receives the Dag Hammerskjold …
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… pensioners in the former Bophuthatswana homeland. Economic Freedom Fighters The EFF is South Africa’s second-largest … in terms of the supply of water and…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter. This Charter laid the basis for a bill of rights in … 1955 26 June, The Congress of the People…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… Act . [v] These items of legislation served to limit the freedom of all people not classified as White)living in South … promulgated in the early 1900s in…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… police violence. In 1955, an important document called The Freedom Charter was agreed upon at the Congress of the People in … government. Africanist members…
Postscript
… at a time when I and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. I will return!' " … made, which mean but little to the mass of…
PlaceKliptown Museum
… thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom Charter through photographs, news clippings, art, song and … and compact museum brings to…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… whose gallantry in the face of adversity and commitment to freedom is impeccable. He was an indisputable revolutionary … influence and support of his…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… vote. The National Party (NP) received 20.39 %, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 10.54 %, Freedom Front (FF) 2.2 %, Democratic Party (DP) 1.7 %, Pan …
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… OAU started its operations on 13 September, 1963, when its Charter was adopted. The OAU was committed to helping bring about change and freedom to many…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
… 1952 defiance campaign, and he never stopped fighting for freedom and for change. When the ANC was banned and leaders … played a key role inside the country,…
Address at the SANEF Conference on the Media, the AU, NEPAD and Democracy ,12 April 2003
… Chairperson of SANEF, Mathatha Tsedu, Convenor of the Media Freedom Committee, Henry Jeffreys, Distinguished Delegates, … will focus on include the important…
Document 37 - The Bill of Rights
… the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. 2. The state must respect, protect, promote and … 11. Life Everyone has the right to life…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Glossary
… they were given land and protection. Independence: Freedom from political control by other countries. …
THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IS ON IN EARNEST, Durban, 12 December 1959
… from all this. To these champions of the noble cause of Freedom and Democracy I say: "Money to give you we have none … It should be plain from this extract…
Albert Luthuli`s speech to ceremony for presenting him the Christopher Gell Memorial Award, 21 October 1961, Port Elizabeth
… be held in check. His writings warmed the hearts of all freedom lovers and his wielding the cudgels on behalf of the … have unreservedly dedicated themselves…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… Tension between hostel dwellers, who were mainly Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters, and residents, mainly African … land adjacent to hostels that were…
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… severely restricted in practice, including the rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association. Political … but cannot participate in elections…
Chapter V - South Africa belongs to all who live in it
… black and white, to come together and adopt a people's Freedom Charter. The Congress of the People activities brought me to … In July, a special anti-removal…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE Pretoria, 4 December 1997
… compassion, to keep the flames of solidarity, justice and freedom burning. The temptation in our situation is to speak … between justice and injustice…
ArchiveDemocracy
… Democracy 25 years of freedom 1994 to 2019 Democracy Ubuntu One rainbow nation A … cultures and languages Democracy The children’s charter Given a…
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… the sake of the successful prosecution of our struggle for freedom, I wish to say that we are under no illusions as to what the attainment of freedom would…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… Klerk won 983 690 (22%) of the national votes, the Inkatha Freedom Party(IFP) under the leadership of Chief Mangosuthu … Buthelezi won 2 058 294 (10%) of the…