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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 …
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…
”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…
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…
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…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… remain on the outskirts of the historic meeting. Here the Freedom Charter was read to 2884 delegates. September, During … Sisulu's whereabouts. 26 June,…
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…
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…
PlaceKliptown Museum
… thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom Charter through photographs, news clippings, art, … and compact museum brings to life the…
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
… The OAU was committed to helping bring about change and freedom to many African countries and restore dignity of … It is at this historic meeting that the…
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… Palestinian territories like West bank and Gaza. 1955 The Freedom Charter is written in South Africa. It was the …
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
… 1955 26 June, The Congress of the People adopts the Freedom Charter. 1957 28 May 1957 - Chief Albert Luthuli … the National Party (NP), the Labour Party, the…
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 … government. Africanist members of…
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,…
Democracy
… Democracy 25 years of freedom 1994 to 2019 Democracy Ubuntu One rainbow nation A … my land ,my…iAfrica Let us live and strive for freedom In South…
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…
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…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Glossary
… they were given land and protection. Independence: Freedom from political control by other countries. …
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…