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PlaceNoordhoek, Cape Town- Southern Peninsula
There is some mystery about how Noordhoek came by its name! While there is no doubt that it goes back to the time of the earliest white settlers some time…
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 …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… Steve Biko paid the supreme sacrifice. We hope that by unveiling this statue, renaming the bridge and declaring his …
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… of Gandhiji before leaving South Africa was to attend the unveiling of memorials to Valliamma and Nagappan at the …
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… At the first meeting, one of the leading women began the speech by saying, ‘A future non-sexist South Africa depends … women’s equality greatly and even…
ArchiveAfrican languages should be at the center of educational and cultural achievement by Abdi Latif Dahir (Quartz Africa)
… At his farewell speech as the chairman of the African Union in 2004, … scrambled to find translators. Chissano’s historic speech constituted the first time…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… in Lusaka, Mbeki travelled to Beichlingen to deliver a speech on behalf of the ANC’s Executive Committee at the YSS …
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… Asvat Memorial Lecture , given by Mosibudi Mangena. In the speech, Mangena, the president of Azapo, reminded listeners …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… Day celebrations in 2008 Thabo Mbeki delivered his last speech as South Africa President: “The brutalities of the …
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… and the liberation struggle. Biko described Sono’s speech as “very dangerous”. In fact, Sono had Chief Gatsha …
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… World Cup in Germany, was the main favourite. During his speech the FIFA President Sepp Blatter stated that “the FIFA …
EventEgyptian President Sadat formally accepts an invitation to visit Israel. The Egyptian foreign minister and his deputy resign over the proposed visit to Israel and the Arab nations are in uproar
… Sadat's visit to Israel came about after he delivered a speech in Egypt stating that he would travel anywhere, "even …
EventAs part of a defiance campaign against the apartheid Government, SA is hit by a nationwide wave of protests
… in force for over 3 years; which prohibited freedom of speech, assembly and association and under which arbitrary …
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… was broadcast in South Africa by the SABC. The Funeral Speech (Eulogy) to Diana Princess of Wales was given by her …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… of the United Democratic Front 1985 P.W. Botha’s Rubicon speech 1985 November, Kobie Coetsee meets Nelson Mandela in a …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… Communist Party of South Africa convene the Defend Free Speech Convention, attended by 528 delegates representing … of Nana Sita, from the Transvaal, making…
PlaceAddington Hospital, Durban
… force towards success”, said Dr Hurst in one her opening speech of the projects. "Today’s Addington, enjoys being at …
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… that he had written. “He wrote that Dube made an eloquent speech and he was an African whom one should know. He kept in …
Beyond the Apartheid University?
… re-imagining of Post-Apartheid scholarship. 8. Freedom of speech as a form of resistance to intellectualism? 9. The …
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In his speech, he clarified and justified the turn to the armed …
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… Hertzog championed the Afrikaners cause. Another was the speech made at Smithfield, in which he called for a …
The Battle of Square Hill
… the battalion partook in combat at Hill 2260, Chevron B, Crest and End Hills and also ‘took Dhib Hill without …
PlaceSt. Andrews College, Grahamstown now Makhanda
… leaders, summed up his address at St Andrew’s College Speech Day in 1929 and identified the theme that has run like …
ArchiveDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone
Programme Director, Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula, Acting Premier of Gauteng Ms Qedane Mahlangu, Family and friends of Steve Madi Mokone, …
PlaceStikland Cemetery
In a 1947, a letter to the Cape Town Clerk and the secretary of the Board of Trustees to the Cape Peninsula Cemeteries requested the establishment of a new…
ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
… have a big bonfire and burn them. All-out attack on free speech What started as the burning largely of imported … pornographic books, became an all-out…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… the first death from Covid-19 in Europe. 15 February- A speech by Chinese president Xi Jinping is published. The speech, from 3 February, suggests that the…
ArchiveChapter 6 Underground in Joburg by Denis Goldberg
… inside the country and organising against apartheid. The speech was inspiring and brave, a defiant call to unity in … done. We insisted that Walter make a…
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… I also had to answer searching questions on Robert Resha's speech to the volunteers in which he had said, "when you are … of his passion for discipline and…