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PlaceClaremont Main Road Mosque
… grown significantly since the arrival of the first Muslims to the Cape Colony in 1658. The first Muslims came from … were forbidden in public for centuries,…
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit Cape Town, 9 June 1994
… Business Leaders, and Fellow South Africans Allow me to express my gratitude to the organisers of the World … level, at the southern tip of the continent, is…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… and freedom in our land; Respect those who have worked to build and develop our country; and Believe that South … so as to Heal the divisions of the past and…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… fellow South Africans, The ANC centenary represents a milestone achievement not only for the ANC, but for all … Dube from 1912-1917, Sefako Makgatho from…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… modern History, has, in many instances, been relegated to mere footnote status in our mining history. While this may … feature prominently in history books,…
Document 6 - M. Lopes, “Socialism and the Labour Party”, The Bolshevik, April 1920
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … and the Labour Party", The Bolshevik, April 1920 In a…
Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
… on the life of the historian and political activist At a dinner party in Salisbury (Harare) in the late1950s when … been born black. "Terry," Reed wrote…
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… Gonçalo da Silveira was a Jesuit Priest born and educated in Portugal. He was a missionary in India, acting as provincial superior for the … arrived at…
EventFrederick Lugard, British colonial administrator, occupies Kano, West Africa
… traditional structures and hierarchies are retained when a country or territory is occupied while the traditional leader is co-opted and reduced to an…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos THE CHANGE TO WAGE LABOUR has described some of the different ways in … of the land and entered wage labour…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… who enjoy being cuddled. We are talking about men who want to be with their families, husbands who just want to work to … endure forty-six years in South…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… the Anne Frank House on presentation of Anne Frank Award to President Nelson Mandela) Chairperson, Members of the Anne … the significance of this exhibition…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… The armed mercenaries entered the Seychelles disguised as a beer-drinking tourist party, "The Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers." Hoare's objective was to…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Early Writings
… Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 1. A. M. LEMBEDE, "The Importance of Agriculture," Iso … 1 (October 1934), 16-17. An incentive which has…
Document 8 - S. P. Bunting, The “Colonial” Labour Front, 23 October 1922
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … on national and colonial questions must be chiefly to…
Chapter 3. The Poor White Problem - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… From the moment I assumed office, I came face-to-face with the "Poor White" problem, one of the major … if the poverty and misery in which the other half…
Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
… Party in 1948 The African National Congress (ANC) arose as a mass organisation in the 1950s as the black working class struggled to defend itself against…
82. The President’s Council
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … appointed in September 1980 with the task of recommending to the Government a…
Black ViewPoint - Introduction edited by B.S. Biko (1972)
… Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa IT IS SIGNIFICANT that in a country peopled to the extent of 75% by blacks and whose entire economic … manned by and produced by…
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… Post Office clock is the "Coronation Clock'. This might be a good point for city councillors to stress when they next apply to the prevailing authority ……
EventThe Dutch Indiaman, the Nieuwe Haerlem, is wrecked in a storm in Table Bay
… Since Bartholomew Dias managed to circumnavigate the Cape in 1488 in an attempt to find a sea route to the spice lands of East Asia, numerous Dutch … March…
Who was Khwezi? Here’s what we learnt during the Zuma rape trial by TMG Digital (Sowetan) ,10 October 2016
… Jacob Zuma of rape‚ Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo‚ was from a family of political exiles whose life was spread across … Britain‚ the Netherlands and South Africa…
Address on Receiving the Freedom of the City of Kingston Jamaica, 30 June 2003
… Africans: I am honoured by the warm welcome extended to us by the wonderful people of Jamaica, and in particular, … receive the 'Freedom of the City of…
Manifesto of the emigrant farmers By Piet Retief, 1837
… on the Trek from the Cape. This Manifesto purports to represent the real causes of the expatriation of himself … the intention of exciting in the minds of…
Present Stage of the Struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 1 June 1968
… Twenty years ago last month, a minority of the white minority in South Africa, steeped in the doctrines Hitler sought to impose by force on mankind, seized…
Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid by Oliver Tambo, 1 June 1968, Stockholm
… Apartheid In South Africa Twenty years ago last month, a minority of the white minority in South Africa, steeped in the doctrines Hitler sought to impose by…
Paper prepared at the request of the Special Committee against Apartheid, June 1968
… in South Africa June 1968 Twenty years ago last month, a minority of the white minority in South Africa, steeped in the doctrines Hitler sought to impose by…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Bengal and the Malabar coast. These Easterners, who had a long tradition of Islam behind them, were responsible for … 10 in a list extracted from…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign, 11 June 1988, Wembley Stadium, London
… youth and citizens of Great Britain and the world, What a great honour and rare privilege it is for us to be here as you launch the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom…
Statement at the Launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign by O. R. Tambo, Wembley Stadium, London, 11 June 1988
… youth and citizens of Great Britain and the world, What a great honour and rare privilege it is for us to be here as you launch the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom…