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… was viewed with suspicion as a creative outlet for much of that time. Yet it has developed a reputation and a body of approaches that today enables it to stand alongside older … art. David Goldblatt^Òs photographs fulfill both of these expectations. On the one hand, they speak of …

… Your Excellency, President Benjamin Mkapa Chairperson of the Forum, Justice Lewis Makame Chairperson of the Electoral Commissions of Southern Africa Ministers, Ambassadors and High … Address at the AGM of the SADC Electoral Commissions Forum Dar Es Salaam, …

… In submitting the following points for the consideration of the Court, I feel that this matter is not one that … similar actions against other Non-European people. In view of the fact that I am a public figure among the Non-European people, and one to whom many of them look for guidance, I feel that it is my duty to …

… The tragedy that has befallen the people of Mozambique is without parallel in the history of the independent Africa. It is a tragedy that has shocked … blow to African people and especially to the people of southern Africa, a blow that is felt most intensely by the …

… Madressa education does not exist in isolation but is part of the practice of the religion and grew and spread with the religion. Its primary objective has been to transmit knowledge of religious requirements so that Muslims are able to fulfil … An historical overview of madressa education - Chapter 5 by A. Akhalwaya, I. Waja, …

… Mr. Chancellor; Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Members of Council and Senate, Members of the University, Your Majesty, Premier, Distinguished … am delighted to be here and to re-visit the rolling hills of KwaDiangezwa. My visit is made even more memorable by the … Mandela on being awarded an honorary doctorate University of Zululand, 30 May 1998 …

… Mrs Motlana and family, The President of the Republic of South Africa, Cde Kgalema Motlanthe, Former President Thabo Mbeki, Leadership of the ANC and other political formations, Fellow South … by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg …

… a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the African National Congress. Chief Lutuli was served … words, but in essence it is the same speech. Those of us who are in the freedom struggle in this country have …

… from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930 … 18 November 1930 The Executive Bureau Communist Party of South Africa Dear Comrades, I was very pleased to learn of Comrade Douglas' return and hope that it will mean an …

… the Prime Minister directed a special word to the youth of the Republic and pointed to the great responsibility that … further that it was an urgent necessity that the energies of the Afrikaans and English-speaking should be combined to carry the becoming of the Republic successfully to its conclusion. The basic …

… Vasco Da Gama was of noble birth and was the son of an explorer, however little else is known about his early … life. Da Gama was said to have been educated in the town of Evora, where he studied navigation and mathematics. In … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970) Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 8, pp.108-110| …

… They assess the apartheid system in terms of the profits or the losses it yields. It has always been … the regime. Because, within limits, they are still part of it, it means that can be an additional lever, a position … how we see their role. Therefore, if it serves the purpose of weakening the ability of the regime to resist, if it helps …

… On this occasion the Prime Minister made good use of the opportunity of talking to Afrikaans students. At the time there were … the Republic. Adv. Vorster pointed, to the responsibility of the student in the community and analysed the concept … Address at the official opening of the ASB Congress on 28 June 1971 in the Aula, Pretoria …

… In the late 1600s many Muslim men of wealth and influence were banished to the Cape from their … The first political exiles or Orang Cayen were the rulers of Sumatra. Shaykh Yusuf of Macassar is the best known of the Orang Cayen. Shaykh … Sheikh Yusuf, regarded as the founder of the Islamic faith in the Cape, dies at Zandvliet (Macassar) …

… S.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem During his opening of the Cape Show on 4 March 1970, Minister of Water Affairs S.P. Botha said that several water projects … Cape Times , 5 March 1970, (Available at National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus) pg 1.| Anon, (2010), 'City …

… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson … education, health and housing; and thirdly, a national programme of public employment and relief measures. The table … preached without accompanying their words with concrete action were targets of his bitter criticism. He spared …

… At first I thought that a reading and a republishing of my Traditions of Poetry in Natal2 which attempted to situate Mafika Pascal … I had said then the more despondent I got about the fate of the poetic and what I hear around me as what is … First Mafika Gwala Lecture: The Arts of Resistance - Mafika Gwala and South African Poetry by Ari …

… Umsebenzi, 17 March 1934 In our last lesson we spoke of the Bantu or Native Republic of South Africa, for which the African workers and peasants will fight under the leadership of the Communist Party. We must now answer two questions. … for address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast of the Raadzaal Rotary Club 17 September 1994 …

… me and to you all also that apartheid laws deny us freedom of movement. Feudal days in Europe could not have been worse. … and elsewhere in Africa, are becoming increasingly aware of their plight, and are making heroic efforts to free … part and, in close co-operation with their sisters of other races, are showing a growing aggressive opposition …

… was formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic. In February 1958, Egypt … joined with Syria in the United Arab Republic- a symbol of pan-Arabism (the union only lasted until 1961). Nasser was the second president of Egypt and the first president of the United Arab Republic. …

… On 14 August 1882 Cetewayo (Cetshwayo), king of Zululand, visited Queen Victoria of Britain. Prior to his visit to Britain, he was exiled to the Cape after losing the crucial Battle of Ulundi, during the Anglo Zulu War against Sir Frere and … to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom …

… M.C. Botha, Minister of Bantu Administration and Development announced that he … in November 1977. At the time Botha was at the centre of the land dispute between the apartheid government and the Independent Homeland of Transkei, under the leadership of Chief K.D. Matanzima. …

… At the conclusion of a forty-four day inquest into the death in detention of  white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett, the … anger. On 05 February 1982, Aggett, Transvaal organiser of the Food and Canning Workers Union and African Food and … O’Malley P. ‘1982’ , from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog , [online], available at …

… The directors of the programme, fortunately for me you did not say how much … times in everything you can think of - Madiba, a man of action. He combined two things and that is not easy to do: …

… the Free State. She studied medicine at the Universities of Cape Town and the Witwatersrand and became a missionary … leprosy patients in Zambia, which was to form the basis of her professional life. After returning to South Africa to … care, she went to Nigeria to work with a leper colony of 16 000 people. During her time here, she discovered a skin …

…  The Supreme Court of Zambia ruled that former Zambian president, Frederick … Mr. Chiluba from prosecution. An overwhelming majority of Parliamentarians voted in favour of this motion and Chiluba was subsequently charged with … (1999).  Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 , …

… him dramatically. Gandhi extended his original period of stay in South Africa to assist Indians in opposing a bill … right to vote. He became the political leader and pioneer of the Passive Resistance movement (satyagraha) against the South African government and was also the co-founder of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). On his return to India, …

… Meeting to discuss the relationship of South Africa with Angola, the importance of developing mutual trust and the importance of peace in the region. … Discussion between Mr R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr Belli-Bello: Cape Town, 15 May 1986 …

… Letter from US Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, to Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, regarding a schedule for the withdrawal of Cuban troops coordinated with transnational security … Alexander M Haig Jr to the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa …

… Chronology of the Commission of Enquiry into Certain Organizations, which became a parliamentary Commission of Enquiry known as the Schlebusch Commission. Includes the … Summary of activities taken against the Christian Institute and …