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Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London
… 69 Africans were brutally murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on unarmed … these were not the first, nor indeed…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the state banquet in honour of President Abdou Diouf Pretoria, 30 July 1996
… and administration. Provision shall be delegation of the powers of the central authority to subordinate re units for purposes of more efficient…
Down with Afrikaans - Oakes, D. (ed)(1988). Illustrated history of South Africa – The real story, Reader’s Digest story: Cape Town.
… to the Groote Schuur Minute. 2. The final report of the Working Group on political offences dated 21 May 1990, … by both parties. The guidelines to be…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the SOWETO Uprising on 16 June 1976 16 June 1994
… Master of Ceremonies Honourable Ministers of the Government of National Unity Honourable Provincial Premiers and cabinet … Address by President Nelson…
"The Count-Down has Started": Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising by O. R. Tambo, 16 June 1986
… On June 16, 1976, as we all know, the children of Soweto, Mamelodi, Gugulethu and other areas rose united in … unprecedented in its nature and scale. On…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the Senate 18 June 1996
… Ladies and Gentlemen. I stand before you fully conscious of the historic significance of this moment. South Africa has reached a watershed in the…
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
… The President of the NUM, Comrade Senzeni Zokwana, The General Secretary of the NUM, Gwede Mantashe, The President of COSATU, Comrade Willie Madisha, The…
Address at the Work-in-Progress Review Workshop of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), 24 Jan 2002
… Mr Amara Essy, Secretary General of the OAU The Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni Metro, Councillor Duma Nkosi Minister of Health of Mali - The Honourable Dr…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Annual Gold Award ceremony of the President’t award Pretoria, 25 November 1994
… Minister Glover, Premiers of the Eastern Cape and Northern Transvaal; Craig Andrew; … Distinguished guests; Ladies and Gentlemen; Recipients of the Gold…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 Kajee accused of betrayal at NIC mass meeting…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
… Kgalema Motlanthe and Madame Gugu Motlanthe, Speaker of the National Assembly Ms Baleka Mbethe, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Thandi…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1946
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 Albert Christopher promises return of Old Guard …
Address by the reverend John Langalibalele Dube after his election as president of the South African Native National Congress
… John Langalibalele Dube after his election as president of the South African Native National Congress: report in Indian opinion, February 10, 1912 1 The…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s ‘Mother of the Nation’ who was never First Lady by Mashupye Herbert Maserumule (TheConversation.com), 3 April 2018
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela – doyen of South Africa’s liberation struggle and the matriarch who was dubbed ‘the mother of the nation’ – took the apartheid…
ArchiveOne hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018
… The Mall and over Buckingham Palace to mark the centenary of the foundation of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Nearby in Parliament Square stood the statue of Jan…
Document 70 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 August 1937
… Allison Drew Document 70 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 … 26th August 1937. The Workers Party of…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the expanded OR Tambo International Airport, 20 April 2010
… The Minister of Transport; Sbu Ndebele, Gauteng Premier, Nomvula Mokonyane, Chairperson of ACSA, Sindi Zilwa and the CEO, Monhla Hlahla, The CEO of the 2010…
ArchiveStatement Celebrating Ten Years of Democracy, ANC Chief Whip Nkosinathi Nhleko, 10 May 2004, Parliament Cape Town South Africa
… is today taking part in celebrating the first decade of freedom and democracy in our country. And as we so, we remain cognisant of the brave collective…
Document 69 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937
… Allison Drew Document 69 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937 WORKERS' PARTY OF SOUTH…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… Hugh Masekela was an up-and-coming trumpeter, all of 20, when he took an overnight train from Johannesburg to … needed to complete South Africa's greatest…
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
… In the aftermath of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Britain annexed the South … colonies to come together in closer union. After the grant of responsible…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… In the early hours of December 9th, 1982, South African Defence Force commandos … the border into Lesotho. Their target was a cluster of houses on the…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The origins and development of Trotskyism 171 Document 68 Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the…
EventBritain returns the Cape to the Netherlands and the flag of the Batavian Republic is hoisted on the Castle
… In terms of the Treaty of Amiens, signed in 1802 (between England and France), the … It was then renamed the Batavian Republic and the flag of the Batavian…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, … established the connexion with the…
Chaskalson was a pillar of strength in my battle against HIV/Aids by Justice Edwin Cameron - Constitutional Court, 9 December 2012
… trial before a hostile judge who had ruled in favour of the doctor. The plaintiff, Barry McGeary, died during the … I had HIV myself. Almost no one knew. The…
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails. … Pretoria High Court to set aside the…
EventTanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han
… Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania The East African country of Tanzania came into existence through the merger of two…
Extract from the report of the General Secretary, Bishop Desmond Tutu to the SACC Annual National Conference 1979 July
… Extract from the report of General Secretary, Bishop Desmond Tutu to the South African Council of Churches' Annual National Conference regarding detention…
Extract from the report of the General Secretary, Bishop Desmond Tutu to the SACC Annual National Conference 1979 July
… Extract from the report of General Secretary, Bishop Desmond Tutu to the South African Council of Churches' Annual National Conference regarding detention…