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The New Generation
… that we want to play a part too in the running of our own land! It's a shame, brother; as someone did say a disgusting …
Statement at the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, Cuba by O. R. Tambo, 3 - 9 September 1979
… Africa our people were engaged in wars defending their land and countries against alien conquerors. It was in the … of our peoples to self-determination, to…
A new total strategy emerges July 1990 -June 1991
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The unbanning of the liberation movements on 2 February…
Damon – The Malabar Slave (Historic Alleys)
… in 1809 by the Colonial government who directed that this land be purchased for him and thus he became a resident of …
BiographyVicky Sampson
Vicky Sampson was born in 1969, to Faye and Victor Sampson. Her father, Victor, was a member of the Golden City Dixies, a travelling vaudeville group. When…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei on 26 September 1936…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… year, when a plane from Swaziland to Lesotho was forced to land in South Africa due to bad weather, the security police … through the area and help them skip…
Bishop Tutu’s 1999 interview on NewsHour
… really as a church leader who has the best interest of our land at heart. I love this country passionately, and I am …
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… good for Afrikaners and English-speaking people alike. The land which belongs to them, belongs to them legitimately, … in the process of training them and…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
Jock Strachan – who died this month aged 94 – prevented a probable second massacre of black demonstrators outside Central Prison in Durban by deliberately…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… been electrified. More of our people have gained access to land. New roads have been built and old ones improved. For … industrial relations, foreign affairs…
EventAnton Fransch, ANC guerrilla, killed by the special forces of the apartheid regime
Anton Fransch was born and raised in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town. He was the second youngest of 7 siblings. He attended Modderdam High School and joined Cosas …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 21 August 1990
… them and it was in the same way that it was the promised land of kings, but of course now they don't tell us who their … when they were in contact with God…
BiographyRev. Theo Kotze
The Reverend Theo Kotze was born at the Heads in Knysna, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 19 May 1920.Kotze came from Afrikaaner stock. His father, a lawyer…
BiographyEsther Barsel
Born in Raguva, Lithuania on 17 October 1924, Esther Barsel (nee Levin) came to South Africa in 1927 when she was three years old. She and her mother followed…
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… in bitter cold; A. Narayanaswami, who was not allowed to land for two months when he returned from illegal deportation …
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… war powers to prohibit meetings on gold-proclaimed land under Proclamation No. 1425 We have no hesitation in …
BiographyJames Barry Munnik Hertzog
James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog was born in Soetendal Wellington on the 6 th of April 1866. Hertzog was the eighth child of Johannes Albertus Munnik Hertzog,…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
Sicelo Mhlauli was born on 25 May 1949 in Cradock. After completing high school, he trained as a teacher at Lovedale College and upon completion taught at…
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
Father Trevor Huddleston was born on 15 June 1913 in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England to Ernest Huddleston and his wife. Soon after, the family moved to Golders…
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
… representatives on the question of the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill, which has now …
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
George Sewpersadh was born in Cato Manor on 7 October 1936. His father was a newspaper vendor and his mother a housewife. His family was forced to move to…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Early LifeJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He is the first…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 11 November 2003
… contribute to the EPWP are the Department of Agriculture's Land Care Programme, the Department of Environmental Affairs … Programme, People and Parks,…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2010
… health, the fight against crime, rural development and land reform and creating decent work. Additional to this, we … all South Africans to show our visitors…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was employed as a printer’s assistant and her…
BiographyMary Moodley
Mary Moodley, or Aunty Mary as she was known, was born on 14 March 1914 in Jaggersfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State). She was the second eldest of 10…
PlaceOhrigstad
Ohrigstad was founded in 1845 by Hendrik Potgieter, the well-known "Voortrekker" leader. He named the Town after himself and George Ohrig: Andries-Ohrigstad…
EventAhmed Timol born on the 3rd Nov 1941
Ahmed Timol was born on the 3rd November 1941 in Breyten in current-day Mpumalanga. He grew up in Roodepoort and trained as a teacher. In 1964 he attended the…
PlaceTsolwana Game Reserve, Eastern Cape
Nestled against the Northern slopes of the Winterberg Mountain range at the edge of the Karoo, Tsolwana Game Reserve lies between Cradock and Queenstown, near…