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EventFormer commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned
… Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe, brother of … Sebe, was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment after being…
The Construction of Whiteness/Blackness And The Invention of Miscegenation In South African Literary Texts of the 1920s and 1930 by Itala Vivan
… In an exploration of the attitudes taken by different cultures in different … (Millin: 1924, 295; italics in the text), and their being such acquires an…
Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012
… is a number that ought to be deeply etched in the minds of all Africans. For during 1912 achievement parted ways with … into a covenant to become one nation…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… Table Mountain and the curved spine of hills associated with it define the city of Cape Town. The … had its origins in the city, it had a reputation for…
O. R. Tambo interviewed in Luanda after Summit Meeting of Presidents of Frontline States and Southern African Liberation Movements, 1977
… TAMBO: This has been a very important meeting for a number of reasons. The consultations of British Foreign Secretary … of course he did come. But the…
We Shall Win. Joint Statement by Leaders of Liberation Movements at the fifth Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Algiers, 13 – 16 September 1968
… Excellencies and distinguished guests, Allow me on behalf of the liberation movements, the revolutionary fighters and oppressed peoples of our countries, to…
PlaceStatue Of Cecil John Rhodes, in the Company's Gardens
… The Statue of Cecil Rhodes was erected at Company’s Garden in Cape Town in 1908. It features a full body replica of Rhodes wearing a three-piece suit,…
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
… announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands … were officially instituted in the 1950s…
ArchiveArtwork of map of Africa
… Brown, orange, red, black and white poster. Artwork of map of Africa with a soldier, a farmer and a woman with a baby on … Artwork of map of Africa …
EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… The Human Rights Commission (HRC), a statutory body provided for under the Interim Constitution, on its … that the commission would ensure that the rights of…
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… The houses of South African Houses of Parliament are situated in Cape Town even though the seat … days. The firefighters responded within six minutes after…
Address at the University of The State of Bahia Brazil, 14 December 2000
… Dr Silvio Humberto Passos, Your Excellencies, Members of Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and … daily task it is to broaden, widen and move the…
Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Dar Es Salaam by O. R. Tambo, 7 – 10 April 1975
… Mr. Chairman, Your Excellency, Secretary General of the OAU, Distinguished Ministers, Fellow leaders of the National Liberation Movement, Your…
Statement by Oliver Tambo, on behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the closing session of the seventh summit meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African states, 02 December 1988, Arusha
… Your Excellency, President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Vice-Chairman of Chama … We are confident that under your capable…
BiographyCharles Llewellyn
… in Pietermaritzburg to an English father and black mother. Being of mixed–raced meant that Llewellyn was significantly darker … slow left arm bowler (with a…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… Sam and Annie, had both been born in London, the children of Lithuanian Jews who had left the Pale of Settlement to escape the Russian pogroms. Sam and Annie…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, 25 October 1996
… Mister Chancellor; Mister Vice-Chancellor; Members of the University; Honoured Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen, As the Rector has noted in his address of…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… This article was written by Bennett Gwynn and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … project Overcoming Adversity from All…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… the PAC On October 5th, 1960, the "electorate" of the Union of South Africa voted in favour of a Republic by … The South Africa United Front, which is the…
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was formed during an Inaugural … was the leading non-racial trade union co-coordinating body, and ally of…
Constitution of the South African Native National Congress, September, 1919 [Extracts]
… 1. WHEREAS there existed in the Provinces of the Union of South Africa several small and Independent … AND WHEREAS the good work of the aforementioned…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… mother, Bessie Amelia Emery, came from a wealthy family of Scottish descent. No information on her father exists … a Catholic church and school and remained…
BiographyBenedict ‘Bennie’ Saul McCarthy
… visiting side by two goals. After this game, the managers of Ajax an Amsterdam-based club, showed interest in the young … began Bennie's international soccer…
ArticleGrade 12 - The impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s
… The Cold War was the period of conflict and competition between the capitalist United … Soviet Union, and their respective allies. From the end of World War…
BiographySue Williamson
… an Advanced Diploma in Fine Art from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town (UCT). Williamson was trained as a … issues pertaining to civil activism,…
ArchivePhotograph of Korsten slum dwellers
… Black and white photograph showing families being removed from Korsten, Port Elizabeth, slum dwellings … Photograph of Korsten slum dwellers …
ArchiveSummary notes of a meeting between Minister Silvino da Luz, Foreign Minister of Cape Verde and Messrs D W Auret and J Marx of the Department of Foreign Affairs: Praia, Cape Verde, 24 February 1986
… from a diplomatic meeting between the Foreign Minister of Cape Verde and representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs. The release of Captain du…
BiographyRandolph Hartzenberg
… a Higher Diploma Drama in Education from the University of Cape Town in 1989, educating has been a huge part of his professional life. He taught art at…
Year of women of South Africa by E.S. Reddy
… those days children were not allowed to sit in the company of adults. But whenever I told my father that we wanted to go … pleasant man, especially when he…
A Helots’ Bill of Rights
… African Communist Party Documents. 1923 A Helots’ Bill of Rights First Published: Editorial in The International, … by Dominic Tweedie . Every intelligent…