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Address by President Nelson Mandela on being awarded an honorary doctorate University of Zululand, 30 May 1998
… Mr. Chancellor; Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Members of Council and Senate, Members of the University, Your Majesty, Premier, Distinguished … am delighted to be here…
'We Go To Action': Statement on the Launching In Natal of the Defiance Campaign, August 30, 1952
… delegates whose stand was fully endorsed at the Conference of the African National Congress, Natal Branch, held in Durban on March 15, 1952, supported the…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
… 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…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the National Day of Safety and Security Vosloorus, 15 October 1994
… honour for me to be with you on this day, the National Day of Safety and Security. The people of the East Rand, and in particular Katlehong, Thokoza and ……
Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930
… 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…
Statement at the International Labour Conference (extract) by O. R. Tambo, Geneva, 19 June 1986
… struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. … Twice in a period of less than a year,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Labour Conference,19 June 1986
… Our struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. … Twice in a period of less than a…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party was held in Cuba in April 1989. When Jorge Risquet, one of…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Radio Freedom on Visits of Multi-National Corporations to the ANC, before February 1986
… 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…
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… 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…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Celebration the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2005
… Director of Ceremonies, Veteran volunteer organisers of the Congress of the People, Deputy President of the … all who live in it, was made at a time when the…
EventSheikh Yusuf, regarded as the founder of the Islamic faith in the Cape, dies at Zandvliet (Macassar)
… 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…
Beyond the barricades: the 1985 schools boycott and the vicissitudes of the Athlone Students Action Committee(ASAC)
… A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of BA Honours in History at the University of Cape Town. This dissertation…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape’s water supply problem
… 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…
Notes for address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast of the Raadzaal Rotary Club 17 September 1994
… 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…
ArchiveFirst Mafika Gwala Lecture: The Arts of Resistance - Mafika Gwala and South African Poetry by Ari Sitas
… 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…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Conference of the African National Congress Women`s League, 1 August 1959
… 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…
EventGamal Abdel Nasser is formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic
… 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…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… 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…
Chapter 1: Introduction
… Before embarking on an investigation of vigilantes and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, it is … ill-timed decision by the Government in 1986 to lift the…
EventMinister of Bantu Administration and Development, MC Botha announces that he will not stand for re-election.
… 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…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… 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,…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Soweto rally to welcome released leaders, 29 October 1989
… This is a joyful day for all of us. It is a day of celebration for all the people of our … murder squad; the detention of tens of thousands under the State…
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
… had arranged for his archive to go to the University of Cape Town upon his death. The university’s library also housed a collection of work produced by…
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… 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…
Discussion between Mr R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr Belli-Bello: Cape Town, 15 May 1986
… Meeting to discuss the relationship of South Africa with Angola, the importance of developing mutual trust and the importance of peace in the region. ……
EventBheki Mlangeni, ANC human rights lawyer of Soweto, is killed by a walkman bomb meant for Dirk Coetzee.
… Dirk Coetzee had worked together to expose the existence of a secret police unit based at Vlakplaas . The unit carried out assassinations of anti-apartheid…
EventBritish explorers, John Speke and J.A. Grant announce that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile
… in Africa announced that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile River. The expedition was Speke’s second attempt … invitation by Richard Burton to search…
The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.
… The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern … (SWAPO) fighters are believed killed, with…
EventMandela persuades Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103
… role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over … altogether 270 people, crew,…