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BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
… in 1955. During the Defiance Campaign of 1952, he served on the Joint Executive Committee of the ANC and the NIC and … positions they called for a plan of…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF PIETERMARITZBURG Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997
… this a moving occasion. I accept the Freedom you bestow on me with humility, knowing that, through me, you are … your city evokes powerful currents of our…
Statement on week of National Mass Action against violence in Natal
… Statement made after the war in natal that has cost the lives of over three thousand people, homeless people and … Statement on week of National Mass Action…
BiographyHelen Suzman
… was born in the South African mining town of Germiston on 7 November 1917 to Samuel and Frieda Gavronsky, both … come to South Africa to escape the…
NUM president speaks Cde. James Motlatsi: on the history of oppression on the mines
… NUM president speaks Cde. James Motlatsi: on the history of oppression on the mines …
League of Nations places arms embargo on Italy and lifts ban on Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
… League of Nations places arms embargo on Italy and lifts ban on Abyssinia (Ethiopia). …
BiographyJabulile Nyawose
… long hours for Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU), focusing on delivery to members and paying attention to workers’ … of the Swazi government, including their…
Address on the Occasion of the Torch Handing Over Ceremony, “From Rio to Johannesburg” , 25 June 2002 Rio De Janeiro
… development. Ten years ago, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the 'Rio Earth Summit', … sustainable development. It is a towering…
Report on a Consultation of representatives of SACC member churches on racism and change in South Africa
… Pamphlet on a Consultation of representatives of SACC member churches, … May 1982 for a follow up to the consultation on racism held in February 1980. ……
S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
… S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern …
Albert Lutuli's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize,
… Albert Lutuli's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, …
BiographyJames Matthews
… James David Matthews was born on 25 May 1929 in District Six in Cape Town, to working class … the profound impact of poverty, exploitation and racism on the…
BiographyMahomed Dawood Barmania
… afterwards he was elected to represent the Cape Province on the executive of the South African Indian Congress … of the SAIC, Barmania addressed the Senate…
Discussion towards the drafting of a document on a strategy on the South African struggle for the OAU
… Executive Committee for the drafting of a document on the South African Struggle for the Organisation of African … Discussion towards the drafting of a…
BiographyJordan Kush Ngubane
… in 1933, where he became friends with Anton Lembede. On graduating from Adams in 1937, Ngubane was offered the … career in journalism. While working with…
Declaration of the OAU ad-hoc Committee on Southern Africa on the question of South Africa
… Organisation of African Unity declaration on the question of South Africa. Statement that apartheid … Declaration of the OAU ad-hoc Committee on Southern…
BiographyIrma Stern
… Berlin and had her inaugural exhibition in Berlin in 1919. On her return to South Africa, equipped with influences from … international art prize followed by…
Maria de la Queillerie van Riebeeck, wife of Jan van Riebeeck who accompanied him to the Cape of Good Hope, is born in Rotterda
… Maria de la Queillerie van Riebeeck, wife of Jan van Riebeeck who accompanied him to the Cape of Good …
The Chamber of XVII orders Jan Van Riebeeck to restrict the allocation of farms at the Cape to officials who wanted to farm, to
… The Chamber of XVII orders Jan Van Riebeeck to restrict the allocation of farms at the …
General Jan C.G. Kemp resigns as officer in the SA army because of the war policy of the Botha government and joins the Rebelli
… General Jan C.G. Kemp resigns as officer in the SA army because of …
Merchant Jan van Riebeeck is appointed commander at the Cape at a salary of 90 Dutch guilder per year and not 150, as was his r
… Merchant Jan van Riebeeck is appointed commander at the Cape at a …
Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with the San for several years where he learned their language and custo
… Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with …
Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with the San for several years and who learned their language and custom
… Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with …
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
… Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele was born on 4 July 1948 in Johannesburg to Nimrod Njabulo Ndebele and … African Regional Universities Association and served on the…
BiographyGünther Komnick
… he started making his haunting sketches of people, often on the threshold of death. “In the camp you develop your … given his big break by one Joseph…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… a constitutional perspective, has had a profound impact on the legal rights of women; South Africa has one of the … effects of politics, customary law,…
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
… which it submitted to the Colonisation Enquiry Committee on 9 January 1934. However, its decision to participate in … delivered at an emergency conference,…
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
… which were in the air, thus throwing welcome light on various matters which were not always seen in perspective. … me tell the world, tell them anew at this…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… and people - taking the responsibility to improve our lives together. That is the spirit of Masakhane. Indeed, the extent to which South Africa … of…
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
… the Declaration by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 had a special significance. The failure of South Africa … towards the Declaration of Human…