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EventFormer Bafana Bafana Legend John Moeti dies
… and also member of the Bafana squad thet lifted the 1996 African Cup of Nation …
ArchiveMandela's release - what a day this was in our history
We worked frantically through the night to call together out activists and put all the logistics in place for a normal rally: designed and printed pamphlets…
ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… and a quintessential part of the transition. The South African Truth Commission positioned itself between two … amnesty and where hearings were held in…
EventAllan Boesak's plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… an extra-marital affair with a white employee of the South African Council of Churches. He later divorced his wife to … was the ANC Western Cape president…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… ensuring that it includes all sections of our population, African, White, Coloured and Indian, giving birth to the … strategic alliance between the ANC, the…
Fourthly, as to the NATIVE QUESTION
… the establishment of one sovereign state, a common South African citizenship and a democratic system of government … public service broadly representative of…
Appeal to the British People to Oppose the Visit of P.W. Botha: Open Letter to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, 21 May 1984
… all those who cherish freedom, justice and equality. The African National Congress congratulates the Anti-Apartheid …
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, August 1976
… The role of the workers in the struggle is crucial. The African National Congress hails the great three-day strike by …
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… The municipality-owned building was leased to the South African Post Office for a term of 99 years, but once the …
PlaceNewlands
… sought after views. Newlands is the heart of the ‘South African’ rugby and cricket experience - both the renowned …
PlaceNelspruit
… birding Big 6, and more species of mammals than any other African game Reserve. 'Enjoy an unmatched safari experience …
Cable to the United Nations, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, November 25, 1948
… "Africans hoped that UNO would not be influenced by South African Government's attempts to prevent the discussion of …
Document 65 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, Friday, 24 July 1936 at 8 p.m.
… in the afternoon. Com Kahn reported that a meeting of the African Laundry Workers Union would be held next Sunday …
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… particulady anxious to introduce the Miliitant amongst the African workers and for handling the same a committee …
EventBusiness Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.
… around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black South African what apartheid has done, he will say it has caused …
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack is assassinated.
… The African National Congress (ANC) activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack …
ArchiveDemocracy
… 2019 Democracy Ubuntu One rainbow nation A rising sun An African Sunset Democracy The elegance of the Blue Crane … redo Madiba Magic We will stand…
Sue Williamson Book Launch
… 4 October 2025 Time: 11h00–13h00 Venue: Iziko South African National Gallery RSVP online on WebTickets: …
EventA 13-year-old Welsh school-girl’s letter reaches the wrong hands
… and hoped that her letter would be passed on to any African girl in Cape Town. The letter was addressed to the …
EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'
… many already disenfranchised Blacks who had their South African citizenship cancelled, by actively encouraging …
Address by President Nelson Mandela of South Africa to the 49th session of the General Assembly New York, 3 October 1994
… addressed, for the first time in its 49 years, by a South African head of state drawn from among the African majority of what is an African country. Future…
EventGandhi demands end to White 'hooliganism'
… New Delhi, Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi called on the South African government to stop the hooliganism by Whites. The …
EventThe SA government grants 'Independent' status to Venda
… Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African government granted 'independence' status to Venda, …
EventWalter Sisulu's appeal is dismissed
… section of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Walter …
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke's Drift
… Kwazulu-Natal. He was the only Black student of the South African College, now the University of Cape Town. During his …
ArchiveOpening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
… states: "Although identity-producing changes in South African society are clearly related to factors such as … with old apartheid social categorisations? How…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… following heart surgery on Wednesday, was a quiet South African, but one who thought and acted with nobility and … elevate its historical richness in the…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela on Women’s Day, Pretoria, 9 August 1996
… in Beijing last year put the challenges facing South African women in the context of what is happening elsewhere … shocking. The fact that an estimated one…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1946
… SAIC and PRC representatives in conflict at UNO The South African Indians in New York, representatives of the South African Indian Congress and the Passive…
EventThe 'Afrikaner Volksfront' is founded
… or AVF) was founded by several former leaders of the South African Defence Force (SADF). Gen. Constant Viljoen was …