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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 …
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…
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…
EventThe 'Afrikaner Volksfront' is founded
… or AVF) was founded by several former leaders of the South African Defence Force (SADF). Gen. Constant Viljoen was …
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 …
EventThe 4 x 100m men's relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… The South African squad of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian …
EventThe People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I'Ons (85) dies
Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15…
EventIOC extends South Africa's ban from Olympic games
… Olympic Committee (IOC) after serious threats by African nations and the Soviet countries. On 15 May 1970, the …
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…
Book Launch: The Nightwatchman, Hlonipha Mokoena
… and historian Khumisho Moguerane on the portrayal of African men in colonial South Africa and how the Black male …
EventIan Roberts is born
… The South African actor, playwright and singer was born on this day in …
EventVorster announces that the ‘homelands’ will be perfectly free to form a federation among themselves
… two years after the Prime Minister completed a tour of African homelands in the Northern Transvaal during which he …
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…
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…
EventNational Party refuses to serve on Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry
… The South African Prime Minister, P.W. Botha lashed out on the …