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Interview with Oliver Tambo by Rixaka, 05 January 1985
… Executive Committee this year, prominent mention is given to the cultural field. How would you briefly define culture … the artist in the struggle? TAMBO :…
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
… that was Rented by the Simon’s Town Muslim Community, to serve as their place of worship. Creating the fine … that moved many non Muslim Residents of Simon’s…
Address by H.E. Ms. Baleka Mbete, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Africa-Indian Ocean (AFI) Region Aviation Conference, Kwazulu-Natal, 24 November 2008
… guests, and Ladies and gentlemen: I am privileged to address this special Africa-Indian Ocean Regional Air … this significant meeting. The aviation industry…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… . In 1843 the land which later became Cato Manor was given to him as compensation for another portion of land previously … intended as a reward for his years…
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
… Please take note that this article was written prior to the answer that we have received yesterday afternoon from President De Klerk in response to the ANC's…
PlaceGriqualand East
… during the Colonial Era it was also commonly referred to as "no man's land". In March 1861, Faku, paramount chief of the amaPondo , ceded the territory to…
PlacePiketberg
… that change colour with the seasons - from reddish brown to golden yellow in summer, and green in winter. Vineyards, … and beautiful examples of indigenous…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… within her community" She got married in 1952 and moved to Soweto, Johannesburg to stay with in-laws. Immediately became an active member of … We Sizwe in…
David Goldblatt,The Transported of KwaNdebele by L'oeil De La Photographie, 26 September 2016
… South Africa with a critical yet compassionate eye. Drawn “to the quiet and commonplace, where nothing ‘happened’ and … Goldblatt photographs the…
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
… as an anticoagulant. Initially, blood transfusions needed to be made directly from the donor to the receiver before coagulation occurred. However, in the…
Document 130 - Communists in Conference: The 1943/44 National Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa
… emerged the world's first Socialist State, and we dare to hope that out of the bloodshed and the tragedy of to-day a new order of social justice will emerge…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… illness, the details of which have not yet been disclosed to the public. [i] Born on 25 September 1950 in Mulamula, … liaison and social development. [iv]…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a Boundary to the newly established Settlement at the Cape. Jan van … East India Company (VOC), Arrived at the…
Event90-Days Act comences
… It is dubbed the 90-Day Act as it provides for any person to be detained, without trial, for 90 days. Further, on the … law for another 90 days, a process…
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… National Party, launched his "Total Strategy" in response to what he saw as the "Total Onslaught" of communism within … de Libertacao de Mozambique (FRELIMO)…
EventSlavery is abolished at the Cape
… On 1 December 1834, slavery came to an end in the Cape Colony. The move to abolish slavery in the Colony came a year after the … four months until 1 December…
PlaceCR Swart Building
… Click on image to enlarge Known as the "Pride of the Free State", the CR … name change of the old CR Swart building in Bloemfontein to honour former Cuban…
Famous Gatsha Buthelezi Editorial in SASM Newsletter, April 1973
… famous "daddy" of the "Zulus" with his "tricks" manages to confuse so many black people. Content, they relax, since … he has assumed. He must try, with…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… KwaZulu-Natal In Summary : A student activist aligned to the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), leader of the … Madlala-Routledge, is a true leader and an…
EventHiroshima is targeted by a WWII atomic bomb
… justified the use of the bombs by saying that they wanted to shorten the war. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed as … Nagasaki killed as many as 90,000…
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… (PAC), although still under a banning order, was admitted to practice as an attorney in Kimberley. In 1969, Sobukwe finally left Robben Island, only to be…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… neutralized perceived traitors and sidelined opponents to shore up his position, people who worked with him say. … and now facing calls from inside and…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… The use of Artillery pieces was not completely foreign to the Boers and that they had used the few that they had to great effect during some Battles that…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979
… and the creation of a democratic South Africa - are yet to be accomplished. But, indisputably, we are making … More than ever before, we are confident of…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Native Unrest
… Even politicians and press agencies can no longer afford to ignore the manifesÂtations in Native life noticeable in … These people slowly emerging out of…
EventAbout 130 people are reported drowned or missing when a Nigerian boat capsizes along the coast Cameroon
… A boat carrying over 150 people on its way to Gabon capsized on the Atlantic coast of Cameroon on 23 March 2005. 130 passengers are said to have drowned and…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
… conquest by Nosipho Majeke THE COMING of the missionaries to Southern Africa at the end of the 18th century coincided … in the first half of the 19th century…
ArchiveHugh Lewin obituary by Peter Hain (www.theguardian.com), 21 January 2019
… Best man at Hugh’s wedding, Leftwich turned state witness to convict him at his 1964 trial, as did his close friend and … the judge: “I was terrified…
PlaceKenya
… Africa. The coastal regions of Kenya were subject to influences from Arabia, Europe and Asia, mostly as a … ethnic groups and the reallocation of their land…
Speech on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the ANC, Lusaka by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1972
… We are gathered here today to commemorate sixty years of the formation and existence of … people. Present at the inaugural conference which led to the…