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Opening Address to the Conference on "Whites in A Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… the city of Lusaka; a city that will surely be remembered in the annals of the struggle for freedom and independence in this region of Africa, as the second…
EventRoger Joyce Bushell, Auxiliary Air Force pilot famous for his escape from the German prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
… Roger Joyce Bushell was born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to British parents. He lived in South Africa until he was 14, when his father sent him to…
Independent Electoral Commission
… IEC) Residents of Soweto queue up to cast their votes in South Africa's third democratic elections April 2004 … democracy through the delivery of free and…
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… Town Lenin Club have asked us to intervene immediately in the discussions now taking place. The majority of the Bolshevik Leninists of South Africa (there…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize was born and raised in Macambini, a rural area in KwaZulu-Natal. Little is documented about his early life, … Commission (TRC),…
The National Flag
… Herald, Mr Fred Brownell, and was first used on 27 April 1994. The design and colours are a synopsis of principal … The central design of the flag, beginning…
PlaceSouth African Naval Museum, formerly the Navy Mast House and Dutch Store House
… was displayed at the Castle Military and Maritime Museum in Cape Town. In the mid 1970’s a part the naval collection was transferred … Tower was transferred…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… Independent Mozambique's First President, he was killed in a plane crash in October 198 6. Samora Machel and the … died in a landmine explosion on the…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… Louis Bosman Raymond was born in Pretoria on 1 January 1895.[i] Raymond won a gold medal in the men’s singles at the Olympic Games in 1920, hosted in … (11…
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… Cape with a cargo of 174 Slaves. The Amersfoort's arrival in Table Bay, with Slaves in its hold, firmly brought the Cape Colony into the fold, of … Lodge,…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… South Africa is immediately struck by the great variations in its landscape and the differing contexts and conditions … rural people live. The picture of…
ArchiveVerdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986
… 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National … of prisoners, legal rights of prisoners,…
The South African Human Rights Commission
… of the Constitution and the rule of law. Everyone in South Africa, including the government, and all laws are … the Constitution and the Human Rights…
EventLlewellyn Herbert was born on this day
… Llewellyn George Herbert was born on 21 July 1977 in Bethal, Mpumalanga.[i] Herbert was the South African 400 … He earned a silver medal at the world…
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
… through military conquest of the numerous groups in the region, with the Khoikhoi being among the last to be subdued. In some cases Germany is reputed to…
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic's office
… guerrilla forces seeking the armed overthrow of government in SA; curbing Russian influence in these states; strengthening economic ties in the …
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… Travis Logie was born in Durban on 11 May 1979.[i] Logie was crowned the … International Surfing Association’s Open World champion in 2002, at the World…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… the apartheid. Born into South Africa’s White community in the 1950s, Gilder followed the African National Congress … The apartheid government was in power…
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end The Berlin … days of the airlift. Some 441 American…
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… of America 84 East 10th Street New York Dear Comrade:- In our last meeling held on the 22 of April, 1932 at 9 Fuller … our notice is Volume V, whole No.97…
Statement by Denis Goldberg, ANC at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
… for the work it has done to make known the situation in South Africa and in southern Africa and to mobilize opinion against the … goal, the right to self…
Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
… Your Excellencies, Distinguished guests and delegates, In the evolution of mankind, humanity came to realise that … Murtala Muhammed (2) who, hardly…
ArchiveReport on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn Presented at National Conference 1976
… Report on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared … Report on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary…
Letter from D. V. Naidoo and Steve Biko to Fort Hare re Conference in December at Mariannhill, Oct. 14, 1968, with enclosed statement, Background to the conference,
… be an extension of dialogue amongst the non-white centres in South Africa. … D. V. Naidoo and Steve Biko to Fort Hare re Conference in December at…
Khoisan Identity
… In his State of the Nation address on 9th February 2012, … recent years, most notably since the end of apartheid in 1994. Nevertheless, the issue of Khoisan…
EventMakhaya Ntini represents South Africa at Newlands
… Makhaya Ntini becomes the first Black SA cricket player to play in a five-day test in Cape Town, in which he takes 2 wickets. …
EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa’s first elected woman president in post-war elections
… history by becoming Africa's first elected woman president in post-war elections. Mbeki said Sirleaf's election … history by becoming Africa’s first elected…
ArchiveSing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 by Marian De Saxe, University of Sydney (2010)
… Sing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 by Marian De Saxe, University of Sydney …
ArchiveReport on the second general assembly of the ecumenical association of third world theologians (EATWOT), held in Oaxtepec, Mexico, December 7-14, 1986
… association of third world theologians (EATWOT), held in Oaxtepec, Mexico, December 7-14, 1986 …
ArchiveThe strategy and tactics of the revolution and the role of the various national groups and the revolutionary forces in the revolution
… the various national groups and the revolutionary forces in the revolution …