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Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… context in which the Harare Declaration was produced, a document drawn by the ANC, adopted by the Front-line States …
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… Zambia). Sechaba, Jan. 1984, 1984. doi:10.2307/al.sff.document.0037.0509.000.000.jan1984. [15] African National … Zambia). Sechaba, Jan. 1984, 1984. doi:10…
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
Emily Hobhouse, Beloved Traitor, by Elsabe Brits, published by Tafelberg, 2016, 336 pages, illustrated. A few weeks ago I reviewed Rob Eales’ book on Emily…
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… First and foremost the university stated that this 9 point document stems from taking into account all of the … in particular, who come from the working…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… ANC had seven years earlier in its Strategy and Tactics document at the Morogoro conference. The RC reasoned that it … prisoners, the MK combatants, Gqabi…
BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
Overview Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
On Wednesday, August 19, 1981, a racist judge in Pretoria sentenced to death three ANC militants - Anthony Tsotsobe, David Moise and Johannes Shabangu - after…
Statement Issued By GCIS: Briefing on the Case of Robert McBride - 21 May 1998
Statement Issued By GCIS: Briefing on the Case of Robert McBride - 21 May 1998 https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/library-resources/officialdocs…
5th Jozi Book Fair
5th Jozi Book Fair Khanya College invites you to the 5th Jozi Book Fair taking place from 25-26 October 2013 at Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg. This…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, and there was a surge of mass political…
The First Slaves at the Cape
On March 28 1658 the Dutch merchant ship the Amersfoort anchored at Table Bay with 174 Angolan slaves in her hold. These slaves constituted the first shipment…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
The Springbok Legion (SL) was a leading organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post-war period. Over…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
Ancient Egypt The ancient Egyptian civilisation grew for thousands of years intact because the Nile River Valley and Mediterranean and Red Sea border kept…
First Raymond Mhlaba Annual Memorial Lecture delivered by the President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, 22 August 2008, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
… before in the history of the world has a socio-political document expressed in such profound, eloquent, and … Independence, and therefore the authors of this…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
… policy through its specific elucidation in that infamous document, Memorandum 39, which the Nixon administration … of the seventies, in 1969. Yet by 1976,…
Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki: University of Witwatersrand, 29 July 2006.
… of the soul, except indirectly. For instance, the RDP document said: "The RDP integrates (economic) growth, … training for all our people", to use the words…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980
… policy through its specific elucidation in that infamous document, Memorandum 39, which the Nixon administration … of the Seventies, in 1969. Yet by 1976,…
ArchiveChapter 7 Arrest at Liliesleaf by Denis Goldberg
… were not married and so he had not applied for an ID document. But this only emerged after our arrest. It did not …
Address by President Nelson Mandela of South Africa to the 49th session of the General Assembly New York, 3 October 1994
It surely must be one of the great ironies of our age that this August Assembly is addressed, for the first time in its 49 years, by a South African head of…
ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
… adopted in 1997 The Freedom Charter was a marvellous document that really captured the voice of the majority of … a quite poetic political statement. In…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… ahead of the summit, claiming they had not seen the document. In the end, the Azactu and Cusa unions rejected the …
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
View of the Apartheid Museum. Image SourceThe Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent Museum in the World dealing with 20th…
Chapter 2 - SADF Speaks...
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 At 1 a.m. on Thursday, 9 December 1982,…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
European ‘Discovery’ of the Americas Where and what is America? 'America' has more than one meaning. It is usually taken to mean the United States of America…
Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… extension of the pass laws to African women. The pass is a document which is intended to regulate and restrict the …
Address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Abuja, 3 October 2000
… of Democracy and the Renaissance in Africa. An important document of our liberation struggle, adopted at a Congress of …
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE SA FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATIONS Upington, 27 April 1997
… to happen. Today we will also be presenting a copy of this document to the Upington Fourteen. Their suffering, as part …
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada Ottawa, 18 June 1990
… independent judiciary. As reflected in our historic policy document, the freedom charter, we are committed to ensure all …
Address at the French National Assembly Paris, 18 November 2003
… within the EU with per capita GDP below 75% of the EU. A document of the European Commission on Regional Policy says …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… Africa. What was the significance of the transition? The document that perhaps best encapsulates the meaning of the …