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Summary Minutes of a Meeting held at the US Embassy in Cairo on 24 June 1988 between the South African and US delegations to the Cairo talks
… and US delegates to discuss national reconciliation in Southern Africa and the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola in order to implement UN Resolution 435…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he … completed his fourth standard at the…
Learning about history through writing
… are the clues: 1. It was a sport event. 2. It happened in 1995. 3. South Africa won a trophy. 4. The springboks played in the event. Did you guess the Rugby…
Polokwane an Overview
… 'Street soccer' game on a makeshift field, near Polokwane in the Limpopo Province. 2010. © Chris Ledowchowski The … established Pietersburg after various…
ArchiveAluta continua
… Black and white poster. Title in red letters. Artwork of SA military agression fighting rebels. Campaign against South African military agression in South…
ArticleThe aftermath of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… recognised him as King of the AmaZulu and as an ally. In March 1839 the Voortrekkers declared the republic of … as its British counterparts, none proving…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… The birth of a new non-racial and non -sexist democracy in South Africa necessitated a critical review of the system … of the past. Seeking to move away from…
ArchiveThe wheel of unity
… and red poster. 25 years of The Freedom Charter. Number 25 in green letters with red wheel on top. ANC (SA) poster. Printed in Dar es Salaam. …
EventJeff Radebe is born
… Jeffrey Thamsanqa (Jeff) Radebe, SA Minister of Transport (2004), was born in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). …
"A Vision for Southern Africa"- address by President Nelson Mandela at the World Economic Forum Southern Africa economic summit Harare, 21 May 1997
… Forum has become one of the most significant events in Southern Africa's calendar. For SADC in particular it … region has been refined. This Summit, like…
ArticleFrontline States
… The collapse of apartheid and the advent of democracy in South Africa was regionally supported by a group of … and, from 1980, Zimbabwe. The Frontline States…
EventSouth Africa is said to resume its membership of the Commonwealth
… On 31 May 1994, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, … Anyaouku told reporters at the Commonwealth Headquarters in London, that South Africa…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at dinner hosted in his honour by the Minister of External Affairs of India, Mr. P.V. Narasimha, 21 January 1983, Rao, New Delhi
… The African National Congress is one of those forces in the world which are involved today in the noble fight to ensure a better, greater and happier … the…
ArchiveMuseum films
… Museum. List of films and dates. Street map of venue in background. …
ArchiveMuslim students association : And we wished to be gracious to those who were being oppressed in the land to make them leaders and make them heirs.
… we wished to be gracious to those who were being oppressed in the land to make them leaders and make them heirs. (Al - … we wished to be gracious to those…
ArchiveCouncils wages bettered
… Within six weeks of gaining recognition at Leyland SA's warehouse and repair shop in Elandsfontein, NAAWU negotiated a new wage deal for its …
Address of the President of South Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Presidential Fleet Review, 5 September 2008, Simonstown
… Day - we wish you and the South African Navy every success in ensuring the maritime security of our nation and helping … especially the South African Navy…
EventNelson Mandela meets F.W. de Klerk
… the State President F.W. de Klerk to discuss the future of SA. The meeting took place in De Klerk's office in Cape Town. Mandela was released shortly…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… The Arts and Crafts of the Transvaal Ndebele . Article in Africana Byways, Anna H Smith ed. pp 132-150. Johannesburg … Beadwork, particularly of the Transkei…
Black Renaissance Convention
… the auspices of ASSECA, S.A. Council of Churches, NG Kerk in Africa, Christian Academy and the Roman Catholic Church. …
EventBhawani Sannyassi Dayal dies
… Dayal, journalist and campaigner for Indian rights in SA, died in Ajmer, India. Dayal was one of the organisers of the …
EventHelen Joseph dies
… Helen Beatrice May Joseph , died at the age of 87 in Johannesburg , South Africa. She came to SA in 1931 and, with Lilian Ngoyi and other prominent women,…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans just over half … (ANC). When the Freedom Charter was…
The Johannesburg Biennale by Bisi Silva (Artnet), 1998
… isolation launched the first Johannesburg Biennale in 1995, a landmark event that included over 250 artists from … gallery was dominated by an imposing…
EventTaliep Petersen was born on this day.
… best known theatre personalities was born on this day in District Six. He produced and directed some of the most well-known musicals in South Africa…
ArchiveTransport and General Workers Union
… firings, no retrenchment, no unemployment, no apartheid in the workplace, equality between men and women; training; unity in struggle ; with all oppressed…
ArchiveMandela 'Only hope to control youths' from Saldru Archive
… Nelson Mandela is probably the only recognised leader of SA's black community capable of instilling some discipline into the kids in the townships, Helen…
ArchiveNever-Never-Land
… Multicoloured artwork of a small girl asleep on a toadstool in a field of flowers. Notice of an exhibition of book …
ArchiveGreat Games
… 1985. Artwork of game of snakes and ladders. Poster in two languages. …
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… mother’s dream for her to become an educated Black woman in South Africa. Her journey led her to become a founding … women’s organisations and a member of…