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Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the welcome ceremony by the President of the Republic
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the welcome ceremony by the President of the Republic …
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the President and members of the French National Assembly
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the President and members of the French National Assembly …
Speech delivered by the ANC President, Nelson Mandela, Chancellor of the University of the North, at the occasion of the Investec presentation
… delivered by the ANC President, Nelson Mandela, Chancellor of the University of the North, at the occasion of the Investec presentation …
BiographySonja Schlesin
… later immigrated to South Africa, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in June 1892. In 1903, M.K Gandhi , who had … campaigns, enrolled as an attorney in…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … to all alike. (8)By virtue of the provisions of Act 17 of 1895,…
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… Shanthivathie (Shanthie), the eldest of five children of Ama and Naransamy "Naran" Naidoo (Roy), was born in … was then detained in 1969 under Section 6 of…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… Gordon Sprig was born in Ipswich, England in 1830, the son of a pastor. He schooled at Ipswich and at other private … reporter before moving to the Cape…
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, it consisted of the Transvaal, the Orange Free State, Natal and the Cape … On 8 May 1925, the Official…
BiographyShapurji Sorabji
… to a well-known Parsi family in Bombay and was a cousin of Parsee Rustomjee , a loyal friend of Gandhi . He was a bookkeeper and manager of a store owned ……
BiographyFort Calata
… Canon James Arthur Calata , was the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1936 to 1949. In 1956, when Fort was born, Canon Calata was…
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… Humansdorp on 31 May 1958. Jack was the second youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic worker. When Jack was … September 1980 he was…
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… Humansdorp on 31 May 1958. Jack was the second youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic worker. When Jack was … September 1980 he was…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… War, into factory work. This resulted in a greater number of women working in factories as well as participating in … she helped organise a local strike…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… stretched across more than 1.29 million square kilometres of West Africa, encompassing the headwaters of the Senegal and Niger rivers and controlling the…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… The Empire of Mali was one of the largest empires in West African History, and at its … it spanned from the Atlantic Coast to central parts of the Sahara…
BiographyKenneth Hlaku Rachidi
… were both school teachers in the area. He spent most of his early years staying with relatives in Limpopo and … In 1966 Rachidi began a B.Com at the…
ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
… Map Description 1554 The earliest obtainable map of the whole continent of Africa. Because it was issued with some variations in both of Münster's very…
ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
… in ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptians are the inventors of another feature of civilization still existing today - the complete dictator! … through priests and…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes … it is the general consensus that credit for the discovery of the…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 … broad-based women’s organisation. This was the brainchild of Ray Simons who drew…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… 1997 September, The statue of Steve Biko is defaced twice within a space of three weeks after it was unveiled by President Nelson Mandela. 2006 February,…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… final year English and Politics student at the University of York. From October 2015, he will read Law at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. An advocate…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP; Deputy President of the Republic, Phumzile ……
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… and friends may be able to recall their experiences of that time. Books and films also inform about the past. How do the writers of these books and the…
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
… A legacy is the long-term effect of something. A person or an event or a piece of writing from the past may still shape what people believe … and how they…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… After World War II , the process of decolonization of the African continent gathered momentum as Africans … political rights and independence. While in some…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… Prehistory of Southern Africa Two places are of particular heritage interest in the Polokwane area: the BaKoni Malapa Museum south of the stadium and…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… The Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) was the external arm of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , and had offices … States, Canada, France,…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants of the country were the hunter-gatherer San (‘bushman’) and … livestock. Bantu-speaking clans that…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… South Africa has one of the longest sequences of human development in the world. It begins with two million … scientists have been actively involved in the…