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Dream of Total Liberation of Africa is in Sight - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 72nd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1984
… Dear Compatriots, Brothers and Sisters in the Struggle, Comrades, Today, the 8th January, your … the African National Congress, is 72 years old. In keeping…
Speech by Deputy Minister Gwendoline Mahlangu-Nkabinde, South African Deputy Minister of Economic Development at a Business Conference held in conjunction with the Wuhan Government, Wuhan, China 11 August 2010
… very important business conference which is being held in conjunction with the government of Hubei. Earlier this … the Executive Vice Governor of Hubei, Mr…
EventMandela asks for commitment to fight AIDS
… Former President Nelson Mandela, speaking in a meeting of international dignitaries in Bangkok, Thailand, said he could not receive a better … Robben Island…
Document 65 - Z. Sanders (Zena Susser), “Aspects of the Rural Problem in South Africa”, lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 1 December 1952, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 1, 21 February 1953 [....]
… - Z. Sanders (Zena Susser), "Aspects of the Rural Problem in South Africa", lecture delivered to the Johannesburg … they are yet prevented from selling their…
ArchiveA Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman
… Part B: The cracks appear 1988-1990 7. Apartheid power in crisis Part C: The era of destabilisation 1990-1994 8. A new total strategy emerges July 1990 …
EventGandhi leaves South Africa
… after successfully leading campaigns of Passive Resistance in this country, finally left from Cape Town by ship for England, from where he would return to…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of Churches, and Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the … the SACC, including its management…
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
… After protests against Barclays Bank's involvement in South Africa and its apartheid government, Barclays Bank (SA) announced its new name - First National…
EventDelmas Treason Trial starts
… The Delmas Treason Trial, up to that time the longest trial in the history of SA, started in Delmas, east of Pretoria. Twenty-two Transvaal United …
EventThe University of South Africa is officially opened, replacing the University of the Cape of Good Hope.
… of the Cape of Good Hope since it was established in 1873.Today,Unisa is one of the mega universities of the world, with over 300 000 students in 130…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner … began as a cooperative bank and became a…
EventEzrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born
… Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae, South African artist, was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg. He studied at the Polly Street … under Cecil Skotnes and Sydney Kumalo…
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… sent by authorities to demolish their homes at Dobsonville in Soweto. The women's protests were ignored and the … Soweto residents to be humiliated and…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… newly created South African public holidays. It is a day in which all are encouraged to celebrate their cultural traditions in the wider context of the great…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… males had the right to vote. 1915 Second general election in which the main issue was South Africa’s participation in World War I. 1920 The post WWI crisis…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… 1905 9 August, Moses Kotane is born in Tamposstad, to Samuel Segogwane, a lay preacher and … member of the Lutheran church. 1924 After a few stints in…
Summary Minutes of exploratory discussions held in London on 3 May and 4 May 1988 between a South African Delegation and an Angolan Delegation, facilitated by a Delegation from the United States
… African People's Organization (SWAPO) at a meeting held in Washington DC on 30 March 1988 … Summary Minutes of exploratory discussions held in London on 3…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) Summit, Great Hall of The People, Beijing, China, 5 November 2006
… through tangible and concrete results particularly in terms of human resource development (HRD), debt relief and … and technology transfer. It is necessary…
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian prime minister, was assassinated in parliament following his announcement that Egypt was … declaring war on the Axis powers. The…
PlaceThulamela, an Archaeological Site
… At sites such as Thulamela, in the North of the Kruger National Park . Here traces of … which proves Man to have been here. These artifacts are in the form…
PlaceFordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
… “Fordsburg was always a working class suburb,” Rich in History and bearing the scars of its past with pride, … the 1920's on wards, Fordsburg was…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 2 September 1982, Volume 3
… Tutu and Joseph Wing (honorary life Vice-President of the SA Council of Churches), of the Commission of Inquiry into … the SACC, including its management and…
EventDr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advice is criticised
… reported that the special mixture prescribed by SA Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to fight … Aids. The minister's prescription was widely…
EventUpington 14 are sentenced
… accused, the largest group ever to be convicted of murder in a single SA trial, received sentences ranging from six to eight years …
Summary Minutes of a Meeting held in New York on 11 and 12 July 1988 between a South African delegation and an Angolan delegation, facilitated by a delegation from the United States
… Minutes of a meeting in New York of delegates from South Africa and Angola, … by Angola based on principles for a peaceful settlement in southern Africa. ……
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… The Bophuthatswana Territorial Authority was created in 1961, and in June 1972 Bophuthatswana was declared a … of the country. He remained in this position…
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… Richard John Maponya was born in Lenyenye in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). The founder … Maponya is also a trustee of the Urban Foundation…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… This topic investigates the ways in which the politics and culture of the Boer Republics … thrust of the Uitlanders on the rapidly growing Reef in the late…
EventInternational Olympic Committee re-admit South Africa
… Olympic Committee (IOC) prior to the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964 for its racial discrimination practices, the same … concessions and the country was expected…
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first multi-racial elections. The elections resulted in the establishment of the new…