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Nelson Mandela's address to the International Press Institute Congress
… Nelson Mandela's address to the International Press Institute Congress …
Speech by Nelson Mandela announcing the ANC election victory
… Speech by Nelson Mandela announcing the ANC election victory …
Grade 5 term 2 timeline: The First farmers in Southern Africa
… Grade 5 term 2 timeline: The First farmers in Southern Africa …
Political activists who were executed by the Apartheid regime
… Political activists who were executed by the Apartheid regime …
Why did the Great Depression cause a crisis for capitalism?
… Why did the Great Depression cause a crisis for capitalism? …
Anglo-Boer War 2: The major mines on the Reef cease to operate, including the Simmer & Jack, the Wolhuter, the Geldenhuys D
… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Anglo-Boer War 2: The major mines on the Reef cease to operate, including the Simmer & Jack, the Wolhuter, the…
ArchiveThe Fingos have been described as the first Xhosa settlers in the Eastern Cape
… Annotated and edited notes on the history of the Fingo people in the Eastern Cape and their forced removal … The Fingos have been described as the first…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the country reflects on the massacre of school … ANC Official Site…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 23 September 1976, Volume 12 and Volume 13
… Excerpts from the transcript of continuing evidence of Vusamuzulu Pumelelo Credo Mtetwa … Skosana and Fanyana Lawrence Shiburi, both reporters from The Star…
ArticleWhen, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
… What is farming? Farming is the practice of breeding animals or growing crops for food or clothes. … began farming about 10 000 years ago. This change…
Report of Interview by Some NRC Members with Prime Minister Jan C. Smuts; Verbatim Report of the Proceedings; Press Conference Remarks by Paul R. Mosaka and Professor Z. K. Matthews; and statement by Professor Matthews, May 8-9, 1947
… Report of Interview by Some NRC Members with Prime Minister Jan C. Smuts; Verbatim Report of the Proceedings; Press Conference Remarks by Paul R. Mosaka …
Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide
… NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide with Republic Day. Nobody is killed in the attacks…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS, 23 April 1999
… ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS 23 April 1999 At a press briefing at the ANC headquarters, Luthuli House in Johannesburg, the movements Secretary…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising that is also referred to as the Rand Revolt or Red Revolt. It occurred during a period of … were faced with…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Henrique Cardoso of Brazil Pretoria, 26 November 1996
… I got work there as a domestic worker only. I stayed with the relative of a friend of mine, Ariah Bookholane. I had been at school … because I could not have…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper prepared for the United Nations Unit on Apartheid in 1971 1 The…
ArchiveThe visit
… Red and white poster. Notice of a play by Friedrich Durrenmatt, at UCT Arena Theatre. June 7th to 16th. Artwork of sculptures of greek heads. … The visit …
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… (effectively a May Day holiday). Worker's Day celebrates the role played by Trade Unions, the Communist Party and other labour movements in the … the…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… ‘The laws of Queen Victoria had been hidden. Natives should fight to … them’. Gumede - Harris, 8 November 1923. INTRODUCTION The mission with which Gumede…
ArchiveRudd Concession by King Lobengula of Matabeleland (1888)
… men by these presents, that whereas Charles Dunell Rudd, of Kimberley; Rochfort Maguire, of London; and Francis Robert Thompson, of Kimberley, hereinafter…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… On the 10th of September each year, the ANC Youth League celebrates its founding, and recently, … and create jobs", underpinning the broad analysis of the…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… This unique group of buildings known as the Groote Schuur campus of the University of Cape Town, was built in the classical … Groote Schuur Campus,…
ArchiveChapter 10 Problems of imprisonment by Denis Goldberg
… To cover 22 years of imprisonment in chronological order is too difficult - and … I hope will give some flavour of what prison was like. The case for better…
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… The events which led to mass detentions in April 1960 were the following: A state of emergency was called after anti-pass demonstrations at … 1 575 people…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… she imagined becoming a singer or a dancer. Her dreams of becoming an artist were opposed by her parents, and she … energy into writing as she became a…
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… When the Dutch first landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652, under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck . They erected a Fort built of sods on a … When the Dutch…
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929 A League of African Rights Petition with a million signatures Members…
Statement of ANC National Working Committee, 5 September 2011
… The National Working Committee of the African National Congress, met today in its regular session to deal with organizational matters. One of the issues that…
PlaceHomestead on Totteridge Park Farm, District of Uitenhage
… The Historic Homestead of the Farm Totteridge Park, situate on Portion 55, a portion of Portion 10 of the Farm Zwartkops, River Wagensdrift 567, … Homestead…
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… In July 1939 at a meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E. I. Asvat, a decision was taken to ……