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Speech of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the rally to relaunch the SACP Johannesburg, 29 July 1990
… which should give comfort and hope to everybody in South Africa who calls himself or herself a Democrat. It is … to abolish the apartheid system and to…
81. The People’s Candidates Party and the Lenasia Management Committee
… rights and recognition as full-blooded citizens of South Africa. I am sure we still have the ability and the courage … can be costly to the cause of the…
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
… Park which includes both the Richtersveld in South Africa and Ai-Ais in Namibia. The hiking routes from Ai-Ais, …
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… defeat put pause to Portugal’s run of victories in Africa and Asia. …
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
… whilst they watch the sun set and listen to some of South Africa's best live music performances. Concerts go ahead …
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… whose son, Sir John Wessels, became Chief Justice of South Africa. Various members of the ‘family lived on the estate. …
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… restorative component in the advent of democracy in South Africa. Its role was primarily to uncover human rights abuses … by Nelson Mandela , President of…
EventThe Alabama, American raider of the Southern States during the American Civil War, arrives in Saldana Bay for provisions
… War arrived in Saldana Bay, on the west coast of South Africa, to resupply. During the course of the American Civil …
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… Bangwanto tribe. Seretse acquired his education in South Africa and he graduated from Fort Hare University College …
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… in three people unemployed in the United States In South Africa, the Great Depression had socio-economic as well as … TRH Davenport, 1991 (4th ed) South…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… Whites. Click here to read more about education in South Africa. …
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… of 1976 to look at industrial relations system in South Africa. Two years later the commission made recommendations …
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… a journey into the Cape of Good Hope and the interior of Africa in 1802 and 1803 by Jonkvrou Augusta Uitenhage de … et al. (eds)(1971) Standard…
EventThe decisive Battle of Bembesi (Bembasi) is fought in the First Matabele War (Ndebele), Zimbabwe
… on 1 November 1893. Cecil John Rhodes, Premier of South Africa, had ordered British Administrator Leander Jameson to … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… regent and guardian. In 1944 he was sent to study in South Africa, where he graduated with a BA degree from Fort Hare …
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… on a path to prison, exile and finally return to South Africa. What triggered the event was a cycle ride round the …
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
… to the radio this morning and they said that South Africa would no longer refer to 'multiracial sport'. From now … the Americas in all those pinkish and…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… were a number of students from Namibia (then South West Africa), many of whom were older, as they or their parents … joined the Athlone branch of the…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… and preparing them for playing a major role in South Africa and Africa for many years to come. Thank you very much for your … Nelson Mandela Foundation,…
PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
… confined geographical Area of the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia. Beyond these Regions it did not spread … were created in the Americas, Australasia…
PlaceAvalon Cemetery, Soweto
… Historic Avalon Cemetery. The biggest cemetery in South Africa lies in Soweto, as is the final resting place of many …
PlaceWagenaer's Reservoir, Sanlam Golden Acre-Cape Town
… They are the oldest remaining Dutch structures in South Africa. … ing.com/waymarks/WMJAAX_Wagenaers_Reservoir_Cape_Town_South_Africa … They are the oldest…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 26 April 2013, Queenstown
… opening statement to the Convention for a Democratic South Africa, CODESA, on 20 December 1991 made this position very … affiliation. We thus learn from him…
PlaceWindhoek, Capital City of Namibia
… and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. If Namibia is Africa for beginners, then Windhoek is very much its capital … leader, named the area Winterhoek,…
PlaceBetty's Bay
… winds its way through the Kogelberg Nature Reserve , South Africa’s first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that links the … are only two shore-based African penguin…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
… of the children in this house hasn't tasted jail. South Africa is an Apartheid country, where people are separated … people want it to be. To be a non-racial…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
… choices: submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit … South Africans that the task of…
ArchiveUnited Nations Security Council Address on Arusha Peace Process, by Nelson Mandela, 29 September 2000, New York USA
… to Burundi must be a clear indication that the neglect of Africa, particularly, is being turned around. The … with the leadership of the rebel forces, both…
Address to the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process 29 September 2000 Mr President Honourable Members of the Security Council
… to Burundi must be a clear indication that the neglect of Africa, particularly, is being turned around. The … with the leadership of the rebel forces, both…
PlaceAugrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
… is a small Town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, situated on the South bank of the Orange River about … ( The fine for unlicensed excavation of…