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EventZambia gains independence from Britain
… . Their independence came four years after the famous speech “The winds of change” by British Prime Minister Harold …
EventSenator Robert Kennedy visits SA
… student movement, to deliver its Annual Day of Affirmation Speech, which was to be at the University of Cape Town. …
Gandhiji’s vision of a free South Africa: A collection of articles by E.S. Reddy
… perhaps the world has not yet seen?" - M.K. Gandhi, in a speech in Johannesburg in 1908 [NOTE: The following is a …
EventSouth African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang, Club Kevin Carter, commits suicide
… Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, committed suicide just three months after …
EventSouth African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of communism
… Central Prison. In 1967, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. During his incarceration, he contracted cancer. A fall …
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… in art took on another dimension. In 1938, he won second prize in a national art competition organised by Ester …
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… laws. On 26 March 1950, the ANC held a ‘Defend Free Speech’ convention in reaction to the Suppression of …
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa appears before protesters against gender- based violence in South Africa
… Cyril Ramaphosa . The president was due to deliver a speech at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town …
ArchiveThe preliminary nature of the Constitutional document
… and rights of minorities, reconciling freedom of speech, organisation and electoral activity with the need to …
EventSASO adopts the Alice Declaration
… Tiro had been expelled because of a graduation ceremony speech in which he had attacked segregated education and … Tiro, O., (1972), ' Graduation Speech by…
EventNelson Mandela says “thank you” to the world
… Stadium in London, England, Nelson Mandela delivers a speech in which he thanks the world for their wide support …
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… resume their political activities in Transkei. In the same speech Holomisa announced the release of Ndibulele Ndzamela, …
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
… Lusaka, Zambia, in February 1990 regarding F W de Klerk's speech of 2nd February 1990. Welcomes the suspension of the …
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In his speech, at the airport, he thanked the Canadians for keeping …
EventBar argues against the Suppression of Communism Bill
… in jeopardy. The Bar made this point with reference to a speech in parliament by Justice Minister C.R. Swart, wherein …
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government’s announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
… of Development and Cooperation, Dr. Piet Koornhof made his speech to the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly. …
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… Barnard , the world-renowned heart surgeon, and 3 Nobel laureates, Sir Aaron Klug, the late Professor Alan …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… met with criticism, as was Botha's "Crossing the Rubicon" speech. It was expected that new reforms would be announced, … Botha's defiance of the…
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… Committee, Jacques Rogge, praised Athens in a closing speech for the well organised Games. …
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… Thabo Mbeki Click here to read President Thabo Mbeki's speech during his awarding of an Honorary Doctorate. …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… speaks at the Abe Bailey Institute in Cape Town. In his speech he openly criticises the ANC’s policy of political … 19 July, Ambrose Makiwane attacks the…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… till the middle of June. February 20, Gave his first speech to a Vegetarian Society meeting. February-May, Wrote a … a week of his arrival there, Gandhi made…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… In October 1997, then President Nelson Mandela delivered a speech at the Bleskop Stadium in Rustenburg. He had been to … area." Post-apartheid informal…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… remarkably well.' 1990 State President FW De Klerk makes a speech unbanning the ANC and announcing the imminent release … of the Johannesburg Biennale…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… Uganda and Southern Sudan. In 2007, he won the Mo Ibrahim Prize for achievement in African Leadership. A month later, …
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… years later in 1973 she was awarded the Nederburg Opera Prize for her Cape Town performance of Madama Butterfly, a …
Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann,” 26 December 1922
… 2. Freedom of assembly, movement, association and speech and free political activity do not exist, thus making …
EventSA Prime Minister speaks before the British Parliament
… redirect his energy to world peace. In a somewhat moving speech to the British Parliament he called for the United …
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… May 1910, resigned from his post following an anti-British speech by General J.B.M. Hertzog , minister of justice, at De …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… organisations. 2 February, President F. W. de Klerk made a speech at the opening of Parliament, announcing among other … torture had been banned. 18 April,…