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EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… In 1950 the apartheid government introduced the Unlawful … Organisations Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950 the African National…
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… The next name he added to himself was Doctor, first in the United States in 1937, and then in Edinburgh and … years, until his defeat in presidential…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the National Women’s Day Celebrations: Groblersdal, Limpopo 9th August 2005
… of South Africa because of the central role they played in liberating this country. These heroines did not merely … these figures represent progress from…
PlaceAngola
… and is home to some of the largest historical kingdoms in Africa such as the Kingdom of Kongo or the Kingdom of … a Nzima to Luqueni Luansanze, the daughter…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… Archbishop Desmond Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London City Hall. The South African TRC was set up by … of National Unity (the democratic…
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana's incorporation following major unrest
… On 14 March, 1994, the Transitional Executive Council (TEC) management … Africa and clashed with the police. South African troops in armoured vehicles were…
The Democratic Party (DP)
… Beer, Denis Worrall and Wynand Malan, the DP won 36 seats in Parliament in the general election of September that year. However, the … ideals around which…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… Soweto is an urban settlement or 'Township' in South Africa, South West of Johannesburg , with a … 1.3 Million (2008, Joburg archive). Soweto was created in…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… of the 6th September 2013, states that 14% of audited land in South Africa is in the hands of the state, and 79 % is in … agricultural land for Blacks in…
Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki: University of Witwatersrand, 29 July 2006.
… of our brand new society, we have the possibility to act in ways that would, for the foreseeable future, infuse the … call as our country, in the aftermath…
Statement of the NWC on the organisation`s readiness for the upcoming election, 10 May 2011
… receive updates on the organisations state of readiness in relation to the forthcoming election and reflects on other … elections, the ANC is intensifying…
Extract from a speech at the conclusion of the Republic Festival on 31 May 1971 at Goodwood, Cape
… technological development at the disposal of any country in Africa that requested it in the interests of its own … single threat as far as Africa is…
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… 1981. It was the first such establishment of its kind in KwaZulu Natal , located in a so called “White” area under the infamous Group Areas … of Durban…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
… Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and four years later advised the Coolie Commission … estates and satisfied than the…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… It was established by the Department of Arts and Culture in 1997. In 1652, during the Dutch colonization of South Africa slaves … and black political…
PlaceNorth West
… old homeland, Bophuthatswana . There is a lot of platinum in the province, so that it is often called the Platinum … isiXhosa, Sesotho Premier : Thandi…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… zone on 11 February 1966 under the Group Areas Act. In the years that followed, 60,000 people were evicted from their homes in the neighbourhood. Shareifa…
Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
… this magnificent City Hall, the site of many great events in the history of France. These hallowed halls witnessed the … our country too has lived through…
PlaceMountain Zebra National Park, Karoo Region of Cradock
… Zebra National Park is one of the most beautiful parks in the country, and it lies in the heart of the Karoo, which means it’s easily absorbed … Cheetah, are…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
… Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher and went on to … Internal Leadership Corps Task Force from…
ArticleTswana
… culture and beliefs: About 4 million Tswana people live in southern Africa; 3 million in South Africa and 1 million in the nation of Botswana. In ……
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… state When the Nationalist Party was elected to power in 1948 by a minority of the white electorate, their platform … these plans to an end, and the Ndebele…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed … The PAC visits China for the first time. Subsequently, the Chinese made other financial…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… 1825 Mzilikazi's arrival in Transvaal region. 1836 Andries Potgieter's arrives in the area north of the Vaal. 1837 Mzilikazi defeated by the … the South…
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker On 19 … illicit beer. A crowd of 200, who had previously gathered in the…
Address by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at Freedom Charter Forum, 29 September 2015, Pietermaritzburg City Hall
… It is an honour and a privilege to participate in this Freedom Charter Forum organised by the ANC Youth … a new society, to which we must give effect…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… Women (FEDSAW) . FEDSAW was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg. It was the brainchild of Ray Simons who drew in others such as Helen Joseph , Lillian…
Address to the Opening of South Africa Day CEO Conference, London (via video link-up), 21 November 2002
… Africa held its first-ever democratic elections. Many in our country and elsewhere in the world had a sense of … effort that has gone into sustaining the…
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… THE GENERAL ELECTION ON 27 APRIL 1994 was the product of negotiated agreements to bring an end to conflict and usher in a new process of negotiation towards…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… was thought about only after National Party (NP) victory in 1948. In the 1830s when some Afrikaners left the Cape on the Great … Colonial Conference Death of…