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PlaceOttery
… reached Ottery on 1 February 1904. It was originally built and operated as a private line, and was acquired by the Cape Government on 1 July 1908. There is…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s statement at the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Bildt of Sweden 20 May 1992
… has been rewarding indeed. It is truly a pleasure to meet and discuss with staunch allies, who have the welfare of our … heritage of the people of Sweden,…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… hand, there was an ongoing conflict between these farmers and the Xhosa inhabitants on the frontier, as well as growing resentment between the farmers and…
PlaceSun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
… More ‘evictees’ arrived here during November 1985 and the rest arrived in April of the following year. At Sun Valley Estates they encountered health…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
… among the Natives”¦ This land is theirs by birth and this Act of confiscation – for such it is – is likely to … such is the impression created by the piteous…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… says South Africa has lost one of its founding fathers and "greatest sons". Former president FW De Klerk said South Africa lost one of its founding fathers…
Don’t eat potatoes!
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner I have already spoken about the boys on … how they used to take the boys for…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… Sterkfontein of Archaeological fame. It is still Owned and Farmed by Descendants of the Oosthuizen family, the … of at least two almost forgotten clashes…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… Twenty-five years ago, on 19 April 1980, high school and tertiary students in the African, Coloured and Indian areas of the Western Cape embarked on a class …
Extracts from a press conference, 11 February 1990
… from a press conference given by Nelson Mandela to foreign and local journalists, the first since his release on Sunday … of peace in the country, but I've…
For Africanisation of the Party Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee dated February 23, 1934.
… Congress (Cape) had been formed in 1931 by Elliot Tonjeni and other left-wing members who had been driven out of the … banished to the Eastern Cape by…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… the beginning of the end of centuries of exploitation and humiliation of the continent. It received hardly any … , who was then looking after the families of…
PlaceKenya
… in East Africa with a population of 44 million people and the largest economy of the region. The early inhabitants … other regions of Africa, particularly…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at the University of Stellenbosch on 22 February 1971
… special problems that confront the people of South Africa and the responsibility awaiting each student in the outside … We must examine them, their needs,…
Chapter 11 - Negotiating the final constitution
… the most successful negotiations in recent constitutional and political history. The most striking and encouraging feature of this event was the degree of ……
Esau Mokhethi reburial speech by AZAPO President Cde. Koti Dikobo
… present; Pastor Letshelega, Prof. Masango, Rev. Raboroko and Rev. Vilakazi The family of Comrade Esau Tshehlo Mokhethi, Bataung, the Moeketsi family and all…
Document 76 - The Speakers’ Notes - A Brief Course on the Training of Organisers [Document found by the police during the Rivonia raid of 11 July 1963]
… You will realise at once how tremendous your task is, and that great trust has been placed in you by the high … vanguard of our liberation ' - the cream -…
Bishop Tutu’s 1999 interview on NewsHour
… It is saying that the world cares about oppression and injustice, and it is saying to our people -- and this is their prize -- don't give up. Don't give up…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to New African, 05 January 1980, London
… you assess the Lancaster House Conference on Zimbabwe, and the implementation up to now of what was agreed? TAMBO : … all, represent a major victory for the…
Unity in Action Decisive - O. R. Tambo Interviewed to New African, London, 1980
… you assess the Lancaster House Conference on Zimbabwe, and the implementation up to now of what was agreed? TAMBO: … all, represent a major victory for the…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… which the African people live have become intolerable and that the masses are marching far ahead of the leadership. … a definite form of struggle for the…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… was elected President of the ANC (Natal branch) in 1951 and this speech was delivered at the Bantu Social Centre in … of that year. It is one of his early …
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
… envisages cannot be won without breaking up the economic and political set-up of present South Africa." "To win these … he continued, "calls for the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, 25 October 1996
… Members of the University; Honoured Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen, As the Rector has noted in his address of … awards have been bestowed upon me by reason of…
PlaceOld Morley
… a station at Amadola . A year later it was attacked and burnt down by amaMfengu warriors. The name amaMfengu means “wanderers” and the Fingo Nation – like…
Document 31 - The Negotiating Forum: resolution on the transition process
… In 1922, following the strikes and bloodshed in Johannesburg in the early months of that year, of which much history has been written, and to which I have…
Everard Read Art Gallery
… The Everard Read Gallery has grown in sophistication and size, just as Johannesburg grew into South Africa’s capital of finance and business. In 1980, the…
Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017
… contender says he saw Jacob Zuma as an older brother and treated Khwezi as he would a daughter. Presidential contender and ANC treasurer-general Dr Zweli…
PlaceWits Art Museum
… museum is part of the Wits University Cultural Precinct and is just three blocks from the Nelson Mandela Bridge . Its’ collections begun in the 1950’s and…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… day at school. Some boys came round to see the principal and the next thing Nomsa was home with instructions to go … trying to keep you away from school, who…