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Address by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the mural celebrating the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… Friends and Fellow South Africans; In the history of our country … from the darkest night into the bright dawn of freedom and democracy. We are gathered here…
PlaceZambia
… with Kenneth Kaunda as the country’s first president, and proclaimed one-party rule. Their independence came four … months after the collapse of the…
Ernest Cole: Brave photographer who exposed horrors of apartheid from within by Teo Kermeliotis, (cnn.com), 5 January 2015
… Africa's first black photojournalists. His captivating and often clandestine images documented different aspects of … life under apartheid, opening a window…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the ANC’s manifesto launch 24 August 1995
… 1. A better South Africa 1.1 It is with great pride and optimism that I stand before you today. Last year, we, … for freedom. We laid a strong foundation for…
Bantu Education boycott
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner - 'The Bantu Education Act will make … like fowls who lay eggs for other people…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… Ghali, Secretary General of the United Nations, Ministers and Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, we would like to express our … United Nations…
Chapter 13
… considered it necessary in the previous chapter to pause and deal in more detail with certain facets of the situation, the political deviations and their…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… members, Telle Simon Mogoerane, Jerry Semano Mosololi, and Marcus Thabo Motaung, were sentenced to death for separate attacks at the Moroka and Orlando…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… of Cape Town, was built in the classical revival style and together with its open spaces constitutes the original … of trees running up the hillside from…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… the Front for the National Liberation of Angola (FLNA) and National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) … out. The MPLA which seized power was…
EventThe Angolan-Namibian peace plan is accepted
… Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Party of Labour) and anti-communist UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), and went on for 27…
EventA cargo plane crashes into a market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing at least 350 people
… Antonov 32 cargo plane crashed into a market made of wood and iron shacks, killing between 250 and 350 people in Kinshasa, Zaire (now The Democratic … group…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence regarding the families move to Brandfort
… I saw at last the picture of the spectacle in which you and the children were dumped. I fear that no fire can ever … warm that ramshackle shack. With such an…
PlaceMorocco
… western North Africa, Morocco borders Algeria to the east and southeast, Western Sahara to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former Prison and military Fort that bears testament to South Africa’s turbulent past and, today, is home to the…
PlaceDistrict Six Museum
… The District Six foundation was established in 1989, and in 1994, the District Six Museum came into being. This museum was established to commemorate and…
EventThe Pondoland Revolts
… to the action taken by iKongo to reject tribal authorities and self-government of Transkei, initiated by the Bantu … the people to such an extent that they…
EventThe Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembly
… following the death of his father, King Cyprian in 1968 and brief regency that lasted until 1971 when he ascended the Zulu throne. Relations between…
EventForces loyal to Zambian president Frederick Chiluba quash a coup by a handful of disgruntled military officers, arresting nine men including the captain who said an angel told him to overthrow the government
… soldiers broke into an arms depot, assaulted army officers and seized state broadcasting studios. Captain Stephen Lungu, calling himself Captain Solo and…
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
… in South Africa. The company was registered in Kimberley, and was the merger of the De Beers Mining Company and Kimberley mines under the Kimberley Central…
PlaceMariammen Temple, Pretoria
… name from Mariammen, the goddess that controls smallpox and other infectious diseases. The Temple was declared a … The Tamil Society of Pretoria replaced an…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… of Dar-es-Salaam, Makerere University in Kampala, and the Council for the Development of Social Research in … Social Research at Makerere University in…
Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
… Mr. Chairperson, Your Excellency, Distinguished Publishers and Proprietors, Ladies and Gentlemen. Permit me to express my profound appreciation … world…
Address at the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly 23 September 2003
… of the UN, Mr. Kofi Annan, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: May I congratulate you, Mr. President for … of the Presidency of this Session of the…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Olehile Bada Pharasi
… wave of disaffection, especially among Black students, and the foreign observer would be forgiven for thinking South Africa was experiencing its own “Arab…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
… for nearly 31 years. By 1716 it had again grown too small and in 1732 it was Restored and Enlarged. In 1752 it was again Extended and was given a Second…
PlaceSt Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town
… theatre upon the site. This was opened on 17 November 1800 and by all accounts was considered by citizens of Cape Town … However, it soon proved to be…
Place(The) Gambia
… a Western African country, situated on the Atlantic coast and is entirely surrounded by the neighbouring country, … keep the official title of ‘The Gambia.’…
PlaceOld Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth
… station were built by the Public Works Department and erected by J Kohler & Sons. The architect was H.S Greaves … 3787 was declared a National Monument on 26…
Oliver Tambo interview to Sechaba, 01 March 1976
… closest relations with the ANC - for well over ten years - and together with FRELIMO of the People`s Republic of Mozambique, PAIGC of Guinea-Bissau and MLSTP…