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ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of mainly high school students was formed to represent … students at various schools regionally…
Minutes of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, February 1-2, 1947
… M. Xuma and Mr. M.M. Kotane. IT WAS DECIDED: "That minutes of the last Executive be deferred until the arrival of the Secretary-General" 2. CONFERENCE…
EventThe University of Port Elizabeth is founded
… The University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), came into being on 31 January 1964 with the adoption by Parliament of Act 1 of 1964. The first academic year…
BiographyJan Smiesing
… was written by Joline Young for SAHO The school Outside of the Slave Lodge, under a tree in Spin Street, enslaved … by the actions it witnesses as much as by…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai This petition of 14 July 1884 was submitted by …
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
… to parents Moigoi and Wamboi ”” his father was the chief of a small agricultural village in Gatundu Division, Kiambu District ”” one of five administrative…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Session of the Parliament of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, 30 October 2007
… Honourable Presiding Officers of the National Assembly and the National Council Your … this opportunity and privilege to address the Parliament of the…
39. Second report of the Natal Indian Congress, 1899
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … in October 1899, gives a rather detailed account of the body's…
Mobilise World Support for African Liberation Struggle - Statement, on behalf of Liberation Movements, at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo by O. R. Tambo, 9 April 1973
… [Oliver Tambo, speaking on behalf of all liberation movements, thanked the Government of Norway for its hospitality. He specially praised the … areas. In…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
… us closer to our cherished goal - the total liberation of our country. The bells that rang in the New Year were, for … say that they have earned for…
BiographyJohn Majola
… A member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Killed in Swaziland after being abducted. … • African National Congress. …
The Spirit of Bandung - Address to the International Conference in Support of the Liberation Movements of Southern Africa and in Support of the Frontline States by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 10 April 1979
… since the days, 25 years ago next year, when a delegation of the African National Congress travelled from Johannesburg … to Bandung in Indonesia to join…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R Mandela, at the presentation of the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour Johannesburg, 29 September, 1992
… a unique privilege to receive the Miami Beach Medallion of Honour. The fact that people, communities and their … our triumphs and our tears, into their…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the ANC- 8 January 1997
… 1997 marks the 85th anniversary of the ANC. We are now also just over half way through the first term of the ANC`s national electoral mandate. It is…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
… Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Distinguished members of the university council and senate, Members of the university staff and students, Friends. It is…
Affirming the history of all South Africans
… At the beginning of the second term of our new democracy, we South Africans are fully aware that … our monuments and our archives, are in the process of…
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a … celebrate their cultural traditions in the wider context of the great…
PlaceUniversity of Fort Hare, Alice- Eastern Cape
… noted with sadness the violent protests at the University of Fort Hare that have resulted in the academic programme being abruptly halted. The Chairperson of…
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… to Rand Afrikaner University (RAU), now the University of Johannesburg. Pienaar enrolled for Law degree at the … Pienaar interests in rugby grew. He…
First meeting of the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa (later re
… First meeting of the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa (later re …
ArchiveAddress at Commemoration of the lives of Yusuf Cachalia and Bram Fischer, by Nelson Mandela, 5 June 2005,
… is considered so important that I am asked to come out of retirement just one more time. And so the life of a retired old man trickles on and on. This is one…
Prof. S.F. N. Gie becomes secretary of education of the Union of SA.
… Prof. S.F. N. Gie becomes secretary of education of the Union of SA. …
ArchiveReport of the Commission of Enquiry into South African Council of Churches
… Report of the Commission of Enquiry into South African Council of Churches …
ArchiveThe views of the chairman of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions
… The views of the chairman of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions …
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… The Honourable President of the University, Esteemed Members of the Convocation, … an order in which the government will be bound by a higher body of rules -…
ArchiveChurch of the Province of South Africa
… Church of the Province of South Africa …
ArchiveEditorial: Retreat of the Rule of Law
… Editorial: Retreat of the Rule of Law …
Book launch of Death of an Idealist
… Book launch of Death of an Idealist …
ArchiveCritique of Problems of African trade unions
… Critique of Problems of African trade unions …
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
… When The Awakening of A People was first published in 1950, it was intended for … as a guide to action. There is in existence a considerable body of…