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Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Diplomatic Correspondent of Morning Star, 23 November 1967, London
… alliance is a big word. But it is not as if we sat down and signed a great big document with clauses and terms. We have had close political relations with…
Address On World Aids Day, 1 December 1999
… this day, we must all join hands as people of South Africa and of the world against a silent killer that threatens our lives and the very fabric of our…
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
… Africa's progress has been based on "economic windfalls and political disasters". The political disasters continue. … NP Government, it's surrogates, the…
Article on the pass law deputation in July 25, 1889
… was, on Thursday last, the scene of a large representative and important gathering of Natives of the district of King … sojourn in the Metropolis concluded…
PlaceGreen Point
… in 1806, they began to hold horse races on its common, and the area developed as one of Cape Town's most popular … from the elegant London-built carriage of…
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
… The Wonderboom Nature Reserve and is Home to a 1000 Year Old Fig Tree, or Ficus … The tree has subsequently been damaged by fire in 1870 and a parasitic…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… struggle for democracy in South Africa had intensified, and the country found itself on the brink of a potentially … the very fabric of society, for the…
Timol: Salim Essop testifies of beatings, torture following arrest, News24, in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… in the hands of the apartheid security police after he and his friend were held in custody. Timol’s death was ruled … told the court that he was born in…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… wonder why they are so titled. They depict rural, suburban and semi-industrial landscapes, some with people, but no one … the prints, which date from 2003 to…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… The contacts between black South Africans and the African American community in the United States … that they could learn from – including W. E. B Du Bois…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… each year, the ANC Youth League celebrates its founding, and recently, on the same date, the ANC Youth League launched … programme is "Youth mobilisation to…
Black ViewPoint - Introduction edited by B.S. Biko (1972)
… that in a country peopled to the extent of 75% by blacks and whose entire economic structure is supported and maintained, willingly or unwillingly, mainly by…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… Bay . Set against the Mountain with incredible Sea Views and one of the prettiest little Beaches. St. James Beach with … a large tidal pool, which is very…
PlaceSharpeville, Gauteng
… Sharpeville Township holds many sad memories and is Home to the Memorial at the 'Human Rights Precinct'. … books . The police did not know what to do with…
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… not in existence in the year 1897, as stated in The Star and since corrected. I quote from records that the idea of … few jewellers had been permitted to…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of president Rafsanjani of Iran Pretoria, 12 September 1996
… Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great privilege to host you and your distinguished delegation. We hope that…
Address by Nelson R. Mandela to the plenary session of the Multi-Party negotiations process World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, 17 November 1993
… Honourable Justices, Leaders and Members of all delegations present here today. We have … for the Transition is the unity of our country and people. This…
PlaceOld Presidency
… the surname of Brits. Settled on the site in the 1820s and built a thatched A-frame dwelling for themselves. Major … thatched-house built by the Brits family…
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Natal Indian Patriotic Union was … at a mass meeting of British Indians…
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… some 60km. Around it are many beautiful Valleys, Bays and Beaches bound by the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the West and the warm waters of False Bay…
PlaceBabanango, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… in 1884, upon his death. The Town was founded in 1904 and takes its name from the geographic features nearby, notably the Stream and the Mountain. The…
PlaceGriqualand West
… a lifestyle which, although suited to the low rainfalls and seasonal grazing of the southern African interior, it … Khoikhoi inhabited most of the Cape South…
ArchiveHugh Masekela - what I'm thinking about ... a crisis for African culture (The Guardian)12 March 2013
… - long ago". I'm very interested in heritage restoration, and I'm working with a group of people to create a number of academies and performance spaces to…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… the first shipment of slaves to arrive in South Africa, and marked the beginning of almost 200 years of slave trade … up 500 slaves. The Amersfoort…
Chronology
… of Parliament tables the Representation of Natives Bill and the Native Trust and Land Bill October , Italy attacks Ethiopia December, … League December 15-18…
Democracy in Action
… of the Institute to create a climate of open communication and understanding between diverse and often politically opposing groups in order to break down…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s ‘Mother of the Nation’ who was never First Lady by Mashupye Herbert Maserumule (TheConversation.com), 3 April 2018
… – doyen of South Africa’s liberation struggle and the matriarch who was dubbed ‘the mother of the nation’ – … injustice. It inspired hope during moments of…
A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM - MyConstitution Exhibition
… South Africa’s Constitution - admired and respected around the world for its pioneering approach to … one that turned a country under apartheid into a modern…
Remember Soweto 16 June 1976
… anniversary of the uprising; with activists, journalists and academics from the UK and South Africa sharing the views and experiences of a key turning point…
Pro Veritate
… education for social change, instruments of power and discriminatory legislation are discussed in order to raise Christian consciousness and awareness to…