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EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… The agreement was the culmination of months of intense diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. … "province' of South Africa, with the white…
Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
… with no room to offer them. Having failed in the service of the gods, I shall run to my den in the sewer pipe down by … says Wong, a character in Bertolt…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… Anti-Apartheid Movement on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding and wishes you ever greater successes in your … all anti-racist forces in Britain in…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… A group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted … dissidents attacked the main army camp in Umtata, capital of the Transkei . The coup was…
ArchiveRemembering Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for music of the day by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 23 January 2018
… cancelled his appearance last year at the Johannesburg Joy of Jazz Festival, taking time out to deal with his serious … were forced to return to his recorded…
Message to the Special Committee against Apartheid on its 20th anniversary from O.R. Tambo, President of the ANC, 06 April 1983
… Committee the most cordial fraternal greetings on occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Special Committee. The Special Committee belongs to … in…
Photographer Juda Ngwenya was the face of Reuters in Africa and a special friend by Siphiwe Sibeko (Mail and Guardian), 25 Oct 2016
… other mutual friends who will say the same about him. None of us expected him to go so soon and we are all still … his departure. Juda had respect for…
A critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… An extended research paper presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for B.A.(Honours) Degree in History at the University of Cape Town. The aim of…
Fighting out of darkness or moving gradually towards the light? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown, 1990
… held at Grahamstown on 2 March 1990, discussing: Release of Mandela, FW De Klerk and reform, end of Apartheid, ANC, Bill of Rights, Constitution. … Fighting…
ANC National Conference, 13 July 1991
… 760,000 members met in the 48th National Conference of the African National Congress. This conference was the … the Women`s League withdrew the resolution…
Telegram from J van Dalsen, Director-General, Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to His Excellency, Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
… Telegram from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, reporting that in light of…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… Forces in World War Two was a contentious one on behalf of the South African government. This is because within the … premier, after which General Smuts…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 21 September, Volume 9 and Volume 10
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Sophie Topsie Tema and Sam Nzima, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in…
Khoisan Identity
… In his State of the Nation address on 9th February 2012, President Zuma … promise that provisions would be made ‘for the recognition of the Khoi-San…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… people in South Africa have always associated the history of the United States with the great name of Abraham Lincoln. … their lot. Institutions such as…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a victim of violence could come forward and be heard…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Early Writings
… Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 1. A. M. LEMBEDE, "The Importance of Agriculture," Iso Lomuzi,Vol. IV, no. 1 (October 1934), … is prevalent among my fellow-students…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 2: Sources of the Cape Khoekhoe and Kora records Vocabularies, Language Data and Texts by Menán du Plessis
… ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis … Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 2:…
Maria Visser (68), mother of SA singer Worsie Visser, dies in Barkley West, a month after her son was killed in an accident.
… Maria Visser (68), mother of SA singer Worsie Visser, dies in Barkley West, a month … Maria Visser (68), mother of SA singer Worsie Visser, dies in Barkley…
The Role of the Black Sash (Port Elizabeth Branch) in the Walmer Removals and Pebco Detentions: Paper Presented at National Conference 1980
… The Role of the Black Sash (Port Elizabeth Branch) in the Walmer … The Role of the Black Sash (Port Elizabeth Branch) in the Walmer …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… over the negotiation process. During the two days of discussion the mechanism and technicalities of transition … traditional leaders be allowed special, but…
An interview with Mr. A.W.G. Champion
… in 1964 by Mr. Stanley Trapido, Lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford. S. Trapido : Mr. Champion, … : We established, branches in every…
ArticleSASO Bannings
… involvement in political activities during the first half of the 1970s. From 1973 until 1977 when SASO was banned, … an “affected” organisation under the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… By the 1970s a number of leading figures in the ANC were in prison while others … the political mobilisation – for instance, the detention of Winnie Mandela…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… now Gauteng] Old Location where they moved to in search of work. Here, Madingoane became involved in community … in Apex. He was instrumental in founding…
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
… Professor H. W. van der Merwe former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert … And then look at how they interact with a broader…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… a map that gold is to be found in the approximate vicinity of either the Witwatersrand or the Magaliesberge. 1852 Gold … Commission urges that surveyed land…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had banished … created under the…
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… single package. I hope you will not create the impression of being"ultra left" as a result. Perhaps you could make some … left here safely. I hope you have…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… youth. Early 1920s Walter is exposed to a mediated version of Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African liberation for black people … an American identity. 1927 Sisulu…