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Speech, on Behalf of the National Liberation Movements, at the Opening Session of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Havana, Cuba, 3 September 1979
… these movements, for entrusting this task to the people of South Africa - and, in their name, in the name of the peoples … year and watched young people who…
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… executive. During the early 1950s a large majority of South African activists were banned by the Apartheid regime. … Union, Abrahams was also the Western…
Address to the International Labour Conference Geneva, 8 June 1990
… you have waged over the years for the release of all South African political prisoners. It is thanks to these … course, they became slaves to the goddess of…
Archive2003 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2003
… STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, … the eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean, the…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… The fruit-canning industry in South Africa can be traced to the late nineteenth century, … involved in the food and canning industry during World War II and…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980
… 1980, 68th anniversary of the African National Congress of South Africa. Today is January 8th, the birthday of the … her equal share to the modelling of a…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… Prof. Dent to the position of Principal of the S.A.N.C. [South African Native College]. He was succeeding a man who … Sons and daughters of Africa,…
AAM and UN: partners in the international campaign against apartheid
… organisations. This was a coalition which encompassed the world and consisted of international, regional, national and … broad coalition played a crucial…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… first as a member of the Zulu nation and then as a South African or do you think of yourself as a South African … Disraeli of England was forced to wage a…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… Prof. Dent to the position of Principal of the S.A.N.C. [South African Native Collegel. He was succeeding a man who … Sons and daughters of Africa,…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… the policies of apartheid; resistance by the people of South Africa, resistance by South Africa's neighbours and … as 32 months). Conditions of isolation…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
… Steyn, marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African involvement in World War 2 on the side of Britain. Mrs H.E.C. Armstrong, one of …
ArchiveChapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More Solidarity by Denis Goldberg
… affected the lives of the people and materials that showed South Africa’s vulnerability to economic sanctions. The … colonies. We were caught up, like it or…
BiographyIsaac Zakes Nkosi
… maize bread”) developed to become an important genre of South African music. It is a blend of various styles, of …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… close to the moment of decision. Each and every one of us, South Africans all, has to decide whether we act in the … Management Centres. There is today…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… and white educators responsible for African education in South Africa. For details, see R. Hunt Davis, "The Black … moved to tighten up pass laws relaxed…
PlaceKoffiefontein, Free State Province
… became the site for a large internment camp during World War II, with up to 2,000 Italian and German prisoners of war being held there, along with around 800…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… ESKOM’s past. This is especially important in 2022 where South Africa has had the most hours of load shedding on … of the Gold Standard in 1932 and the build…
Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
… of the United Party's federal policy. After referring to South Africans political stability during the past 62 years. … the White Parliament. I do not know a…
ArchiveThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
… Micere Githae Mugo is an internationally known world speaker recognized for her literary works, essays and … ideology of Ubuntu from the Shona of Zimbabwe…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… industrialisation brought for the majority of people in South Africa. From being farmers with varying degrees of … was to look for better jobs. After the…
BiographyZainab Ebrahim Asvat
… teenage years she met Yusuf Dadoo , after he returned to South Africa from medical stuidies in Edinburgh and was also … relocations and the establishment of…
PlaceVictoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
… THE VICTORIA BASIN The discovery of Gold and Diamonds in South Africa meant that the first section of the Harbour, the … was completed in 1945, after being…
PlaceZimbabwe
… Country gained independence, after a 15 year long Civil War. Zimbabwe has since 1980 been led by Robert Mugabe . … Culture before Mapungubwe: New Evidence…
African National Congress President, Comrade Jacob Zuma, delivers the Peter Mokaba Memorial Lecture, Mankweng Village, Polokwane, Limpopo, 6 June 2010
… join others in the struggle for the complete liberation of South Africa. In our vocabulary today, it is with him that … with which we have been integrated…
Archive“A Black Rather Well-Known South African Recently Arrived in London”: Critical Responses to Todd Matshikiza’s Chocolates for My Wife
… Chocolates for My Wife (1961), which describes the exiled South African writer and musician’s first two years in … strength or weakness, in London or…
Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
… is surely the most famously revered in the contemporary world. In the 20th Century he was one of the few who, in … who made it infamous for fascism, racism,…
EventPresident Robert Mugabe defends land reform programme
… at the feet of the Mugabe regime, who despite mediation by South Africa, has failed to come to a politically equitable … to levels last experienced by the…
Twentieth Anniversary of the United Nations Sanctions Resolution: Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 05 November 1982, New York
… aggressor bent on military conquest in southern Africa. In South Africa, as the regime continues its fight for the … growth and development of what has now…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… was founded by his father in 1917. Oppenheimer joined the South African Corps and served under the Fourth South African Corps during World War 2 in North…