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Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
Mr. Chairperson, Distinguished participants This summit departs from tradition in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought…
Need for New Level of International Action against Apartheid. Statement at the special session of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, June 18, 1968
Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, distinguished representatives and guests: Permit me first of all, Sir, to express the gratitude of the African National…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 Kajee accused of betrayal at NIC mass meeting …
PlaceHaarlem
Sixteen kilometers East of 'Avontuur' and 29 kilometers from Uniondale, a village was established by the Berlin Mission Society and was named Anhalt-Schmidt,…
PlaceSalt River
The exact date when the Village of Salt River was established is not known but in 1665 the Settlement is recorded to have overlooked a Fjord over the River and…
PlaceGoodwood
One of the Northern Municipalities adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town, 11 km from the centre of the City and in the Bellville district. It was originally…
PlaceFreedom Park
The site of Freedom Park was carefully chosen, a 52 hectare undeveloped hill overlooking the city of Pretoria. It was here that the nation’s heroes would be…
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
Between April and mid July 1994, between 800 000 and 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were murdered by Rwanda's Hutu regime. The catalyst for the genocide…
ANC National Working Committee statement following its meeting held on the 20th January 2014, 21 January 2014
The National Working Committee of the African National Congress met in its ordinary meeting on the 20th January 2014 at Chief Albert Luthuli House,…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
This imposing Victorian dwelling was erected in 1888 by EF Bourke, who later became the first mayor of Pretoria. It is one of the last remaining examples of…
PlaceDurban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… TRH, and Hunt, KS. 1974. The Right to the Land . Cape Town: Philip.|Davies, RJ. 1963. The Growth of the … and Assegay . Cape Town: Howard Timmins. 1979. From…
PlaceAddo Elephant Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth
This Reserve lies East of the Sunday's River and North of Port Elizabeth. In about 1931, about 680 ha. was enclosed to form the Addo Elephant National Park…
Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam, 17 November 1998
Your Excellency, President Mkapa Vice President Omar Ali Juma President Amour of Zanzibar Mr. Prime Minister Secretary General of the CCM Ladies and…
Presidential Address to the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 1958
Presidential Address To The Eleventh Annual Conference Of The Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 195864 Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, The…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to New Times, 05 January 1980, Moscow
Question: How do you assess the situation in southern Africa after the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front has signed the ceasefire agreement? TAMBO: The liberation war…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed to New Times, Moscow, January 1980
Question: How do you assess the situation in southern Africa after the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front has signed the ceasefire agreement? TAMBO: The liberation war…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
Chairperson, Honourable Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen It is not given to every generation that it should be present during and participate in the act of…
Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa by Red Jack (libcom.org), 08 January 2012
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, the Wobblies) was the main influence on the radical left in South Africa in the early twentieth century. But who were…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
Albie Sachs, an internationally known human rights activist and top judge in South Africa, suffered solitary confinement and exile and survived a bomb attack…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
Madame Speaker; Honourable Members; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen: It was to be expected that this year's debate on the State of the Nation…
Statement by Nelson R. Mandela on his relationship with his wife 13 April 1992
The relationship between myself and my wife, Comrade Nomzamo Winnie Mandela, has become the subject of much media speculation. I am issuing this statement to…
Artscape: Legacy Exhibition
About Legacy Alexander’s inspiration is spurred by his many years as a pastor to the exiled and destitute in the inner-city of Pretoria. It was during this…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
See below:U.S. Representative Maxine Waters Delivers Remarks at Presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to South African President, Nelson Mandela President…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Sindile Moya
Sindile Moya was head prefect in Zimasa Higher Primary School in Langa during 1976. He was involved in protests on the ground, as well as helping to organise…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Henrique Cardoso of Brazil Pretoria, 26 November 1996
Now, since I couldn't teach any more there, I left Pardieberg and went to Bloemfontein to look for work. I got work there as a domestic worker only. I stayed…
PlaceGrey Street now Yusuf Dadoo Street, Durban-City Centre
Not too many people are aware that Durban has the largest concentration of Indian people outside of India! Originally brought in during the 1860’s by the…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
In 1950, the apartheid government introduced the Unlawful Organisations Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950, the African National Congress …
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
Father Frans Claerhout, acclaimed artist, priest and humanitarian was born on this day in Pittem, western Belgium. After completing his studies, he immigrated…
EventSouth African History Online goes live
The South African History Online non-profit organisation's website began operations on 22 January 2001. CEO Omar Badsha founded the organisation as a Section…
Press statement by Oliver Tambo in Moscow, 06 November 1986
We are currently in Moscow as a delegation of the African National Congress which is here to hold discussions with the leadership of the Communist Party of the…