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BiographyJackson Mphikwa Mthembu
… School where he dipped his feet in politics for the first time, becoming a student leader. However, his poor background … Support Committee (DPSC) – an…
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
… we-Sizwe. [8] Mary supported her husband during this time of political persecution and upon his release warned him …
BiographySimon Gqubule
… after raising R3million from overseas donors. In time he became president of Fedsem, the Methodist Church of … declared for him by former President Jacob…
The appointment of Judges
… consultation with the cabinet and the chief justice of the time, Judge Michael Corbett. Then began the process to select … of prisoners to vote Azapo v…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… in South Africa to move towards a more significant challenge to the white minority government. The African … be a simple and easy thing for the ANC, because…
Presidential Address to the Extended Meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, April 1975
… of a historic transformation. The competition for time between the forces for progress, pressing hard for … else. It means we can rise in unison to respond…
EventBrig. Ramushwana in NPKF admission
… also believed that Ramushwana was faced with an immense challenge, but would be ready in time for the elections. He blamed some elements that were not …
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
… Apartheid from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. It was a time of hope because in the corridors of MTB, a critical … movement and the first impulses of a…
Statement at Press Conference in Dar es Salaam Concerning Sentences in the Rivinia Trial by O. R. Tambo, 12 June 1964
… Their committal to South Africa's brutal jails is a challenge to the liberation movement and the people they led. It is a challenge to their colleagues and…
PlaceNazareth House, Durban
… to tour the facility and meet the management team. This time last year, its future was uncertain. With the cost of …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… roads have been built and old ones improved. For the first time, many people have access to telephones. Progress has … life for all, to which we are…
BiographyAlfred Milner
… in 1897. He was appointed by Joseph Chamberlain, at the time the Colonial Secretary in the English cabinet. The Cape … proposal which His Honor [Kruger]…
BiographyEric Magamana Lubisi
… and Walter Battiss and he decided to work as a full-time artist in 1968. He was influenced by the work of artists …
Ebrahim Badsha
… traditions. In the early 1940s he worked for a short time in Johannesburg at the Schlesinger Organisation as an …
BiographyEudy Simelane
Eudy Simelane was born on 11 March 1977 in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (Gauteng). An active LGBTQI+ activist, she was one of the first women to live as openly…
BiographyJudge Erns Jansen
… appointed to the Appellate Division in 1968. During his time many judges of the Appellate Division were appointed for …
BiographyKenneth Mosenyi
… against apartheid policies. Arrested for a second time, he was assaulted by the police and then offered money …
BiographyCharles Llewellyn
Charles Bennett (Buck) Llewellyn was born in Pietermaritzburg to an English father and black mother. Being of mixed–raced meant that Llewellyn was…
BiographyMaqashu Leonard Mdingi
… After the rebellion, Mdingi spent most of his time in Durban and continued to work underground in the ANC. …
BiographyAlbert Dlomo
… police re-detained him under the same law in 1965. This time he was charged with providing assistance to people …
EventDavid Frost wins the South African Open golf championship in Stellenbosch
… throughout his career, including the Gordon’s Gin Challenge (1983), The Nedbank Golf Challenge (1989) and his first South African Open in 1986. ……
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… solidarity, trade unionism and socialism, which provided a challenge to their traditional political affiliations. …
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
… serum at the Port Elizabeth Snake Park, up to the time of his father's retirement, and then moved to Durban, … a need for large quantities for the armed…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… conscientising them about the political situation at the time. During the 1940s and 1950s, a lot of underground … that Black people (including women for the…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
… a much greater degree of freedom. This allows the media to challenge the government on any measures considered to be a … allay the fears of opposition…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… facilities: see below) Date: 15 May 2014 Time: 12H15 for 12h30 – 13H30 South Africa’s liberation … African National Congress (ANC), was formed in order to…
Opening remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability - transforming the world in an era of global change, Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, African Pavilion, Durban, 06 December 2011
… effective and sustainable answer to this pressing global challenge. In this regard this COP17 conference presents us … of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
South Africa battles water scarcity as it is one of the thirty driest regions in the world. On average the country receives 500 mm rainfall in a year. [1] As…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy NASREC, Johannesburg, 21 January 1994
… of its glorious humanism, the new age will, at the same time as it liberates the oppressed, endow the oppressor with … expression in our country is assured…
Address to the Commonwealth Club, World Affairs Council and US/SA Business Council Conference, 24 May 2000
… has failed to get to grips with the fundamental challenge of our times: reshaping global capitalism to spread … presents us with the opportunities to…