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Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Conference of the Association of African Universities: Cape Town, 22 February 2005.
President of the AAU, Professor Lamine Ndiaye, Vice President of the AAU, Dr. Dorothy Njeuma, Secretary-General of the AAU, Professor Akilagpa Sawyerr, The…
Address at the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly 23 September 2003
President of the General Assembly, Mr. Julian Hunte, Secretary-General of the UN, Mr. Kofi Annan, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: May I…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 1 - The First Farmers by Jeff Guy
From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education For a moment let's consider history as a journey…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia PotenzaThis feature has explored the devastating changes that industrialisation brought for the majority of people…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1700 Number and origin of slaves at the Cape The Dutch East India Company…
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
In the general election of May 1948, the Nationalist Party polled 400,453 votes and its ally, the Afrikaner Party, 41,885, a total of 442,338 votes. On the…
The strangulation of activity
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The classical freedoms of association, assembly and…
The Detention Weapon
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman A number of observers and students of repression around…
"Peace and Development in our Region" Speech at "War on Want" Conference by O. R. Tambo, London, June 1988
We would like to take this opportunity to pay homage to the farsighted leaders of our region who, eight years ago, decided to establish the Southern Africa…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
Vice-Minister of Education, Madame Wei Yu, President of the University, Professor Wang Dazhong, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: First of all, let…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Herrenvolk history books present two pictures of Dr. John Philip, Superintendent of…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
The Nile river and its influence on settlement The tomb of Tutankhamen Way of life in ancient Egypt The spread of Egypt’s knowledge Together we will learn…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
The year 1658 marks the beginning of the slave trade at the Cape colony. During the first four years of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settlement at the…
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… was on 22nd August, and again it was successful. The document stated: “You are hereby authorised to visit Hilton …
ArchiveChapter 10 Problems of imprisonment by Denis Goldberg
… been at school with me, wanted it kept as an historical document. Unfortunately, but predictably, the security police …
Chapter 10 - The Character, Role and Significance of SANSCO
… Power" that formed the basis of the SANSCO policy document. Moreover, Machel's "The liberation of women is a …
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… including leaving the country without a valid travel document and any offence relating to previously prohibited …
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… join her mother. Only then was Winnie presented with the document, which was designed to change her life, destroy …
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… of the League and the Party, releasing its most important document on May Day, 1921, under the title of 'The Defence …
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
Introduction On August 16 2012 the South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana. Nearly three years later…
Apartheid power in crisis
… the state. In the second part we extract a segment from a document written in May 1990 in which 3 questions are posed …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… by the weighty injunctions contained in that historic document which continues to be our lodestar in everything we …
Archive2015 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 19 February 2015
Delivered by President Jacob Zuma on Thursday in response to the State of the Nation Address Debate 19 February 2015 Honourable Speaker,Honourable…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2010
Response to the State of the Nation debate by His Excellency Mr JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa; National Assembly 16 February 2010 …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education This chapter looks at how archaeology and the…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
1856-1910 Masters and Servants Acts of 1856 These Acts, which had been passed between 1856 and 1904 in the four territories, remained in force after…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Introduction Since independence, English has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and remains contested. This timeline…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
Women in South Africa, since the turn of the century, have emerged as primary catalysts for protests against, and as challengers of, the apartheid regime…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
1. NAME: The name of the organisation shall be the African National Congress hereinafter referred to as the "Congress". 2. AIMS AND OBJECTS: The aims and…
Statement at the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, Cuba by O. R. Tambo, 3 - 9 September 1979
Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, We have already had the honour and privilege of addressing this historic assembly of Heads of…