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ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… to his failing health and his desire to spend more time with his family. His appeal: ‘don’t call me, I will call … in both countries responding…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… came to be overthrown. This is a particularly appropriate time to be studying the role of women in the progress towards … knowledge on the role of South…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… was "freedom in our lifetime" and this symbolised the main challenge until freedom and democracy were attained in 1994. … since 1994, we have crafted what…
Arthur Chaskalson: 24 November 1931 - 1 December 2012 by Jeremy Gauntlett, 4 December 2012
… ‘inconsistent with an independent legal profession'. The challenge he issued to all South African lawyers was twofold. … his years leading the LRC. He was at…
BiographyLefifi Tladi
… cultural leaders were either jailed or exiled from that time, the BCM filled the vacuum that was left behind. …
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… final at Ellis Park stadium. Pienaar played on in extra-time with a calf strain and the Springboks secured a …
BiographyIndres Naidoo
… a knot and choking me. I gasped for air, and every time I breathed in, the canvas hit me in the face. I was …
BiographyAmina Cachalia
… leaflets and other political activities. At that time, Amina had contact with the leadership of the African …
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… Afrikaans family, son of Percy Ulrich Fischer, at the time a member of the Bloemfontein Bar. Percy later became a … Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis, Nimrod Mkele …
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… Poverty is perhaps the most historical and common challenge faced. Most South African women are situated in …
Work and education
… classroom. Northern Province. © Omar Badsha The biggest challenge the first post-apartheid government was faced with, …
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… regime. Political Importance: Russia and the subsequent challenge to capitalism The West was nervous about the new …
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Conference of the African National Congress Women`s League, 1 August 1959
… Africans in urban centres and in rural areas alike. What a challenge to our Congress! The only jarring note in these … and groups including our own, have…
Document 12 - Notes prepared by Nelson Mandela for his meeting with P. W. Botha
… leadership of COSATU is a great honour. It is also a great challenge. With your continued support we can rise to meet that challenge. I also need to thank…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Millennium Debate of the Joint Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 19 November 1999
… long hours as this century wore on, so did it seem many-a-time that indeed, things were falling apart. So must it have … will be crowned with success, we…
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… South Africa today face a new, and perhaps more daunting challenge, that of crafting a democratic constitution. Ever … making. It posed an inclusive basis…
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
… Orlando township, Johannesburg. In the mid 1950s, by which time the ZCA and the ZBA had faded ,Madiba and others formed … Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (ed)(1977)…
BiographyPhindile Mfeti
… Apartheid hit squad because of his ANC activities. At the time, Helen Suzman raised questions about his disappearance …
BiographyEdward Sineke Tyaliti
… others were considered to ‘have been quiescent for some time, but E.S Tyaliti is still active.’ On 12 October 1959, …
BiographyPaul David
… , spoke out openly against the apartheid system. At this time, he also came under the influence of his brother-in-law, …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the SOWETO Uprising on 16 June 1976 16 June 1994
… we fully support the initiatives to make up for the time lost during recent national events. We hope that the … just new opportunities for the youth. It is…
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the 48th General Assembly of the World Medical Association (WMA) 25 October 1996
… been taken to realise this objective. PROFESSIONALISM The challenge facing those of us working for unity in the medical … interests of its members. MIGRATION…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… failed. He was imprisoned for five years, during which time he dictated his famous book, 'Mein Kampf' (My Struggle). … the Great Depression provided him with…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on 16 June 1984
… the liberation struggle in southern Africa. In two months` time the Pretoria regime will be holding elections for the … are therefore confronted with an…
Statement on June 16 by O. R. Tambo, 1984
… the liberation struggle in southern Africa. In two months' time the Pretoria regime will be holding elections for the … are therefore confronted with an…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
… student and women’s movements. It was during this time that she became the media coordinator of the Natal … collective bargaining and research officer…
BiographyStephen Joel Chifunyise
… understanding will remain etched in our minds for a long time. [vi] Executive director of Hifa wrote that To express …
The Battle of Square Hill
… only. The eagerness to partake in the war at the time was so strong that some men ‘travelled to Britain at … Cape Corps having replaced the 130th Baluchis. …
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
… during the country’s most painful chapter; a moment in time when their very existence was essentially outlawed. … McCormick, TL. Gayle has Stood the Test of…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… It focused its work in particular on Cato Manor, at the time the most depressed shack settlement and one of the worst … in education and welfare. 1975 Banned…