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It is announced that Colonel Hoare, the leader of the attempted Seychelles coup, will shortly be eligible for release from pris
… It is announced that Colonel Hoare, the leader of the attempted Seychelles coup, will shortly be eligible …
Johannes Brill, rector of Grey College, is born in Zutphen, the Netherlands. He was the first linguist to argue that Afrikaans
… Johannes Brill, rector of Grey College, is born in Zutphen, the Netherlands. He was …
Political Overview By The ANC Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, Comrade Paul Mashatile On The Occasion Of The Special Provincial General Council, Turffontein Racecourse, Johannesburg, 24 February 2013
… Comrade David Makhura and Office Bearers Members of the Provincial Executive Committee ANC Regional Office Bearers Leadership of the ANC Youth League…
Address to the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process 29 September 2000 Mr President Honourable Members of the Security Council
… We are honoured by the opportunity of returning to the Security Council to report to your … our esteemed world body on progress and the current state of…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… and Deputy Speaker, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, … Members, Ladies and Gentlemen: A recent…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening ceremony of Telecom 95, the 7th World Telecommunications Forum and Exhibition Geneva, 3 October 1995
… Dr. Pekka Tarjanne, Secretary-General of the ITU; Your Excellency, President Kaspar Villiger of the Swiss Federation; Honourable Ministers; Members of the…
If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
… The battle - and the greater narrative of Ethiopia’s independence – is a powerful symbol of African resistance to European imperialism. “Ethiopianism” … as a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
… National Director of the Legal Resources Centre; Members of the Fischer family; Dr Bill Venter; Distinguished guests; … It is just over a year since I had…
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
… Professor H. W. van der Merwe former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert … And then look at how they interact with a broader…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa , Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, … 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923 1. Minimum…
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
… In the past 10 days, two towering figures in the history of South African music have died. Both were in their seventh … and work tells us a great deal about…
Address by President at the official opening of the new bridge over the Limpopo River at Beit Bridge Beit Bridge, 24 November 1995
… Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen. The people of South Africa and Zimbabwe share a long history going back … countries and our continent. Happily,…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… 1940 Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins the African National Congress. The population of…
EventThe existing ban on marriages between White and Black people (Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) is extended to White and Coloured people
… On this day in history, the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Bill was adopted - despite … on marriages between White and Black people (Prohibition of…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
… sanctions. Further urging from then U.S. Secretary of State, Henry A. Kissinger led Smith agree on a plan to … as a ploy because it enabled whites to retain…
EventThe Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families
… wasn't long before the company looked into the feasibility of settling other areas along the peninsula. Van Riebeeck had … arriving, he named it 'T…
EventDr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in Pretoria
… studied physics in Germany where he obtained a Masters of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Leipzig. Van der Bijl returned to South…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… is appointed to inquire into laws concerning the right of Asiatics to trade and acquire fixed property in the Union. … in Durban. December, P.K. Naidoo and…
Draft Code of Conduct for SACP members in an election list and serving Parliament and government structures at national, regional and local levels
… Internal discussion document proposing a code of conduct in the light of impending elections for a Constituent Assembly. … Draft Code of Conduct for SACP…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 9 February 1977, Volume 102 and Volume 103
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mafiison Morobe; Seth Sendile Mazibuko; … David Kutumela, all school students, to the Commission of Inquiry…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 13 and 14 October 1976, Volume 27
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Ezra Mandikole Mantini, Mangaliso Alf Kumalo … from the Sunday Times newspaper, to the Commission of Inquiry…
EventThe first airmail in SA, consisting of 730 post cards, is flown eight kilometres by Evelyn Driver in his Bleriot plane from Ken
… to Muizenburg. The mail bag was fastened to the back of his seat as he flew the Bleriot monoplane. The plane … the South African post office commemorated a…
Letter addressed to the Churchwardens and councillors, Christ Church Kei Road describing events leading to the eviction of farm workers from Wolseley Estate
… Letter relating to the eviction of farm workers from Wolseley Estate and the church's … Church Kei Road describing events leading to the eviction of farm…
Consultative Conference on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on the role of the bantustan in the current debate for a negotiated political settlement
… on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on the role of the bantustan in the current debate for a negotiated … on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on…
ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
… as active as I was and we enjoyed working together. One of our early activities was helping to organise non-racial … We would go door-to-door trying to get…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… Vlakplaas is the name of an undercover counterinsurgency division of the apartheid … the liberation movements, including the African National Congress ,…
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… today has its roots in: (1) the barbarism and injustices of market supremacism, racial supremacism and patriarchy; (2) the inadequacy of liberal democracy; …
Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference "Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa", 04 December 1987, Arusha
… The time has come for all of us to leave this friendly city which has been our home for a few days, and return to our respective theatres of struggle. The…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the State dinner hosted by the Governor-general of New Zealand, Dame Catherine Tizard Wellington, 15 November 1995
… Your Excellency as well as the Government and the people of New Zealand for the hospitality accorded me and my delegation during this visit. I had the…
Exploration of Africa: The Emerging Nations - Angola 1880 to the present: slavery, exploitation, and revolt by Bruce Fish and Becky Durost Fish
… Present : Slavery, Exploitation, and Revolt (Exploration of Africa) … Exploration of Africa: The Emerging Nations - Angola 1880 to the present: …