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Address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Abuja, 3 October 2000
… Gentlemen. Democracy and Renaissance in Africa: In search of an enduring Pax Africana Thank you for inviting me to come … Truth. "One day, the two met and…
BiographyJackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane
… now Eastern Cape] to Voorspoed Farm No. 1376, District of Zoutpansberg, Transvaal [Limpopo Province]. Their … Bantu Affairs Department [BAD] in Thembuland…
BiographyMhlabuvelile Hlamandana
… the Hill Committee.* He was accused by state officials of being careless in his duties, disrupting the smooth functioning of the Isikelo Tribal Authority and…
Salim Essop takes centre stage during first day of Ahmed Timol inquest by Amanda Khoza (News24.com), 27 June 2017
… Court in Johannesburg on Monday during the first sitting of the inquest into his death. Salim Essop recounted painful … family. While at school his teacher…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter V - Political role of the mission
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The Missionaries and the Chiefs THE FULL EXTENT of the political role of the…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 2 - Human Models: Christianity and Capitalism
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner Our first step in theorizing … phenomena, such as war, corruption, and jealousy, as being products of…
BiographyHermione Stephanie Lombard Faure
… born on 9 September 1894 in Pretoria. She was the daughter of Jacobus C. Faure who was a civil servant of the Transvaal Republic, and his wife Talitha Cumi…
BiographyPopo Molefe
… was born in 1952 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He was one of eight children, and spent most of his youth living with his aunt. His mother was a domestic ……
BiographyDonald James Woods
… Examination, Woods enrolled at the University of Cape Town in 1952 to study law but switched to journalism. Woods initially supported the idea of separate…
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed a contract with the … Dutch East India Company (VOC) to oversee the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic impact … was launched by African people in response to their loss of…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… The formation of the VOC in Netherlands in 1602 increased Dutch dominance of the in the maritime trade. Acting on behalf of the Dutch government, the company…
EventAthlete Mathews Motshwareteu enters the annals of the country’s athletics history after only five weeks of track athletics
… spent at Isaacson Primary, Soweto. He had a peculiar way of running that made it look like he was about to fall over at any moment, leading to him later…
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS - May 1994 - December 1996 Introduction The South African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a …
BiographyJessie Yasmin Duarte
… Jessie Yasmin Duarte was born on 19 September 1953, one of nine children, in Newclare, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now … By 1981 she was serving as the…
ArticleThe History of Christmas Day and its celebration in South Africa
… South Africa. On this day Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. The date is traditional and is not considered to be the actual date…
Philip McLachlan, choirmaster of the choir of the University of Stellenbosch, is born.
… Philip McLachlan, choirmaster of the choir of the University of Stellenbosch, is born. …
Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA.
… Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA. …
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… in Oguta, located in eastern Nigeria. She was the eldest of six children born to parents, Christopher Ljeoma, an agent … education, Nwapa read and fell in…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… brother, Emecheta’s childhood was filled with the stories of her people and culture, told to her by her grandmother. … finally persuading her parents to…
EventThe lengthy trial of Gandar and Pogrund ends
… The lengthy and expensive trial of Laurence Gandar and Benjamin Pogrund, of the Rand Daily Mail, on charges under the Prisons Act, ends with both being found…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… The poems and stories are known as the oral tradition of a group of people. If you add moral lessons and rituals that are also passed down by word of mouth…
Baroness Castle of Blackburn opened an exhibition on the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the opening session of the Symposium
… I don't know why I should have been honoured in this way by being asked to open this exhibition; awhole stream of people have done far more than I have been…
Archive1995 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 17 February 1995
… Honourable President and Deputy President of the Senate, Honourable Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the … the McCarthyism atmosphere which resulted in people…
BiographyHelene Marie Passtoors
… on 9 August 1942. She immersed herself in the struggles of people other than her own for the cause of peace, freedom equality and justice. At the time of her…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
… Mr. Oliver Tambo if he would describe to us the structure of the African National Congress and its organisation. TAMBO … then has various subcommittees under…
BiographyPongoloshe Hoye
… died in detention in the Transkei on 9th May 1965.He was being held under Transkei Proclamation R400.He had been … detained for less than 24 hours and the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 24 May 1983, Volume 79
… Transcript of Volume 79, evidence from Bishop Desmond Tutu, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council … is obtained, for what purpose the…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… This topic describes the history of the southern African kingdoms of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe with a special … gold and ivory in these…