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"Umkhonto we Sizwe - Born of the People": Statement of the National Executive Comittee of the ANC on the 25th Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1986
… 25 years ago bomb blasts in several main centres rocked South Africa. Thus was born Umkhonto we Sizwe, the People's … came to be properly understood in terms…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… three rivers from Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia. It starts in south (Upper) Egypt and ends at the country's northern border … Nile River is considered to be the…
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… called ‘boererate’, and anybody was allowed to use them. South Africa is very rich in oral traditions. In the next … was a flash of lightening and a clap of…
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
… of the Commonwealth countries assembled to debate the South African issue, strictly from the point of view of what … by the United States and Britain. …
Say It out Loud - The 1912 Presidential Address, Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1st January, 1912
… worse than slavery. This condition of affairs, Coloured South Africans deeply deplore. The attitude of mind adopted … the whites think it advisable and…
Address at the National Youth Day Celebrations, 16 June 2002
… It has been 26 years since the youth of South Africa marched in all parts of the country on a lonely … what it means to be an African youth in the context of…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… We must organise ourselves into a conquering force Fellow South Africans, Today, January 8th, we mark the 71st … are embroiled, at the present time, in an…
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
… It is located in the central Free State Province of South Africa, about 60 km North East of Bloemfontein. It … the Brandfort concentration camps during the…
New year message to the ANC external mission by Oliver Tambo, 01 January 1971
… the exchange of greetings. From this southern part of the world of progressive peoples, we send our sincere and … give great satisfaction to our colleagues…
New Year Message to the ANC External Mission by O. R. Tambo, 1 January 1971
… the exchange of greetings. From this southern part of the world of progressive peoples, we send our sincere and … give great satisfaction to our colleagues…
BiographyJacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake
… was stopped in one round by Evans Gwiji, who later won the South African junior lightweight title. Guy Ratazayo twice … October he lost to Chris Whiteboy in…
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, … vitally necessary to capitalism, and not least in time of war. It is not a case of …
Archive2008 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2008
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting of Parliament 8 … country and the millions in Africa and elsewhere…
EventAmy Johnson, a female aviator, lands in Cape Town in record time
… to India. Johnson's final record breaking flight was to South Africa in 1936. During the Second World War, Johnson became a first officer for the Air…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Joe Gqabi, Harare, 9 August 1981
… has always inevitably been the struggle of the people of South Africa and of southern Africa; the struggle of Africa … people of South Africa, the people of…
Archive2009 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 3 June 2009 (After National Elections)
… by His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town 03 Jun … inauguration, we made a commitment to…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… Eban Abba, Israeli statesman was born in Cape Town South Africa, on 2 February 1915. He is the son of Abraham … lecturer in Middle Eastern Language and…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
… and old hands alike life was one long, bitter struggle. South Africa has always had "alien" communities who "did not … non-Europeans outsiders, even outcasts…
BiographyChief Justice Raymond Zondo
… of: 'KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and the University of South Africa (Unisa)'. As one of nine children, he put himself … the political violence and intimidation in…
BiographyMaggie Oewies-Shongwe
… one of the first domestic worker labour organisations in South Africa, the Domestic Workers’ Association (DWA). With the …
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1947
… Conference Perturbed by the general trend of events in South Africa subsequent to the UNO decision, the Natal Indian … rest of the Commonwealth. To Indians…
PlaceGauteng Province
… from Pretoria in the North to Vereeniging in the South. Gauteng in Sotho means: 'for place of gold'. … democratic election . It is the smallest Province of…
Archive2009 - President Motlanthe, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2009 (Before National Elections)
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, to the joint sitting of … underpinned by a Constitution hardly equalled in…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… The central issue is the question in the minds of many South Africans as to why the ANC formed such a strong … Socialists and radical Nationalists from all…
Wosa on the 1997 Conference for Socialism
… Guards in London, following our return from the Anglo-Boer War. Soon after my arrival I was listening to a Labour orator … of Government-the opposition being…
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… whose life shook the whole country and impacted on the world's stage. Chris Hani's passion for justice, for … more. Chris Hani loved our people, our…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… property values soared beyond even the levels caused by war inflation. Kajee's problem at this time was twofold. … of Kajee's oft-recurring declarations that…
PlaceGreater Mapungubwe Heritage Site And Tour.
… the cultural landscape and heritage hubs of Mapungubwe World Heritage Site as that will help grow tourism along the … Museum in the Vhembe District. The…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
… contribution to the triumphant march of the peoples of the world towards a better and happier future. That same movement … implement ways of reducing their…
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… churchwomen across the denominations and throughout South Africa were becoming active in distinctive, often … a constant refrain from many rural churches. By…