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Hendrik Verwoerd’s response to the ‘Winds of Change’ speech
… South Africa Parliament on 3 February 1960: The tendency in Africa for nations to become independent, and at the same … the white men of Africa. They are the…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… of the Commissions were able to deal with other issues in the S&T document, and have made concrete proposals in this regard. 3. All Commissions proceeded…
Statement at the Conference of The Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989
… National Liberation Movement, My compatriots, comrades in struggle from South Africa, Comrades and Friends: It is … Africa for convening and inviting us to…
PlaceSouth African Library, Cape Town
… two former National libraries: the South African Library in Cape Town and the State Library in Pretoria. It was declared a National Monument under old … on…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… a South African scholar, historian and film critic dies in the Cape. Thelma Gutsche was born to Dr and Mrs J Gutsche in Somerset West in the Cape Province in…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 December would … the worldwide challenges and consequences of…
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
… Regina Mundi Catholic Church is located in the Township of Soweto, in the Suburb of Moroka. The Church forms part of the rich History of Soweto and is the…
PlaceParow
… Heinrich Ferdinand Parow was born on 1 March 1833 in a Province of Deutschland. During a great storm in Table Bay in 1865, 19 ships were stranded. Amongst…
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… the Apartheid days was a black middle income Township, in Durban. It is surrounded by Westville, Kloof, New Germany and Inanda in the distant. Its main road…
ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
… (87) has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series … with accompanying texts that…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
… without media coverage- while June 16 remains a beacon in our past) I wonder about the differences that may exist … education system, and commodification of…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… DEFIANCE CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AFRICA, RECALLED By E.S Reddy The "Campaign of … of the greatest non-violent passive resistance campaigns in the tradition of…
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… 2007 Introduction The 52nd National Conference of the ANC in December 2007 will have to address a wide range of policy issues as we chart the way forward for…
Address to the SANC Local Government Conference, 30 July 1999 Johannesburg
… promote regional co-operation on local government matters. In the narrow sense of the word, and to some people, local … York which has a high tax base and a…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… During the past week, the entire country has been united in mourning the fall of a giant of our struggle. Messages of … and indeed, his passing on closes an…
PlaceKnysna, Garden Route- Western Province
… The name Knysna has appeared in various spellings since about the 1770's. It was ‘Nysna’ in one of the earliest letters from James Callander (who … hacked…
Address at the National Youth Day Celebrations, 16 June 2002
… has been 26 years since the youth of South Africa marched in all parts of the country on a lonely journey for a better … establish a new democratic order and…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… warps the intellect, and when they should try to view in their true perspective the great problems that await … they have made any progress during any…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… The uprising of 1976-77 marked a watershed in political relations between the apartheid state and the … ensure that white minority rule, shaken, but still…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 12 January 1982
… non-governmental organisations, and from people in different walks of life in many parts of the world. The people of South Africa have … against South Africa…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
… non-governmental organisations, and from people in different walks of life in many parts of the world. The people of South Africa have … against South Africa…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… among the first slaves that had been brought to the Cape in the second half of the seventeenth century, it was only … southern Africa had a relatively large…
PlaceNxuba (formerly known as Cradock)
… Cape Towns and Villages. The name changes were approved in terms of Section 10 (2) of the South African Geographical … . The name changes will mainly affect…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
… that I had a post to go to. Ronnie Kasrils was meticulous in requiring me to provide real information showing that I could indeed handle the post of Special…
ArchiveThe Mission by Denis Goldberg - Foreword by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… amongst those convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial, Denis Goldberg will always have a unique place in that story. These memoirs…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… and of the Broederbond, an Afrikaner secret society. In 1961, Vorster was appointed as Minister of Justice, … by deploying the police and military to restore…
Address at University of KwaZulu-Natal SRC awards, 7 May 2005, Howard College, Durban
… to me by the students of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in the form of this important award. It is indeed very … to realise that the modest contribution we…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the summit on rural Safety and Security Midrand, 10 October 1998
… this is perhaps one of the most representative gatherings in the country since Codesa. This summit represents what has … new democracy, to strive for…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Constitutional Assembly on the occasion of the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… assented to the new basic law of the land have captured, in a fleeting moment, the centuries of history that the South African people have endured in search…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… was one of the most representative gatherings ever held in South Africa. Like the launching conference of the UDF in August last year, it aroused enormous…