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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…
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…
![”Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls”. Address by Charlotte Maxeke at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extract]](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/field/archiveimages/social_conditions_among_bantu_women_and_girls.jpg?itok=-8M0Ng6G)
Archive”Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls”. Address by Charlotte Maxeke at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extract]
… In speaking of Bantu women in urban areas, the first thing to be considered is the Home, around which and in which the whole activity of family life…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… will cross over the Transvaal border without permits in defiance of the immigration laws which restrict the free … between the Provinces. The Prime Minister,…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… On this day in history, prominent activist Tseko Simon Nkoli died of an … as gay and HIV-positive. He was diagnosed with HIV whilst in prison and went public…
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… Jan de Waal, born in Amsterdam, arrived at the Cape in 1715 as an employee of the Dutch East India Company The … which this double storey house stands was…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… Alfred Temba Qabula was born on December 12, 1942 in Flagstaff, Transkei. His father. a migrant worker, … his drink was poisoned, Qabula’s mother wilted away…
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… The Suez Canal was opened in 1869. As the easiest link to both the Mediterranean and … the canal was of great strategic importance. Situated in Egypt and…
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… a tsunami wave. The tsunami caused tremendous devastation in several countries and killed hundreds of thousands of … casualties as a direct result of the…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa
… to all by his MK nom de guerre, “Chris,” was murdered in broad daylight in an act of violence that is one link in a long chain of repression that commenced…
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
… PART I) PLANNING APARTHEID Dutch Reformed roots in South Africa How are colonial histories of planning … PART III) ENFORCING APARTHEID The necessity of the…
Statement at the 2735th meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 19 February 1987
… extended to it by the Council. We take comfort, Sir, in seeing the Council presided over by you, our dedicated … offered itself as a haven to all genuine…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded in 1924 at Grey College, Bloemfontein. It began as an … between students, and cooperation with student…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews , was born in Kimberley in 1901, the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi … to education. He enroll at Fort Hare…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen, in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… into legislation for the first time since Union in 1910. The law created reserves for Blacks and prohibited the sale of territory in white areas to Blacks…
Support our People until Power is Restored to Them - Statement at the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 26 October 1976
… For the first time in the history of the United Nations, a representative of the … thank you, Mr. President, (2) and this august body, in the name of the…
Chapter 3
… The Formation of the All-African Convention: The Background In 1935 the Union Government confronted the country with what … of the fertile brain of some…
Classroom activities: Learning about history
… we see every day. We must remember that the full history in South Africa and all over the world has been hidden and …
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2014
… Mcebisi Jonas Presidency Jeff Radebe Buti Manamela Women in the Presidency Susan Shabangu Energy Tina …
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… In 2001, the ANC National Working Committee (NWC), of which I … his capacity to serve the people; he should strive to be in touch with the people all the…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… TO WAGE LABOUR has described some of the different ways in which people lost the use of the land and entered wage … such as drought, disease and locusts…
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
… Back in 2000, musicians interviewed for my book on music and politics in South Africa, Soweto Blues, regularly asserted: I’m not a … I couldn’t compare…
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
… to have been erected on the African continent. Built in 1875, . It was declared a National Monument under old NMC … was constructed of reeds and grass. It…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… is a 65,000 Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s , and shares a border with the' World-Renowned': … successful conservation of the…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… Luthuli was elected President of the ANC (Natal branch) in 1951 and this speech was delivered at the Bantu Social Centre in Durban in November of that year…
EventSasol I, NATREF and Sasol II are under attack
… on the night of 31 May/1 June at Sasol I and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol II in Secunda to coincide with Republic Day. Reconnaissance for the attacks was…