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Die Eerste Vryswartes Van Stellenbosch - 1679-1720 by Prof. J.L. Hattingh, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 1981
… [THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF SECTION 3 OF THE ABOVE PUBLICATION, CONCERNING LOUIS VAN BENGALE - NOT A PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION] THE FIRST FREE BLACKS OF…
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… Comrade Chairpersons, To the family, Our daughter-in-law, Limpho, and grandchildren … Distinguished participants at this solemn occasion, To the tens of…
ArchiveAfrican languages should be at the center of educational and cultural achievement by Abdi Latif Dahir (Quartz Africa)
… At his farewell speech as the chairman of the African Union in 2004, Mozambique’s then-president … African leaders by delivering his remarks in Swahili. At…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Banquet hosted by President Sharma of India India, 25 January 1995
… Ministers; Your excellencies, Ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps; Distinguished guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. May I express my heartfelt…
'The timing of his resignation is suspect' - Communications Minister on ex SABC CEO (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… to this position because of his credentials to steer the SABC towards a commendable direction. It is unfortunate … concerns internally‚ nor communicating his…
Event’Viva Frelimo’ rallies, organised by the BPC and SASO, take place even though they were banned by Government
… The achievement of independence in Mozambique inspired the South African Black Consciousness Movement organisations, the Black People's Convention (BPC) and…
A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969
… (Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa in the struggle for freedom. For over fifty years it…
EventSADF takes over security of Northern Natal from the SAP to prevent infiltration into SA by Liberation Movements
… The deteriorating state of security that marked the eighties convinced the Apartheid government that a revision of its approach to … Justice," S.A defence…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… detainees: Harold Wolpe, a listed Communist arrested on the Bechuanaland border; Arthur Goldreich, caught in the Rivonia raid; Moosie Moolla, accused in the…
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… Marcus Garvey's name is synonymous with Pan-Africanism and the Rastafari Movement. He was born in Jamaica on 17 August … 1887, and as a young man developed…
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… by Allison Drew Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations', 17 … South African Institute of Race…
EventWorld Food Program warns the UN that a record 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa
… The World Food Program (WFP) was started in 1962 and is … woman and man to live an active life'. It is part of the United Nations (UN) program and works…
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… University before beginning his journalistic career at the Natal Witness in Pietermaritzburg. He also worked at Drum … magazine and Golden City Post in…
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… and when he was interviewed by Maureen Cleave for the London Evening Stadard on 4 March, said: "Christianity … and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s statement at the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Bildt of Sweden 20 May 1992
… Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, My visit to Sweden, the Venice of the north, has been rewarding indeed. It is truly a pleasure to meet and discuss with…
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
… While inhabiting the area near present day Estcourt in the Drakensberg foothills, Langalibalele- a hereditary chief of the Hlubi- was summonsed to…
EventHealth officials launch an intensive campaign to find the origins of an outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda.
… diarrhoea, headaches, haemorrhaging and possibly coma. The disease got its name from the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it was…
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… images that compelled us to have conversations about the wellbeing of our country and continent. His illustrious … Africa and his perspective was shared in…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, … Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report submitted to the Attorney General of the Transvaal,…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… actors, Athol Fugard, 29, from Port Elizabeth, author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from … in Cape Town to stage a…
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 May 1983, Volume 61
… Transcript. Evidence from D P Conradie, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice…
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 8 February 1983, Volume 32
… Transcript. Address by Advocate K P C P von Lieres, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable…
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 7 February 1983, Volume 30
… Transcript. Evidence from David Jacobus Bosch, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr…
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 5 November 1982, Volume 29
… Transcript. Evidence from Craig Michael Williamson, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable…
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 1 September 1982, Volume 26
… Transcript. Evidence from Edward Phillip Cain to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr…
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 8 September 1982. Volume 11
… Continuing evidence from Eugene Lesley Roelofse to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr…
EventKenyan runner, Yobes Ondieki becomes the first man to run 10,000 meters in less than 27 minutes
… Kenyan runner Yobes Ondieki surprised the world when he became the first man to run 10 000 Meters in less than 27 minutes. Ondieki was taking part in the…
Women in twentieth century South African politics: the Federation of South African Women, its roots, growth and decline
… A thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Arts at the University of Cape Town by Colin John Walker in October 1978. This thesis discusses the position…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… On 24 September 1996, Heritage Day, the grave of Enoch Sontonga who composed and wrote the first verse and chorus of Nkosi, Sekelel' iAfrika, was … a…
EventSA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.
… The Secretary-General of the Supreme African Sports Council, Jean-Claude Ganga, said he would admit white South Africans to the African Games provided that…