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PlaceBabanango, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Babanango is located about 58 km North-West of Melmoth in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Initially the Town was part of land granted to White farmers, in 1885,…
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
… let me begin by saying that, we congratulate the NUM in the important step that it has taken of broadening up its … politically advanced unions. It shows…
First National Consultative Conference: The Freedom Charter revolutionary programme of the ANC, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… fought wars of resistance against the European invaders in defence of their motherland - South Africa. Despite their … minority only. The African National…
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… In 1892 the first Psychiatric Institution in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, the Krankzinnige Gesticht, was established in 1892. Later being renamed as the…
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… David Joseph Webster was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1945. He became involved in politics while studying at Rhodes University in …
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… peoples of South Africa, and because it may appear in the last issue of this most valuable fighter for freedom and democracy in this country," he said. His…
The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… During the 2006 rape trial in which President Jacob Zuma was acquitted of rape, there wasn’t much in common in Zuma or Khwezi’s testimonies. But one thing…
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
… at the Crossroads of what were once four oak lined Avenues in Upper Kenilworth and surrounded by enchanting Gardens and … mature trees, Stellenberg is the…
Place(The) Gambia
… River Gambia.’ The Portuguese thus named it ‘The Gambia.’ [In Portuguese). So when Britain took over, they maintained … that name. A year to the attainment…
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… NEW DELHI: 19 TO 21 APRIL 1985 DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT IN PURSUANCE of a decision taken by the co-ordinating Bureau … Countries at its meeting of February 22,…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
… the last mentioned - the Basotho, our hosts, killed in the massacre. How do you tell a Mosotho from a South … was a boy, a 14-year-old scholar. After the…
Document 3 - Resolution on ‘the South African question’ adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist International following the sixth Comintern congress
… COSATU is deeply disturbed by the manner in which the Department of Finance is approaching the 1998 budget. Both in discussion in Parliament and at NEDLAC,…
ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
… it important for young people to be able to be together in defiance of the wrongful laws and regulations against such … response to protests and defiance of…
Chapter eight - Conclusion
… on the Saturday was conducted from the St Mark's Church in Clifton Street, District Six, one of the three remaining … the notorious removal of this inner…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980
… This 68th anniversary of the foundation of the ANC falls in the year 1980, a historic year in that it also is the 25th anniversary of the adoption of … the…
Bitter Battles to Come - Message to the Meeting of the Council of the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation by O. R. Tambo, Tripoli, January 1971
… Twelve years ago, the peoples of Africa and Asia met in the revolutionary capital of the United Arab Republic to … the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity…
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan Islamabad, 4 May 1999
… what it is to fight for independence and to face hardship in pursuit of democratic ideals. And we are grateful to have … Pakistan's proud history of…
Document 22 - CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
… comes at a time when millions of South Africans living in poverty are not covered by a basic social security net, … at over 30% is still rising. Our limited…
Document 27 - Record of Understanding
… for a multi-stakeholder process to analyse which records in the possession of the departments should be routinely made available. As part of this exercise…
PlaceKweneng, District of Botswana
… historical homeland of the Bakwena people, the first group in Botswana converted to Christianity by famed missionary … Gaborone and Francistown). It borders…
EventA German gunboat, the Panther, reaches Morocco, increasing tensions between European powers
… significantly to the tension between the European powers in the period before World War I. In 1911, a rebellion broke out in Morocco against the Sultan,…
PlaceSastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban
… Indian High School and Teachers Training College, built in South Africa , was opened in October 1929. This double-storey Complex was founded by … as Agent of…
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… is best known for its annual display of purple flowers in October. Located in the Northern part of Gauteng , Pretoria is the Historic centre of Government,…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE Pretoria, 4 December 1997
… of solidarity, justice and freedom burning. The temptation in our situation is to speak in muffled tones about an issue such as the right of the … if these…
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… Steve Biko was still developing. The day that Biko’s death in detention was announced on September 13 1977, was a … day for him, as well as for all South…
PlaceCentral African Republic
… Diamond prospectors in the Central African Republic have found polished flint and … languages related to those of the present day were living in the area…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… From Perspective on Ideas and the Arts TERKEL: Here in a suburb of Durban, South Africa, we are sitting with … Reserve near Durban. Our meeting must take…
Chapter 9
… passivity to that of active leadership, the Convention was in a position to carry its new policy to the masses. The … involve. A great deal still remained to…
Call for the observance of Human Rights Day: Albert Luthuli, 12 December 1959
… was a great achievement. It marked a significant stage in human development when organised world opinion showed an … of treatment." Through the lead of some…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… The building is the oldest existing dwelling in the immediate vicinity of Rustenburg. Designed in a neo-classical idiom, it was erected for William … maps,…