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Hendrik Verwoerd: 10 quotes by Hendrik Verwoerd (Politics Web), 20 September 2016
… Hendrik Verwoerd on the floor of the House of Assembly in Parliament, Cape Town. In his biography of the man Verwoerd: Architect of Apartheid … mind, it was…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the High Diamond Council, Antwerp, Belgium: 15th November 2004
… be here this evening because at least I can deliver a plea in the name of millions of Africans throughout our continent, … by those from the rest of the…
70. The Durban riots, 1949
… Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In January 1949 a bitter racial conflict occurred in Durban. The consequent loss of life and property…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… a development never known before were due to the discovery in 1886 of the greatest gold mines of all history, ancient … Kiewiet, 1941 The discovery of gold…
Chapter 13. General Strike, 1932
… the employers' association before the agreement expired in the middle of August 1932, but these proved futile. The … was unrealistic to ask for this figure…
PlaceAnton van Wouw House, Museum- Pretoria
… finish is typical of the materials that Eaton liked to use in his designs and the house was designed to blend well with … funds to the University of Pretoria…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… of The Soul of a Nation - Constitution-Making in South Africa . We will Publish the entire book in the next two weeks. On 10 December 1996, the signatures on…
PlaceElgin
… village of Elgin is a lush land circled with mountains, in the Overberg region . This broad upland valley, lies about … Elgin, on 1 August 1902. Today, the…
ArchiveCHAPTER SIX: The Politics Of Non-Collaboration: The Campaign To Boycott The Tricameral Elections by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
David Goldblatt: Intersections by Matt Damsker
… and soil of his troubled native land, resulting not only in an internationally collected body of work but also a … corner of the world. Born of Lithuanian…
Address at the World Food Summit, 10 June 2002
… and distinguished delegates: This important meeting in Rome is a declaration of hope to the peoples of the world … slow, towards the achievement of the…
PlaceKwaMashu
… The development of KwaMashu Township, in the KwaZulu-Natal province and located some 19km north of … ), who had a close relationship with the Zulus living in…
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
… are basic to the Welfare of South Africa are attended to." In the founding of the African National Congress in 1912, African leaders of that day displayed a…
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… On 24 June 1976 the Principal's office in Hlengisi Primary, Nyanga, outside Cape Town is burnt down. … context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school…
EventDr Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa Chief Minister, dies
… Cedric Namedi Phatudi was born in ga-Mphahlele in 1912. Phatudi worked as an educator and educational … of the Inspectors’ Association of Bantu Education in…
Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
… with all of my adult life. Your conference takes place in the context of a rapidly changing world. During this … freedom. Our own country, South Africa, is…
ArchiveRemembering Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for music of the day by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 23 January 2018
… through Kirk Douglas’s acting and Harry James’s trumpet, in the 1950 movie “Young Man With A Horn”. Masekela saw the film as a schoolboy at the Harlem…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving and Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University Boston, 18 September 1998
… start to the visit than one which included being honoured in this way by one of the great educational institutions of … South African people as a whole. I…
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
… matter to us now and how they shape the reality we carry in our minds and memories. The passing away of South … the imposition of Afrikaans as the…
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
… already a process of disillusionment is beginning to set in among the Europeans. Naturally, the Europeans cannot be … Judging by the results of a number of…
VI - The Inquest
… that no criminal proceedings would be instituted in the Steve Biko affair. Two months after his death the inquest on Steve Biko began on 14 November in the…
PlaceWynberg, Southern Suburbs
… Wynberg is certainly one of the most interesting Areas in Cape Town. It is home to one of the oldest Schools in the Country (Wynberg Boys), with its…
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
… - the total liberation of our country. The bells that rang in the New Year were, for us, a call to battle, summoning us to ever greater involvement and…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
… - the total liberation of our country. The bells that rang in the New Year were, for us, a call to battle, summoning us to ever greater involvement and…
Statement at the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, Cuba by O. R. Tambo, 3 - 9 September 1979
… liberation movements. It now remains for me to intervene in the name of the African National Congress and on behalf of … apartheid, racism, fascism and…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… got Steve’s book there (Taylor has a copy of Ellman’s book In a Time of Trouble). Taylor: Yeah, and also this one... … non-governmental organizations, who…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
… present here for enabling us to attend and participate in the proceedings of this important Assembly. Our … OAU is a lodestar pointing the way to a brighter…
Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela edited by Ruth First", 1965.
… plate on our office door. We practised as attorneys-at-law in Johannesburg in a shabby building across the street from the Magistrates' Court. Chancellor…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 20th April 1992
… common aspirations and the challenges facing our nation in these trying times. My coming here today is a long-awaited … May Peace be With You! We have joined…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
… plate on our office door. We practised as attorneys-at-law in Johannesburg in a shabby building across the street from the Magistrates' Court. Chancellor…