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Interview with Oliver Tambo to New Times, 05 January 1980, Moscow
… : The liberation war in Zimbabwe is part and continuation of the liberation wars which the peoples of southern Africa have waged against colonialism, racism…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed to New Times, Moscow, January 1980
… : The liberation war in Zimbabwe is part and continuation of the liberation wars which the peoples of southern Africa have waged against colonialism, racism…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… POM When we were talking to one of the people yesterday in one of the townships, we talked to one 15 year old boy and I … then a South African. POM …
The Sweet Workers’ Union
… The Sweet Workers’ Union (SWU) originated as an offshoot of the short-lived Women Workers’ Union, founded by Fanny … mid-1920s, when that organisation…
Opening address by President Jacob Zuma to the 2nd Biennial Summit on substance abuse, 15 March 2011, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Zweli Mkhize, The Minister of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, Honourable … indicated that an increasing number of…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… Vlakplaas is the name of an undercover counterinsurgency division of the apartheid police that operated in the 1980s. Vlakplaas … to an Askari Comrades would…
Address by Nelson Mandela to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990
… Comrade President, Comrades, members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades leaders of the South African Communist … been rounded up,…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki's AIDS denialism
… Mbeki asserted the view that HIV was not the sole cause of AIDS and this viewpoint affected the South African … Mbeki espoused the view that AIDS was linked…
PlaceNewlands
… garden and an oak plantation. It remained the property of the VOC, and over the years became a gracious residence … 'New land'. In 1791 the property was sold…
PlaceCiskei
… for the South Africa's Xhosa -speaking people as part of apartheid racial segregation . The area was relatively small for the number of people it was…
PlaceVictoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
… a small Jetty, built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1654 as part of his task to establish a Refreshment Station at the Foot of Africa for the Dutch East India…
PlaceKoffiefontein, Free State Province
… War II, with up to 2,000 Italian and German prisoners of war being held there, along with around 800 South Africans who … own coffee beans (often with a…
PlaceCape Peninsula University of Technology
… The Cape Peninsula University of Technology was established on 1 January 2005, when the … and Peninsula Technikon merged. This merger was part of a National…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… The First Battle of Aboukir was a decisive victory for the French and secured France's occupation of Eqypt. In June 1798 Napoleon's army departed France to ……
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… visitors can enjoy a ride on an old red London bus while being entertained by local stories and music. Matjiesfontein … fortification during The Anglo-Boer…
EventA fishing trawler off the South African Coast catches a coelacanth
… two-year-old Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, northeast of Cape Town, South Africa. She had … to…
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
… Society (ACS) in 1822 and was to serve as the home of freed slaves from the United States. Although Liberia has … managed to maintain its independence…
PlaceNelspruit
… a World Cup Stadium. This stadium which was built for some of the 2010 world cup soccer matches and is currently used … structure has a striking and…
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
… accusing South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma of rape is being cross-examined in court. The judge has agreed to the … about the complainant's…
Patric Tariq “de Goede” Mellet
… Names: Mellet, Patric Tariq. Date of Birth: 1956 Place of Birth: Areas of Woodstock and District six, Cape Town, … been strongly influenced by the many years…
56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … was prepared 'to meet this friendly and tolerant spirit' of the…
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… managed to make my opening statement: I did not accept any of the Minister of Justice's assurances that I should not suffer any … but we did not know we…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … this time, the British Indians in the Transvaal were full of…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… you that I deeply appreciate your decision in terms of which eight fellow-prisoners were freed on 15 October 1989, and for advising me of the fact in advance…
EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
… 8. He first attended Alexander Sinton High School, before being offered to play rugby for Bishop Diocesans.[ii] Nizaam … senior Western Province team in 2011…
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… Petrus Mashishi, President of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) from its founding in 1987 until 2009, was both a man of his times and a giant…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… celebrates 47 years since his coronation as Isilo (King) of the Zulus of South Africa. Zwelithini (literally, “What … security in both his position and his…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving and Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University Boston, 18 September 1998
… Mister President Members of the Convocation Members of the University Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen … a more moving start to the visit than one…
35. Colour legislation in the Orange River Colony
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The draft Ordinance of October 1903 imposed…
A Farewell To Madiba! National Assembly, Cape Town, March 26,1999.
… Madame Speaker Chairperson of the Council of Provinces Honourable Members Mr President Isinamva … their eyes away from you because somewhere in their mortal…