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PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… Bertha and their nine children. The Estate became a Museum in 1986 and the opulent life of the Marks family is remembered today, in this carefully preserved…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
… what I saw on 9 August 1956 ”” thousands of women standing in silence for a full thirty minutes, arms raised high in the clenched fist of the Congress salute…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… was grey, with the greyness that an Indian's face assumes in sickness, like the bloom on a black grape. He was working … of Mecca to which his friends made…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… southern Africa, convened by the Socialist International in Harare earlier this year, took place against a favourable … independence for Namibia, and chances…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… southern Africa, convened by the Socialist International in Harare earlier this year, took place against a favourable … independence for Namibia, and chances…
Address at the Opening of The XIII Summit Conference of the Non Aligned Movement 24 February 2003
… the generous hospitality accorded to us since our arrival in this beautiful city of Kuala Lumpur. I thank You, Mr Prime … for the warm and cordial welcome…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… refract broader geo-economic and political trends, often in innovative, anticipatory and unexpected ways. What new political orders and subjectivities are…
PlaceNamaqua Coastal Route
… the ocean, the desert, the bush or quirky towns rich in history and culture. The Namaqua Coastal Route region in the Northern Cape is a place of breathtaking…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War , was said to have started Darlington Farm in…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… mouth is zipped but, Thank God, I can still speak to you in absentia, by the written word through the medium of a proxy whom I thank in anticipation. The…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… people's organisation, the African National Congress. As in previous years, we take advantage of this important day in our country's political calendar to…
Address at The Youth Day Rally, Witbank, 16th June 2003
… the colossal and heroic deeds of the youth of our country in our struggle for liberation. On this great day in our national life, I am honoured to extend to…
39. Second report of the Natal Indian Congress, 1899
… secretary. The second report of the Congress, written in October 1899, gives a rather detailed account of the … Gandhi, vol. 3, pp. 96-110. The first report…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
… Pachai P. S. Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the Prime Minister in March 1927. The document argued that the…
PlaceDefence Force HQ, Pretoria- Artillery Barracks
… Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the … the five thousand strong British force…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Haiti: Port-AU-Prince, 01 January 2004 Your Excellency, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
… the Bicentenary of one of the greatest revolutions in history. We bring you warm greetings and messages of … and solidarity from millions of your brothers…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
… P. S. Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the Prime Minister in March 1927. The document argued that the settlement … …
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… will start here again. The Town has a History, steeped in bloody relations between the Afrikaners and the African … area. A written of history of Schweizer…
Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
… of the historian and political activist At a dinner party in Salisbury (Harare) in the late1950s when white rule in Rhodesia was at its height, Terence…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… started his primary education at Tjolotjo School.In 1941 he travelled to Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) and … enrolled at Adams College at Amanzimtoti,…
EventElisabeth Eybers, South African poet, is born
… On 26 February 1915, Elisabeth Eybers was born in Klerksdorp, in the then western Transvaal. She moved to Amsterdam in 1966, and lived there until her death…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… footballer. He was born to parents of Yoruba descent in the city of Lomé. After a talent scout spotted him playing, he was taken to Metz, France, in 1999. He…
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
… Louis Hayward was born in Johannesburg on 19 March 1909. He went to study in England where he met playwright Noel Coward who became his patron. He starred in…
EventTakudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, is born
… Takudzwa Ngwenya was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on 22 July 1985. He played for the Mashonaland Club and for Vainona High School in his home country. He then…
PlaceMuizenberg and Marina da Gama
… The Village of Muizenberg was established by the Dutch in 1743 as a Military Post and is located in False Bay, on the road between Cape Town and Simon's Town…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… In May 1948, when the Nationalist Government came to power, the union was engaged in a struggle with the clothing manufacturers. The agreement for the…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph In January 1957 we were back again in the Drill Hall. The cage had been removed and our seats … 77, almost half…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The main street in a small country town in the Orange Free State, some 360 miles from Johannesburg; a … who serve the…
Albert Luthuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1961
… fail one. This is the most important occasion not only in my life, but in that of my dear wife, Nokukhanya, who shares with me this … support, made me at…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the General Assembly of the African Ombudsman Association (AOA): Misty Hills Conference Centre, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg: 11 April 2005.
… African Ombudsman Association (AOA), the first AOA meeting in South Africa. On behalf of the Government and people of … that this General Assembly of the AOA…