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ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
19317 October, Desmond Mpilo Tutu is born in Klerksdorp, in the then Transvaal province of South Africa.1961Desmond Tutu is ordained as a minister in the…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
The period after the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan African Congress (PAC), especially after the…
Address by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at Freedom Charter Forum, 29 September 2015, Pietermaritzburg City Hall
Comrades and compatriots,It is an honour and a privilege to participate in this Freedom Charter Forum organised by the ANC Youth League.I wish to commend the…
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with the South African Political…
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
Pofadder is a small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. While pofadder means: 'Puff Adder'-(a type of snake). This town was named not for a…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
When the Dutch journalist Tom Egbers first decided to find out what happened to his father’s footballing hero, he could never have imagined where it would lead…
ArchiveAppendix 3 The Freedom Charter
We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that…
The tragedy of history: When caricature displaces the truth by Thabo Mbeki, 11 January 2016
There is a popular view that Winston Churchill once said, “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” However it would seem that what Churchill…
Document 23 - The Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown, Johannesburg on 25 and 26 June 1955
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 23 - The Freedom Charter adopted at the…
Note on meeting with Mr. Sam Nujoma -1983
We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that…
Appendix - The Freedom Charter
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 The Freedom Charter Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on June 26, 1955 We, the…
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
South Africa's issues of governance, a rise in opposition rhetoric, and a president and ANC under fire have all coalesced in the National Assembly. Speaker…
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
Honourable President of the Assembly, Your Excellency President Joaquim Chissano, Honourable Members of Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you very much…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai At the time that preparations were being made…
Mission Stations - N-S
Mission Stations - N NAAUWPOORT, also known as NAAUWPOORT JUNCTION, Cape: DGT NABILEYO, Flagstaff, Cape: No data available NABIS, Namibia: RM NAKEEKE,…
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
Back in 2000, musicians interviewed for my book on music and politics in South Africa, Soweto Blues, regularly asserted: I’m not a politician. How could this…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
“We cannot keep digressing and hiding behind the truth, saying ‘It’ll work someday’. There’s no such thing. If we have to change things, let’s change them…
PlaceNorthern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest Province in South Africa, but has the least number of inhabitants. Before 1993 it was part of the Cape Province (under old…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Investment Against Crime Seminar 19 August 1998
Chairman of the China Express, Mr Chu-cheng Kan; Ladies and gentlemen, Any meeting to share ideas on topics of such importance to the future of South…
Biko’s legacy lives on in our nation’s history and culture by Nkosinathi Biko, 12 September 2012, South Africa
TODAY marks the 35th anniversary of the murder of black consciousness leader, Bantu Stephen Biko. Arrested a healthy man on August 18 1977, he died three…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
Steadville is an African township situated in Ladysmith/Emnambithi, KwaZulu-Natal. The name Steadville comes from the Stead family, particularly Frederick…
Say It out Loud - A letter to the Coloured People of South Africa
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Albert Lodge, Mount Street, Cape Town, 31 May 1910 The inauguration of the Union of South Africa…
30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The agitation by anti-Asiatic vigilante groups…
Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 The Last Supper is a painful story in…
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai This letter written in Gujarati by Mohamed…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
With the rise of apartheid in 1948, millions of Africans were left to suffer in South Africa. Many groups rallied against the Afrikaner government through…
76. The Indian people are an integral and permanent part of South Africa
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Institute of Race Relations…
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
I first met Aziz when I was a student at the London School of Economics. I met him through my involvement in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the National…
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
Along the Western shores of South Africa there are many myriad fishing Villages which lie sleepily on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. While Paternoster is…
PlaceBiedow Valley, Western Province
The beautiful, fertile Biedouw Valley that lies hemmed in by the Biedouw Mountains to the North and to the South, by the Tra-Tra Mountains, just 32 kilometers…