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EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… Johannes Gerhardus (JG) Strijdom was born in 1893 in the Cape Colony. He trained as a lawyer at the Victoria … leadership. He succeeded Malan and became…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… intelligence units or whatever to undermine the ANC in its own community, do you think sufficient evidence has … is correct? AG Well if you look at what…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… for its Shakespeare performances and its ballet nights. In addition to the amphitheatre, Maynardville Park features a … – Cecilia Sonnenberg and Rene…
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… the African Mine Workers have been waiting a long time, in patience and humility, for a sign from the Chamber of … no avail, and our representations rejected…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye Centre The Turning Points in History project has invited four leading academics to … from the 1970s through to the beginning of…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 2 - Human Models: Christianity and Capitalism
… The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner Our first step in theorizing must be to examine briefly the "imperatives of … The concept "human nature" plays a very…
Chapter 11
… Congress as it used to be when it was first created. In 1912 it really was an organisation of the people. It was … and it was under its auspices that many…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… input also noted that the discussions that had taken place in the provinces and the Leagues had focused largely on … these proposals about implementation…
EventSeretse Khama is born
… Sir Seretse Khama was born on 1 July 1921 in Serowe in the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, now known as Botswana. He studied in South Africa and…
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… African National Youth League (ANCYL) and its president in 1947, Ashby Peter (A.P.) Solomzi Mda, was born in Herschel, Eastern Cape. Under Mda's leadership…
EventGuinea-Bissau is granted independence
… In 1974 Guinea-Bissau, formally Guine Portuguesa, was granted … Verde (PAIGC)., Almeida Cabral. Cabral was assassinated in Conakry in January 1973. Guinea…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at May day rally, 01 May 1987, Stockholm
… to participate with the Swedish labour movement and people in observing May Day. We greet this great gathering and the entire people of this country in the…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… focused on the speaker, who is out of your line of sight. In this 1989 photograph of a trade union meeting at the … and acuity into the hearts and faces of…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
… the Communist Party of South Africa and its vanguard role in the bitter struggles of the oppressed South African … The book, I have no doubt, will be read…
A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
… One of the most striking buildings in Port Elizabeth is the famous Campanile. In the article below, Tennyson Smith Bodill reveals the … remarkable structure…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 3 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… organizations, wanting to stop what we were doing and us. In 1958 they banned the ANC in some places, like in Zeerust, where there had been a lot of trouble…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
… purchased 1 427 morgen (1 619 ha) of the farm 'Wagendrift' in 1822. Two years later he founded the Hankey Mission … Hankey’s inhabitants were often plagued…
PlaceKatlehong
… — Thokoza and Vosloorus, and is next to the N3 highway in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. These three … personalities and sports players. KATLEHONG…
ArchiveAddress at Commemoration of the lives of Yusuf Cachalia and Bram Fischer, by Nelson Mandela, 5 June 2005,
… commemorate here today were so centrally formative to and in my life. To finally retire without paying them the tribute … my presence here would have made my…
PlaceOld Presidency
… family, with the surname of Brits. Settled on the site in the 1820s and built a thatched A-frame dwelling for … of the Orange River) purchased it from the…
PlaceOrigins Centre
… The Origins Centre at Wits University in Johannesburg is a must-visit destination for anyone interested in learning about the rich and diverse history of…
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… Peninsula Mountain chain that stretches from Signal Hill in the North (rightmost peak in the image above) to Cape Point in the South, some 60km. Around it…
ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
… Issued by the Provisional Committee of the ANC Youth League in March 1944. PREAMBLE WHEREAS Africanism must be promoted … by the conference of the African…
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
… concerned itself with the position of British Indians in the Transvaal. On behalf of the deputation, Gandhi … As Your Excellency has personally interested…
33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… anti-Indian sentiment intensified after Gandhi, who was in India then, published The Grievances of British Indians in South Africa in June 1896. Gandhi's…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… Member States thecondition of the people of Indian origin in South Africa and theimpact of the policies of apartheid on them. We have done so, however,in the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… the shared developmental challenges faced by people living in the desert and dry-land regions of the world. The … the wonderful colours of the rocks, have…
PlaceGhana
… called the Gold Coast. The Portuguese who came to Ghana in the 15th century found so much gold between the rivers … Gold Coast was later adopted to by the…
Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association, Accra 5 October 2000
… and defined us as Africans. The Ghanaian, Ayi Kwei Armah, in his novel, The Healers, writes the following passage about … now this tongue of the story-teller…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… Island Prison Dated 22 April 1969; Published by the ANC in 1978 Dear Sir, My colleagues have requested me to write … prisoners. At the outset we wish to…