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SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE UNITED NATIONS HABITAT II AFRICAN HOUSING MINISTER’S CONFERENCE World Trade Centre, 18 October 1995
… SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE UNITED NATIONS HABITAT II AFRICAN HOUSING MINISTER’S …
Speech by Prsident Nelson Mandela at the Greek Chamber of Commerce and Idustries of Southern Africa man of the year awards Johannesburg, 19 November 1994
… Speech by Prsident Nelson Mandela at the Greek Chamber of Commerce and Idustries of Southern Africa man of the year awards Johannesburg, 19 November 1994 …
P.J. van der Merwe, writer of the book “Ons halfeeu in Angola 1880-1928” is born on the farm Die Hoek near Humpata, Angola. (St
… P.J. van der Merwe, writer of the book “Ons halfeeu in Angola 1880-1928” is born on the farm Die Hoek near Humpata, Angola. (St …
APDUSA Views - Issue No 91: The Rise of Fascistic Politics and How Judge Nicholson Handed Mbeki’s Head on a Platter to the Zuma Brigade, September 2008
… APDUSA Views - Issue No 91: The Rise of Fascistic Politics and How Judge Nicholson Handed Mbeki’s Head on a Platter to the Zuma Brigade, September 2008 …
Speech of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Special Official Funeral of Dr C.F. Beyers Naude, Aasvoëlkop Drc, Johannesburg, 18 September 2004
… Speech of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Special Official Funeral of Dr C.F. Beyers Naude, …
WWI: At the start of the 1914-Rebellion (or “Armed protest” as it was called), it is decided in Koppies, OFS, that Gen. C.R. de
… WWI: At the start of the 1914-Rebellion (or “Armed protest” as it was called), it …
Units of the SADF are now being equipped with a rifle made completely in South Africa. It is the R1-7.62 mm rifle, developed fr
… Units of the SADF are now being equipped with a rifle made completely in South Africa. It is the R1-7.62 mm rifle, developed fr …
On the morning of Saturday 10 April 1993 is gunned down as he steps out of his car in the driveway of his Boksburg home.
… M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. … On the morning of…
The Star reports that according to the Advisory Group on AIDS in SA, a total of 191 cases of AIDS have been diagnosed by mid-De
… The Star reports that according to the Advisory Group on AIDS in SA, a total of 191 cases of …
Pres. P.W. Botha resigns as leader of the NP and F.W. de Klerk is elected as new leader, after having served as leader of the N
… Pres. P.W. Botha resigns as leader of the NP and F.W. de Klerk is elected as new leader, after having served as leader of the N …
Statement at the International Labour Conference (extract) by O. R. Tambo, Geneva, 19 June 1986
… Our struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. The extraordinary challenge…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education The first ten years of South Africa’s democracy…
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The worldwide depression, which started in 1929, had a … followed. As there was no social insurance of any kind in the country, the unemployed workers…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… South Africans, know anything at all about the Afrikaner people, their history and their national … which for over a century has played a major role in the…
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… On March 9, 1980, the racist Prime Minister of South Africa, P.W. Botha, surprised the world with the announcement that his Government had decided to summon…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… On the afternoon of 17 January 1879 the Zulu king Cetshwayo addressed 20 000 of his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu: "I am sending you out ……
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… Power to the People! Matla! Mayibuye! We have come a long way from the day 18 years ago when the Nationalist Government police shot down and killed in ……
EventThe hijacking of an Egypt Air passenger jet to Malta ends in bloodshed.
… The crisis began after gunmen took control of the passenger jet ten minutes after take off from Athens airport. The terrorists, calling themselves the Egypt…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
… On the night of the 19th of November in the South African city of Durban, agents of the Pretoria regime brutally assassinated Griffiths Mxenge. … Statement…
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
… weeks ago I reviewed Rob Eales’ book on Emily Hobhouse and the Boer War published by UCT Press in 2015 (The Compassionate Englishwoman - click here to view)…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… in Brooklyn, Pretoria- South Africa . Founded in 1901 by The Hon. Lord Milner . Its academic performance places it among the best secondary schools in…
ArchiveOpening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
… We are a few days away from the celebration of one of our national holidays, Heritage Day. The opening of this exhibition of photographs by Omar Badsha and…
Address at the Africa Regional Disability Consultative Conference Johannesburg, 6th May 2003
… you very much for making it possible for me to be part of the closing session of this important conference on disability, the Disability African Regional…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… Political leader, Walter Ulyate Sisulu was born in the Engcobo area in the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu worked as a miner, … hand and was an active trade…
The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker
… The child is not dead the child raises his fists against his mother who screams Africa screams the smell of freedom and heather in the locations of the heart…
ArchiveUnlike The Gambia’s Jammeh, Mugabe may not disappear, 22 November 2017, AZAD ESSA
… In the central lobby of the Banjul International Airport, a painting of Yahya Jammeh, the former president of The Gambia, adorns the ceiling. … Unlike The…
Conference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… One Hundred Years of the ANC: Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today 20-23 September 2011 The 100th anniversary of the African National Congress…
Call for the observance of Human Rights Day: Albert Luthuli, 12 December 1959
… The formulation and declaration by the United Nations Organisation of human rights and the fundamental freedoms was a great achievement. It marked a … Call…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… Paul Sanford Methuen (b. 1845 d.1932) was the 3rd Baron Methuen and a soldier all his life. Before arriving in South Africa in 1899, he had served in the…
EventDay of Reconciliation celebrated as a public holiday in SA for the first time
… South Africa due to two historical events that took place. The first of these was in 1838, when the Battle of Blood River took place between the Voortrekkers…