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ArchiveThe defiance campaign
… Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1952 the ANC decided that we are going to organize a … same time. It was a very big thing…
Neville Alexander interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib,25 April 1998, Cape Town
… own conceptions of what they feel the conflict was about in South Africa, and who they think the major protagonists … and 1990, and who do you think the…
How I have cooperated with the Hawks by Pravin Gordhan (Times Live), 01 September 2016
… In a statement‚ Gildenhuys Malatji Attorneys said Gordhan … assistance they might require and scrupulously acted in accordance with the law”. It went on to…
Christmas message of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela December 1990
… speak to you today, on Christmas Eve, the first Christmas in almost 30 years that I have been able to spend with my … prisoner. Wherever you are, I trust…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
… social spending and failure to create jobs, the deadlock in negotiations over the Basic Condition of Employment Bill … working poor as well as the…
ArchiveNUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
… Pietermaritzburg, 2-7 Dec 1984. Discusses the activities in broad terms in respect of the mobilisation of the student community and in political involvement,…
EventSouth African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe is born
… Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe known as Gcina Mhlophe was born in Kwazulu-Natal South Africa. She is most famous for writing … and music for children. Some of her…
EventAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo died
… as children off the coast of Mozambique. She was born in the late 1870s and grew up in Worcester. She came under the tutelage of one Miss … her life to…
EventSouth African swimmer, Penny Heyns, wins a gold Medal at Atlanta Olympics
… Penelope Penny Heyns was born on 8 November 1974 in Springs, Gauteng Province. Heyns began swimming at a young … her a bursary to study at the University of…
EventAlan Paton, author of “Cry, the Beloved Country” and founder member of the Liberal Party, dies
… novel 'Cry, the Beloved Country', which was published in 1948 is still in print. Paton was a founding member of the Liberal Party and was much involved in…
EventPieter Jacobs Marais reports discovery of gold
… Pieter Jacobs Marais reports his discovery of alluvial gold in the Jukskei River on B.J. Liebenberg's farm, Bultfontein, in 1853. The site was just north of…
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu was detained for her involvement in political activities. The police suspected her of being in possessions of the then banned African…
EventNelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.
… Mandela and Madikizela-Mandela were married in 1958, having met the previous year. The couple had two daughters, Zenani born in 1959 and Zindzi born in 1960…
A Place of Freedom
… Phoenix represented an island of freedom in a society that moved from informal segregation in the early years of the twentieth century to full-blown…
Address by President Nelson Mandela opening the morals summit called by the National Religious Leaders’Forum Johannesburg, 22 October 1998
… to the reconstruction and development of our country, and in particular to its moral renewal, we did so with no … nation with the leaders of its main…
Early Beginnings
… yet been finally disposed of though the Negro Commission (in which the matter was discussed at some length though not … final position. However, as a result…
PlacePaarl
… of Stellenbosch, and was proclaimed a separate division in 1839. Like Stellenbosch its economy was based upon the production of wine, although in some areas…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
… Distinguished Guests, Today marks a historic moment in the life of our country, of the region north of Durban and … Shaka International Airport. It is a…
Dr. Nelson Mandela’s acceptance address at the Clark University Investiture Atlanta, Georgia, 10 July 1993
… has played to realise the values of democracy and freedom in our country. I receive it as a tribute to the valiant … whose struggle for liberty and justice…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on Receiving an Honorary LLD Degree at the University of Fort Hare 9 May 1992
… of transformation, a time of change or prospective change in South Africa as a whole as well as in this university, we all have a responsibility, wherever we…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1946
… ”” the longest sentence yet served by Passive Resisters in the present struggle. This pamphlet attempts to give you … united support of the entire Indian…
Giyani, Polokwane
… find the little happening town of Giyani, a popular town in the heart of Bushveld country in the western crook of the Kruger National Park, even if it … the…
PlaceRosebank, Cape Town
… Town’ s Students who make use of the many blocks of flats in the village of Rosebank. Homes here are primarily … and the original Farm house of the area: …
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… Johannesburg – In the heart of Pageview in Johannesburg lies a small, but almost forgotten museum, … Park, the Fietas Museum was declared a heritage site in…
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… Stadium built in Johannesburg for the 2010 FIFA World Cup . The design … pot'. This iconic, 87 436-seater is the largest Venue in South Africa, and the…
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
… Simon's Town Magistrate's Court is next to Goede Hoop in Simon's Town and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. This … tours are…
PlaceKruger House Museum
… an official residence for the President. Declared a museum in 1936, it was restored to its original form. It was one of … electricity and had one of the…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… by the former Prime Minister of South Africa, Jan Smuts in 1947 to preserve the History of the Country’s involvement in WWII, the South African National War…
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz … Bosnia-Herzegovina from the declining…
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… After becoming Prime Minister of South Africa in 1966, John Vorster met with Hendrik van den Bergh, the … This Act did not give a full brief for the agency,…