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ArchiveThe New South African Revolution by Prithiraj Dullay, 03 April 2017
… Anything can happen. Last week Pravin Gordhan the Minister of Finance and former head of the S African Revenue Service, plus his deputy were … Even the…
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 Africa…
America, Spanish conquest
… Spain. (These men were later murdered by the inhabitants of the island for mistreating them.) On his second voyage, … to exploit the situation and capture…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, to the Ruth First tenth anniversary commemoration trust Cape Town, 17 August 1992
… My grief was all the more poignant because I knew both of the men injured in the same blast. In my mind's eye I saw … together;who uncompromisingly broke…
ANC Press Statement presented by Oliver Tambo, 16 August 1985, Lusaka
… Last night, the people of South Africa and the rest of the world were treated to an arrogant reaffirmation by … southern Africa had the cheek to blame the…
ANC Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 16 August 1985
… Last night, the people of South Africa and the rest of the world were treated to an arrogant reaffirmation by … southern Africa had the cheek to blame the…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… schools in rankings nationally, as well as in all of Africa. Notable alumni includes: 'two Nobel Prize … Rhodes scholars; several Government Ministers and…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… Looking at the series of large color photographs called “In the Time of AIDS” by the South African David Goldblatt, you may wonder … went to live in Garies,…
Call for United Front by Albert Luthuli, 5 November 1961
… The result of the General Election has brought about no real change. If … White South Africa has once again rejected the hand of friendship that has been…
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, … Supper is a painful story in Christian circles…
The Struggle against our Weaknesses by A. B. Xuma, 1956
… A.B Xuma,the 6th President General of the ANC(1940 - 49) 44th National Conference: Letter on … President-General and Delegates to the Annual Conference of…
Remembering Sol Plaatje as South Africa’s original public educator (The Conversation), 05 October 2016
… born 140 years ago in what is today South Africa’s Free State province. When he was 40 years old, he published Native Life in South Africa, his great expose…
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… The editor of the Daily Dispatch, Donald Woods, had become increasingly concerned about the future of South Africa – more and more he left the day-to-day ……
May Day
… the industrial struggle for an eight-hour day. Origins of May Day International working classes have existed since the development of agriculture, about ten…
PlaceMali
… Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian … and on the west by Senegal and Mauritania. The countryside of Mali is…
Address to the Swedish Parliament Stockholm, 13 March 1990
… It is a matter of the greatest joy to me that I have, at last, arrived in … This is therefore an historic day for us. It foretells of the moment when black…
Cosatu special congress, Day One: The façade finally falls by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 14 July 2015, South Africa
… Falls For the longest time, the national office bearers of Cosatu insisted that they have a firm grip on the federation. After the expulsion of metalworkers…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… How would you assess the current state of affairs in South Africa? TAMBO: The South African regime has become very desperate. They have lost a lot of ground…
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… Bills were putting the Africans more and more into a state of slavery’. Gumede, April 1930. INTRODUCTION In 1930 Gumede … the conditions which now obtained…
PlaceBothasig, Cape Town
… The Cape Town Suburb of Bothasig is known for the wonderful Christmas lights … Houses are mainly found in the smaller streets East of Bosmansdam Road, on the…
PlaceSlave Church Museum
… identified as non-Christians in the Cape- hence the name of the establishment. In 1802, around 280 slaves were taught … on to be baptised and confirmed…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba's mutilated body is found
… (ed.) in A Crime Against Humanity, the mutilated body of Toto Roy Dweba, member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and of the Natal Freedom Charter…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Dr. John … for his gun. It was part of his creed that Church and State work hand…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… Constitutional Court’s ruling that Afrikaans as a language of instruction has to be content with a marginal place at … like-minded English people to build a…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… At the start of the 20th century South Africa faced a poor white epidemic. The state justified Apartheid as an "anti-poverty program for … various factors,…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… Achari, Achary, Archary - Sometimes the last name of a person. Caste of the craftsman -architects, goldsmiths. … Behari - person from the State of Bihar?. …
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker To Protector of Indian Immigrants, 27th June 1916. Dear Sir, Bearers wish … with men of wealth and status whilst the…
An evening with FW de Klerk – the full event by Alec Hogg (Biznews London Forum), 15 September 2017, (interview transcript)
… It’s 28 years ago that FW became leader of the National Party and he won against Barend du Plessis. … that in more detail in a while but FW served as Head of…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… New Nation, Felix Ndimene alleged that the Selous Scouts of Pietersburg and Five Reconnaissance Regiment (5RR), part of the SA Special Forces, together with…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… Tengo (D. D. T.) Jabavu, Prixley Ka Isaka Seme, President of the African National Congress (ANC), Africans from different political spectrums and from all…