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Edited Transcript of Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Heads of Mission at the Presidential Guest House, Tshwane, 13 October 2005
… on which we are focusing and will continue to focus in the medium term, to give you a sense of where the government is going. As you have seen, I think, in…
Black Review
… was intended as a survey of contemporary events and trends in the Black community. An exhaustive range of subjects includes Black initiatives in politics,…
ArchiveInterview with Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
… Oral interview, conducted in Mafeteng, with Ashby Peter Solomzi "A. P." Mda (1916-1993) who grew up in the Herschel district of the Transkei. He was…
EventLucas Seage is born
… Lucas Seage, South African artist, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg. Seage attended Barolong High School in Gaborone, Botswana and then Damelin College in…
EventIdi Amin is deposed as the President of Uganda
… seized power from president Obote Milton. However, in 1979 he suffers the same fate when he is overthrown by a … launched by rebels and exiles backed by…
EventAhmed Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after 11 days of hunger strike
… moved to a French hospital after 11 days of hunger strike in Algiers, Algeria. Bella became Algeria’s Prime Minister in 1962 and was elected President in…
EventThe Town Victoria West is founded under the name Victoria, named after Queen Victoria
… Victoria West is a small town in the Western Cape. In 1844 the Dutch Reformed Church bought a farm in the area and named it Victoria, after Queen Victoria…
Devout domesticity?
… Introduction 1. Class, Consciousness and Organization in the Political Transition in South Africa: A Conceptual Overview 2. Class, Consciousness and…
African History Books
… the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OUA) in 1963.. As a way to value the continent’s history, to …
PlaceMolenvliet House, Molenvliet Street, Mowbray
… farm Coornhoop, which was granted to Thielman Hendricks in 1661. The subdivided piece of land was given to Francois Pieter de Necker in 1785. De Necker was…
PlaceBerg River
… up on either side of its banks. The Berg River rises in the Franschhoek and Drakenstein Mountains at an altitude … Berg River was first recorded by Bailiff…
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… their names that posterity may know what SOCIALISM meant in South Africa in 1936:-Walter B. Madeley, Brurnside and van der Berg." The … and compromise to…
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
… A. Z.'s article, "Is there a class of Native capitalists in South Africa," has been published, as it gives one an … the discussion on this question, a…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… black people and around which the principle of segregation in South Africa was organised; sometimes called bantustans … movement and ideology seeking to…
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… African Indian Congress met the Minister of the Interior in Pretoria on 16 November 1925. They opposed the Areas … the session of the South African Indian…
Solitary confinement
… and Barbie Schreiner That was terrible. I spent a year in solitary confinement. I stayed there for weeks and weeks. I wouldn't wish for anybody to spend a…
PlaceAddo Elephant Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth
… East of the Sunday's River and North of Port Elizabeth . In about 1931, about 680 ha. was enclosed to form the Addo … great weight! Elephants are herbivorous…
ArchiveFree Mandela! : Mass rally
… Black and white drawing of people in centre. Free Mandela in yellow letters. Mass Rally in Black letters in white block. Venue - Regina Mundi on …
Le Rona Re Batho by Phyllis Naidoo - Introduction
… medical help that would suit politicos. One medico, in need of therapeutic help, himself, advised me at 5am one … some of us could be sent out of Lesotho…
David Goldblatt,The Transported of KwaNdebele by L'oeil De La Photographie, 26 September 2016
… social fabric to this day. As Ingrid Sischy writes in her introduction to Kith, Kin and Khaya: South African Photographs, “ David Goldblatt is a true misfit…
PlaceBeau Soleil Music Centre, Salisbury Road, Kenilworth
… of this double-storey manor house was built by Dirk Cloete in 1877, and boasts of a number of fine neo-Gothic and … meet the needs of specialised…
PlaceGabon
… On 17 August 1960, Gabon, a country in west central Africa, astride the Equator. The Country … Autocratic presidents ruled Gabon since independence. In the…
EventThe first large group of French Huguenots arrive at the Cape
… of the Calvinist Reformed Church that was established in 1550. From the mid 1500s until the mid 1600s, Huguenots were persecuted in France for their…
Document 23 - Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… of a process of mobilisation against privatisation in support of labour's demands as presented to the … will back up the negotiations. - We want to reiterate…
Statement of Acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh Award Bestowed on the ANC by the World Peace Council by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, 15 December 1986
… present this award to our movement places our organisation in the midst of such vital forces for man's liberation as the … own contribution to the promotion…
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… celebrated its 101 years anniversary of its existence. In this context, we send our congratulatory messages to … The movement is indeed proud of its…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… One morning, in the middle-class suburb of Johannesburg where he lives, … entrance make no difference. Since the end of apartheid in the 1990s no one has…
Statement by Oliver Tambo of acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh award bestowed on the African National Congress by the World Peace Council, 15 December 1986, Luanda
… present this award to our movement places our organisation in the midst of such vital forces for man`s liberation as the … own contribution to the promotion…
PlaceStutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
… Stutterheim lies at the foot of the Amatola Mountain range in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This … north. Stutterheim is a town with a…
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
… Community were Settled along the Umhlatuzana River in the Pinetown area. With the arrival of Missionaries, Chief … work with the Community, to teach them to…