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Former South African President P W De Klerk’s Manifesto for the New South Africa
… civilised norms and standards should be maintained in South Africa together with recognition and protection of … That all the people of our country should…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Glossary
… bywoner - a tenant farmer who laboured for the land owner in return for the right to cultivate a piece of land Christian nationalism - an ideology grounded…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… of the Passive Resistance Council, reproduced here almost in its entirety, relates the events which occurred between 13 … The present leadership of the Natal…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… One of South Africa’s deadliest terror attacks took place in Church Street, Pretoria, in 1983, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the … detonated…
PlaceGrabouw
… where a small bridge, known as Oude Brug, had been built in 1811. However in 1849 the position of its Postmaster fell vacant and was not filled for the next…
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… tuition charging, English medium boys high school located in Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa, founded in 1901 by The Rt Hon. Lord Milner. Its academic…
PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… Tshwane! The Pretoria City Hall is the largest public hall in South Africa, was built to celebrate the city-status of Pretoria which was obtained in 1931. …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… is over. For the next three weeks leading soccer nations in Africa will bless liberated South Africa with the best … throughout the continent, and further…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… In 1821, the British Government took control of the British trading forts. In 1844, Fanti chiefs on the Gold Coast (as Ghana was then … that led to the…
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… Born in 1945 in the North West Cape, Boesak developed deep interests in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 … age of 30 left for…
PlaceElephant House, Ridge Road, Durban
… House, located on Ridge road on Durban's berea, was built in the early 1850's on the highest natural point on the Berea … Jameson Park and the Indian Ocean,…
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… covering a broad area of land over the Gariep River. In July the British Resident in Bloemfontein, Henry Warden, came under threat of a Dutch … Warden was…
Introduction
… and Bridglal Pachai The anti-trader sentiments evident in the previous section had a natural concomitant in the agitation, set loose by whites first in Natal…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida, 29 March 1986, Maputo
… with the giants know that Moses Mbheki Mabhida belongs in that company too. We who have failed among the ranks know … from Durban`s Curries Fountain until it…
Statement at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida by O. R. Tambo, Maputo, 29 March 1986
… with the giants know that Moses Mbheki Mabhida belongs in that company too. We who have failed among the ranks … from Durban's Curries Fountain until it…
Communique of the Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC, presented by O. R. Tambo at a Press Conference, Lusaka 25 June, 1985
… UNIP most sincerely for allowing us to hold our conference in this country. We are especially grateful for the … our entire organisation. They came from…
Second National Consultative Conference Communiqué, 25 June 1985
… UNIP most sincerely for allowing us to hold our Conference in this country. We are especially grateful for the … our entire organisation. They came from…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
… HEARD: The ANC is officially portrayed in South Africa as a communist, terrorist-type organisation, … case almost since time immemorial. The ANC was…
45. Mass meeting at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, 1906
… a mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg. Two documents are produced below, both of which appeared in the Gujarati sections…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around Mandela’s health
… Introduction Apart from a prostate operation in 1985 and equally successful treatment for TB in 1988, Nelson's health had been good. At a time when the … he…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
… factories and the slums of Johannesburg and was soon felt in the offices of the union. There was a constant flow into … from 15 to 25. Over a thousand were…
Salim Essop takes centre stage during first day of Ahmed Timol inquest by Amanda Khoza (News24.com), 27 June 2017
… alongside late anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in 1971, took centre stage at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday during the first sitting of the ……
PlaceiSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
… Park stretches along the Zululand coast from Maphelane in the South to Kosi Bay in the North, on the Mozambique border. Covering 220 km of … of international…
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
… 1828. A memorial stone was erected over Shakas grave in 1932 by the Zulu nation and was declared a national … by leaping from the rock into the sea. High…
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… and Bridglal Pachai One hundred and ten organisations met in Durban on 10 and 11 October 1981. Among them were the … and proposed guidelines for a democratic…
Appeal to the British People to Oppose the Visit of P.W. Botha: Open Letter to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, 21 May 1984
… Thatcher, Chancellor Kohl and other heads of government in Western Europe to invite P.W. Botha to visit a number of … who have responded so promptly by…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, August 1976
… for intensified mass action against the racist structure in our country. The heroic youth and masses in many parts of our country have stood against brutal…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… used to be the Transvaal Museum of Natural History, which in turn developed from the 1892 Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek’s … history museum, it is one of the…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… At approximately 11:00 PM, John Lennon was shot 4 times in the back as he entered his luxury apartment building on … up the driveway when the gunman opened…
ArchiveTGWU Congress
… Light blue poster. Title in red letters outlined in black. Words "The people shall share in the wealth of the country" in black letters, in a circle …