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ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… was a unique political compromise forged during the years of negotiations between the liberation movements, civil … democratic elections of 1994. The TRC was…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
… in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought election campaign, it stands out as a forum … as a ray of hope, a spur to major…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
… in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought election campaign, it stands out as a forum … as a ray of hope, a spur to major…
Address by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at Freedom Charter Forum, 29 September 2015, Pietermaritzburg City Hall
… Youth League for placing the Freedom Charter at the centre of its programme. In many ways, the Freedom Charter was a … African leaders came together to form…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… Walter Sisulu celebrates his 90th birthday. One of the godfathers of the fight for equality in South Africa, … together in Bloemfontein to form the South…
PlaceMbunza Living Museum, Kavango-Namibia
… The Living Museum of the Mbunza, a Traditional School for Culture and at the same time a Communal Business for the Local People of the Kavango . With this…
PlaceSanddrift, Richtersveld Municipality
… This is a land steeped in legends and mysteries, where dramatic desert … even the most widely traveled visitor. It is a combination of the diverse habitats…
Address at the Mercosur Summit, Florianopolis, Brazil, 15 December 2000
… and Gentlemen I would like to thank the honourable Heads of Government who constitute the membership of Mercosur, for … We now need to focus our attention on…
Press statement by Oliver Tambo in Moscow, 06 November 1986
… We are currently in Moscow as a delegation of the African National Congress which is here to hold … the survival of humanity demands that all of us must act…
Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970
… African National Action Council was established in terms of a resolution adopted at a conference held at … religious or other affiliations, should unite to…
Arthur Chaskalson: 24 November 1931 - 1 December 2012 by Jeremy Gauntlett, 4 December 2012
… Adv Jeremy Gauntlett on the life and work of the late former Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson's last … arguing the challenges to the Bantu Urban Areas Act,…
Extracts from a press conference, 11 February 1990
… Last night you committed yourself to the intensification of the struggle. Would you care to comment? (A) There is no … armed struggle, is merely defensive…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… 1800s 1850 The Natal Legislative Council passes Law 14 of 1859 allowing the Government to import labour from India. 1860 16 November, The first batch of…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Glossary
… expected to obey all authority and rules, even though some of these rules and regulations may be unfair and cause the loss of personal freedom. Clergy…
Document 42 - “Boycott the Dummy Elections: 2 000 Demonstrate AT Mass Rally”, The Torch , National Edition, 1 April 1958
… greatest political rally on the franchise in the history of the Coloured people. It is conservatively estimated that … people were present. At 2.30 p.m…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… 1992 As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress - 25 November 1992. The … movement seeks to weaken the capacity of the…
PlaceMauritius
… Though Mauritius lies in the waters of the Indian Ocean , between the continents of Africa and Asia, it is situated below the equator, it is … Leading away…
Liberation organisations
… United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial alliance of about 400 national, regional and local organisations. It … enforce the National Party government…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… urbanizing. If this point is agreed upon by a wide variety of actors—from media, to governments, UN agencies, … what this process will mean for Africans. The…
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… The District of Cathcart was created in January 1877, and it was raised to … base was largely agrarian, but despite the fertile nature of its soil, the…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education homelands ”” those territories reserved for black people and around which the principle of…
"Strategy and Tactics" - Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
… Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged) The struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa is taking place … to have meaning without a return of the wealth…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… history in South Africa starts back at the beginning of the last century when my grandfather arrived at the shores of Cape Town as a penniless political and…
President Julius Malema`s address to the KZN Provincial Congress, 22 May 2010
… We send you greetings on behalf of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League, … In ZIMBABWE, We learnt that The courageous and militant land…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the ‘Voortrekkers’. … first church building (1857-1882) was…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… Former president FW de Klerk says South Africa has lost one of its founding fathers and "greatest sons". Former president FW De Klerk said South Africa lost…
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
… a papal mass in South Africa as he began his six day tour of Africa. His visit to the country came seven years after … when the papal plane he was travelling…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thenjiwe Mswane
… Dear Students Movements of 1976, Imagine if the 16th of June 2016, looked like this. Like this cold winters … and their tears poured onto this unforgiving…
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… In the 1870s a series of farming associations emerged in the Cape, both in the west … vereenigingen (Afrikaner farming associations) were one of the first…
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, argued that the Germans was superior to … purity' and used the word 'Aryan' to describe his idea of a 'pure…