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Chapter 12 - Certification of the final constitution
… the process of testing the adopted text was dealt with in the same open manner as the drafting. The test of … text. It was as important to the ANC, who had…
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… (Extracts) In sincerely wishing you good health, strength and longevity … as to what the attainment of freedom would cost us in pain and suffering before…
Letter to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 June 1968
… In the course of my address to the session of the Special Committee on Apartheid in Stockholm, I asked the Chairman, Ambassador Marof, to … your vigilance…
Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
… pay our last respects to a man who because of his belief in the freedom of the people of his country was robbed of the … ago to liberate Germany, he was…
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… Bay. Portuguese for 'bay of tacks', this name was given in 1488 by the Portuguese mariner Bartholomeu Dias because contrary winds caused many tracks in the…
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
… the price of textbooks for already overburdened students in South Africa. In April 2014 StatsSA put textbooks inflation at 13.6%. … States have saved their…
Africa South
… journal edited by Ronald M. Segal (1932-2008) was launched in Cape Town in 1956. The journal was published quarterly while funds were available. The last and…
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver ‘OR’ Tambo, is born
… at the University of Fort Hare where he became active in politics. Tambo was among those who led the student … for liberation. It was Tambo who played a…
PlaceGreenhill Road 14, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
… wife! This became a neighbourhood of Johannesburg. Later in 1836, the Primary school, in Liden was named after him- Primary Louw Geldenhys! In 1895 he became…
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… Belgian Congo, now the Democratic Republic of Congo ). In 1958 he formed and led the Movement National Congolais … while its main opponents opted for a form…
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… National Congress (ANC), who was executed by hanging in Pretoria Central Prison, was born on 10 July 1956 in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria. Mahlangu left the…
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… War 2 (WW2) veteran, who sunk a German supply boat, died in Springs, Transvaal (now in Ekurhuleni Municipality), after being struck by a train. … which later…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… The African National Congress (ANC) threatened in an open letter to President F. W. de Klerk to suspend … Malan, punishing members of the security forces…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… the 31 March 1991, having being fingered as the triggerman in the assassination of Namibian lawyer Anton Lubowski. … Acheson allegedly gunned Lubowski down…
EventThe first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers, is published
… editorial slant voiced the interests of English settlers in the Eastern Cape. The paper was also obliged to print … Bible" from at least the 1860s, a title…
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… This disease often affects young children, most recently in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although the disease is considered rare, cases of polio increased in Nigeria…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… Minister, Adriaan Vlok testifies under oath that while in office, the former president of South Africa, Mr F. W. de … for a bombing campaign carried out…
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… extraction of gold, which after the end of hostilities was in full production. The first electric tram line commenced … had been proven to be an efficient…
EventThe Neptune, with 288* convicts on board, enters Simon’s Bay, with strong resistance from Cape inhabitants
… On 19 September 1849, The Neptune entered and anchored in Simon's Bay (now Simonstown) in the Cape, after being met with a furious city population in Table…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies
… the grave of Karl Marx. Dadoo was born on 5 September 1909 in Krugersdorp on, Gauteng . He and others, like P.S. Joshi, were inspired by the growing…
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
… Born in Kent on 2 April 1807, William Cornwallis Harris was a … embarked on an expedition to southern Africa. He arrived in Cape Town in June 1836, suffering…
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… about it. When I entered prison after being sentenced in the Rivonia trial I was still quite optimistic. I … we slept on mats on the hard floor. There were…
Constitution of the ANC
… (a) To protect and advance the interest of all Africans in all matters affecting them. (b) To attain the freedom of … work for the unity and co-operation of…
”Report on Talks between the PAC and the OAU liberation Committee Sub-committee” by Potlako K. Leballo, Dar es Salaam, November 20,1968
… At their 13th Ordinary session in Algiers, last July, the OAU Committee of Eleven adopted … unity has been restored to the Movement. (Their emphasis). In the…
ArchiveReport on Talks between the PAC and the OAU liberation Committee Sub-committee by Potlako K. Leballo, Dar es Salaam, November 20,1968
… At their 13th Ordinary session in Algiers, last July, the OAU Committee of Eleven adopted … unity has been restored to the Movement. (Their emphasis). In the…
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
… happening at that time, and some very good things too. In 1955 a very great thing happened. We organized the … the Indian Congress and the Congress of…
Meeting today
… Black strip at top with title in white lettering. "State of Emergency" in red letters down sides of poster. Black and white image of soldier in centre with…
PlaceWits School of Arts (WSOA)
… ranked as one of the top interdisciplinary school of arts in South Africa according to World Universities Ranking. … Campus and is at the heart of the…
PlaceThe Bag Factory
… is known as one of the leading visual arts facilities in Johannesburg . Since its’ inception in 1991, the non-profit organisation functions as a residency ……
PlaceAlgiers, Capital of Algeria
… which is a town with a population of about 19,000 people in the North West province of South Africa. It is located 70 … of the Batlharo Ba Lotlhware group of…