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EventThe Berlin Airlift comes to an end
… The Berlin Airlift provided tons of supplies to war ravaged Berlin. Under the aid program known as the Marshall Plan, the USA supplied aid to the Western…
A Declaration to the people of South Africa
… This address is a declaration to the people of South Africa and begins by mentioning the … the people of South Africa live. It is therefore directed to all…
EventGambia is admitted to the United Nations
… whose rulers were of the Serahuli tribe. In the centuries to follow, tribes of Mandingoes and Susus from the Fouta … the Senegal part of the region and the…
EventMandela asks for commitment to fight AIDS
… birthday gift the next day than a commitment by the world to take action against Aids. This was Mandela's birthday plea to the international community for…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… country. We have further called on the people of Africa to unite against these atrocities being committed in the name of South Africa and the law enforcement…
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… main architect of apartheid Prime Minister H.F. Verwoed to death. A prior attempt on his life since becoming Prime … that a giant tapeworm inside of him had…
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
… Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to address this august gathering of the representatives of … This was after Vasco da Gama and his crew had…
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
… F.W de Klerk, called for the opening of its membership to all races in the country. The view proved to be generally held when it received a unanimous thumbs…
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) refused amnesty to Janusz Walus and Clive Derby-Lewis, the assassins of Chris … The Committee found that both…
ArchiveSemicon, 30 August, 1974 to 2 September 1974
… The programme for a semicon to be held 30 August, 1974 to 2 September 1974 at St. Peter's Seminary, Hammanskraal … Semicon, 30 August, 1974 to 2 September…
ArchiveLetter from Oliver Tambo to Comrade Ruigo
… Handwritten letter from Oliver Tambo to Comrade Ruigo (Jack Simons), in reply to Simons's proposals regarding entering Zimbabwe. … Letter from Oliver Tambo…
ArchiveLetter from Steve Biko to the executive
… This is the letter from Steve Biko to the executive about the trips to some black campuses namely: Federal Theological Seminary … Letter from Steve Biko to…
Letter from Steve Biko to Thami Mazwai
… Letter written to Thami Mazwai explaining the reason for not wanting to make a press statement regarding the work of the South … Letter from Steve Biko to…
ArchiveAppeal to all ANC (SA) graduates abroad
… and the African National Congress Research Department to ANC graduates to join them in Lusaka. … Appeal to all ANC (SA) graduates abroad …
Letter from F. Carneson to all Langa Members
… District Secretary of the South African Communist Party to Party members in Langa, urging them to attend meetings and pay subscriptions. … Letter from F…
ArchiveLetter from F. Carneson to all Langa Members
… District Secretary of the South African Communist Party to Party members in Langa, urging them to attend meetings and pay subscriptions. … Letter from F…
ArchiveLetter from Kader Asmal to Zanele Mbeki
… Letter from Kader Asmal to Zanele Mbeki apologising for not being able to attend the seminar on women's rights and providing points … Letter from Kader Asmal…
ArchiveCCAWUSA Says No To The Labour Bill
… photo PW Botha and union buildings; text: CCAWUSA says NO to the Labour Bill and restrictions; and No to PW's reforms … CCAWUSA Says No To The Labour Bill …
ArchivePress release to the Rand Daily Mail
… that the convention has been mandated by Black people to utilise all available resources to achieve liberation for Black people in Azania. … Press release to…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… Semano Mosololi, and Marcus Thabo Motaung, were sentenced to death for separate attacks at the Moroka and Orlando … and at times collaborated by giving the…
ArchiveLetter from Potlako K Leballo to Oliver Tambo
… and National Secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress to Oliver Tambo, Acting President of the African National … regarding a call for exploratory talks with…
ArchiveANC call to the nation: from ungovernability
… Call to the Nation from the ANC National Executive Committee sent … Zimababwe and Zambia. Calls for a greater offensive to be launched, including mass…
ArchiveHead Office report to NUSAS Congress 1981
… University of Cape Town, Cape Town from 28 November to 3 December 1981. Report refers to the 1981 theme of the National Union: … Head Office report to NUSAS…
ArchiveA study of Inkatha Yesizwes approach to the
… A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of Cape Town, in partial … Bachelor of Arts, Honours. This dissertation is an attempt to provide…
EventMandela is moved to Victor Verster prison
… Cape Town, where he had been recovering from tuberculosis, to a house on the grounds of the Victor Verster Prison, near … of Cape Town, where he was given a…
EventGhana is admitted to the United Nations
… Ghana was admitted to the United Nations on 8 March 1957, two days after it … 1954, Kwame Nkrumah became Prime Minister and led the way to independence…
ArchiveUDF Unites To Expose What Underlies Reform
… Democratic Front was launched in Cape Town in Agust 1983 to unite a broad range of organisations against the new … 600 organisations are united against…
EventMahatma Ghandi sends a telegram to Dr. Dadoo
… under the chairmanship of E.I. Asvat, a decision was taken to launch the Passive Resistance Campaign on 1 August. A … resistance campaign, Mahatma Gandhi…
EventSA Rugby team loses to New Zealand
… leading by 18-6 at halftime until the All Blacks managed to come from behind to register a victory. This was Francois Pienaar's final … SA Rugby team loses…
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… by his then wife Winnie Madikizela Mandela. He travelled to Canada a few months after his release from 27 years of … the economic and political pressure on…