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Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
… face the challenge of coming to terms with the past in ways which will enable us to face the future as a united … task of dealing with gross violations of…
Address by President Mandela at the Seoul University Seoul, 6 July 1995
… and Gentlemen. It is barely three hours since we landed in the Republic of Korea, and already, we can feel the ground … as our delegation may be from home,…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… the extreme reactionary and Pro-Fascist forces represented in the Nationalist Party. This decision on general election … at by the National Conference…
Document 99 - Edwin T. Mofutsanyana, “All-African Convention: Masses Must Support It”, South African Worker, 9 January 1937
… and disgust which were felt by all Africans at the manner in which they were treated by their white "guardians" in this country. Representatives from all…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 16 - 19
… is between fifteen and forty people, usually live together in what we call a band. Everybody belongs somewhere and no … mother's people: whatever territory…
Open Call to Artists
… Title) Organised by ALMA MARTHA and Heinrich Groenewald In Collaboration with Erf 81, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town A … your land, this land is my land. Yes, we…
Address at the High-Level Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Nepad, New York, September 16, 2002
… for Africa's Development, President Olusegun Obasanjo, in commending the New Partnership, NEPAD, to this General … Nations will support the peoples of Africa…
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
… source They were unearthed from the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, and date to 3.3 million years ago. They are 700,000 … tools found before, even pre…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… by Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South … authority of the National Action Council set up…
Manifesto of the emigrant farmers By Piet Retief, 1837
… the colony, evidently with the intention of exciting in the minds of our countrymen a feeling of prejudice against … and severe losses; and as we desire to…
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
… by dreamers for luxury-seekers. Since its inception in 1992, 'The Palace of the Lost City' has enthralled … visitors from all over the globe. Its unique…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… Everard Read Contemporary, circa State of the Art in the early 90s, Siebrits is best remembered for his quirky Metroplex Gallery. Situated in an empty window…
ArticleAbout South African History Online (SAHO)
… Established: 1998 (Registered as a Section 21 organisation in 2000) South African History Online (SAHO) is the largest … for schools, universities, media,…
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… about Swaziland. Swaziland is the last absolute monarchy in Africa (and one of the last few left on Earth!) The … since 1973. The current king, Mswati III,…
PlaceStone House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… This dwelling, designed by Herbert Baker in 1902 as his own home, is an important component of … splendid example of Arts and Crafts movement craftsmanship…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Banquet hosted by President Sharma of India India, 25 January 1995
… for the people of South Africa. With an unfaltering belief in justice and a recognition that none could be truly free … of our two countries to meet, with…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 4 and 5 Article: The great illusion
… 700,000 voters, i.e. about half the votes cast in favour of the 'new constitution' (1,300,000). These whites … who did not vote obviously see nothing better…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… do not have the courtesy to reply or acknowledge receipt. In the letter referred to above I informed you of the resolutions passed by the All-In African…
The start of mass campaigns
… Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1948, the same year that I joined the ANC and the trade … sympathy boycotts too. There would be…
Message sent to Canon Collins by ALbert Luthuli, 1 March 1956
… a message. I have quite a little audience here around me in the house of a friend who has been doing the recording for … we are by distance, yet one is happy…
PlaceSharpeville, Gauteng
… Sharpeville is situated +/-14 km from Vereeniging . In 1960, during Apartheid a large unarmed group headed to the … Sharpeville Day is on the same day as…
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… the demolition of the Old Post Office. The clock was not in existence in the year 1897, as stated in The Star and since corrected. I quote from records that…
Document 92 “Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from 5th to 8th April 1936”, Umsebenzi, and 16 May 1936
… that immediate steps be taken to give every assistance in the formation of an Anti-Imperialist and national … National Liberation League of Cape Town, and if…
ArchiveThe Government of divided communities
… Hoernle Memorial Lecture delivered by David Thomas in which he describes the fears of the worlds population and the fact that there are different races in…
Race attitudes and education
… The second in a series titled Hoernle Memorial Lecture, which was … of Principal of Natal University College at the time. In this lecture, he tries to…
ArchiveRace attitudes and education
… The second in a series titled Hoernle Memorial Lecture, which was … of Principal of Natal University College at the time. In this lecture, he tries to…
EventIOC extends South Africa’s ban from Olympic games
… South Africa suffered heavily in the international sports arena as result of its apartheid policy. Prior to the Tokyo Olympic games in 1964, South Africa was…
PlaceGovernment Buildings, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… The government building complex was completed in 1877 although its Volksraad Chamber was already in use on 31 May 1875. In 1895 the upper storey was…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Press, 16 November 1984, Addis Ababa
… National Congress is very happy to have participated in the 20th Summit meeting of the OAU which in our view, will go down as one of the most successful in…
Statement to the Press by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 16 November 1984
… National Congress is very happy to have participated in the 20th Summit meeting of the OAU which in our view, will go down as one of the most successful in…