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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…
ArchiveAppendix 5.1 The First Anniversary of the Declaration of the State of Palestine by Denis Goldberg
… to the day when the world community and the great powers in particular, will come to fulfil their duty in terms of the rights of nations to self…
Document 47 - “Answer to Government’s Apartheid Unions”, The Citizen. 1 3, 30 April 1956
… MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD AND THEIR ORGANISED STRENGTH FELT IN BOTH THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FIELDS" SAID MR. JOHN … unions, the labour movement must…
PlaceEshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Eshowe, a Town in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Area is set on a Hill, is situated … an important contribution to employment, particularly in rural areas, to…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to New African, 05 January 1980, London
… Unity in Action Decisive Question : How would you assess the … victory for the forces of progress and national liberation in southern Africa and Africa as a…
Black ViewPoint - The New Black by Bennie A. Khoapa
… not agree with me and he argued that there is some value in getting white students at least to be aware of some of the things that make people (black and…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… Prof. Dent, Ladies and Gentlemen, I intend to follow in my opening remarks the conventional pattern. And for that … but with policies, and there has been no…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… Prof. Dent, Ladies and Gentlemen, I intend to follow in my opening remarks the conventional pattern. And for that … but with policies, and there has been no…
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
… Johannesburg) were before the Executive. One was contained in a note from T.W. Thibedi to the Secretary asking for the … the matter before this meeting. It…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… Government forcibly moved 3.5 million Black South Africans in one of the largest mass removals of people in modern history. There were several political and…
The Khoikhoi carry out a series of raids on the free burghers’ herds
… who feared that the settlement of free burghers (farmers) in 1657 would eventually deprive them of their valuable … who was sent to Batavia to learn to…
PlaceTsolo
… (prior to 1910) St Augustine's was established in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the … the capital village of Chief Mhlonthlo of the…
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…
PlaceCaledon, Cape Overberg
… Caledon is situated on the N2 national road in the Overberg region in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, located about … As of 2011 it had a…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… Court, which endorses the rights of all citizens! Situated in the heart of Johannesburg, Constitution Hill is a living … South Africa’s Constitutional Court,…
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… The first prison building in Tshwane, built by Alexander Anderson at the corner of … the State and bargained that should he build the prison in under an…
PlacePreller-Rondawels, Pelindaba
… inherited the Farm. A portion was expropriated in 1920 for the building of the Hartbeespoort Dam and a Township development. The Township remained in the…
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
… 12th and 13th Century a wave of Bantu migration settled in the area. The prominent Bantu societies were the Fang … island of Biko, which was inhabited by the…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1947
… have decided on their part to refrain from taking part in or in any manner assisting in the celebrations in honour of the Royal visit to the Union …
EventSADF officers dismissed
… De Klerk and senior members of the government at Tuynhuys in Cape Town. He did not hand the President a report as such … horrifying allegations of the…
EventRaymond Dart completes work on Taung skull
… commonly called the Taung child , was found embedded in rock at a mine near Taung, a village 400 miles southwest … , an anatomy professor at the University…
PlacePrince Alfred's Guard Museum, Port Elizabeth
… The Prince Alfred's Guard Museum, located in Central Port Elizabeth's Prospect Road, was formed through … the amalgamation of a Military Museum formerly…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Rhodes was … him to Natal, South Africa, to live with his older…
EventIsmael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa
… African government and liberation movements were engaged in negotiations in a forum that came to be known as the Congress for a Democratic South Africa …
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… first Cardinal when he was invested by Pope Paul VI in St Peter's Basilica. Early in Cardinal McCann's tenure as Archbishop, the South African … Catholic…