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ANC NEC meets (30th November, - 2 December 2001), 29 November 2001
The African National Congress National Executive Committee Meeting will take place at an undisclosed venue around Johannesburg from Friday, the 30th November…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Nelson Mandela warned that if the South African government fail to take effective steps to end the current…
PlaceHermanus
… and its inhabitants began to accumulate in various places. However, it was not until October 1983 that Prozesky …
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
Uganda is an east African country that had a number of kingdoms as well as political institutions by the 1800's. The interior was penetrated by Arab slave…
EventJapanese attack American Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Japanese planes struck just before 8AM on a Sunday morning. Within a short time five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking, with the rest…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1974
… anywhere in Africa, which is equalled possibly by few places outside of Africa. This is to contain the kind of …
Some Observations on HIV and Mortality in South Africa: 2007, 2008 and 2013 by Thabo Mbeki, 14 March 2016
… disease’ that year, accounting for 5,1% of all deaths. It places deaths from ‘Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] …
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
… so that it benefits the poor and the marginalised and places our countries on a path of sustainable growth and …
IV - The Death of Steve Biko
… surgeon.] Later that night—there is a peephole in these places, so that the people do not hang themselves …. …
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… of people from their long established homes and places of business; Starvation wages, and general insecurity …
Speech by Albert Luthuli at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats, 1 February 1958
… beauty? And as you move about in some of these palatial places, and the scent of the flowers comes to you, can you …
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… beauty? And as you move about in some of these palatial places, and the scent of the flowers comes to you, can you …
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
The inclusion in the Bill of Rights of a special section on the rights of the child was an important development for South African children, most of whom had…
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
Anton Fransch could best be described as a mystery. He was a sweet, kind and gentle boy who loved life and was deeply loved by everyone who knew him. He was…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
The Portuguese begin mapping and exploring the South African coastline and basic trading takes place between the Khoikhoi and the Europeans. Nguni and Sotho…
ArticleList of employers to whom Indentured Indians were assigned
PLACE EMPLOYER Calcutta Acutt, C & Co Madras Acutt, C & Co …
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
Our ancestors survived by hunting wild animals and gathering berries and roots. The women usually gathered food while the men hunted. Source: museums.ncl.ac.uk…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
At a time when the country was in mourning for those killed in the Boipatong Massacre of 17 June 1992, the Bisho Massacre added to the bleak political…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a…
Chapter 13 - The public participation process
It is therefore important that as we put our vision to the country, we should do so directly, knowing that people out there want to be part of the process and…
Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas to James Ramsay MacDonald,
… expelled from the body they helped to create while there places have in most cases been filled by "new chums" who …
EventThe fall of the Berlin wall
In the aftermath of World War 2 Germany was partitioned into East and West Germany. The East was placed under the control of the Soviet Union while West…
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
The area known as District Six got its name from having been the Sixth Municipal District of Cape Town in 1867. Its earlier unofficial name was 'Kanaldorp', a…
EventWhite sympathisers join evicted Black squatters in a protest
About 100 White sympathisers joined evicted Black squatters in a protest against the demolition of shanty dwellings outside Cape Town. This was the third day…
ArchiveState of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024
… those who resist the responsibility that the Constitution places on us all to correct the injustices of the past and … these people of the obligation that…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… It could also “deport” individuals to unsocial and arid places, or still worse, violently disperse the peaceful …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969 1960 March 16, The Boycott Movement, in London, is renamed the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM). Tennyson Makiwane, Vella…
The ‘special branch’
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner We had to work very hard to "Be successful with our campaigns and our organizing…
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
The South African Rebel Tours were so called because they took place amid strong disapproval from several governments, the United Cricket Conference and…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
This memorial is built on Bay Hills and offers a clear view of the Air Force Base at Zwartskop. The outline of the Voortrekker Monument is also visible from…