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Abbreviations - Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… (USA) AG : Foreign Missions Department, General Council of the Assemblies of God, Inc (USA) BC : Foreign Mission Board … of the Protestant Churches in…
ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… an article on Sowetan regarding fun run to launch the International year of the youth in Soweto that has been organised by a community … school a girl Emma…
David Lurie
… Born: Cape Town, 1951. Has a BA Honours degree from the University of Cape Town. He is a self taught photographer. Lurie has held …
David Lurie
… Born: Cape Town, 1951. Has a BA Honours degree from the University of Cape Town. He is a self taught photographer. Lurie has held …
Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois”, Internal Bulletin of the International Communist League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935
… 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois", Internal Bulletin of the International Communist League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935 The efforts of our South African comrades do…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the people had to go into exile to guide the resistance or were imprisoned or deported by the … Tambo…
New Year Message to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 December, 1964
… We wish, Sir, to place on record that the United Nations has this year shown a new firmness and determination in the handling of the South African…
Address by President Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of South Africa
… Address by His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of the Republic of South Africa 09 May 2009 Your Majesties,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
… Chairperson of the Foreign Correspondents Association; Members of the Association; Distinguished guests. I should start off by apologising for the late…
Message to Frelimo Central Committee on the Death of Samora Machel by O. R. Tambo, 22 October 1986
… The tragedy that has befallen the people of Mozambique is without parallel in the history of the independent Africa. It is a tragedy that … Message to…
Address on Accepting an Honarary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 30 April 1999
… but two! I will always cherish this association with the great intellectuals of a renowned tradition of scientific … Rather it is a tribute to a people who…
Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 26 June 1969
… September 1969 (Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa in the struggle for freedom. For over…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 January 1982
… We received with great shock and anger the news of the brazen and outrageous invasion of the Kingdom of Lesotho by the racist South African army on … Letter…
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President’s Council a chance
… The leader of the New Republic Party (NRP), Vause Raw announced that his party was ready to give the President's Council a chance as a start on the road to a…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… The great South African writer and activist, Ruth First, was … Ruth taught literacy to African workers at the night schools run by the Communist Party of…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… not as straightforward as they might first appear. Perhaps the first and best place to begin addressing these topics is … have human rights that are…
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
… Today marks the anniversary of the longest cricket test match in history. The game was played between South Africa and England in … The longest cricket test…
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… Sam Goldberg is dead. But he lives on. One of the characters in the sell-out play, “Cincinatti”, was based on Sam, who died … in Johannesburg this week. Sam…
EventNigeria becomes the first Anglophone independent state in Africa to become an associate member of EEC
… Nigeria became the first Anglophone, independent African state to become an associate member of the European Economic Community, (EEC). The move to become an…
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
… On 6 August 1960, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjöld, asked the UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow ……
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 December 1982
… of grief for both our peoples, who are further united by the blood we have both shed, we extend our deep-felt condolences to Your Excellency, the Government…
Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011
… In the last few years we have walked this road with greater frequency, marching in the procession to bid farewell to the veterans of our movement, paying our…
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… greatest heroes. He won renown as commander in chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African War (1899-1902) and was a leader in the Afrikaner…
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… Mali was once part of the Great Songhay Empire, but came under French rule in 1892. … almost seventy years of colonial rule, Mali was renamed the Sudanese…
PlaceWelgelegen Manor House, Belfour
… Welgelegen Manor is the embodiment of the incredible life and ambition of industrialist and … much loved but lost Mostert Family Estates of Rondebosch, Cape…
ArchiveSouth African political prison-literature between 1948 and 1990: the prisoner as writer and political commentator
… Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject English at the University of South…
EventProf. Raymond Arthur Dart, SA anthropologist and expert on the Taung skull, dies in Sandton, Johannesburg
… on a farm herding cattle. He won a scholarship to study at the University of Queensland in Brisbane and later went on to … Upon graduating, Dart travelled to…
EventSA announces its decision to allow multi-racial teams to represent the country in international events
… The South African government announced its decision to allow multi-racial teams to represent the country in international sporting events. Ironically, in the…
EventAn inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death
… An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody at the Johannesburg Security Police headquarters, John Vorster … criminally liable for…
EventThe UN requests States to terminate restrictions on economic relations with South Africa with immediate effect
… The United Nations(UN) requested States to terminate … relations with South Africa immediately, and to terminate the oil embargo against the country when the…