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81. The People’s Candidates Party and the Lenasia Management Committee
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … he declared, was not interested in the 'glittering chains of…
PlaceNiger
… Niger (was a former French colony to the north of Nigeria) and Nigeria (was a former British colony) were … them. The Arab legacy on the continent, with the…
PlaceAngola
… Angola has a long and rich history, and is home to some of the largest historical kingdoms in Africa such as the Kingdom of Kongo or the Kingdom of Ndongo…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… The homeland of KwaZulu (or place of the Zulu) was granted self-government under apartheid on 1 … 1977. According to the apartheid social planner’s ideal of …
Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam, 17 November 1998
… Mkapa Vice President Omar Ali Juma President Amour of Zanzibar Mr. Prime Minister Secretary General of the CCM Ladies and gentlemen My brothers and sisters…
27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Justice Melius de Villiers delivered his decision on Law 3 of…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… Town arrived on the HMS Melville in 1838. [i] Their date of arrival was telling, having coincided with enslaved people at the Cape experiencing their first…
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… Territory of British Bechuanaland The territory known as British … covered an area that included the subsequent divisions of Vryburg, Mafikeng . Kuruman and…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… On 7 August 1993, Eugene Terreblanche, the leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) , had just been given the freedom of the White section of the…
PlaceCameroon
… to as a “true African crossroads” not only because of its geographical position, but also because of the country's great variety of ethnic groups and spoken…
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… and domestic service.’ Van Onselen’s two-volume history of ‘everyday life in the Witwatersrand’, a long ridge on the … explores the period from the mid-1880s…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education The transition from apartheid to democracy, from White minority rule to liberation, is one…
The Pioneers
… The artworks presented in this section of the exhibition had their historical beginnings in the decades of the 1920s and 1930s. These beginnings took place…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Segregation Fallacy
… to urge with constant seriousness the segregation of the Bantu in the Union of South Africa as a solution of what is called the Native question. He suggested…
PlaceMamelodi
… given to President Paul Kruger by the Africans because of his ability to whistle and imitate birds, also meaning Mother of Melodies. Mamelodi has a…
Address to the SANC Local Government Conference, 30 July 1999 Johannesburg
… Master of Ceremonies SADC Secretary General, Dr. Kaire Mbuende SADC Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Local Government President of the International Union…
Some Observations on HIV and Mortality in South Africa: 2007, 2008 and 2013 by Thabo Mbeki, 14 March 2016
… a very comprehensive Report on Mortality and Causes of Death in South Africa. In this context it is necessary to … keep in mind that Statssa prepares its…
Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
… As a city, Cape Town sits on top of an uncomfortable history of colonialism, slavery, and formal racial segregation. This history has an uneasy relationship…
PlaceGriqualand East
… The territory of Griqualand East is located South of the Colony of Natal , between the Drakensberg and Pondoland . Despite …
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … imposed disabilities upon Indians as a group, regardless of…
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker To Protector of Indian Immigrants, 27th June 1916. Dear Sir, Bearers wish … twentieth centuries Indian women were at…
Address at the Mercosur Summit, Florianopolis, Brazil, 15 December 2000
… and Gentlemen I would like to thank the honourable Heads of Government who constitute the membership of Mercosur, for this chance to address you during this…
Document 93 S. B., “Unite Against Reaction and Oppression: United Front Against National Oppression and Fascism”, Umsebenzi, 23 May 1936
… We have dealt last week with the effects and possibilities of the united front in European countries and now we must analyse the methods and chances of a…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… William Morris, one of England's foremost Socialists, poet and artist 1834-96, also had two daughters, but only one of them-May -took a keen interest in his…
EventTricameral Parliament inaugurated
… On 3 September 1984, Members of Parliament convened in Cape Town to promulgate a new South … three houses in parliament. The first House was the House of…
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
… they are dealing severe blows to the fascist forces of IanSmith and Vorster. Soon they will be fighting the enemy … on SouthAfrican soil. "WE ARE AT WAR"…
Address on disturbances in Bloemfontein location, by I. J. Nthatisi, March 4, 1919
… At the request of the leaders of the location, the Resident Magistrate, Mr. J. Ashburnham, and the Mayor of Bloemfontein Mr. D. A. Thomson, motored out to…
PlaceNamaqualand
… With a Magisterial District of 47 962 sq km, in the North-Western Cape . This region is … in South-West Africa. 'Namaqua' is the plural form of Nama, the…
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… and final Constitution fixed a milestone beside the road of South African history, and marked the way for a new … order. The Constitution was also the birth…
Address at the Commonwealth Business Forum, Johannesburg 9 November 1999
… Chairperson of the Forum, the Rt Hon the Earl Cairns, Vice Chairperson, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Your…