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Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
… As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress - 25 November 1992. The strategic perspective of the ANC is the transfer of…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… The roots of White women's suffrage in South Africa began with the founding of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1899. The goal of this…
Statement at Press Conference in Dar es Salaam Concerning Sentences in the Rivinia Trial by O. R. Tambo, 12 June 1964
… trial which since last year, has been the focal point of world attention. The judge in the trial has done his … been put away by the evildoers. The…
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… On the 300 anniversary of the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in Table Bay, the African National … its campaign to mount a mass action against the passing of…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… The origins of Enoch Sontonga and the song he wrote, Nkosi Sikelel' … and rather obscure. Enoch Sontonga, from the Mpinga clan, of the Xhosa nation, was born…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… History of Cato Manor Cato Manor was established in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ) and is situated 5km west of the Durban city centre. The Township was known…
Cable to the United Nations, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, November 25, 1948
… on sixteen November that Mr. Rathebe told meeting of Johannesburg Joint Council Europeans and Africans that … This was apropos Polish delegate's anticipation…
Document 25 - E. R. Roux, The New Slogan and the Revolutionary Movement among White Workers in South Africa, presented at the Sixth
… as a factor in the South African situation we are accused of a departure from Marxism. We are told that it is necessary to point always to the economic basis…
EventRhodes statue removed at UCT
… Maxwele’s radical protest through a political performance of throwing human excrement at the statue of Cecil John Rhodes situated on Rugby Road of the campus…
Extracts from a press conference, 11 February 1990
… Last night you committed yourself to the intensification of the struggle. Would you care to comment? (A) There is no … those statements. I have committed…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
… Visually it is very satisfying. It may not be a great work of art, but it is certainly a fine Memorial, beautifully … Scottish in the First World War,…
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… 1900 Lord Kitchener succeeded him as Commander-in-Chief of the British forces during the second Anglo Boer War (1989-1902). He received the local rank of…
PlaceMaphikela House
… black leaders gathered here and forged the foundations of what would eventually become the ruling party of the country. The house was built in 1926 and was ……
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… Congress (1977), ANC Speaks: Documents and statements of the African National Congress 1955-1976. Alexander, Neville (1986), "Aspects of Non-Collaboration…
PlaceSudan
… There is evidence of human habitation which dates back tens of thousands of Years. From the end of the 4th millennium BCE, Nubia (now … There is evidence of…
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… In March 1939, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a series of eight articles which were reprinted in a pamphlet and later included in his book The Unity of India …
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… speaking white people in South Africa the narrative of what in South Africa is called ‘The 2nd Anglo Boer War’ (or just shortened to ‘The Boer War’) is one…
PlaceDurban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Durban is South Africa’s third-largest City and one of the fastest-growing urban Areas in the World. It's Port is the busiest in South Africa and also one of…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… the British military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortunately their fodder was … carried Bubonic plague and, between 1901…
PlaceSão Tomé and Príncipe
… slaves. This country was the world’s largest producer of sugar, but the rise of Brazilian competition and the poor quality of São Tomé’s product, virtually…
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
… Diepkloof covers an Area of approximately 2,50218 square kilometres and houses a Population of approximately 104 098 persons (2001 Census). It is located on…
PlaceSt Louis Catholic Church, 22 Jacobs Road, Clairwood, Durban
… Jolivet purchased a plot in Clairwood for the erection of a mission church for "C reole ". A larger building was … and additions in 1932-33 and 1944. In…
PlaceSierra Leone
… - Sierra Leone's first UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of the shining stars awarded this status is the Gola-Tiwai Complex, part of the Great Gola Landscape…
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
… Goldblatt was the first South African to be granted one of the art world’s major benchmarks for international … success: a solo exhibition at New York’s…
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… Before 1993, the Eastern Cape was part of the Cape Province . Today it includes the old homelands of Ciskei and Transkei. Many of South Africa's leaders were…
Appendix - The Freedom Charter
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 The Freedom Charter Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on June 26, 1955 We, the…
PlaceRiversdale, Western Cape
… a new Parish on the Farm 'Doornkraal', on the banks of the Vet River, near the foothills of the Langeberge . It was named after Harry Rivers, Commissioner…
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… Gardens had been founded in 1946. After the University of Pretoria granted approval to the Department of Agriculture for the development of a botanical…
Postscript
… "The Road Not Taken" To a great extent that has been true of the past thirty years of my life ”” I have followed the road "less travelled by", the road of…
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… The Administrative capital of South Africa , Pretoria, or the ' Jacaranda City' is best known for its annual display of purple flowers in October. Located in…