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State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… things to look at the siting of a broad-based National Commission on Youth Development among the structures of … Government. Building on this base, the…
Indian Community
… and vegetables for the local market. In 1885, the Wragg-Commission noted that Indians dominated the food produce … About two decades after Indians settled…
PlaceZambezi River, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… appointed the Inter-Territorial Hydro-Electric Commission. In May 1951 the Commission recommended the development of a dam at Kariba and …
EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… This matter should be investigated by another judicial commission." The previous week, Bishop Desmond Tutu had …
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… During hearings before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) the ANC said that the Kwamakhuta incident … SABC, (1987), Episode 17 , from Truth…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… to testify at the hearing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1996, but refused to do so. He also refused to …
Archive1990 - President De Klerk: State of the Nation Address, 2 February 1990
… of fundamental human rights to the South African Law Commission. This resulted in the Law Commission's interim working document on individual and … had ample…
FW de Klerk’s speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990
… of fundamental human rights to the South African Law Commission. This resulted in the Law Commission’s interim working document on individual and … had ample…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… London hundreds of South Africans gathered at the SA High Commission in support of #FeesMustFall Image source A group … House. 14 January President Jacob…
Closing remarks to the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 03 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
… of State and Government, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Dr Jean Ping, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Commissioners of…
Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
… I told him it would not work. He had no need to appoint a commission to find that out. I had been telling him this for … numbers on their side. Rising…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… of the general strike of workers against the exploitative wages paid by the colonial administration in Nigeria. The … for the struggle to end colonialism…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… of the general strike of workers against the exploitative wages paid by the colonial administration in Nigeria. The … for the struggle to end colonialism…
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
… its quality of life. The Truth and National Reconciliation Commission which will soon begin its work, is one important …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Narasimha Rao of India New Delhi, 25 January 1995
… the world and in particular Africa and Asia. The Joint commission of our two governments which was established by …
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… Six" were given amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), but they were not compensated for their …
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… Employees of South Africa (Nutesa) begin a strike over wages. Registration at TUT is brought to a halt. De Ruyter, … University management in a bid to…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… thousands lost their lives. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (established in a democratic South Africa) … COSATU stated that it would not focus simply…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… thousands lost their lives. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (established in a democratic South Africa) … COSATU stated that it would not focus simply…
Address of the TMF Patron, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occassion of his Installation as Chancellor of the University of South Africa: UNISA Campus, Tshwane, 27 February 2017
… This is because, as you know, currently sitting is the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training, … believe that it is correct that we await…
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
… where 12 of our workers fell as they struggled for better wages, their courage anetermination inspired millions of … relevant even today, including the…
Archive`The struggle is my life`- Nelson Mandela press statement
… coal, of the farms and industry, in return for miserable wages. Why should we continue enriching those who steal the …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 8 - The Impracticality of Realism
… paid to do. Those at the bottom are interested in their wages, not in their work. They waste physical resources and …
Polokwane the Segregated city
… capacity – and he was also appointed as chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into Matters of Concern in the … Following the publication of the report of the…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… The fourth was linked to calls for increases in wages. Provision of mass housing started after World War II …
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… went on strike in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings a day. They continued the strike for a …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… on strike over a period of more than ten days for better wages and conditions. - 100 years since the introduction of … since the establishment of the Truth…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… Africa, delivers a petition to the South African High Commission in May, requesting integration. 2011 Government …
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… the continuation of the education struggle, and formed a Commission on People's Education. Protest remained …
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… that the school opened in 1951. The report of the Eiselen Commission (Commission on Native Education, 1949-1951) which … articulation of patriarchy, race and…