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PlaceZululand District Municipality
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ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… as his plane crashed north of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). The most plausible explanation for the plane crash was …
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1970-1979 1970 HA Naidoo passes away while still in exile. 17 February, African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa …
EventQueen of Gospel Rebecca Malope is born
On 30 June 1968, Rebecca Malope was born in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga (then Eastern Transvaal). She became well known after winning the Shell Road to Fame talent…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.3 and No.4 1988
Contents and Contributors Preface A.W. Oliphant and lvan Vladislavic, First Editorial 1978; Staffrider by Meshack Mabogoane; Remembering Staffrider by Mike…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE FUNERAL OF JOE SLOVO Johannesburg, 15 January 1995
Comrade Chairperson: Dear Helena, Shawn, Gillian and Robyn; Mrs Rene Ephron, Comrade Joe's sister and other relatives; Deputy President Thabo Mbeki,…
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
The Zimbabwean political activist and writer Diana Mitchell, who has died aged 83, was an active opponent of Ian Smith in the 1960s and 70s, and later used her…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria, South Africa constitutes an especially noteworthy moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
Mass mobilization of the 1950s culminated in the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960. Soon thereafter the apartheid government banned the African National…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… homeland lives on in the somewhat modified form of the KZN provincial government. Especially in the case of the …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… Julius Malema addresses the ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal- Natal (KZN) 7th Provincial Congress in his capacity as the President …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… Gagashe Zondi is born in Mtulwa, Greytown district of KZN . Rexon Mathebula is born. 30 January, Prime Minister, …
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
In 1979 the African National Congress launched an attempt to receive international recognition as the “sole legitimate representative of the people of South…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
Premier Matsepe-Cassaburi; Chief Justice Mohammed; Brigadier Swanepoel; Mayor Jannie Mohapi; Distinguished Guests; Citizens of Bloemfontein, The history…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
BackgroundWhat is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in the town of Olympia. As…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho) people are concentrated in the Free State, Gauteng and Eastern Cape Provinces, with small groups in Namibia and Zambia. While…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
Your death has come way too soon; none of us could say, with a straight face, that we were prepared for it. Therefore, please forgive us if we appear too…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Investment Against Crime Seminar 19 August 1998
Chairman of the China Express, Mr Chu-cheng Kan; Ladies and gentlemen, Any meeting to share ideas on topics of such importance to the future of South…
Archive”Native Union”. Article by Pixley ka Isaka Seme, in October 24, 1911
Several Natives have requested me, Leaders and Chiefs, to write a full and concise statement on the subject of the South African Native Congress, so called. I…
PlaceAtlantis
Atlantis was created in the early 1970's as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Development Policies. These policies were…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in London, 21 March 1984
Mr. Ken Livingstone, Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, Ambassador Sahnoun, Honourable Mr. Hughes, Ladies and gentlemen, May I begin by expressing the thanks…
Press Conference In London by O. R. Tambo, 21 March 1984
Mr. Ken Livingstone, Archbishop Trevor Huddleston,(2) Ambassador Sahnoun,(3) Honourable Mr. Hughes,(4) Ladies and gentlemen, May I begin by…
The Gambia: 50 years of independence, 20 years of terror by Fatou Diagne (Pambazuka News), 17 March 2015
He claimed to be a different kind of soldier and promised not to hang on to power, and never to install a dictatorship. Who said that power corrupts and that…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
IntroductionStephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and his death in police detention in 1977…
A Farewell To Madiba! National Assembly, Cape Town, March 26,1999.
Madame Speaker Chairperson of the Council of Provinces Honourable Members Mr President Isinamva liyabukwa Mhla wasabel'igwijo, Uthwel'uthuli lwezitho…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link…
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
The shards of South Africa’s fragmented history share a common thread throughout; at the core is a struggle for equality and visibility. Over the course of the…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
Before presenting the history and impact of resistance photography we must consider the historical moment in which resistance photography in South Africa came…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
Mr President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Your Excellency, Dr Boutrous Boutrous Ghali, Secretary General of the United Nations, …
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
Mr. Chairman, Members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades and friends, Compatriots, I came on Thursday, having spent a whole week…