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ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela on Women’s Day, Pretoria, 9 August 1996
… created one of the enduring landmarks of our country's history. They declared that women would insist on their role in making history. Then, they vowed to a…
Deployment of Racism in South Africa by Rooha Variava
… racism is interpreted in psychologistic terms, and its history and practice are seen as the product of the … in Capital, State and White Labour . While…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… to the task I have. It is for others to write the complete history of IDAF and I cannot begin to thank all those who … have worked for the Fund and who have…
Address at the launch of the Kruger National Park Centenary Celebrations Skukuza, 26 March 1998
… as poorly rewarded labour. We recall these threads in our history not to decry the foresight of those who established … the responsibility for enhancing…
ArchiveBackground to the 20th anniversary of Republic Day, 31st May 1981
… represive legislation, labour unrest, school boycotts, civil war, and the rights of citizenship. …
Work and education
… FW de Klerk established the Education Co-ordination Service to manage education during the political transition …
Local Government
… did not understand the need for such a compulsory service. The condition of the town’s main public … this time. In November 1890, a rudimentary volunteer…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… Dadoo in 2009, SAHO is, as part of its rewriting of the history of the liberation movement, updating its material on … impulses of the time that might have…
The oldest forms of human communication
… the printed word can be misleading. For example, certain history books taught, inaccurately, that Africans arrived in … them as 'primitive', and paid very…
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… in bringing peace and stability to Burundi following the civil war in that country. …
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
… took a resistance pledge. Messages such as "After all civil resistance had its birth in Asia" and "Jesus was an … SAHO, General History Timeline 1940's ,…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… Development Program (RDP). 13 December: COSATU and various civil society organisations unite to march against … Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU) and the Police…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… Photograph by Shadrack Nkomo © Bailey's African History Archive. Numerous factors characterised the … to pay fees amounting to R51.20 that included…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… Murray a sum of 35 Rixdollars per month for Jean Elle’s service. At the death of Murray, which occurred after Jean … Community of Cape Town. However, the…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… blend into the mass of Africans surprisingly well, yet the service role of the Africans is apparent in their dress. … to gain than to lose. During the states…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… constitutes an especially noteworthy moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa women – … in Bloemfontein requiring domestic…
PlaceHillside House, 14 Bird Street, Port Elizabeth
… Port Elizabeth citizens, including its Harbour Master, the Civil Commissioner and James Somers Kirkwood, after whom the …
46. The Gandhi-Smuts compromise explained
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … that we are magnanimous. To take an example. If, by way of…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… all forms of social and political ills. Given our common history as a people that were oppressed, we share the belief … point of world interest and concern…
SAAAH: “Reception / Perception”
… problematises issues surrounding the discipline of art history and art criticism, the latter being a field still … A panel discussion on changes in the…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Organisational Renewal, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… who had an outstanding track record and unbroken service, there is a persuasive argument that living veterans … honoured by the movement for their loyalty…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer and political activist murdered on 19 …
PlaceCentlivres, a Railway Siding-16 Km from Uitenhage
… who emigrated to South Africa in 1820, and served as Civil Commissioner of the Uitenhage District from 1849 until … who emigrated to South Africa in 1820,…
Statement on ANC central number and information line, 10 October 2005
… and elections. Members of the public can also use the service to join the ANC or make donations. The same number … ANC national spokesperson, Smuts Ngonyama,…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VII - “The Missionary Charter”
… Mpondo chief, Faku. This was done, states Walker in his "History of South Africa," "in the hope that they would … Calderwood engaging even the lately…
A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
… of various movements who at different times in our history have laid down their lives or made other sacrifices … On that day let everyone who can attend the…
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
… to accept electoral defeat plunged Angola back into civil war. …
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… unwavering support to our struggle. These moments in our history demonstrate our ability to come together, even under … and smarter. We will expect the…
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… and created and ran the new administration – a new public service organization – and new democratic political … of the dignity of our people stolen from them…