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Oration by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Moses Kotane, 26 May 1978, Moscow
… My first contact with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove…
Oration at the Funeral of Moses Kotane by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, 26 May 1978
… My first contact with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove…
Address by Mandela to the CBI conference London, 10 July 1996
… Lords; Ladies and Gentlemen. I have had the rare pleasure in the short time that I have been in the United Kingdom to savour the hospitality of the … British…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Sindile Moya
… Sindile Moya was head prefect in Zimasa Higher Primary School in Langa during 1976. He was involved in protests on the ground, as well as helping to organise…
EventAlan Paton is born
… Steward Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province. Paton graduated from Maritzburg College in 1918; he went…
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… The basic concept of cellular phones began in 1947, when researchers began to examine crude mobile (car) … S. Engel, head of research at AT&T's Bell…
EventCPSA is founded
… of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July to 1 August 1921, however, the party was founded on 29 July 1921 in Cape…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… tuition charging, English medium boys high school located in Brooklyn, Pretoria- South Africa . Founded in 1901 by The Hon. Lord Milner . Its academic…
Document 64 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
… July 1936. To the I.S. L.C.I. (B.L.) Dear Comrade Adolphe, In answer to your enquiries in your letter of 10th May 1936 I am giving you some … self contained…
61. Segregation reduces our people to helotry
… Bill of 1930 threatened to impose segregation upon Indians in the Transvaal. Albert Christopher was alarmed by its implications. There is a trace of despair…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… The African National Congress of South Africa, founded in January 1912, got a lot of support from Mahatma Gandhi, … a century ago, on January 8, 1912, was a…
Archive1997 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 1997
… upon us, once more affording us the opportunity to account in a comprehensive manner to the citizens on the awesome … they have mandated us to fulfill. All…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 1) by Thabo Mbeki, 21 March, 2016
… to a comrade to engage him on an article he had written in one of the local newspapers to engage him on one of the … a [neo-liberal] structural adjustment…
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… of human rights activists, after June 1976, arrived in Lesotho in droves. By 1977 it was around 10-15 persons arriving … of the homelands where jobs were few…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… The Port Elizabeth City Hall, which is located in Market Square, was built between 1858 and 1862. The attractive clock tower was only added in 1883. The City…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… as a temporary measure, to operate for three years, in order to provide time for a new commission, The Natal … to investigate all aspects of Indian life and…
Memorandum by Ben Turok before the ANC`s Morogoro Conference and a "Reply" by Joe Matthews, 5 April 1969, Morogoro
… The present discussion will be based largely on experiences in Dar es Salaam and on information obtained from other … from time to time. . . . WHAT IS WRONG?…
PlaceTunisia
… 800,000 people, though over 60% of the population lives in urban centres. The large majority of Tunisians are Arab … what is now Tunisia when she founded the…
Address at the Opening of the Second Session of the South African-Algerian Bi-National Commission, 17 October 2001
… of Africa. Naturally, as we review our work, we will do so in the context of our common desire to consolidate the … within the framework of the new approach…
Document 26 - Nelson Mandela’s reply to F. W. De Klerk
… the working class and the need to consolidate democracy in our country. Various inputs were made in the workshop. The workshop focused among others issues: -…
PlacePella
… In the mid-1880s a huge Cathedral was built in the Bushmanland desert oasis of Pella by French … Sales who, incidentally, is the patron saint of writers. In…
PlaceMalawi
… Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô in Guinea-Bissau and the mountain range of southern Malawi … species like turtles and manatees…
EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… Bafana striker Philimon Masinga died at 49 years old in a Johannesburg hospital after a long battle with cancer. Masinga was born on 28 June 1969 in…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… Chauke, South Africa's most wanted fugitive, was captured in Nelspruit. He was arrested at a roadblock in Nelspruit near South Africa's border with Swaziland…
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… possible by a donation from Durban businessman T.B. Davis, in remembrance of his son Howard who killed in the Battle of the Somme in WWI. The Natal…
EventJohn Thomas Baines, South African painter, traveller and writer, is born
… John Thomas Baines was born in England on 27 November 1820. Apprenticed to a coach painter at a young age, he left for South Africa in 1842 to work as a…
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… Boutros Boutros Ghali was born in Egypt on 14 November 1922 into a prominent Coptic … International Relations, and was appointed as a Professor in both these…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… and the Botswana National Language Committee was born in Moruleng, Rustenburg district. His teaching career started in the Orange Free State in 1935. He was…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon of the conference of editors 6 September 1994
… express my heartfelt thanks for the invitation to partake in such a sumptuous meal and share some views with you. I … I readily obliged. I did so because no…
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
… 60 feet on Smith Street, bought from the widow, Ms.Rossouw in 1801. The purchaser, Johannes Bissinger, wasted no time in erecting the Building and in taking…