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ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
- Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 Victory is the sum total of the resolution of a whole succession of problems, a whole succession of factors. So …
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
Shamar Abduraghman Maduna Abednego Chiloane Abel Sibene Abishayi Mkhonza Abner …
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
In the early days of the Free State, citizenship was limited to the White population only. This became part of the constitution in 1854, and included those who…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
The overthrow of Portugal’s Prime Minister, Marcello Caetano, on 25 April 1974 hailed a watershed moment for the former Portuguese colonies of Mozambique,…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
South Africa has one of the longest sequences of human development in the world. It begins with two million years old hominid fossils. Human Origins South…
Indian education in Natal
1865 A report? Native Schools 1865? states that these were day and evening schools.Á‚ There was a Mr Earl?s school on the Isipingo plantation which was…
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
We here present and many thousands elsewhere are grateful to the Legal Resources Centre for taking the initiative in establishing a Bram Fischer Memorial…
ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
The Tribal Model of DemocracyIn his speech from the dock, at his 1962 trial for inciting African workers to strike and leaving the country without a passport,…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
April 6: People's Protest Day The African National Congress has served notice on the Government that the Non-European people can no longer go on tolerating …
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
The Prime Minister's Koffiefontein speech is very well-known and in a certain sense also an interesting speech. Adv. Vorster took this opportunity to reply to…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph We shall not rest until we have won for our children their fundamental right to freedom, justice and security. I…
IX - The Doctors
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa After receiving his head injury, Biko began to die. According to Professor Proctor, …
Address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Abuja, 3 October 2000
Your Excellency Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. Democracy and Renaissance in Africa: In…
Address By President Mandela - Opening Of The President’s Budget Debate Cape Town, 2 March 1999
Madame Speaker; Honourable Members; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a great honour to stand once again in this chamber in the debate on our government’s…
Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Durban 25 February 1990
Text in italics indicates where the address was delivered in Zulu. Friends, comrades, and the people of Natal, I greet you all. I do so in the name of peace,…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
100 000 BC Humans begin to migrate from Africa to other parts of the world 8500 BC – 6500 BC In the Sahara Desert region, the people develop the use…
Albert Luthuli`s speech to ceremony for presenting him the Christopher Gell Memorial Award, 21 October 1961, Port Elizabeth
I am deeply grateful to the members of the Christopher Gell Memorial Award Committee for giving me this unique opportunity to participate so prominently in the…
PlaceTunisia
Tunisia is bounded by Algeria to the west and southwest, by Libya to the southeast, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the east and north. Used as a Roman, Arab,…
ArchiveAppendix 6 Studies in Asia by Denis Goldberg
Comments and Personal Observations written in December 1991 as part of group reports at the end of our studies at Institut Tadbiram Awam Negara (INTAN), the…
Thabo’s pen versus perceptions by Tinyiko Maluleke (Sunday Independant), 24 January 2016
Since the rising of the sun of democracy upon the magnificent Drakensberg, none of the other sons of the soil on whom we have bestowed the title of president…
Archive'Winnie hired me to kill Dr Asvat' (Mail & Guardian), 05 September 1997
A sensational prison interview with M&G reporters uncovers new evidence linking Madikizela-Mandela to the murder of Dr Abu Baker Asvat. One of the two men…
Address by President Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of South Africa
Address by His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of the Republic of South Africa 09 May 2009 Your Majesties,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Accepting the Deutscher Medienpreis Baden-Baden, 28 January 1999
Master of Ceremonies; Distinguished guests, It is a distinct privilege and great honour to receive this esteemed prize tonight. You honour me not only by…
Dr. Nelson Mandela’s acceptance address at the Clark University Investiture Atlanta, Georgia, 10 July 1993
Mr. President, Distinguished members of the faculty, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a singular honour for me to stand before you today to receive this …
Everyone must take responsibility, 21 August, 2012 - Sahra Ryklief
On Thursday August 16, 34 striking miners were shot dead by police at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Rustenburg. It is not yet clear why the police were using live…
Address at the Dinner in honour of South African Olympians and Paralympians: Bryntirion Estate, Tshwane: 11 December 2004
Master of Ceremonies, Honourable Deputy President Jacob Zuma, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Premiers, Your Worship, Mayor of Tshwane…
Document 35 - Constitutional principles Schedule 4 of the Interim Constitution
COSATU is in a no-win situation: We are damned if we do and we are damned if we don't! In preparing for this article, I was reminded of a Se-Sotho saying: Ke…
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
Josiah Gumede, 1867-1946: An Historical Assessment"Gumede and John Dube are the pioneers who were the inspiration and foundation upon which the new leaders…
PlaceSea Point
Early HistoryFor years prior to European settlement, Sea Point formed part of the Gorachoqua and Goringhaiqua grazing paths, which stretched out to Hout Bay…
New tactics in the revolt
Reaction Takes the Offensive After the first attempted march on Johannesburg on 4 August, and the partial stay-at-home which kept at least 60 per cent of the…