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Funeral of Sean MacBride: Oliver Tambo, 05 May 1988
… As a young man, Sean MacBride, an Irishman, spent time in prison for his part in the struggle for independence of his own people. From 1973 … as United…
EventHip Hop Pantsula, the South African rapper is born
… Tsambo, stage name Hip Hop Pantsula or HHP was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 14 September 1980.[1] Hip Hop Pantsula was raised in Mmabatho, and…
PlaceIrma Stern Museum
… prolific and powerful artists who played a leading role in introducing avant-garde art to the country. Born in 1894 in South Africa, Irma Stern receives her…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Conference of the Association of African Universities: Cape Town, 22 February 2005.
… and participants at this important Conference. You meet in our country at the beginning of the First Century of the … the elimination of the colour line as a…
PlaceGreatmore Studios
… Greatmore Studios was established in 1988 but only registered as an NPO in 2007. It is an artist residency and centre with studios and exhibition space in…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… The Johannesburg's Stock Exchange (JSE) is established in Johannesburg to facilitate the explosion of trade sparked by the discovery of gold in the…
Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
… We come here this morning with our hearts heavy in mourning as we lay a wreath on the grave of one so special … for him and her undying loyalty played no…
PlaceLuderitz, Namibia
… Luderitz is a quaint harbour town on the Atlantic Coast in Namibia . It boasts German history, art-deco architecture … and excursions to the ghost town of…
PlaceVredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West
… seafarers sought a trade route to link Europe and the East in order to cut out the Arab middlemen who controlled the … by Manuel I of Portugal, was the first…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… been articulated eloquently by our illustrious leaders in the past, providing us with the blueprint on which to base … When welcoming the formation of this…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
… Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29…
EventAmanzimtoti blast kills five
… Five civilians were killed and forty injured in a bomb explosion in the Sanlam shopping centre in Amanzimtoti , Natal South Coast. Umkhonto we Siswe (MK) …
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… work. Over the course of her life, she has written in almost every genre, and has been published in at least 13 different languages. She continues to win ……
Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
… Have you ever expressed any views yourself in regard to the advantages or disadvantages of a non-violent … do you consider there are any advantages to be…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… Artist George Msimang was born on 26 October 1948 in Durban. Msimang's interest in art began at school although art was not offered as a subject. He left…
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… exploitation of elephant herds on a massive scale began in the 1970s. Organized gangs of poachers used automatic … tusks through several African countries to…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
… Bafana played against the German national soccer team in an international friendly match, in Dusseldorf in Germany. The game was part of Bafana Bafana's…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… as a loyal Natalian, first came to South Africa as a child in 1850. He later became a journalist and political leader, … George Robinson. He became the owner…
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
… Institutions such as yours play an important part in preparing our officers to assume their proper role as peacemakers and peacekeepers, as envisaged in the…
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
… a bearing on the type of future leadership we must seek. In the normal course of events someone acquitted of a criminal charge should be left in peace and in…
PlacePaternoster, West Coast
… on whites Dunes, and of Bokkoms (dried Fish), drying in the wind. Paternoster, one of the Oldest Villages in the West Coast Area encapsulating this sun…
PlacePageview
… was popularly known) is one of the oldest communities in the Western suburbs of Johannesburg, and one of the first … areas) established under the government…
EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
… academic and human rights and gender activist who born in Grey Street Durban on the 12th August 1928. She was the … of Southern Africa. Fatima was the second…
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… Walter Sisulu joined the ANC in 1940. He was elected to the executive committee of the ANC Youth League in 1944 and in 1949, was instrumental in the ANC's…
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… their political activities. After the banning of the ANC in 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations Act, Gwala became active in underground structures of the…
ArchiveChapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T.
… Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President on 10 May 1994. All over the world the ANC … replaced those of the old regime. Our Chief Representative in London,…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
… poor and underdeveloped, with elements of the South found in the North and vice versa. Today, the processes of globalisation, in particular the information…
From retirement to parliament
… of Rights,' adopted by the ANC Annual Conference.) Preface In the following pages the reader will find what has been … dynamic way of directing the attention…
No Arms for South Africa: Albert Luthuli, 8 May 1963
… (An appeal sent to the people of the United Kingdom in May 1963 through the Anti-Apartheid Movement) I greet all … lovers of freedom, wherever they may be…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
… and Bridglal Pachai M. K. Gandhi founded Indian Opinion in June 1903 to assist Indians in fighting for their civil liberties. It played a vital role in…