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PlaceLibya
… foreign rule for centuries until it gained independence in 1951. Soon after oil was discovered and earned the country immense wealth. Colonel Gaddafi seized…
Address to the Congress of the People - Libya Tripoli, 19 March 1999
… our own struggle against racist apartheid rule. It remains in our memories and spurs us on to help lighten the plight of … I shall be undertaking before…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the workshop for Human Rights Education Durban, 21 September 1994
… Delegates to this Workshop on Human Rights Education in Africa, Ladies and Gentlemen It is a special privilege for me to address this workshop on Human…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… revolution was affecting the lives of everybody living in Southern Africa. By the 1920s, one or more members of … farms, on the mines or doing some other…
ArchiveUnited Nations Security Council Address on Arusha Peace Process, by Nelson Mandela, 29 September 2000, New York USA
… world body on progress and the current state of affairs in the Burundi Peace Process. Our role as facilitator of the … the leaders of that region saw fit to…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Mercosur Heads of State Summit Ushuaia, 24 July 1998
… of us that we do so. It is therefore a great honour, in the last months of my public life, to join with such … and social justice;what it is to confront a…
Address to the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process 29 September 2000 Mr President Honourable Members of the Security Council
… world body on progress and the current state of affairs in the Burundi Peace Process. Our role as Facilitator of the … the leaders of that region saw fit to…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 102th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… his soul, and the souls of all our fallen comrades, rest in peace. Comrade Madiba exemplified the importance of … objectives of the National Democratic…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Honoris Causa Degree Ceremony, at the Salón de Diputados, Old Congress, Santiago, Chile, 7 June 2005
… from one of the pre-eminent universities of the world. In all humility and with sincerest gratitude, I accept this … that this important conclave of…
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… CHAIRPERSON: Zondeni Veronica . We welcome you Mrs Sobukwe in this hearing and we will ask Reverend Xundu to help you … Thank you. Mr Chairperson, she has…
PlaceFort Wynyard
… On June 11, 1795, a squadron of British warships anchored in False Bay. In reaction the commander of the Cape forces ordered that a new battery, Kijk-in-de…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon Levy were born in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from … the Yeoville Boys’ primary school and Athlone…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… of the homeland of Bophuthatswana. Mangope came to power in Bophuthatswana in 1966 during the reign of former Prime Minister B J … corruption and…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… May. This is to commemorate those who volunteer their time in assisting these organisations in caring for vulnerable communities. The Red Cross Society was…
EventHelen Suzman is born
… and Anti-Apartheid activist, Helen Suzman , was born in Germiston, South Africa. During her 36 years in Parliament she defended the right to freedom of…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… A Grand Heritage : Malians express great pride in their ancestry. Mali is the cultural heir to the … savannah. These empires controlled Saharan trade and…
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
… On December 2 this year, thousands of workers will gather in Durban, the birth place of COSATU, to celebrate the tenth … not only for COSATU members, but for…
PlaceMagnet Theatre, Cape Town
… Theatre is an independent physical theatre company founded in 1987 in order to produce Jennie Reznek’s first one-man performance “Cheap Flights”. Then in…
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… the Nationalist Government police shot down and killed in cold blood 18 unarmed and undefended, unsuspecting, … it was indeed the violence of white minority…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… Sbongiseni Dladla (SD): How did you feel in hearing the street would be named after you Gogo? Lulu … be named after you? LD: Yes my child, because 2 years…
PlaceSão Tomé and Príncipe
… were uninhabited before these islands were discovered in about 1470, by Portuguese navigators . In the late 15th Century the Portuguese sent out settlers to …
ArchiveThe Fragility of Existence by David Goldblatt (www.aperture.org), 6 February 2018
… earlier photography prepared me for the work in her book Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain (2017). No hint of what she has done here could I find in my…
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… St Lucia Wetland Park and the Maloti Drakensberg Park. In the 1840's, it became known as the British Colony of Natal, though Zululand (KwaZulu in Zulu)…
Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
… of the late Dr K Goonam, who is a well-known activist in Durban. She was also one the first Indian woman to … of you, yourself. VC: Well,…
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… for Joburg’s uber cool party central you’ll find it in ‘Braam’." Filled with students, fixie bike hipsters … been this way, but its long history starts off…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… Essa Moosa was born in District Six, Cape Town on 8 February 1936.[i] He was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. Moosa was a former … of Democratic…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the Seventh Provincial Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, 5 February 1954, Durban
… In the name of Afrika and Freedom I greet you all! AFRIKA! … AFRIKA! MAYIBUYE! INKULULEKO NGESIKHATHI SETHU (Freedom in Our Lifetime)! Let us sing together…
PlaceRiverside Mosque and Mausoleum, Umgeni, Durban
… the celebrated Hajee Soofie who immigrated to South Africa in 1895. He was responsible for the construction of 11 other … and the laying out of a number of…
Freedom Day Call by Albert Luthuli, 3 June 1956
… In his national Freedom Day Call, ANC President-General … Albert Lutuli calls on all lovers of freedom in our land to commemorate the past deeds for freedom…
PlaceNdabeni
… The racially segregated suburb of Ndabeni was established in about May 1901 near Maitland,North of Pinelands and some 8 … . It owes its origins to the…