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Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, Cape Town, June 7, 2006.
… Fellow South Africans: The Deputy President, the Minister in the Presidency and I are honoured to have the opportunity to engage in dialogue with the…
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at teh Development Planning Summit Hosted by the Intergovernmental Forum, 27 November 1995
… STRATEGIC VISION FOR SOUTH AFRICA" At his inauguration in May 1994, President Mandela declared, "We have at last … deprivation, suffering, gender and other…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… that preparations were being made for Response Government in the Transvaal, Indians presented their case before the … They were worried because past…
EventJohn Kani was born on this day
… On this day Bonisile John Kani was born in New Brighton, in the Eastern Cape. He matriculated at Newell High School … love for theatre led him to work with…
PlaceCity Hall, Port Elizabeth
… 1974. 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…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… South African National Monument, yes on wheels, is resting in the Museum railway yard at SANRASM, Krugersdorp. This Kitson locomotive was, in 1983, the…
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… Neville Edward Alexander was born on 22 October, 1936 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He went on to complete three university degrees in History and German at the…
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… problem' or the Armblankevraagstuk as it was referred to in Afrikaans, was a significant political issue in South Africa in the late 19th century and first…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was marked by a call for his release by China. This was…
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… He arrived at the Cape with astronomer Thomas McClear in 1834 whom he worked for until his dismissal in 1835. After marrying Jane Elizabeth Hawthorne, he set…
EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
… Eric Clifford “Cliff” Drysdale was born in Nelspruit on 26 May 1941.[i] He was widely regarded as one … best tennis players South Africa has ever produced…
Accuser insulted as Zuma hailed at court (IOL), 14 February 2006
… HIV-positive Aids activist who may not be named, has been in hiding for three months, for fear of intimidation. Shortly … against Zuma, the home of the…
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
… as a separate Crown Colony . The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters, especially from England , … a…
PlaceBattle of Muizenburg Monument, Muizenburg
… Given the turmoil in Europe and the importance of the Cape sea-route to India … gateway to the East. That fleet arrived off Simon’s Town in early June, 1795…
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 On 10 December 1996, the signatures on … Assembly. This Constitution is one of the most advanced…
PlaceSarah Baartman Centre for Women and Children, Manenberg
… This centre was established in memory of Sarah Baartman who was transported in 1810 from South Africa to Europe. The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… National Unity by which alone liberation can be achieved in this country, and the foundation of a true S. Africa … to buy the land", where the African…
Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
… While President Pierre Nkurunziza was stuck in Dar es Salaam tweeting up a storm, his former intelligence … over the country. Many welcomed the coup,…
52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914
… the ship that was to take him to England. It was completed in two or more installments, and appeared in Gujarati in the Golden Number of Indian Opinion,…
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 … by a…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… outpost for the French military. However, some territories in the region fiercely resisted colonialism, especially the … action, a decision was taken by the…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… was erected to commemorate the Jameson Raid of 1895/ 96, in which the Boer Commandos managed to prevent the Jameson’s invasion on 2 January 1896. In 2009 the…
Imijondolo
… Published in 1985, Imijondolo, (the isi Zulu word for a shack or … groundbreaking book documents how radically different life in the settlement was, despite…
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… South African prime minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, announced in a statement before the Supreme Court in Cape Town, that Dr. Kenneth Abrahams would be returned…
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… (ANC) from 1952 to 1967 and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1961, was one of South Africa's greatest leaders. In 1952, the Apartheid Government demanded that…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… maintain open communication links between the ANC Leaders in exile, at home and in prison. With the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, a decision was taken that…
EventA military coup deposes the Lesotho Government
… Army, ousted Lesotho prime minister Chief Leabua Jonathan in a military coup. Jonathan had been prime minister since … control over Lesotho when the king's…
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom
… away from Natal and heading inland and eventually settling in the northern Free State . Potgieter was born in the Graaff Reinet district in the Cape Colony…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… Benjamin D'Urban was born in Suffolk, England and joined the British Army in 1793. He soon rose to prominence, serving in most major battles, including…
EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… a reunion. Clapham wanted to remember those who had fallen in the war by ultimate testing of body and mind, and … the 1921 Race was won by Bill Rowan who…