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Address on Accepting an Honarary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 30 April 1999
… of development and the enlargement of freedom. It is in this spirit that I accept this double honour in the name of our people. These two awards, one made…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF PIETERMARITZBURG Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997
… South African nation. It is a tribute to their achievement in building democracy, peace and unity upon the ashes of … deflected from their struggle to end…
EventFormer Minister of Public Works, Thoko Didiza, is born
… Angela Thoko Didiza was born in Durban in 1965. Didiza became Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs in 1999 and in 2006 she became Minister of Public…
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… as the new State President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. De Klerk had been Acting State President since … 1989, following the abdication of President P…
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… In March 1961, at a Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers held in London, the South African Prime Minister, H.F. Verwoerd … the Union of South Africa,…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Organisational Renewal, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… Introduction 1. From the debates in the commissions, it is clear that we all regard … movement to examine and deal with organisational questions in response…
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… of struggle, defeat and renewal. There is a continuity in our resistance to apartheid which encompasses a noble … aspirations. We rededicated ourselves to…
Chapter XIV - End of an era
… I drove back alone to Johannesburg, to my comfortable home in a white suburb, to my comfortable white life; my well-paid … I had told Violet Weinberg that I…
PlaceOld Lutheran Church, Kroondal
… German speaking farmers, artisans and entrepreneurs living in and around the village of Kroondal, on 2 August 1896. By that time a church had already been…
PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
… NMC legislation on 29 June 1938. After the Jameson Raid in 1896, President Paul Kruger of the "Zuid-Afrikaansche … of the four Forts constructed during 1897…
EventGreat Trek Centenary Celebrations commence
… involved the Boers leaving the Cape Colony and settling in the interior of South Africa. White settlement led to the … was the general dissatisfaction with…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… the Minister of Defence and leader of the National Party in the Cape Province as new Prime Minister and Party leader. … that had rocked the Department of…
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… In early 1966 John Lennon was reading about Christianity and … me." The comment was typically provocative and was ignored in Britain. Only five months later…
PlaceFicksburg
… The town was founded by General Johan Fick in 1867 who won the territory in the Basotho Wars. Ficksburg is situated in the Eastern Free State between the…
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… wish to draw your attention to the dangerous implications in the resolutions on in farm labour which will be moved at a special congress of the Transvaal…
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… Road, is a Memorial to 400 of Kimberley’s Men who died in the Great War (World War I) between 1914 and 1918. … on 11 November 1918, the Peace Treaty was…
Duties as Minister of the Interior, Resettlement, Township Administration, Inkatha and KwaZulu politics
… Mdlalose, KwaZulu Minister of the Interior at his offices in Ulundi. Please note that the times are for guidance only … - 08:40 - Career as a doctor 08:40 -…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… Architectural merit and any Historical interest resides in the fact that the graves of the Fitzpatrick family are … Kirkwood, an auctioneer from Port…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Racism against Indians
… compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 Evictions in Benoni and Non-European Unity On Wednesday night hundreds … against the fascist action of the Benoni…
Address at the Commonwealth Business Forum, Johannesburg 9 November 1999
… Ladies and Gentlemen: I am honoured to join others in welcoming you to this second meeting of the Commonwealth … As you know, the inaugural meeting of the…
EventSouth African Press Association is established
… (SAPA) was established as a non-governmental institution in 1938 by South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the … It is a primary institution of…
EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
… An unnamed person was killed in a car bomb explosion at the home of Chris Hani, then Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) commander in Lesotho. Eben Frederick Coetzee, a…
How Zweli ‘misled’ Khwezi, 17 September 2017
… commissioner Mulangi Mphego flirted with Kuzwayo in the safe house in which she was staying and asked her to sit on his lap. … sex with Zuma; and - The night…
Briefing to organisation of African Unity Kampala, September 8, 1990
… (In a speech to the fifth session of the OAU Ad Hoc Committee … Africa, Nelson Mandela dealt with the wave of violence in South Africa, and said that certain…
Document 16 - F. W. de Klerk’s speech at the opening of Parliament
… framework develop a conceptual paper for discussion in the Alliance and the Federation; Convene an Alliance … of the programme and clear timelines. Reach an…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… there may be a so-called Right wing, Centre and Left wing in the Congress. To me it is a healthy sign in any organisation when people freely express their…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
… its ordinary meeting yesterday, the 12th October 2009, in Johannesburg at Luthuli House, ANC Headquarters. The … of the alliance, and confirm that the…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… launched its 62nd Anniversary programme at a Gala Dinner in Midrand at the Gallagher Estate. The theme for this 62nd … decided that this 62nd Anniversary…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… note. However it was spacious and well built, and remains in its original condition. Only the tall trees that formerly … been removed. The land was acquired…
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
… a view to amending section 20 of the Natal University Act, in that unlimited discretionary power is entrusted to … College. 2. That this mass meeting…