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… I thank you sincerely for it. Three years ago we joined in celebrating the achievement of freedom in South Africa. It was a victory that was as much yours as … for our liberation was one that you made your own, not in any distant way but as freedom fighters sharing the …

… and people of South Africa, I am indeed happy to be in this historic city to re-affirm and reconfirm a … This colonial rule which used the same logic whether here in the northern most part of our common continent, or in the southern tip of the same continent, is aptly captured …

… it will mean an extcnsion of Party activity particularly in the country districts. We have reached a stage now where, … thanks to the paper, the Party has become widely known in the country districts. What is wanted now is consolidation and the building up of branches in the areas where the paper now circulates. We have recently …

… Monarch following the death of his father, King Cyprian in 1968 and brief regency that lasted until 1971 when he … Buthelezi , Chief Minister of Kwa-Zulu were strained, and in 1972 Zwelithini's position was declared as only … loggerheads. Buthelezi accused Zwelithini of interfering in party politics in violation of his role as a ceremonial …

… Lindeberg won the European Barefoot Water-Skiing title in 1977.[i] Peter won his first South African powerboat racing title, as well as set a world record in the ramp jump in barefoot water-skiing in 1981.[ii] He won the British …

… George Heys, a young man from Durban, made his fortune in the diamond rush in Kimberley by establishing a successful coach … British architect WT Vale to design him a house. In 1886, the three-storey stately Victorian mansion complete …

… (prior to 1910) Philipton was established in 1829 as a station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of Dr John Philip, who was Superintendent of the … of the rights of indigenous people, his book "Researches in South Africa", published in 1828, antagonised both Dutch …

… He will be here to talk about his memoir. Allister will be in conversation with John Maytham . Please note this event … the restoration of the beautiful Château de la Creuzette in France.  Also available in Afrikaans. More here . Wednesday 16th March, 5.30 for 6pm …

… In 1922, following the strikes and bloodshed in Johannesburg in the early months of that year, of which much history has …

… The central African region in which the Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) … when European powers competed for territory and resources in Africa. The Kongo Kingdom was first explored by the Portuguese, who traded in goods and slaves with local chiefs, but it was only in …

… said about the significance of this Congress for COSATU in particular, and indeed for the entire trade union movement … of the Government of National Unity. To take part in a gathering of this nature, bringing together part of the … of a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa in which there is social equity is the mission and ANC set …

… In 1902, the end of the Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. Plans were being made to reorganize the educational facilities in the Transvaal . These had virtually ceased to exist on the …

… bye Felicia. But what impact do these shifts really have? In case you missed it, SABC acting group CEO Jimi Matthews … and I can no longer be a part of it,” Matthews said, in a resignation letter addressed to the chair of the SABC’s … your boy”, after thanking the radio station for its role in his career.  While Molefe didn’t give a reason for his …

… 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.W. Botha in August. President De Klerk started South Africa on the road to full democracy. In February,1990, he freed Nelson Mandela and unbanned the …

… 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, which was established in 1910 by the British government under the premiership of …

… seem to be turning up everywhere lately. Rendered loosely in modern English, they mean, “You can drive out nature with … have always been ciphers for Truth. Take the death in detention of Ahmed Timol in 1971. As the twenty-second person to die in the custody of …

… area offers a smorgasbord of adrenalin-pumping adventures in a tranquil environment of natural perennial beauty. … is home to the highest density of Great White Sharks in the World and from July to December, the temporary home … with the Sea and the Harbour is still the point of gravity in Town for fishing and boating. If you need a craftsman on …

… 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 department head of the SAP Security Branch in the Orange Free State, testified that he was given orders …

… (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 breaking news in  South Africa serving all forms of media ranging from … television and the internet. The news content is supplied in text and multimedia formats, such as photographs and …

… have come to celebrate with you fifty years of achievement in activating the conscience of the world for peace and on … that human rights are the rights of all people everywhere. In doing so you helped vindicate the struggles of the oppressed for their freedom. To us in South and outhern Africa, and indeed the entire continent, …

… international community expected the new South Africa born in 1994 to lead the campaign for respect of human rights especially in Africa. The first major test which faced our late President Mandela in this regard was at the 1995 Commonwealth Heads of …

… rapidly towards our emancipation. We must, however, in the first instance express our deepest appreciation to you … remaining political prisoners will be released, hopefully in the near future. Let us assure you that despite the … I knew from the very first day of our incarceration that in the end it would prove impossible for the apartheid system …

… meet this friendly and tolerant spirit' of the Government. In the following document, S.A.I.C. deputy-president J. W. … to emerge. The agreement created the office of the Agent in South Africa, and provided for among other things an … extend to you a most hearty and warm welcome to take part in the deliberation of our sixth annual conference. I am …

… entrusting this task to the people of South Africa - and, in their name, in the name of the peoples of South Africa and Namibia, … people. Today we have listened to the message of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro. We should like to pay tribute to his …

… the most difficult decisions the NEC has ever had to take in the history of the ANC. We fully understand that the … recall him was not taken lightly, but it had to be taken in the interests of making the country move forward. The … party we need to sustain the confidence of our people in the ANC and its government. Once this level of confidence …

… Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian regions. Mali is bounded on the … functioning as the main trading and transport artery in the country. Sections of the river flood periodically, … livestock. Although Mali is one of the largest countries in Africa, it has a relatively small population, which is …

… try to find the answers to certain questions about people in the past. To do this they look for evidence of the people they are interested in. This means looking for places or sites where people lived … animals as well as stone or metal objects. They know that, in almost all cases, the oldest material will be at the …

… his open-ended visual essay about the things humans put up in nature, and the places around them – specifically those … constructions and configurations South Africans contrive in their environment – has the urgency and urge of a … understand and the obligation of an artist to portray.    In his latest exhibition, Structures of Dominion and …

… that 11 of the world's 20 fastest growing economies are in Africa, but when you talk about the economy, who are you … rich will benefit but the poor will always remain poor. In China, the economy is booming, but the poverty rate there is appalling; the US economy is the biggest in the world, but poverty there is appalling, too. So when …

… Rivers. Mapungubwe developed into the largest kingdom in the sub-Continent before it was abandoned in the 14th Century. What survives are the almost untouched … that led to far-reaching cultural and social changes in Southern Africa between AD 900 and 1300. The remains in …