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Chapter 28. I Fight Back
… had been discussing what action the union should take. In the event of Swart making an attack upon me or any other … proved them!). But the show of the ugly…
PlaceThe Space
… In 1970 Brian Astbury, a Professional Photographer, was hired … time with the group and followed them as they performed in various venues. [ii] He was…
PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… ,'Groot Tuin'. The 'Groot Tuin' was first established in March 1743 and formed an integral part of Baron Van … vegetables and meat. By the end of 1792 the…
PlaceSt Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town
… In 1799, during the first British occupation of the Cape, the … to be ineffective as a theatre and fell into disuse, and in 1838 Dr Adamson, of the…
PlaceOld Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth
… was H.S Greaves who completed the Parliament Buildings in Cape Town. The entire complex on erf 3787 was declared a … Police Station (and Police barracks) was…
Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
… this magnificent City Hall, the site of many great events in the history of France. These hallowed halls witnessed the … our country too has lived through…
PlaceStendahl Mission
… Mission Society, Gueldenpfennig, acquired the mission land in 1860. By 1924 the land was subdivided and the major share … Zululand. They also established the…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… old man looks like. Having observed the media speculation in recent weeks about my retirement and pending demise, I am … present today for exactly that…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… started off by having its meetings and services in the old Johannesburg church building on Von Brandis … newsletter, "Irenenuus", was published for the first…
Document 60 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936
… owe you an explanation of the changed circumstances which in our opinion require that for the time being the Workers … for the benefit of all; the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign, 11 June 1988, Wembley Stadium, London
… Mandela: Freedom at 70 Campaign!" What exhilaration to see in front of us a hundred thousand people and to sense the … of a great human being who, for…
Statement at the Launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign by O. R. Tambo, Wembley Stadium, London, 11 June 1988
… Mandela: Freedom at 70 Campaign!" What exhilaration to see in front of us a hundred thousand people and to sense the … of a great human being who, for…
Peace Treaty of Vereeniging - transcript
… SOUTH AFRICA General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, Command in Chief AND His Excellency Lord Milner, High Commissioner, … agree on the following Articles. 1…
ArchiveFederation
… SOUTH AFRICA General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, Command in Chief AND His Excellency Lord Milner, High Commissioner, … agree on the following Articles. 1…
Address On World Aids Day, 1 December 1999
… we mark World AIDS Day. As South Africans, we participate in the World AIDS Day events as part of our ongoing support … of the dangers that HIV/AIDS poses to…
EventWorldwide speculation begins that a bright flash detected over the southern Indian Ocean was a South African nuclear test
… In the early hours of 22 September 1979, an American Vela … near the Prince Edward Islands, South African territory in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean, and…
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary Budapest, 3 May 1999
… of a people who achieved liberation with your help. In our time of need we were inspired by the international … matter of great pride that the international…
ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
… the policy of aggression towards neighbouring states in the 1980s. Known as “destabilisation”, the policy caused … argue before the Truth and Reconciliation…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the first Triennial Conference of the Methodist church of South Africa Durban, 17 July 1998
… Guests; When I met with you at your annual conference in Umtata in 1994, we were all still celebrating the fresh victory of … people. As a nation we had…
Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
… for Full Democratic Rights [1943] PURPOSE OF THIS PAMPHLET In this pamphlet the "Anti-C.A.D. Committee" is going to tell … people, and so that you will…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… But it’s sometimes tempting to ask where his successors in that respect are, because we rarely hear or read about … of media creates the illusion we can…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… contact they had lost. At night their bodies slumped in sleep through sheer exhaustion. The work routine repeated itself in the endless rising and setting of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
… public opinion of the injustice of colour bar laws in South Africa, particularly the "Ghetto" Act, and to advise … the Joint Council to proceed to the United…
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
… Pachai The South African Indian Congress was formed in 1923 to fight the 'principle of segregation' embodied in the Class Areas Bill. The first move to form…
PlaceZonderwater
… Situated in the Highveld of Gauteng, just outside Cullinan near … of war camps by the Allies! Zonderwater was set up in 1941, during World War II,…
PlaceDutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
… South African Missionary Society, established a ministry in Wagenmakersvallei in 1796 and ministered to slaves and to detribalised Khoikhoi … people who…
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… of the Tetela ethnic group, Patrice Emery Lumumba was born in the Katakokombe region of the Kasai Province of Belgian Congo. Lumuba became involved in…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… two nights of unrest on charges of inciting riots in Stanleyville. He was then set free in time to attend the Round Table Conference in Brussels, where his…
EventThe official launch of the SABC
… In 1934, General James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog, prime … an official investigation into all aspects of Broadcasting in South Africa. The investigation…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… On retiring as prime minister after twelve years in office, B.J. Voster was elected to the unprecedented … honorary position of State President. However, his…