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Address by President Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of South Africa
… Address by His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of the Republic of … Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… BY: JADE DAVENPORT CREAMER MEDIA CORRESPONDENT One of the most curious realities of South Africa’s mining history is that the precise details relating to…
EventThe fall of the fortress town of Tobruk
… The fall of the of the fortress town of Tobruk was a major blow to the Allied forces during World … and equipment as well as containing substantial number of…
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front, their names are Nthatho Harrison … National Congress, Eric Mafuna he was the president of black…
EventBus drivers strike because of lack of protection
… Bus drivers, who were members of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), a COSATU affiliate, went on strike because of lack of protection from…
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… The Honourable President of the University, Esteemed Members of the Convocation, … rights as our response to the pretensions of the apartheid state. In 1988,…
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… the genocide is usually identified as the shooting down of an airplane carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana … Commander Lieutenant General Dallaire…
EventDepartment of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approves ESKOM’s prototype 110MW pebble
… On 25 June 2003, the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approved the construction of a prototype pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR)…
Constitution of the friends of United Democratic Front
… Constitution of the friends of United Democratic Front. By this constitution there shall … be established a body corporate to be know as the friends of…
EventMadikizela Mandela is accused of misuse of funds
… South Africa's deputy minister of arts, culture, science and technology and the ANC Women's … Winnifred Madikizela-Mandela (Winnie), was accused of misusing…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
… Compatriots: On the occasion of the 94th anniversary of the formation of the African … needed to speed up social transformation, strengthen the state…
Appeal by Oliver Tambo to the people of the world on the 75th anniversary of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987
… On January 8, 1987, we observed the 75th anniversary of our movement, the African National Congress. This historic … at a critical moment in the struggle for…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… million, with cuts in deficit spending, but an increase of 15 per cent in social spending. To help fund increased … (SAPS), which was responsible for…
BiographyLot Kgagudi Maredi
… was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support. This led to the suspension of … November 1957. His banishment was justified…
BiographyMolefi Nathanael Oliphant
… Oliphant was born on 6 March 1952 in Kroonstad, Free State. He started his career as a teacher in 1975 at Lekoa … Shandu High School in Sharpeville, rising…
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front -Nthatho Harrison Motlana, Eric … Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front …
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… The trial of Reginald Sefatsa, Reid Mokoena, Moses Diniso, Theresa … "Sharpeville Six" opened on this date. They were accused of having killed the deputy…
PlaceCircle of Kramat's, Cape Town
… The circle of Kramats in Cape Town is a shrine to Muslim holy men buried … National disasters. Kramats or Mazaars, the holy shrines of Islam, mark the graves…
Statement of the South African Council of Churches
… various church bodies including the South African Council of Churches, the Christian Institute, IDAMASA, the World Council of Churches, ALCA and several…
BiographyMolefe Pheto
… teacher. In 1970, as a young man he was active member of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BMCA) for which he was detained in 1975. He was … of…
BiographyMartin Tose
… born in Germiston, Johannesburg during the first decade of Apartheid. His birth coincided with the ruling National … victory. The year was also characterised…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… Ethiopia had been one of the few states to survive "the scramble for Africa" by the … late 19th century. Both Italy and Ethiopia were members of the League…
BiographySchalk Burger
… Willem Burger was born on the 6 September 1852. At the age of 21 he worked as a clerk at Lydenburg in the office of the field coronet. During this period he…
Dora Nginza
… Sister Dora Nginza was affectionately known as the “Mother of New Brighton” as a result of her commitment to helping the sick and downtrodden and … known as…
BiographyNtwaesele “Fish” Keitseng
… Keitseng was born in Kanye, Botswana in 1919, the son of a peasant,the oldest of six children. At the age of 23, he came to South Africa as … from…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
… Honourable Minister of the National Intelligence Services, Ronnie Kasrils, … with inner-party discipline, leaving legal problems to the state and the…
BiographyFeroza Adam
… Nirvana High School. While studying for a Bachelor of Arts at the University Witwatersrand, she became active in … in various community organisations and…
Extract of a letter of 24 October 1935 from the COMMUNIST LEAGUE OFSOUTH AFRICA, Press Service ofthe Intemational Secretariat, International Communist League (B-l), ISNovember 1935
… Extract of a letter of 24 October 1935 from the COMMUNIST LEAGUE OFSOUTH AFRICA, …
Statement of the African National Congress of South Africa on the occasion of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
… Edited statement of the African National Congress of South Africa on the occasion of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet … Statement of…
Practical application of the ideology of Black Consciousness
… The memorandum outlines the practical application of Black Consciousness ideologies … Practical application of the ideology of Black Consciousness …