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Address to the Nation on Radio Freedom by O. R. Tambo, 22 July 1985
Compatriots, Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle. Already in…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985
Compatriots, Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle. Already in…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
Mr President, I hope that Ministers Kobie Coetseeand Gerrit Viljoen have informed you that I deeply appreciate your decision in terms of which eight fellow…
ArchiveSpeech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela to members of the British parliament House of Commons, London, 5 May 1993
Address by Nelson Mandela to Members of the British Parliament, London - United Kingdom5 May 1993Chairperson, My Lords, Distinguished Members of Parliament,…
Address to the Joint Session of the houses of Congress of the U.S.A. Washington, D.C., June 26, 1990
Mr. Speaker, Mr. President; Esteemed Members of the United States Congress; Your Excellencies, Ambassadors and Members of the Diplomatic Corps; …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, Sandton Convention Centre, 2 April 2007
Director of Ceremonies, Distinguished delegates and guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank you most sincerely for giving me the opportunity to…
Chapter 7. An Afrikaner Working Mother
Anna Sophia Swanepoel (Told in 1950) I was born on 2nd April 1893, on Tapfontein Farm, Edenvale district, Orange Free State. My father was a small farmer. My…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
21 years ago, leading anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released by South African President F.W. de Klerk after spending 27 years in prison. His…
Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography by Daniel Gallan, 14 Jun 2017
How does a person place himself in the current South African discourse when he is young, white and male? As someone who ticks all three boxes, this is a…
David Goldblatt: oblique apartheid look by Kenneth Baker, 5 December 2012
"South Africa in Apartheid and After: David Goldblatt, Ernest Cole, Billy Monk," which opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art last weekend, will…
Address by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), 1 December 2010
1 December 2010 President of COSATU; General-Secretary of COSATU and other national officer bearers; Presidents and Leaders of Affiliated Unions; …
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by RIXAKA, January 1985
Question: In the January 8 statement of the National Executive Committee this year, prominent mention is given to the cultural field. How would you briefly…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Rixaka, 05 January 1985
Question: In the January 8 statement of the National Executive Committee this year, prominent mention is given to the cultural field. How would you briefly…
South Africa’s armed struggle: where the ANC’s ineptitude was a virtue by Howard Barrell (The Conversation), 10 July 2016, University of Pretoria
Whatever the virtues of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) – we are assured it still has a few – it was never any good at armed struggle…
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
Ottilie Abrahams was undoubtedly one of the most remarkable personalities of contemporary Namibia. She led through example as a political leader,grassroots…
PlacePageview
Fietas (as the place was popularly known) is one of the oldest communities in the Western suburbs of Johannesburg, and one of the first 'locations' (multi…
PlaceLesotho
Two-thirds of the Country of Lesotho consists of Mountains. The highest Peak, Mount Ntlenyana, is 3,482 Metres above sea level. The Drakensberg range forms the…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
Three years after his arrival at the Cape, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society, Dr John Philip, paid a visit to the Eastern Cape. His aim was to…
A Farewell To Madiba! National Assembly, Cape Town, March 26,1999.
Madame Speaker Chairperson of the Council of Provinces Honourable Members Mr President Isinamva liyabukwa Mhla wasabel'igwijo, Uthwel'uthuli lwezitho…
”The Global Information Infrastructure - What is at stake for The Developing World?” address to the Infodev Symposium, 9 November 1999
Chairperson Distinguished participants Ladies and Gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to address you this afternoon, your morning.I'm sorry that I cannot be…
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the 48th General Assembly of the World Medical Association (WMA) 25 October 1996
Introduction (Chairperson...) Minister Zuma Dr Moulin, President of the WMA Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to address this important…
Testimony of the Delegation of the South African Native National Congress, Ermelo, before the Eastern Transvaal Land Committee,January 8, 1918
After the magistrate and the Chairman had addressed the gathering [about 200 Africans] the following representative natives were heard: Solomon Tutu. I am a…
Document 7 - ‘White South Africa.’ Two Voices.” The International, 27 January 1922
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 7 - 'White South Africa.' Two Voices." The…
Address at the Opening of the Second Session of the South African-Algerian Bi-National Commission, 17 October 2001
Your Excellency, President Bouteflika, Your Excellencies, Ministers and Ambassadors, The Business Delegations from Algeria and South Africa, Distinguished…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
The evidence that Stephen Ellis refers to about Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party is pretty definitive. It is based upon recollections of party…
PlacePaarl
(prior to 1910)The division of Paarl was originally part of the district of Stellenbosch, and was proclaimed a separate division in 1839. Like Stellenbosch its…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
While colonialism and slavery flourished in the 18th century, the foundations of modern democracy were also being established. It is important to consider the…
ArchiveSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
n the sixties, discotheques and disc jockeys were unheard of. For us growing up in a youthful new era of popular culture and optimism, live bands and the music…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but…
ArticleList of passenger on the Truro, 16 November 1860
List of the first Indian indentured labourers arriving in South Africa, 16 November 1860 NO NAME FATHERS AGE SEX …