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Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA.
… Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA. …
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… The poems and stories are known as the oral tradition of a group of people. If you add moral lessons and rituals that are also passed down by word of mouth…
ArchivePhotographer Ernest Cole: Of bondage and freedom – Discovery of trove of negatives a game changer by Ivor Powell (Daily Maverick), 30 November 2017
… By the age of 25, when Ernest Cole fled South Africa for exile in New … he had already cut the template for the way the experience of apartheid would be…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… This topic describes the history of the southern African kingdoms of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe with a special … gold and ivory in these…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… Uganda experienced a number of changes of government since it attained its independence from British … years in the bush, was sworn in as the new Ugandan…
Joint Press Statement Issued By The Ministries Of Interior And Of Foreign Affairs And Cooperation Of The Republic Of Mozambique And The Ministries Of Safety And Security And Of Foreign Affairs Of The Republic Of South Africa: Maputo 16 March 1998
… Joint Press Statement Issued By The Ministries Of Interior And Of Foreign Affairs And Cooperation Of The Republic Of Mozambique And The Ministries Of Safety …
The role of business in South Africas future
… ANC report of Group B, Commission 5 of a meeting between the ANC and big business on the role of … as the relationship between business and the apartheid…
ArchiveLetter from the Town Clerk of the City of Grahamstown to the Secretary of the National Council of African Women
… Letter from the Town Clerk of the City of Grahamstown addressed to the Secretary of the National Council of African Women discussing the … African People's…
ArticleSouth African History Online and the University of York Collaborative Project
… University of York students studying with Professor David Attwell and … Professor Allison Drew have had the exciting experience of working collaboratively…
Address of the TMF Patron, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occassion of his Installation as Chancellor of the University of South Africa: UNISA Campus, Tshwane, 27 February 2017
… Programme Director, Honourable Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Chairperson of Council and Members of … This arises from the hard reality that…
BiographyViacheslav “Ivan” Shiryaev
… as Comrade Ivan, was born in January 1938 in the town of Orsk, south of Urals, Russia. He completed the Higher … the South African Embassy in Moscow,…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Haiti: Port-AU-Prince, 01 January 2004 Your Excellency, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
… Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The people of Haiti: Thank you very much for allowing us this opportunity to celebrate the Bicentenary of one of the…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… Fifty Years of Union - Political Review My assignment is: "Political … non-whites a subject people under white rule in the new State with no prospect of ever…
Constitution of the ANC Youth League, 1944
… NAME: The name of the Organisation shall be "African National Congress Youth … National Congress, in its struggle for National Liberation of the African…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
… Today, January 8th, we mark the 71st anniversary of our organisation, the African National Congress. We are … and revolutionary forces drawn from all social…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… Women in South Africa, since the turn of the century, have emerged as primary catalysts for … women organised on a house-to-house basis, but when the State…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 4 February 1974 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
… The beginning of 1974 was characterised by confusion and uncertainly in … both by a majority of citizens voting in the whole federal state and by a majority…
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
… Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
… Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
EventThe recommendations of the Riekert Commission (to investigate the employment conditions of Black workers) are tabled
… established in response to a crisis faced by the apartheid state, as South African capitalism has been facing its … War. Consequently, the regime was trying…
BiographyElize Botha
… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, in 1948 and majored in … and Dutch languages and literature earning…
EventBritain proposes the sale of arms to South Africa
… At the Conference of Heads of State of the British Commonwealth of Nations held … The proposal was discussed extensively as many Heads of State were opposed…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… and young workers who shared the interests and aspirations of COSAS but could not belong to it. In 1982, a COSAS … established and operating during the time…
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… 19 TO 21 APRIL 1985 DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT IN PURSUANCE of a decision taken by the co-ordinating Bureau of Non-Aligned Countries at its meeting of February 22,…
BiographySindiwe Magona
… Sindiwe Magona was born on 23 August 1943, in the village of Gungululu in rural Eastern Cape (formerly Transkei). The first born of eight children, Magona…
BiographyDawid Kruiper
… as “Die Ou Ram” (The Old Ram). He was the first son of the legendary San leader, Regopstaan Kruiper. Kruiper was the traditional leader and healer of the…
Statement at the 2735th meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 19 February 1987
… The delegation of the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC), on … The regime has proclaimed two Draconian states of emergency in less than two…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, at the opening of the 37th congress of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies Carlton Hotel, Saturday, 21 August 1993
… Mr. Chairman, Distinguished leaders of the South African Jewish Community Ladies and Gentlemen, … for that very purpose by agents of the White minority state…
The Cobra militia of former President Denis Sassou-Nguesso takes control of the centre of Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
… The Cobra militia of former President Denis Sassou-Nguesso takes control of the centre of Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. …
The trial of twenty-two Africans, accused of pro-Communist and subversive activities, of instigating guerrilla warfare and of o
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The trial of twenty-two Africans, accused of pro…