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Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinner, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town: 8 April 2005.
… brings together the governments and peoples of Mali and South Africa. This dinner is one of many efforts to raise funds for … the on-going preservation and…
Presidential Address to the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 1958
… can be completed and all the non-white people of South Africa are reduced to the lowest rung of the economic ladder. … impact on mankind. We in South Africa…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… On January 18, the world lost an icon. Only much of the world did not know it. South African-Jamaican writer Peter Abrahams died at 97 in … it would be if…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… is a true leader and an inspiration to women, black South Africans, and other traditionally disenfranchised … who played a great role in bringing injustices…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… and defending an Ndebele State (visit our 'People of South Africa feature to read more about this). Mzilikazi's War with the Voortrekkers: In the 1830s the…
Remembering Nadine Gordimer (The Conversation), 15 July 2014
… passing of Nadine Gordimer is a tremendous loss, both to South Africa and to the literary world. For me, and others who knew her, it will also be an …
Address by President Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of South Africa
… of his Inauguration as fourth President of the Republic of South Africa 09 May 2009 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, … and prosperity and made us a…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… Robert Grendon is one of the most extraordinary people in South African history. What is incredible is that he has been … by Strandwolf African Classics. …
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… ConÂgress Alliance. The latter consisted of the ANC, the South African InÂdian Congress (SAIC), the Coloured People's … and clause in the Freedom Charter…
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… these ships is important when trying to understand South African history, as South African contact with European sailors goes so far back, … in rock art…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… of English traders to found a small settlement in the south of his kingdom near present-day Durban, Natal. 1836 … Luthuli leave Rhodesia and return to the…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the country reflects on the massacre … the incident triggered…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… of Race in general and the so-called racial question in South Africa. Finally, I hope to outline briefly our ultimate … of all these rapid advances in the…
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
… it was. This clear mandate is a full endorsement by white South Africa of the Nationalist Party policy of baaskap apartheid. … Deservingly its policy of…
A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
… women and the youth; from the entire struggling people of South Africa. We feel genuinely proud that we are active … and characterised also by a commitment…
June 17
… US Secretary of State, Henry Kissingers impending visit to South Africa. Demonstartion during Henry Kissinger's visit... Kiss- …
The Treason Trial: Foreword by Chief Albert Luthuli to a book by Helen Joseph, 1963
… to the literature of the liberatory movement in South Africa. The treason trial must occupy a special place in … The reason and intention are obvious. In…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… April 26, 1994, an historic event will take place in South Africa, 18 year old and over, men and women, black and white, … African consumer goods were…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of … its members who embarked on the unprotected strike. South Africa is…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… Karachi, Saturday: Dr G.M. Naicker and Dr Y.M. Dadoo, the South African Indian leaders, arrived here yesterday and will … thanks of the Indian and non-…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (ICU). 1924 Introduction of Industrial Conciliation … for carrying out an act of communism. 55 000…
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
… in the Western Cape will: Undertake research into South African history and build an online archive of … the history of black anthropology scholarship in…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
… On behalf of the South African Indian Congress I express my appreciation for … practice of the racial regime which holds power in South Africa. My people -…
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … the only course which has proved successful throughout the world -that is, of…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… Born: 21 March 1940, Eersterust, Gauteng (then Transvaal), South Africa Died: 11 February 1990, New York, New York, United … as chief photographer at the…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… in 1960. On 25 May 1976, Fred van Wyk, the director of the South African Institute of Race Relations, sent an 'urgent … the lead in a countrywide rebellion…
EventGerrie Coetzee becomes the first South African boxer to win a world heavyweight title
… against American Michael Dokes in Cleveland, Ohio for the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavy weight title. It was … boxer known as ‘the one who couldn’t…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… In 1924 the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded aimed at … students in Commonwealth countries to follow suit and South Africa was no…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Mohale Dam, Kingdomof Lesotho, 16 March 2004
… from Thaba Bosiu, as the Mohale Dam is today to many South Africans to whom its "white gold" is destined. Although … water to a thirsty soul' of industries…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South African Black woman to receive a Bachelor's degree. … and becomes the first Black professional…