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Message from President Jacob Zuma
… Comrade, friends, fellow South Africans, The ANC centenary represents a milestone achievement not only for the ANC, but for all liberation movements in the…
PlaceSoweto Theatre
… The Soweto community was in need for a proper formal theatre … and performances would be held in community halls. [i] The City of Johannesburg commissioned…
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… refers to a defensive chain which stretched across the Bay and was probably secured in place by three anchors. … Three Anchor Bay, easily overlooked by…
PlaceNapier
… The road to Napier takes you through never ending fields of wheat and barley, where the endangered Blue Crane can often be seen gathered together in large…
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… after Sir Benjamin Pine , Governor of Natal (1873-75). At the heart of the town and just off the main road lies the Pinetown Library complex housing both ……
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… The agreement was the culmination of months of intense diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. South African President P.W. Botha … be accepted by…
EventPresident Robert Mugabe defends land reform programme
… celebrated twenty-five years of independence after the overthrow of white majority rule, under the then Prime Minister Ian Smith. The outright corruption…
PlaceRaadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein
… The first Raadsaal is probably the most important Historical Building in the Free State, dating back to 1849, it is the oldest building left standing in…
educating African youth and provision of large scale scholarships tenable in various
… that: 1. Negotiation is only one form of struggle towards the transfer of power to the people for the creation of a non-racial, unitary and non-sexist South …
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
… United Democratic Front was granted a court order by the Minister of Law and Order and Divisional Commissioner of Police to go ahead with a meeting to launch…
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
… On 6 March 1957, the Gold Coast (now known as Ghana) gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led to…
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…
Steve Biko: Gone but not forgotten by Robin Comley and Claire Keeton (Times Live), 12 September 2017
… CHENGIAH “ROGERS” RAGAVEN was an arts student at the University of Natal “Non-European” Section and became a close friend of Steve Biko. He was elected…
PlaceIziko Museum's, Cape Town
… Iziko is an isiXhosa word meaning “hearth.” A hearth is the traditional centre of the home where families would get together to share their stories, just as…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot
… Britain in 1962, becoming Prime Minister. Traditionally, the Bugandan King or Kabaka became President, although the position was considered to be only…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Helen Stoilas, 30 May 2017
… The South African photographer David Goldblatt has installed … former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series…
5th Jozi Book Fair
… 5th Jozi Book Fair Khanya College invites you to the 5th Jozi Book Fair taking place from 25-26 October 2013 at Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg. This…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to ANC National General Council fundraising dinner at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 19 September 2010, Durban
… share this very special evening with us. Tomorrow we start the third National General Council of the African National Congress. It is an important gathering…
Chaskalson was a pillar of strength in my battle against HIV/Aids by Justice Edwin Cameron - Constitutional Court, 9 December 2012
… I did. Arthur was a mentor to me when I was an advocate. The first time I came close to invoking that tender side was … trial before a hostile judge who had…
Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari
… PART I: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES TO THE AFRICAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906 The 1907 Presidential Address…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… On 30 January 1987 the Minister of Law and Order issued a message to the newspapers denying Carte Blanche, an investigative … programme permission to quote…
PlaceCape Maclear, Malawi
… Cape Maclear or Chembe is a town in the Mangochi District of Malawi's Southern Region. The town, situated on the Nankumba Peninsula, is on the southern shore…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… The Orange River Convention (sometimes also called the Bloemfontein Convention) was a convention whereby the United Kingdom formally recognised the…
PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… District in the Alfred Nzo Municipality, of which Harding is the principal Town. Encircled by Mount Currie , Umzimkulu , … Queen Victoria of England. He…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… student at Sastri College in Durban. [A.I. Kazi, leader of the Natal Indian Congress for twenty years (from 1920s to … were fighting his conservative…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education acolyte – an assistant or … Broederbond - a secretive…
PlaceGroutville
… of KwaDukuza and about 69 kilometers north of Durban. The name Groutville was acquired from its founding father … wife Charlotte in 1836. Reverend Aldin…
PlaceDonkin Mount, Port Elizabeth
… Port Elizabeth owes its origin and development to the arrival of British settlers in 1820. Sir Rufane Donkin was the Acting Governor of the Cape at the time,…
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… something about Jeffreys Bay that makes me want to visit the Town. Located in the Eastern Cape , It is bordered by Western Cape Province to the West,…