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ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… is written by her daughter Shawn. 1992 17 August, Nelson Mandela delivers the Ruth First Tenth Anniversary …
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… marking Heritage Day in 1996, former President Nelson Mandela stated: "When our first democratically-elected …
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is a tribute to Africa - ANC, 21 May 2010
… we are reminded with nostalgia of the day when Nelson Mandela made his official public speech at the same stadium … at Cape Towns Grand Parade. We thank…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… place. I am not from Bo Kaap.” In a 2004 ceremony, Nelson Mandela gave house keys to the first two ex-residents of … back to District Six, where they are…
Statement Issued By GCIS: Briefing on the Case of Robert McBride - 21 May 1998
… any representations to the contrary. Has President Nelson Mandela met McBride's family, and what has the South African government done to assist them?…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… he shocked the world by announcing the release of Nelson Mandela an ANC political prisoner, the legalisation of … the National Party lead by de Klerk and the…
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… Great gains have been made since Nelson Mandela became President in 1994. The first is that the old … seem to forget that our purpose was in the words of…
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… words of the eulogy delivered by Isithandalwe President Mandela at the funeral of Cde Tambo 20 years ago that, …
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
… Duncan Dock '. Robben Island is in this Bay, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned there for Decades. …
PlaceMLR-cannon, Middle North Battery, Simonstown
… 16 June 12H00 (Youth Day) 18 July 12H00 (Mandela Day) 24 September 12H00 (Heritage Day) 11 …
EventAmy Biehl is murdered in Cape Town
… The African National Congress (ANC) President, Nelson Mandela, said; “She (Biel) made our aspirations her own and …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
… in the first democratic elections in 1994, with Nelson Mandela as the first Black President. The repeal of the legal …
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… of Apartheid South Africa F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC, were joint recipients of the …
EventMultiparty negotiating forum meets for the first time since December 1993
… out despite the four conditions that he had set for Nelson Mandela had been accommodated. The multiparty forum also …
PlaceMthatha Airport, Eastern Cape
… Hometown of many great African leaders, including Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu! The Airport was previously known … Hometown of many great African leaders…
Closing remarks to the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 03 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
… Our icon and former President , His Excellency Nelson Mandela, also reminded us of the pivotal role of the African … Your Excellencies, Our country will…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… ... it was as though we were a nation reborn. - Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom . London: Abacus, 1994, p.743 … ... it was as though we were a nation…
PlaceOliver Tambo District Municipality
… Village of Mvezo, where the late former President Nelson Mandela was born into the Madiba clan of the Thembu royal family. The Nelson Mandela National Museum…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… Director General of the Department of health, under the Mandela Administration. [3] Dr Shisana became the first …
PlaceWits Art Museum
… Cultural Precinct and is just three blocks from the Nelson Mandela Bridge . Its’ collections begun in the 1950’s and was …
Zuma to grow ANC membership in tribute to Madiba, 17 July 2011
… As part of realising ANC stalwart Comrade Nelson Mandela`s dream and that of his organisation - taken as far …
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… in national poliitcal campaigns like the 'Free Mandela Campaign', and through support of consumer boycotts. …
PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
… Blaauwberg in 1806 overlooking Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 28 years. Ons Huisie is period …
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… community hub for the emerging creative industry in Nelson Mandela Bay. Home of the colourful Pemads Ford Little …
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… Africa's first democratic election in April 1994, Nelson Mandela chose Mbeki to be the first deputy president in the …
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… Address to Parliament in Cape Town, President Nelson Mandela read one of Ingrid Jonker's poems. …
PlaceiSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
… Site in 1999 during an unveiling ceremony where Nelson Mandela was the guest of honour. Previously known as the St … the world's biggest marine mammal (the…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… Freedom Songs. For instance, after the arrest of Nelson Mandela, in 1962, she composed the song 'Mandela ke senatla' (Mandela you are a giant! We stand by…
EventGrace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, SA minister of education since 2004, is born in Durban
… Court of Justice and was appointed Chair of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in October 2024. …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… to resolve it” - Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, Sunday Times, Sunday 10 Aug 2003 HIV can be … available at: www.avert.org [accessed 15 April…