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Address by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the mural celebrating the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… Friends and Fellow South Africans; In the history of our country there have been many decisive turning …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of president Rafsanjani of Iran Pretoria, 12 September 1996
… you." Today we meet as free men and women. With the bitter history behind us, we must now tackle the daunting task of …
Address by Nelson R. Mandela to the plenary session of the Multi-Party negotiations process World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, 17 November 1993
… and non-sexist democracy. For the first time in the history of our country, on April 27th, 1994, all South …
Document 20 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist Party of South Africa, 22 September 1930
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 20 … South Africa's Radical Tradition a…
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
… Pietermaritzburg: University of Kwazulu-Natal Press. History of South African soccer [Online]. Available at: …
EventThe Dutch Indiaman, the Nieuwe Haerlem, is wrecked in a storm in Table Bay
… this shipwreck was destined to change the course of history, leading to the creation of a new state on the … EWH, Dutch in South Africa , from Epic World…
PlaceSprings
… founded as a coal and gold mining town in 1904, but its History can be traced back to the second half of the 19th …
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The origins …
An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
… because today at the schools they teach it as part of history... And they remember Hector. …
PlaceOld Presidency
… and is now a fabulous museum showing off their life and history. Here you can get an insight into their Victorian …
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and …
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and …
PlaceLadysmith
… it is also a town with a particularly fascinating history, with a range of substantial monuments and museums. … it is also a town with a particularly…
PlaceGugulethu Township
… moved from Windermere to the new camp on 19 December 1958. History of Gugulethu Gugulethu is also known for the incident … www.dacpm.org [Accessed: 18…
PlaceEgypt
… Egypt lies North East in the Africa n continent, its history goes back to Biblical times; with Pharaohs fighting …
EventJan van Riebeeck is born
… Van Riebeeck remains a prominent figure in the early history of colonial South Africa, and he was commander of the …
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… University of the Witwatersrand co-sponsored by The Wits History Workshop The Institute for Global Dialogue The South … married to Walter's aunt. Walter's…
IX - The Doctors
… lack of co-operation. Kentridge You were aware of Biko's history””that he had studied medicine for four years, and … My examination was to a certain extent…
PlaceSibudu Cave, North Coast near Ballito (can be spelt Sibhudu)
… by Nicholas Conrad, a Professor and chair of the early History Department at the University of Tubing-en in ,Germany …
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… in South Africa had huge consequences not only for the history of the country but also for world history in general. Gandhi’s campaigns forged a new form of …
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
… ASUSA, of SASO, I did not meet him. However, my political history from my early youth at school, and since then, has to … all that is bitter and all that is…
PlacePlettenberg Bay, Garden Route
… place to stay. Plettenberg Bay has a relatively long history for a South African town, having been regularly … 15th and 16th centuries. Signs of their…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… that were involved is neither here nor there. History must be recorded as it happened, not as it is wished … organizing the Soweto Uprising. Whatever the…
PlaceKnysna Lagoon, Garden Route- Western Province
… along the Coastline with its valuable nutrients! The History of the Knysna Lagoon is very interesting! First … Land, for the Jetties to be built. Up to this…
EventGovernment declares that five 'non-White' South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa
… colleges played a tremendous role in shaping the history of South Africa during the liberation struggle. …
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in South Africa. The …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… from the book, From Protest to Challenge, A Documentary History of South African Politics. The Launch of MK and the … Morogoro Conference (1969) ushered in a…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… three Dutch Reformed churches between 1850 and 1899. The history of the three churches also reflects the differences … of a common enemy. One cannot, however…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… work, it is through the lens of South Africa and its history of apartheid that J.M Coetzee’s Waiting for the … of the time, Mother to Mother appeals to the…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… work, it is through the lens of South Africa and its history of apartheid that J.M Coetzee’s Waiting for the … of the time, Mother to Mother appeals to the…