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Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… hours to and from work each day. Pre-dating apartheid, the colonial era Land Act allocated only 13 percent of the land … what type of society we lived in…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
… in 1878 (Vietzen, 1980: 184-5). This chapter traces the history of the Seminary from foundation until the end of the … was nothing short of revolutionary…
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
… that when Sir Lewis Mitchell, in the capacity of Acting Colonial Secretary circulated his letter wherein he asked for … some points in it. You will also…
ArticleThe Nile river and its influence on settlement
… of Egyptian civilization, that we cannot separate the history of Egypt from its geography and other natural … that would otherwise be arid desert. Since…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… independence and a path to lasting peace and development. History: The ANC and SPLM have historic good party-to-party … those challenges. As part of our…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… segregating whites and non-whites in railway stations and post offices, and other oppressive and humiliating measures. … Mandela has become the most honoured…
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
… Versailles, Germany as a former Axis Power ceded all its colonial possessions to the Allied Powers. However, after the …
EventThe first known reference to Antjie Somers, a South African bogy figure, is made in The Friend
… Somers was the state executioner and torturer in the Cape Colonial government. When capital punishment and the torture …
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… of the Transvaal. In South Africa, Duncan was appointed as colonial secretary for the Transvaal. He held several other …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… Selous Street after Mandela. Selous was a 19th century colonial explorer and hunter in southern Zimbabwe. 19 July, … country residence, Chevening. April, Joe…
ArticleKKNK – Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
… and indeed, defend, the place of Afrikaans culture in post-apartheid South Africa. Barrow was the chairman of the …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… performed their first acts of sabotage, with attacks on post offices and other buildings in Johannesburg, Port …
76. The Indian people are an integral and permanent part of South Africa
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … diminished in the succeeding decades. In 1944, the Natal Post…
Mission Stations - N-S
… themselves very good and substantial houses, after the colonial fashion. A large number of gardens and orchards are … , Stutterheim, Cape: see WARTBURG ,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on behalf of Liberation Movements, at the International Conference of experts for the support of victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa Mobilise world support for African Liberation struggle, 09 April 1973, OSLO
… in magnitude unequalled in Africa and unprecedented in the history of white rule in southern Africa. The recent events, … total mobilisation of effective…
Mobilise World Support for African Liberation Struggle - Statement, on behalf of Liberation Movements, at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo by O. R. Tambo, 9 April 1973
… in magnitude unequalled in Africa and unprecedented in the history of white rule in southern Africa. The recent events, … total mobilisation of effective…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… a celebration of the successes of a business venture. The history of Eastern Province Herald represents all these and … today as they were of the whole of it…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… a celebration of the successes of a business venture. The history of Eastern Province Herald represents all these and … today as they were of the whole of it…
Document 54 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Communist League of South Africa and the Workers Party of South Africa, 24 July 1935
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 54 … South Africa CAN substantially…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the XIV Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, Havana, Cuba 14 September 2006
… anything else, was an initiative on the part of the anti-colonial and anti-imperialist movement to ensure that the … of countries of the South, but a…
PlaceKwaZulu-Natal Literary Trails (under Heritage Routes)
… to different key places in Paton's life. For a look at colonial literary history, the Rider Haggard trail includes key areas in and …
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… University of Technology (TUT), have been protesting in post-apartheid South Africa for many years before the 2015 … points for an extensive documentation of…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… Republic, to accommodate the Mining Commissioner, the Post Office and other Government Offices. On 15th October, …
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… the Cabinet of President P.W. Botha, including Minister of Post and Telecommunications and Sport and Recreation … South African History Online, Frederik…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… articles which appeared in the New York Times, New York Post and the Wall Street Journal." The message suggests a … Anon (1997) ' Chronology Of Some Pointers…
ArticleGrade 12 - Forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s to 1970s
… rivalry was called the Cold War . The content of the new history curriculum is structured to help us to understand the …
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, …
ArticleProvincial histories
… The different provinces each have their own special history and each one contributes to making South Africa the …
Address by President Mandela at the 53rd United Nations General Assembly New York, 21 September 1998
… our sincere congratulations on your election to the high post of President of the General Assembly. You will be … of human society. These include the…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… widespread raids on homes and offices in South African history, The Sisulu family was one of the 500 families … there. 1960 30 March, Walter Sisulu was…