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BiographyJeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe
… In 1958, his family was evicted to KwaMashu, north of Durban. He enrolled at the University of Zululand to study law. On campus he joined the Black … an…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… King William's Town, to pay their respects to the victims of the Bisho Massacre, who were shot to death by the Ciskei … as Walter Sisulu, Chris Hani and…
Speech at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party by O. R. Tambo, Zambia, August 1988
… Excellency, Comrade President Kenneth Kaunda, President of UNIP and of the Republic of Zambia, Honourable members of … of UNIP, Your Excellencies,…
BiographyThandi Klaasen
… Thandi Klaasen, born Thandiwe Nelly Mpambani, was one of South Africa's most celebrated jazz musicians and a defining voice of the Sophiatown cultural…
BiographyJohannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen
… Having moved from Oudtshoorn to the present Orange Free State in 1843, he settled near Winburg, where he joined the Voortrekker group of the population,…
BiographySewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum
… “Papwa” Sewsunker Sewgolum was born in 1930, into a family of poor sugarcane labourers in Natal. He started working at … as an exceptional player. Sewgolum…
BiographyFrederik Willem de Klerk
… Jan de Klerk, was a Cabinet Minister and the President of the South African Senate. His brother is Dr Willem (Wimpie) de Klerk, a political analyst and one…
ArchiveMinutes of the 55th Congress of the National Union of of South African Students held at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 25th - 30th November 1977
… Minutes of the 55th Congress of the National Union of of South African Students held at the University of Natal, … Minutes of the 55th Congress of the…
BiographyDaniel Kunene
… and Martha Kunene. [ii] Notwithstanding the ravages of Apartheid, he completed a BA through at UNISA in 1949 and … Sekhuthe in 1953, he went on to do a PhD…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 81st Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1993
… Today, January 8th, marks the 81st anniversary of the African National Congress. We observe this important … reduced to the status of paid servants of the…
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom
… Andries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom after moving away from Natal and heading … inland and eventually settling in the northern…
BiographyMpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom
… His grandparents decided to relocate to Garankuwa, North of Pretoria to live with his aunt. Grootboom attended at Odi High School in Hebron, North of…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter V - Political role of the mission
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The … colonial possession, and to this day in its so-called state of independence,…
Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Commencement of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, Kigali 7 April 2004
… Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Commencement of the 1994 …
BiographyLetsau Nelson Diale
… January 1936 at Ga-Masemola in Limpopo where he spent most of his childhood years. He attended school in Sekobetlane … In 1952, he left Ga-Masemola for…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Durban
… Programme Director, Your Excellency, the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, And esteemed members of the Indian delegation, Ministers and Deputy…
ArchiveOne year of an unbanned ANC: the road ahead
… State of the nation unauthoured paper assessing the African … One year of an unbanned ANC: the road ahead …
BiographyJodi Bieber
… assistant at the Star Newspaper under the guidance of the late Ken Oosterbroek. Bieber freelanced for that … on a various personal projects in South Africa…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… This chapter is not about the general role of the South African Police (SAP) and the South African … political violence in KwaZulu-Natal. 54 The lifting of…
ArchiveMinutes of the 50th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, 7-15 July, 1973
… Minutes of the 50th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, … Minutes of the 50th Annual Congress…
ArchiveMinutes of the 48th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 3-15 July 1972
… Minutes of the 48th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 3-15 July … Minutes of the 48th Annual Congress…
ArchiveMinutes of the 47th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Durban, 1-14 July 1971
… Minutes of the 47th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Durban, 1-14 … Minutes of the 47th Annual Congress…
ArchivePress statement on the release of the Sharpeville Six
… Press statement regarding the release of the Sharpeville Six as they calls on State President to exercise his presidential pregotative to save the lives of…
BiographyKhaya Biko
… born in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape in 1944, the second of four children of Mzingaye Biko, a police officer and later … at Fort Glamorgan prison near East…
BiographyMhlabuvelile Hlamandana
… Province, now Eastern Cape], refused to cooperate with the state around policies and interventions that he considered … and supported the Hill Committee.* He…
Affirming the history of all South Africans
… At the beginning of the second term of our new democracy, we South Africans are fully aware that … after the first democratic elections, requesting the State…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the ANC- 8 January 1997
… 1997 marks the 85th anniversary of the ANC. We are now also just over half way through the … In this respect we must admit that the organisational state of…
BiographyBusisiwe Victoria Mhlongo
… under the name Victoria Mhlongo. Her 1963 version of My Boy Lollipop became a national hit and her career … an African tour with the singer Letta Mbulu . For…
Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 1 - … of these policies by the methods of a police state. This was not simply because…
Tribute: On the occasion of a memorial for John Harris (1937 - 1965)
… Tribute: On the occasion of a memorial for John Harris (1937 - 1965) …