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EventAllan Boesak guilty on charges of fraud
Allan Boesak, liberation theologian, chairman of the Western Cape region of the African National Congress (ANC) and director of the Foundation for Peace and…
EventSA military integration is disputed
The transition in the South African Defence Force (later SANDF) was not achieved without difficulties. It came to the surface that a dispute ensued between…
EventMoses Kottler, A leading South African sculptor of his time, is born
Moses Kottler was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth; some give it as 11 June 1892, others as 1896. Kottler studied art in…
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
Manute Bol was born in Turalei, Sudan on 16 October 1965. He came from a family of tall people; both his parents were over two metres tall. Bol himself was 2…
EventThe Young Communist League (YCLSA) is officially formed
The plans for the formation of the Young Communist League (YCL) were laid in 1921 when the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was established. Youth groups…
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
In May 1900, at the height of the South African War (1899-1902), Field Marshall Lord Roberts and his forces crossed the Vaal River heading to Pretoria.This…
EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
Sir Alfred Milner was a British statesman and colonial Administrator. Milner came to South Africa in May 1897. In South Africa he became governor of the Cape…
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Thandi Modise, Deputy Speaker of the National…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… The deputation raised more than two thousand pounds to cover their mission’s expense. It is remarkable that they …
ArchiveAddress on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
Comrades and Friends, Fellow South Africans, We are gathered here today at this historic site to celebrate the 107th anniversary of the formation of the…
Address to the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 28 October 1999
Chairperson of the NCOP, Honourable Premiers, Honourable Members of the House, Ladies and Gentlemen; I would like to thank you most sincerely for the…
Chapter 4 - THE PARTY AND THE “SOLDIERS OF LUTHULI”
A few months after the first formal ANC-SACP meeting in exile, in June 1970, the Party organised its first augmented CC meeting in Moscow, along the lines the…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
On behalf of the South African Indian Congress I express my appreciation for this opportunity to address you. This is not the first time that a representative…
Document 49 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: Introduction (Minority) (1934)
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 49 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: Introduction …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1960 Muslim Population According to South African Government…
PlaceGouritsmond
Gouritsmond, also known as Gouritz, offers a tranquil Coastal gem along South Africa’s Shoreline, where the Ocean meets the Gouritz River in perfect harmony…
Statement of the ANC Veterans League Inaugural National Conference, 6 December 2009
For the past three days, the veterans and stalwarts of our glorious movement – some in wheelchairs and walking sticks, others still able to stride - converged…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
See below:U.S. Representative Maxine Waters Delivers Remarks at Presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to South African President, Nelson Mandela President…
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
The area in the Southern Kalahari, bordered in the East by Botswana and the West by Namibia, is where you will find a small group of the Khomani San a people…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
Ladysmith today acts as a commercial centre for the large surrounding farming district became the centre of attention during the Anglo Boer War. After it it…
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
Photography is the common language of modern history. It’s everywhere; and everyone, in some way, understands it. No institution presents and parses that…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the expanded OR Tambo International Airport, 20 April 2010
The Minister of Transport; Sbu Ndebele, Gauteng Premier, Nomvula Mokonyane, Chairperson of ACSA, Sindi Zilwa and the CEO, Monhla Hlahla, The CEO of the…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
The origins of Enoch Sontonga and the song he wrote, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika are humble and rather obscure. Enoch Sontonga, from the Mpinga clan, of the Xhosa…
ArchiveHow a slave from Mauritius led a rebellion in Cape Town by Nigel Worden (Ground Up), 30 March 2016
In this drawing of Greenmarket Square in Cape Town in 1764, a slave in chains appears to be driven by a master on the left side of the image. Some four decades…
Christmas message of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela December 1990
Fellow South Africans, It is my privilege to speak to you today, on Christmas Eve, the first Christmas in almost 30 years that I have been able to spend with…
PlaceMozambique
With an Indian Ocean shoreline stretching more than 2000 km, from South Africa to Tanzania. "Mozambique is not easy to miss on a map!" But due to its troubles…
EventZelda la Grange was born on this day
On this day, Zelda Grange was born in Pretoria, South Africa. She completed a 3-year National Diploma and started her career at the Department of State…
PlaceKwaDukuza
In July 1825, King Shaka, son of Senzangakhona and Nandi, who was the king of the Zulus from 1816, established a royal settlement as a halfway station between…
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
On 15 February 1995, President Nelson Mandela revealed he will not be standing for re-election in 1999. Mandela, who was released from prison in February 1990,…
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
The history of Sasol began in 1927 when a White Paper was tabled in Parliament to investigate the establishment of a South African oil-from-coal industry. It…