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Address by President Nelson Mandela at the book launch of the series on Southern African leaders 1 August 1994
… to create conditions in which we can build a better life for all South Africans. Memories, too, of the tragic … so effectively does, we are together ensuring…
First Raymond Mhlaba Annual Memorial Lecture delivered by the President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, 22 August 2008, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
… said: "It is not possible to stand here, next to the still life of Oom Ray, without being awed by what his generation of … hands can strike with such abandon…
Reciprocal Bases of National Culture and the Fight for Freedom by Frantz Fanon, 1959
… manages to disrupt in spectacular fashion the cultural life of a conquered people. This cultural obliteration is … of culture; there is no real creativity…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
… we naturally cast our mind's eye back on the whole short life of our democracy. And in doing so, it was all too … the rest of society is in dire need of…
Address of the President of the Republic Of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Youth Day celebrations: Absa Stadium, Buffalo City Municipality
… state that the 1976 generation defined for itself its life purpose and set about fulfilling it. Aware that they had … to fulfil the sense of our humanity…
70. The Durban riots, 1949
… racial conflict occurred in Durban. The consequent loss of life and property was officially given as follows: deaths; … the African worker is housed in…
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
… Theodore Goldberg, who is at present serving a sentence of life imprisonment in the Maximum Security Prison, Pretoria. … with other accused with whom he was…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… have reached their end. Yet because she dedicated her life to the betterment of others, MaBhengu could afford to … quietly bade us farewell, she was…
ArchiveStatement on Mbeki's recall, by Jacob Zuma on behalf of ANC NEC, 22 September
… whom we interact. Comrade Mbeki has devoted decades of his life to the ANC and our country. The decision to recall him … and work with them to promote access…
ArchiveThe Moral Problem of Winnie Mandela by Paul Trewhela (Dailymaverick.com), 6 April 2018, South Africa
… Madikizela Mandela was not a safe pair of hands. True, life was far easier, calmer and less frightening and … which she was banished to Brandfort, her …
PlaceKwaZulu-Natal Literary Trails (under Heritage Routes)
… which takes visitors to different key places in Paton's life. For a look at colonial literary history, the Rider … Of this achievement I am most proud. I…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… to the 1977 murder of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko , and have made a formal amnesty application. 4 … police officers charged with the fatal beating…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… political prisoner. However, her actions throughout her life characterize her desire for an equal and united South … pursued a path that ran against the…
PlaceZinkwazi Beach
… with Zululand’s wealth of splendid Game Reserves, tribal life and historical sites a short trip to the north. Zinkwazi … of picturesque scenery, walks,…
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… wishing you good health, strength and longevity of life, both for your sake and for the sake of the successful …
Letter to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 June 1968
… believe that the greatest and most imminent threat to the life of the United Nations Organisation is the deteriorating …
ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012
… liberate her country and her people. She dedicated her life and her family to the ANC and for that we salute her and …
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… consists of 49 steps – one for each year of Rhodes’s life. The Doric columns were inspired by Rhodes’s …
PlaceRiversdale, Western Cape
… many of them fine structures. Social and economic life centered about its main street, planted on either side …
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver ‘OR’ Tambo, is born
… The son of Nzimeni and Julia, Tambo dedicated his entire life to the ANC and the struggle for liberation. It was Tambo …
EventWilhelmina Johanna (Wilma) Stockenström is born
… from Napier in the Cape, she spent most of her working life in Pretoria, where she worked as a translator and …
Letter to Farzanah
… Farzanah depicts in vivid strokes the reality of life for the average South African child at that time. While …
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… political newspaper, the New Age. Mbeki was sentenced to life imprisonment during the 1964 Rivonia Trial with Nelson …
EventThe Castle of Good Hope, oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa, is completed.
… was the centre of civilian, administrative and military life at the Cape, until the settlement grew and some …
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… political home where he could remain active in political life. He acknowledged that he had considered the African …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… His trial started in February 1995 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment on 30 October 1996. In his testimony, De …
EventRashaad Staggie shot dead
… became apparent later that their intention was to end his life. PAGAD also claimed overwhelming support on grass-roots …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa.
… Emily Hobhouse visited the camps to try and improve the life of the prisoners living on the concentration camps. …
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
… On 5 February 1956, 11 Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences escaped from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria in a …
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… area that the shooting was not meant to endanger anybody's life, but was meant to be an appeal to the ANC leadership to …