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Move from Condemnation to Confrontation of Apartheid and Colonialism - Statement in Committee II of the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo by O. R. Tambo, 11 April 1973
… On the diplomatic front, we ask them to fight for the recognition of the liberation movements by the United Nations … been taken and we suggest that this be…
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… 1989. The same year, he met with political prisoner Nelson Mandela. Soon after, the ban on all political parties was lifted and Mandela was released from…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… Dutch magazine Helikon. For Krige, this is the first real recognition of his poetry and upon hearing of it, he “wept …
PlaceMthatha, Eastern Cape- previously known as Umtata
… River. At a Village near the Town, Mvezo, President Nelson Mandela was born into the Madiba Clan of the Them-bu Royal … Family. The greatest attraction of…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… points of negotiation of the Agreement is centred on the recognition of Indians’ vested rights, discharge certificates …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… leaders of the newly formed ANC Youth League – Nelson Mandela , William Nkomo , J. Congress Mbata and Walter … reiterates the Congress’s support for…
PlaceMatatiele Local Municipality
… and father of Black Consciousness Movement , Steve Bantu Biko . Jones was an unassuming freedom fighter who, at the …
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… in his book The Unity of India (London, 1941). Nelson Mandela read it when he was a student at the University of … which had arisen in the Indian national…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… the boxing world in those years.[vi] Despite the limited recognition Willie received as a world champion, in South …
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… Africa's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, who ended his public life with a wave of the hand … words. Seconds after Mbeki took the oath…
EventRelations between South Africa and Algeria are smoothed out
… were restored after intervention by President Nelson Mandela. Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad was sent to … the two countries deteriorated after President…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… a unique catalyst to the process of negotiation in Nelson Mandela, speaking from his prison cell. The key to unlock … played no direct role in the process…
EventTwenty former SA political prisoners launched a campaign against apartheid laws
… after the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela met with President P.W. Botha at Tuynhuis on 5 July. At the time, Mandela was still held at…
EventPresident Yasser Arafat arrives in SA
… to South Africa at the invitation of President Nelson Mandela. The visit, from 11 to 13 August, marked continuing … raised controversy among South Africa's…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… across the veldt. After the departure of De Klerk, Winnie Mandela visited Boipatong and addressed residents. Lastly, on 21 June 1992 with Nelson Mandela,…
PlaceEdenburg, near Bloemfontein
… 19th Century Voortrekker graves. The first application for recognition as a Town was turned down by the Volksraad, but …
EventNamibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies
… at Rorke's Drift. Muafangejo gained international recognition, exhibiting at the Camden Arts Centre in London …
EventA cargo plane crashes into a market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing at least 350 people
… bodies could be identified, the others were burnt beyond recognition. It later came to light that the flight had been …
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… Wilkinson, Sidelsky and Eidelmann, later articled Nelson Mandela, at Walter's request. Walter was also friendly with … young people into the ANC. One such…
PlaceSkukuza Airport, Mpumalanga
… standing as a premier luxury safari destination. This recognition highlights the seamless integration of the … title of the world’s most beautiful airport by…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… (ANC) government under the leadership of the late Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki as the vice president. The programme … is not a socialist party. Thabo…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Rubicon speech 1985 November, Kobie Coetsee meets Nelson Mandela in a Cape Town hospital 1987 July, Dakar meeting … between ANC and Afrikaans opinion makers…
Part 2: Ahmed Kathy Kathrada Addresses Gandhi Satyagraha Tour Delegates
… by Lynnea Bylund . Recorded on 9 June 2014 at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Johannesburg, during the inaugural Gandhi … / editor: Lynnea Bylund Recorded: 9…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… prison and has become well known for the fact that Nelson Mandela was incarcerated here. Mandela also took his steps to freedom through these gates in 1990…
EventHolomisa on corruption
… of Environmental Affairs, claimed that President Nelson Mandela had told him that Sol Kerzner, previously head of Sun … by Kerzner to have bribery charges…
Challenges of Leadership in the Current Phase, 1 July 1997
… workers to take active part in ANC structures and the recognition of the fact that the interests of a class are not … Another challenge is the fact that…
Part 3: Ahmed Kathrada and Arun Gandhi - Gandhi Satyagraha Tour SA
… by Lynnea Bylund . Recorded on 9 June 2014 at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Johannesburg, during the inaugural Gandhi … / editor: Lynnea Bylund Recorded: 9…
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
… Houman and Steve McQuillan's book " Mini-Nuke Conspiracy: Mandela's Nuclear Nightmare " claimed that South Africa did … Israel before the 1994 general…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… just 12 days before the release of former president Nelson Mandela . At the time of his arrest, Sithole was in a relationship with Zindzi Mandela, the…
PlaceParliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town
… resorted to intensified repression accompanied by eventual recognition that Apartheid could not be sustained. Petty …