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EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… South African Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes (B.J) Vorster … issue. Despite the Soweto Uprisings, which took the world by surprise, Kissinger, felt…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… internally imposed prohibitions and the coming-out of the South African art scene to an international audience. The … machine installed in the exhibition…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… this means that it has been approved by the President of South Africa. A new coat of arms, replaces one that has served … The figures are derived from images…
PlaceAlgoa Bay, East Coast of Cape of Good Hope
… changed to Algoa bay. Algoa bay is a wide inlet along the South African, East Coast of the Cape of Good Hope. It is … about Algoa Bay in his book ' Sailing…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… at Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. He returns to South Africa shortly thereafter and begins working at the … of a nearby broken bus. 1976 January,…
The Military Defeat of the South Africans in Angola by Horace Campbell (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… Angola in the spring of 1988 the armed forces of apartheid South Africa and the US-backed mercenaries of Jonas Savimbi were … desperate situation that…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
… Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, world renowned preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of…
Straight Talk - Emilia Potenza
… and Social Sciences textbooks shows that the full gamut of South African History - from pre-colonial through to … omission of others crucial to an…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, 12th June 2007
… campaign, the Accelerated Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (AsgiSA), the South African National Aids Council and … fully guarantees freedom of…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… This was due to changes in economic conditions in South Africa's hinterland, and the consequent need to secure … the 10* January 1879 as the beginning of the…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… Act, the Anti-Communist Law , the Bantu Authorities Act, South Africa is being made a fascist state. Forward to freedom 1952 … policies have shocked…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… The South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO) was … served as President and Secretary respectively. Successive South African Governments subjected…
EventThe battle of Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) marks the continuation of the South African War
… forces clashed at Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) during the South African War. The battle came after General Lord Roberts, Commander of … paving the way for the…
75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai … Congress alliance was shattered. Furthermore,…
Address to the SANC Local Government Conference, 30 July 1999 Johannesburg
… times structures of local governance existed here in Africa. In studies carried out by Meyer Fortes and E.E. … allow us to present bankable projects to the…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 April … delegates, representing 230,000 women from all parts of South Africa,…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… The launch of TAC opened a new chapter in AIDS politics in South Africa. It came at a time when existing AIDS organisations … the reach of developing…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 22 April 1976 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… Prime Minister's visit to Israel gave a new dimension to South Africa's foreign policy. The formal agreement concluded on … respects, I am afraid we would…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… and the main driving force behind the creation of the South African Native National Congress (which changed its … career went into steady decline. He had…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
… close to the legendary Kilimanjaro mountain. Events in South Africa have moved with tremendous speed since this Ad Hoc … scale of the terror, could be…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… in 1948, millions of Africans were left to suffer in South Africa. Many groups rallied against the Afrikaner government … to influence others in small roles…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… of this kind for Africans. According to ‘Bantu World’, Mohl described his objective as follows: ‘Our efforts … printmaking. The FUBA gallery was opened in…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… the court. He did not go to court again until he went to South Africa. After six months, Gandhi closed his establishment in … refugees from the Transvaal…
Address of The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 21st Plenary Assembly of SADC Parliamentary Forum - Usambara Lodge, Mogale City, 14 November 2006
… Forum. On behalf of the government and people of South Africa, I convey our warmest greetings to the Honourable … to goods and services originating from the…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… effective sanctions campaign, boycotts against South Africa, and an economy more and more structurally constrained …
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … inevitably sweep the Colonial countries and the whole of world (....] While is…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … try to perfect this own counter methods to save its world stake. The system of…
SA's Zuma 'showered to avoid HIV' (BBC News), 05 April 2006
… South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma said he showered … 5m South Africans have HIV - the highest number in the world. Mr Zuma - previously seen as a…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… Cape Town to meet a pianist everyone was talking about in South Africa: Abdullah Ibrahim , then known as Dollar Brand. … and linking them together from…
Edited Transcript of Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Heads of Mission at the Presidential Guest House, Tshwane, 13 October 2005
… occasion because I am sure that you know more about South Africa than I do. That is what makes it a bit difficult to … be possible to attract skills from…