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Address at the SANEF Conference on the Media, the AU, NEPAD and Democracy ,12 April 2003
… Ladies and Gentlemen: I am pleased to welcome you to South Africa and to this seminal conference, which aims to develop … of an "end of news". It appears…
Cataloguing the archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
… of the AAM and the creation of ACTSA (Action for Southern Africa). The activities of the intervening 36 years have … the AAM ran on political prisoners,…
Call for the observance of Human Rights Day: Albert Luthuli, 12 December 1959
… a significant stage in human development when organised world opinion showed an acceptance of a common humanity of … including some freedom-loving groups in…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… than two decades. Kenyon’s cartoons appeared in a book of South African cartoonists. He was honoured with posthumous … went to exile in London where he wrote…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… of interrelated factors led to the Second Anglo-Boer War. These include the conflicting political ideologies of … Raid and the Uitlander franchise. On 9…
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
… Several hundred artists and activists from South Africa living in exile and within the country, as well as … organisations engaged in arts and culture within…
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit Cape Town, 9 June 1994
… Visiting Cabinet Ministers Business Leaders, and Fellow South Africans Allow me to express my gratitude to the organisers of the World Economic Forum for…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… Sol T Plaatje’s ground-breaking work Native Life in South Africa was published 100 years ago in 1916. Janet Remmington, … remaining cognisant of and…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… apartheid. In the decade between the formation of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) in 1968 and the … in their opposition to apartheid. The…
If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
… the decisive final battle in the First Italo-Ethiopian War was fought. The Battle of Adwa, fought Mar. 1, 1896, was … the European colonial project known as…
EventSpringboks beat New Zealand in Rugby Wold Cup final match
… was made at Ellis Park Stadium on 24 June 1995, where the South African Rugby team (famously known as the Springboks) … played quite aggressive, attacking…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline
… includes the history of one the leading members of the South African communist movement. Starting at the beginning of the South African Indian resistance…
Address on the Occasion of the Torch Handing Over Ceremony, “From Rio to Johannesburg” , 25 June 2002 Rio De Janeiro
… the necessary attention to the forthcoming Johannesburg World Summit for Sustainable Development. I am especially … minority domination, the environment and…
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
… Verwoerd's Grim Plot By NELSON MANDELA No.36, May 1959 South Africa belongs to all who live in if, black and white." - The … as the term Is used and…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… the Defiance Campaign , which gained support across South Africa from blacks, Indians, a few coloureds and whites. … to plan a convention and draft a new…
"Strategy and Tactics" - Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
… 1969 (abridged) The struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa is taking place within an international context of … social and economic progress by the…
Closing remarks to the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 03 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
… to the founding principles of the OAU and the AU. As the South African government, we remain steadfast in our … advancement, guided by the oldest liberation…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… How would you assess the current state of affairs in South Africa? TAMBO: The South African regime has become very … against aggression if the aggressor is a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… Remarks at Presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to South African President, Nelson Mandela President Clinton; … doctrine has given new life to humanity's…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Pan African Parliament, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, 16 September 2004
… and Gentlemen: On behalf of the government and peoples of South Africa, I would like to say welcome home. As hosts of this … our midst our distinguished…
Conflict among civic organisations
… body of civic organisations was established in 1992 as the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO). But, … from his girlfriend Heather Gray…
Address to the Commonwealth Club, World Affairs Council and US/SA Business Council Conference, 24 May 2000
… of the North, while the developing countries of the South are still struggling to survive within this integrated world economy. He says: "Over the last 50…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… connections with the Communist Party. He would return to South Africa with the message that the ANC should play a more … his prison term, he was taking up…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… highlighted the way forward though two streams- 'people's war' and negotiation. It wanted the UDF to increase pressure … better organisation and working…
Address at the Mercosur Summit, Florianopolis, Brazil, 15 December 2000
… to stress, at the outset of my brief input that for us, as South Africans, this is a chance to ensure that we build and … hope and solidarity and an…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… districts of the Cape in what becomes known as the Third War of Dispossession between the Khoi-San of the colonial … resources. This troubled period goes…
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… rule. He was correct, and his actions resulted in a global war between the major powers of the European continent. These … and deadliest conflicts in history…
EventWorld War I begins
… rule. He was correct, and his actions resulted in a global war between the major powers of the European continent. These … and deadliest conflicts in history…
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
… Britain was getting more confident about taking action in South Africa. Joseph Chamberlain was appointed Colonial Secretary. … Rhodes to try to develop and…
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
… bulk of the SA economy. All these monopolies operating in South Africa are themselves controlled by big capital from the … working class in South Africa…