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His Life and Legacy - Oliver Tambo
Oliver Reginald Tambo, leader of the African National Congress in exile for thirty years, died on 23 April 1993. Yet his legacy lives on. Comrade O.R. left us…
Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki: University of Witwatersrand, 29 July 2006.
Esteemed Member of the Order of Mapungubwe, Nobel Peace Laureate, Isithwalandwe, Seaparankwe, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Dr Graca Machel, Deputy President…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Globalisation by Jeff Guy
From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education Turning points in history are not fixed. We decide…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
This essay discusses my experiences and recollections of the 1957 bus boycott in Alexandra, the township in which I grew up. Unusually, it was a freehold area…
Mission Stations - A-F
Mission Stations - A ABBOTTSDALE, Cape: SPG pre-1858 ABERDEEN, Cape: DRCSA; SAfMS ADAMS, Natal: ABCFM 1835 ADAMSHOOP, OFS: Bn 1867 ADELAIDE, Cape: UFS…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
This short history of Electrical Supply Commission (ESKOM) aims to provide an overview of the history of the power utility over its first seventy-eight years…
Court Verdict Docket, 11 February 1978
5.1. INTRODUCTION Madressa education does not exist in isolation but is part of the practice of the religion and grew and spread with the religion. Its…
Chapter five: A Historical Overview of Madressa Education
5.1. INTRODUCTION Madressa education does not exist in isolation but is part of the practice of the religion and grew and spread with the religion. Its…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935 1 Another year has just closed, but the…
An historical overview of madressa education - Chapter 5 by A. Akhalwaya, I. Waja, A.H. Gabru, A.K. Dockrat, S. Pandor and E. Garda
5.1. INTRODUCTION Madressa education does not exist in isolation but is part of the practice of the religion and grew and spread with the religion. Its…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
This chapter is not about the general role of the South African Police (SAP) and the South African Government in KwaZulu-Natal; it is about their alleged…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 5 - The Politics of Socialism
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner The principle of our ideal society is freedom. I have attempted to indicate which work institutions…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson South African history can legitimately be described as the…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
Introduction The Constitutional Court’s ruling that Afrikaans as a language of instruction has to be content with a marginal place at Stellenbosch…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
Mahatma Gandhi achieved greatness for the struggles that he fought on the political, economic, cultural and moral fronts. His ideas about love, truth, soul…
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
I had some idea that there were negotiations going on for my release and I had some sense that somehow my daughter was involved. In 1985 the regime offered all…
ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
The judge Is dressed in red and white the assessors in black and white the prosecutor in a hostage smile and I in the borrowed robes of my grandmother…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985
CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have been able to come... Perhaps I could…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 NIC Meeting, Curries Fountain, Durban There was…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - The linguistic classification of Kora
From: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis Introduction. This chapter [1] begins within an overview of the…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - 1. The linguistic classification of Kora
Introduction. This chapter [1] begins within an overview of the Khoisan languages in general, and briefly describes the three or four main families that…
The Construction of Whiteness/Blackness And The Invention of Miscegenation In South African Literary Texts of the 1920s and 1930 by Itala Vivan
In an exploration of the attitudes taken by different cultures in different historical periods with regard to the cultural phenomenon of hybridity, I came…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
Everyone knows about apartheid. They know that it was a system of racial discrimination that segregated the people of South Africa based on their skin color…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
The nineteenth century in South Africa is noted for the revolutionary processes that resulted in the formation of new states. State formation in nineteenth…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of the National Council of Provinces; Honourable…
Archive1999 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 5 February 1999 (Before National Elections)
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, 5 February 1999 Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
To Change the World ! Is Reason Enough ?, London, August, 1995
Ron Press, This is Ron Press' story of his part in the struggle against apartheid. Forced into exile in the early 'sixties, Ron Press contributed to the…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
Innate resilience in conjunction with unmatched passion forms a characteristic that proves to be unstoppable, yet the rarity of this combination stems from the…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
Precolonial and Early History Almost four hundred years ago, Khoe-San people moved into the interior of South Africa from the Cape (what is today the…