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ArchiveSeboka sa Mokhatlo oa Tokoloho oa South Africa (Liberal Party) (Article written in Sotho)
… Seboka sa Mokhatlo oa Tokoloho oa South Africa (Liberal Party) (Article written in Sotho) …
WW1: Gen. Jan Smuts is appointed commander of the Allied forces in East Africa.
… Smuts is appointed commander of the Allied forces in East Africa. …
The Health Ministry says carriers of Aids will be barred from entering South Africa.
… says carriers of Aids will be barred from entering South Africa. …
Founding of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa. Leader: Clements Kadalie.
… of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa. Leader: Clements Kadalie. …
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… aim is to advance art and architectural history in South Africa, and to promote and uphold the status of the … services to Art and Architectural History in…
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
… Witwatersrand. Ndebele joined the English Academy of South Africa in 1991 and has remained a member since then. Ndebele … a Board Member and Chair of the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Johannesburg, 21 November 1997
… upon their institutions. Thanks to the people of South Africa and their determination to govern themselves, the … key institutions in support of the vision…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
… wake of these epoch-making events came the victories in Africa with the defeat of Portuguese colonialism, the birth … of a new historical era on the very…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… From 27 April 1994 to 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) … (ANC). Clause 88 of the interim Constitution of…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… Western Cape. In June 1952 the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA) held a conference in Cape Town which was …
EventThe UN is informed by the United States that it will suspend sale of arms to South Africa.
… August, 1963 that it would suspend sales of arms to South Africa. The Security Council adopted Resolution 181 calling … of arms, ammunition and military…
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… conservationist Frederick Courtney Selous came to South Africa at the age of nineteen in 1871. Inspired by the … Charles Baldwin, Selous wanted to explore…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… The Nile River The Nile is the biggest river in Africa . The river comes from the meeting of three rivers … Map showing the location of Swahili civilization…
Document 69 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … Drew Document 69 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg,…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… strong opposition from the White establishment in South Africa. It was feared that if Africans would be exposed to … it would undermine the existing race…
ArchiveThe Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
… be a compulsory school subject until Grade 12 in South Africa. A task team established by the country’s minister of … if students are to become capable of…
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… and was the mouthpiece of the National Party of South Africa. This changed in the 1950's, when then Editor Piet … after deciding to establish a Dutch…
BiographyHugh Masekela
… aspiring musicians in the Huddleston Jazz Band – South Africa’s first youth orchestra. In his early days as a … his experiences in the harsh political…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
… Kgosi’s regent and guardian. Seretse was sent to South Africa for his education, and in 1944 he graduated with a BA … He was recognised as Kgosi, and Ruth as…
BiographyLaurence Neill Nathan
… He has published a number of books and articles on South Africa’s security forces and has served on several security … for the Institute for a Democratic…
Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. Following the demise of the ICU in the early 1940s, … to rent office space. It was the…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Marikana 10 years on: survey shows knowledge of massacre is low, by Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and Steven Gordon (theconversation.com), 16 August 2022
… To explore the patterns of collective memory in South Africa after nearly three decades of democracy, we set out to … expressed interest in “the history and…
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
… was born in Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa on 12 April 1949. He matriculated from Sastri … meeting for the Convention of a Democratic…
BiographyAnton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski
… Lubowski was born on 3 February 1953, in South West Africa (now known as Namibia), the second child of Wilfried … as a consequence of a conspiracy formulated…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the High Diamond Council, Antwerp, Belgium: 15th November 2004
… song whose lyrics would include a phrase - "diamonds are Africa's best friend". I am therefore particularly pleased … we will compose together, which will…
Opening Statement of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Summit Meeting of the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership: Jakarta, Indonesia, April 22, 2005.
… Opening Statement of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Summit Meeting of the New …
"AII-African Convention Forthcoming Conference,"South African Worker, 13 November 1937
Statement at the Conference of The Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989
… Movement, My compatriots, comrades in struggle from South Africa, Comrades and Friends: It is my honour today on … National Congress and the majority of…
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