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Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
… more than the Non-Europeans. The frightful cost of this war, leading to the impoverishment of peoples and the … the warning on behalf of the ruling class:…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 67th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1979
… them today, except perhaps as detonators of large-scale war. The African National Congress is, demonstrably, a … Southern Africa, as a matter of stark…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979
… them today, except perhaps as detonators of large-scale war. The African National Congress is, demonstrably, a … Southern Africa, as a matter of stark…
PlaceWonderboom National Airport, Tshwane
… it was used temporarily for military training during World War II. The airport has been extensively extended, with a new …
EventAfrica Women's Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
The Africa Women's Peace Train was launched in Kampala, Uganda, on 15 August in a ceremony in which a Peace Torch was received. It was destined to run through…
Mission Stations - M
… of the gnus and zebras of the neighbourhood. Never had war been waged against these animals with such good … the following report on the Missions destroyed…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… In September 1985 major industrialists such as chairman of Anglo America Gavin Reilly also travelled to meet the ANC …
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
… Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s 2012 socially responsible index, gaining “best performer” status for its social and … dose of rejection for several years. A…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… of West African peacekeepers created a lull in the civil war, and elections were held. A First Attempt at the … Taylor and was charged with treason.) By 1999…
African National Congress Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, 5 November 1979
… cannot win us our liberation. Armed struggle and people's war therefore remain key elements in our strategy. The very … clearly that ours will have to be a…
Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
… Arusha peace accord which ended the country’s long civil war, and his declaration was welcomed by anti-Nkurunziza … the country back to the dark days of its…
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki's most stirring speeches
… desert. I am the grandchild who lays fresh flowers on the Boer graves at St Helena and the Bahamas, who sees in the …
PlaceLydenburg, Mpumalanga
… was stationed at Lydenburg during the Transvaal's first war against Britain (1880 - 1881) . They built a small Fort; … to hurl cannon balls of 1 kg at the…
Mission Stations - T-Z
… from whom also it received its name. "During the Caffre war this settlement was attacked three times by thousands of … witness to the poverty of the mission;…
PlaceWynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
… the Guild of Loyal Women (formed during the South Africa War ) planted commemorative trees, still visible today near …
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… of military coup were economic breakdown and civil war splitting the country into two halves, north and south. …
EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
… considered a strategic partner at the height of the Cold War. With the spectre of Marxist-backed Nationalist Movements …
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
… with moderate black leaders on condition that they eschew war. But exiled leaders, Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, …
EventLord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony, is born in Badminton, England
… in 1822. During his term as governor the Fifth Cape Xhosa War (1818-1819) broke out because of increasing friction …
EventPresident Robert Mugabe defends land reform programme
… to levels last experienced by the German Mark after World War 1, that the Zimbabwean economy, once among the most …
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
… The rebellion escalated, leading to the outbreak of war in the eastern part of the Congo, where thousands of Hutu …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… a post as a Civil Administrator during the Nigerian Civil War and wrote a novel based on his experiences. In 1973, …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… of and involvement the activities of the OB during World War II. He became a member of the NP cabinet in the 1950s. In …
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… over the issue of South Africa's involvement in World War Two, with many Afrikaans party members breaking away and …
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… Afrikaners in concentration camps during the South African War. A British woman, Emily Hobhouse became the champion of …
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… was erected by the British military during the frontier war of 1818-19, and was named in honour of Lt-Col Thomas …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… have argued that de Klerk narrowly avoided a civil war that would have been disasterous to the country and the …
PlaceMokopane also known as Potgieterus
Mokopane is also known as Potgietersrus. This is a Town in the Limpopo Province, of South Africa. The Town was established in 1852 by the Voortrekkers who…
PlaceMokopane- also known as Potgietersrus
Mokopane is also known as Potgietersrus. This is a Town in the Limpopo Province, of South Africa. The Town was established in 1852 by the Voortrekkers who…
Document 38 - “How to Build o Revolutionary Mass Party in South Africa: A letter from the Executive Committee of the Communist International, “Umsebenzi, 12 December 1930
… on the nationalist party (the slave- owner Party ofthe Boer farmers) and by the South African Party . which … is inevitably doomed to defeat, as is every…