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Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
… tackle its problems. Virtually all parties, structures of civil society, individuals at various levels of the social … order;and consign all negative…
PlaceLanseria International Airport, Roodepoort
… calendar and a milestone in South African aviation History. For the first time, South African buyers were … International Airport, using the Airports 24 Hour…
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… for the South African Society of Arts to reflect on its history, it also presents it with an opportunity to …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… deny she played an even bigger part in the South African history. During her time in exile she became very outspoken … at the same time he admits “unlike…
Action Kommandant film review by Kabelo Kemp (www.kathradafoundation.org)
… for example, was such a well put together piece of our history struggling with funding? Surely the government would … in funding directors who want to expand…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African Reserve Bank’s 75th anniversary banquet Pretoria, 28 June 1996
… and the creation of much-needed jobs. Scanning through the history of the South African Reserve Bank, one comes across … Java and Japan. It is natural that a…
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
… to take 70% of the vote in the Northern Cape based on our service delivery record and the work we have done and …
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… activist Chris Hani , in 1993 and the moving Memorial Service and Tribute to Mandela, in 2013 . The South African …
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… as chairman of the Transformation Forum on Correctional Service. Later in life though, Niehaus was surrounded by … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… building to collapse. A ninth bomb was found at a disused service station and defused by the police. Some hours after …
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… served in the medical staff corps. While he was doing his service, he started to write the song called ‘The Mission …
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… leaving scores of people dead. References: South African History Online (2011). ‘Bophuthatswana’from South African History Online [online]. Available at www…
EventA plan designed to fight Italian forces, Operation ‘Agreement’ is executed in Libya
… References: Boddy-Evans A., 2011. ‘This Day in African History: 14 September’from African History [online] Available at www.africanhistory.about.com …
PlaceTygerberg Hospital
… in Africa, recognised for its world class health care service locally, nationally and internationally. Tygerberg Hospital held a special long-service awards…
EventRamaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested
… turned out to be the longest and costliest strike in the history of the mining industry. The strike was also costly … Click here to read more about the South…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement , which ended a 22-year civil war that killed 2.5 million people and displaced 4 …
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… floor issues and democracy; 2. Progressive politics and civil society – the Natal Indian Congress, other progressive …
Present Stage of the Struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 1 June 1968
… because those who set out to reverse the course of human history and change the basic nature of living man must need … freedom struggle one of the most…
Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid by Oliver Tambo, 1 June 1968, Stockholm
… because those who set out to reverse the course of human history and change the basic nature of living man must need … freedom struggle one of the most…
Paper prepared at the request of the Special Committee against Apartheid, June 1968
… because those who set out to reverse the course of human history and change the basic nature of living man must need … freedom struggle one of the most…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 7 - Participatory Democracy for South Africa
… continued along the road to capitalism the members of our Civil Service, Local Government Service, our Army and Police, our … virtues but of their vices;…
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
… that during the popular television series, World at War, a history of WW2, so many people went to the toilet during ad … but not within hearing of a state…
Forward to Mass Action for People's Power! Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 77th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1989
… march. For the racist regime, the 1980s will go down in history as a decade of ever-deepening crisis. Unprecedented … the struggle. It will also aim to…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… the men at a moment's warning, and retain them in your service for months”. [xxv] The Kroo dominated the palm trade. … enslaved people of African descent…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 77th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1989
… march. For the racist regime, the 1980`s will go down in history as a decade of ever-deepening crisis. Unprecedented … the struggle. It will also aim to…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… within a new political context. This museum shows a history experienced by the residents, a reality portrayed without criticism or bias, and reflects the…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… popular culture and it is important to understand its history and significance within the broader South African … to describe it as well as its relevance to…
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
… Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both … issues. The lecture series is in line…
PlaceEmbassy of Azerbaijan, Pretoria
South Africa and Azerbaijan first established relations in 1992. Azerbaijan's embassy in Pretoria is the sole Azerbaijani representation in South Africa! The…
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical ‘TIME’ appeared on news stands
… On this day in history, the first issue of the weekly periodical TIME … languages. It is one of the most popular magazines in history, with readership…