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ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
Historic shipwrecks are time capsules of their time, they are often untouched for decades, sometimes centuries, until they are discovered. Everything onboard…
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… Lembede, founder and first president of the ANC Youth League in 1944, wore shabby clothing. Luthuli showed empathy … Native Football Association. The…
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
… passes to women. The Secretary of the Transvaal ANC Youth League stated to the provincial conference of the League in October 1958: "I must say that I am…
Chapter Four - The Years with the CPSA: 1925 - 1935
… bravely tried to apply its Programme of Direct Action. The League of African Rights launched this programme and the … was mirrored in the ant fascist…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement of the President of the ANC, Thabo Mbeki, Kempton Park, 27 September 2002
… Conference, including the branch, regional, provincial, League and other discussions, have given all the delegates … should resume their work. The authority…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… The challenge of ethnic survival confronts all small nations living in the proximity of nations that are politically, or economically or numerically … to…
Following the January meeting of health ministers in London, a decision is taken that December 1 become World Aids Day
… in Geneva in May 1988, and further supported by a United Nations General Assembly resolution on 27 October 1988. The …
EventPresident Jacob Zuma steps down as President of South Africa
On the 14 February 2018, President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma announced his resignation with immediate effect, following years of scandals and internal disputes…
PlaceMjejane Game Reserve
Only 4 hours drive from Gauteng and less than 60 minutes from Nelspruit’s Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport. Positioned on the Kruger National Park's…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… editor on New Age and acting president of the ANC Youth League (succeeding Joe Matthews who had been banned). He was … adopted black skirt and green blouse…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
An image showing the acculturation of indigenous Australian children by the British officials Image Source Essay Question To what extent did Australian…
PlacePietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens
On 3 March 1874, the Pietermaritzburg Botanical Garden was founded. It was run by the newly formed Pietermaritzburg Botanical Society until 1969, when it was…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
At the start of the 20th century South Africa faced a poor white epidemic. The state justified Apartheid as an "anti-poverty program for whites".[1] This poor…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
After South Africa's first national democratic elections in April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first democratic President at the Union…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… Executive of the ANC, the militants of the ANC youth league formed a natural working partnership with the militant … letter and spirit of the Atlantic…
Address at the Opening Session of the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha,1 December 1987
… suffering but struggling people and the world community of nations. The attainment of the level of unity over the … mobilised within the EEC, the…
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town, 12 February 2015
… significant benefit to the balance of trade. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development shows that South … level, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the opening session of the ANC Conference, Arusha, 1 December 1987
… suffering but struggling people and the world community of nations. The attainment of the level of unity over the … mobilised within the EEC, the…
Archive1990 - President De Klerk: State of the Nation Address, 2 February 1990
… without the involvement of the Big Powers or of the United Nations. The countries of Southern Africa are faced with a … well as of collective units,…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 82nd Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1994.
… and, later, South Africa's rightful isolation by the nations of the world, have produced a set of relations which … Soon our country will take its rightful…
FW de Klerk’s speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990
… without the involvement of the Big Powers or of the United Nations. The countries of Southern Africa are faced with a … well as of collective units,…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 12 February 2015
… significant benefit to the balance of trade. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development shows that South … level, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary…
Archive25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
Ngubethole Bam J.S.S P.O Box 2426 Dutywa 5000 22 August 2019 The President Private bag x1000 Pretoria, 0001 Dear Sir RE: …
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
It was established on the Farm in the Free State Province, named "Keerom" (which means "Turn around"). Settlers occupied the Area in the 1830's and the Town…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… routes became dominant. From the mid-20th century various nations were granted independence. Askiah Muhammad’s Reign …
PlaceMqhekezweni - Mandela's Ancestral Home, OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape
Declared a National Heritage Site by the South African Government, Mqhekezweni is a very significant early great place of the Abathembu nation under King…
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
I first met Aziz when I was a student at the London School of Economics. I met him through my involvement in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the National…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… rights of all social groups, in consonance with the United Nations’ Charter”.5 For this a national convention was … a manifesto they had written as militants…
Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
… with some narration on relations with the United Nations, the UNO, do you have any info on that? … him, as well. I think she also had a friend at the…