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Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
… Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing this letter on the instructions of the All-in African National Action Council which was …
“Message to Those Staying At Home”: Joint Statement by Dr G. M. Naicker and Chief Albert J. Luthuli, April 1958
… 63 Those who will be staying at home in accordance with the decision of the National Workers` Conference are called upon to observe …
EventGreat Trek Centenary Celebrations commence
… The Great Trek was a migration that took place between 1838 and the 1840s, and involved the Boers leaving the Cape Colony and settling in the interior of…
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
… International political processes leading to the " Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive … Consequences in Southern Africa " can be traced back to the…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… Bordering the City of Polokwane in Limpopo, the Polokwane Game Reserve is possibly one of the finest on which to cut your teeth if you’re new to the …
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot
… Britain in 1962, becoming Prime Minister. Traditionally, the Bugandan King or Kabaka became President, although the position was considered to be only…
PlaceMarket Theatre
… The Market Theatre was founded in 1976 in Johannesburg by Mannie Manim and Barney Simon. Now based in the center of the Newtwon Cultural Precinct, The Market…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… (Speech at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the African…
EventEbola virus kills 153 people in Zaire
… as Ebola virus a virus that kills its host by attacking the lining of the cells and coagulating the blood in the human body.. This … May 2010]|CNN, Fear…
Fatima Meer: Portfolio
… WE, THE PARTIES, organisations and administrations assembled in … Multi-party Planning Conference: BEING FULLY CONSCIOUS of the responsibility we…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… This Town is near the Land where the 'Battle of Majuba' was fought, where the Transvaal won … In the Volksrust town square adjacent to the municipal…
PlaceMaitland
… The railway line from Cape Town reached Maitland on 13 February 1862. The 1891 census indicated that Maitland had a population of 2,035. By 1904, this number…
EventSADF officers dismissed
… State President F.W. de Klerk announced that 23 members of the South African Defence Force (SADF), including two … were being forcibly retired or suspended…
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… On 1 May 1979, the first interim report of the Wiehahn Commission is tabled in Parliament. The Wiehahn …
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… On 26 May 1948, the Herenigde Nasionale Party (Reunified National Party) took power from Jan Smuts' United Party (UP) by 5 seats. The HNP came to power in…
ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
… David Goldblatt (87) has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex…
EventSlachter’s Nek rebels are hanged
… In 1815, tensions between the British and Dutch were running high. The Dutch settlers strongly (and correctly) suspected the British of resenting their…
EventLiberia is established
… On 26 July 1847 the Liberian Declaration of Independence was signed and Liberia became a sovereign nation. The story of Liberia is different from other…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… I REFER YOU TO MY LETTER of 20 April 1961, to which you do not have the courtesy to reply or acknowledge receipt. In the letter referred to above I informed…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Helen Stoilas, 30 May 2017
… The South African photographer David Goldblatt has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of…
PlaceEthiopia
… Ethiopia, formerly Abyssinia, is a landlocked country in the East of Africa. It shares one of its borders with Somalia , to the East. Sudan to the West,…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site , is a must-do on the itinerary of any tourist to Cape Town . Forget palm trees and … years of his 27 years in prison…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to ANC National General Council fundraising dinner at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 19 September 2010, Durban
… Kgalema Motlanthe, ANC Officials and NEC members, Captains of business and industry, Special guests, Good evening, we … share this very special evening with…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… context. This museum shows a history experienced by the residents, a reality portrayed without criticism or bias, and reflects the history and experiences…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… Three years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's … The New York…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed resolutions … Africa's relations with its Southern African neighbours. The UN General Assembly re-affirmed…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Tomichi Murayama Tokyo, 5 July 1995
… Your Excellency, Mr. Tomichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan; Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen. Since we … in your beautiful country, we have been…
PlacePreller-Rondawels, Pelindaba
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 March 1973. The farm, Welgegund was awarded to Swart Martiens Pretorius a nephew of President M.W Pretorius, founder…
PlaceMalawi
… The Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô in Guinea-Bissau and the mountain range of southern Malawi have been added to the…
PlaceElukhanyweni
… Elukhanyweni is a small settler village in the foothills of the Amatola Mountains, located some 50km from King William's …