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Patric Tariq “de Goede” Mellet
… as a seven year old to watch this old German lady kneel before the statue of a black man, the son of an African … After the foster homes I lived with my…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… flight when they tried to turn back another group. Shortly before 9am, a senior pupil addressed a crowd of several … of contention for African students. This…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… Asvat, Mrs. Fatima Meer, the Reverend Michael Scott— before I could visit South Africa for the first time in 1991 … Nations, it was still a colony under…
ArchiveSharpeville - March 21, 1960 by Petrus Tom
… In 1960 before that terrible day of March 21 some workers resigned …
ArchiveAmerican unionists demonstrate against apartheid
… past several months more American union members than ever before have been involved in demonstrations against South …
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… example, if a ship sank in 1682 everything abroad was made before 1682. Historians and archaeologists can know the date …
Letter from Ian Phillips to Chris Hani
… political prisoners, political trials and acts committed before and after the unbanning of the ANC. …
ArchiveConstituent assembly now!
… Forward to socialism!" Yellow letters with a yellow star before each heading. …
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… sticks from which a selection would be made by the owner before a fight. At the age of 16 a Zulu boy would be taken … long and 31 to 33 centimetres wide.” …
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… and 1948 were the only elections ever held in South Africa before 1994 on a national level in which blacks indirectly … with all the others that followed,…
ArticleThe San
… considered derogatory. The San populated South Africa long before the arrival of the Bantu-speaking nations, and thousands of years before the arrival of…
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
… 1878 April, Paul Kruger is sent to London to put before the British state secretary public petitions against … 7, Paul Kruger addresses the volksraad for the…
Insurrections I,II and III: Music as Ancient as the Future by Samuel Hove
… with their second CD which gave me a sense of what went on before. So what went on before? I had my notes from an interview with Ari Sitas in …
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… to attend schools. They began working at an early age, and before 1921, child exploitation and abuse in Russian … had also started his political career in…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… , who came to South Africa in 1910. Mann, like Kier Hardie before him, criticized the South African Labour Party (SALP) … development of socialist labour…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… to class. Colonial conquest by the Netherlands until 1795, before it fell to the British Crown, before reverting to Dutch Rule in 1803 and again to British …
PlaceKenya
… centuries, pursued by both the Portuguese and Omani Arabs before the British arrived, but the gradual push for … Jomo Kenyatta – was accused by the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the Senate 18 June 1996
… Deputy-President Senators; Ladies and Gentlemen. I stand before you fully conscious of the historic significance of … last time that I personally have the…
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… Union and General Smuts" (quoted in a speech by Naicker before a NIC conference in June 1947. In a 1948 speech before the Transvaal Passive Resistance…
EventHouse of Representatives impeaches American President Bill Clinton
… with Lewinsky. On 6 August 1998, Lewinsky gave testimony before the grand jury. Clinton testified a week later and was the first president to ever have…
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
… Mhlonthlo asked Hope to address the assembled warriors before marching to battle. It was at this moment that the six … fled to Lesotho where he stayed for…
ArchiveSASO: Minutes of the National Executive meeting held at the Lay Ecumenical Centre, Pietermaritzburg, from 12th-13th November 1973
… meeting. Some documents were seized by the Police in Alice before the full report could be made. …
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… and the second from the University of Warwick in the UK, before being appointed Lecturer in Mathematics at UCT, where … a few months earlier on 6 June – two…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… on 26 March 1961, demanding the calling by your Government before 31 May 1961 of a multi-racial and sovereign National … pass laws and meetings banned…
PlaceCape Town International Convention Centre
With over 17 years of service excellence and crafting extraordinary experiences, the CTICC has built an enviable reputation as a premier Business Tourism venue…
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
… divorced from Keorapetse, who was also Mbete-Keorapetse before returning to Mbete, has an impressive history. It's … to struggle at the same level with the…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
… Congress finds all of us better placed than we have been before to carry our historic mission to destroy the apartheid … the backbone of our striking power…
ArchiveA blueprint for education
… its national congress at the end of the year for approval before presenting it to the government …
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
… could not get a passport, as the security police check before issue, was stringent. A Coloured cricketer, Basil … Judas betrayed one man, our Hlapane…
ArticleNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy
… she would face another three to four hours of meetings before going to bed. Her weekends were also mostly taken up …