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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…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… was an expression of black consciousness, and the youth league has an importance in the early 50s. Taylor: So where … so we contended, Resolution Number so…
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…
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…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
In the 1980s the National Party witnessed a renewed national and international pressure to initiate political reform. The Apartheid government accelerated its…
South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
… to become a teacher. Project: Mary Benson at the United Nations Sarah Griffin No biographical information available. …
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…
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…
EventHashim Amla retires from international cricket
On 8 August 2019, Hashim Amla retired from all formats of international cricket. Amla, a versatile batsman, made his international debut on 28 November 2004…
Hendrik Verwoerd: 10 quotes by Hendrik Verwoerd (Politics Web), 20 September 2016
… ‘Winds of Change’ speech: “The tendency in Africa for nations to become independent and, at the same time, the need …
Statement by Olive Tambo at the freedom rally organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, 26 January 1979, Dublin
… only two days ago at the current session of the United Nations General Assembly once again by the leading EEC …
Address of the President of South Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Presidential Fleet Review, 5 September 2008, Simonstown
… We accept our obligation to combine with other maritime nations to uphold the freedom of the seas and to protect our …
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture by President Jacob Zuma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 24 November 2010, Durban
… was of the essence. In a joint statement to the United Nations with Dr Martin Luther King Junior, entitled Chief …
Press Conference in Lusaka: Oliver Tambo, 25 June 1985
… will not oppose sanctions. They won`t go to the United Nations and argue against sanctions because they agree that …
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 25 June 1985
… will not oppose sanctions. They won't go to the United Nations and argue against sanctions because they agree that …
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the release of the 20 Year Review: South Africa 1994 to 2014, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, 11 March 2014
… achieved, or is on track to achieve, most of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Most of the …
Behind the Narrative of the Abuse of State Power was a Larger Goal by Thabo Mbeki, 8 February 2016
… United States to attend the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly and would therefore be absent from …
Address to the Commonwealth Club, World Affairs Council and US/SA Business Council Conference, 24 May 2000
… the least subsidised of all the major agricultural trading nations. We have restructured our public sector through …
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… it was a War for Democracy, Freedom and Independence of Nations, Countries and Peoples. These appeals were not …
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… The wheel of progress revolves relentlessly. And all the nations of the world take their turn at the field-glass of …
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
… that these good people of Africa, who comprise many nations, speak many related languages, displayed to the …
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… The wheel of progress revolves relentlessly. And all the nations of the world take their turn at the field-glass of …
70. The Durban riots, 1949
… asked to get their report ready in time for the United Nations meeting at Lake Success. Refusing cross-examination, …
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre, when police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… the Federation and the African National Congress Women's League maintained a guard of honour in their green blouses … old members of the ANC and the…
ArchiveThis violence is not unique to SA by Daniel Magaziner, 09 September 2019
Every time there is violence of a particular sort in SA I think about 1949. In mid-January of that year a single incident between an Indian shopkeeper and a…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
Analysis of the role of the SACP in formulating the development policies of the ANC: The case of the National Development Plan (NPD) Co-Authors: Lolonga…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
A. The Mineral Revolution ↵ In this section we will briefly discuss the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand and the Gold Rush. We will also discuss how…
ArticleKey sites
… satsangs. A Gujarati Library was established and a Youth League was formed to promote and encourage sports, physical …