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PlaceOrlando Stadium
This was the site of the first stadium in Soweto, officially opened in 1959. For almost 50 years this was a famous home of soccer, associated with a host of…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… up by registration. The death of Neil Agget in February 1982 saw 100,000 workers observe a work stoppage for 30 minutes on 1 February 1982. Hs death…
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
… relaxed the country's harsh laws, encouraged limited free speech and introduced elections. Unfortunately they were …
EventZimbabawean Independence Day
… at both national and district levels. A presidential speech which tallies with current national themes and the …
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… AB Xuma, JS Moroka, Albert Mvumbi Luthuli, Oliver Reginald Tambo, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki. … African Congress of Trade Unions the…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… AB Xuma, JS Moroka, Albert Mvumbi Luthuli, Oliver Reginald Tambo, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki. … African Congress of Trade Unions the…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… ruler of the kingdom. Sobhuza stayed in power until 1982 when Prince Makhosetive Dlamini was selected as his … group of advisors called the Council of…
PlaceFort Cox
… student residences, staff residences and workshop. 1982: When the College was first opened as an agricultural … was Standard 6. This was raised to Standard 8…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1980 - 1989 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… relief work and rehabilitation. The executive for 1981-1982 were: Dr Goolam M Hoosen [President], Dr [Prof] Ali … of South Africa, Young Men's Muslim…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… at the Isle of Youth – as the school became known. Oliver Tambo visited the school in March 1986. Later, plans to … to Havana to accept the award on Mandela…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… the African People Organisation organised a "Freedom of Speech Convention" in Johannesburg. The Convention was called …
PlaceBeau Soleil Music Centre, Salisbury Road, Kenilworth
… declared a National Monument, after major restoration in 1982. From the outset, the guiding ethic of the Beau Soleil …
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… of South Africa’s cheap labour system, published in 1982, levy here tells how he became active at an early age in …
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… came to power, was appointed Minister of Labour, said in a speech outlining future policy: "The basic principle of trade … with Nazi ideas, explained his…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… 1949-1952, Albert Luthuli from 1952-1967, Oliver Reginald Tambo from 1967-1991, Nelson Mandela from 1991-1997, Thabo …
ANC Gauteng Province pays tribute to Comrade Lawrance Phokanoka,15 July 2005
… Lembede, Lilian Ngoyi, Rahima Moosa, Oliver Reginald Tambo, Helen Joseph, Govan Mbeki, Ruth First, Wilton Mkwayi, …
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… more militant, he was instrumental, along with Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, in forming the ANC Youth League …
ArchiveCHAPTER 5 - Armed Propaganda and Non-Colaborattion, Rationalising weakness, August 1979 - December 1980 by Howard Barell
… inside the country responded positively to the siege. The funeral in Soweto of one of the MK combatants, who were all … met formally with Inkatha in London…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… appearance by Nelson Mandela , making his first public speech since 1952, because of successive banning orders. The … Durban. 'The Nationalists have…
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… moved to the Law + Order camp.2' There is no freedom of speech in the I.C.U. at all more especially who are known to …
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… Peters are recruited by Omar Badsha to join Afrapix . 1982 Peter McKenzie leaves Durban for Johannesburg where he … by Dan Nelson, with text by Paddi Clay…
Alfred Nzo Lecture in memory of Comrade Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo delivered on 28 June 2014 by Dr Zwelini Mkhize Treasurer General of the ANC in Mount Ayliff ; Alfred Nzo District in Eastern Cape Province
… a diplomat par excellance. While working with Comrade OR Tambo, Johnny Makatini and others, he was instrumental in … as a monument to all our heroes such as…
’UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!’
… by the ANC on 10 June 1980, with an introduction by O R Tambo, President of the ANC at the time. When did the ANC get … call and make 1980 a year of united…
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… in this period may at least partly bear them out (Wells, 1982: 64). To begin with, the majority of women attracted to … being absent from Basutoland…
PlaceUlundi, Kwa-Zulu Natal, (also known as Mahlabathini)
… Ulundi. This was ahead of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi' s funeral, on Saturday the 16th of September 2023. In 1951 the …
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… Conference was convened by a body called the "DEFEND FREE SPEECH CONVENTION"—a body consisting of the AFRICAN NATIONAL … has now been established in the…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… masterfully in a pre-internet world. He distributed every speech on a mailing list, nationally and internationally, …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 2: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… events, such as slaughtering a cow at a wedding or a funeral. Cattle were also used for two other important …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… that he had been killed deliberately. The day after his funeral and burial at Lichtenberg, about an hour and half …
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… for over 25 years until he retired from those positions in 1982 and 1984. Despite stepping down, he remained active in …