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EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
In mid-January 1879 Lt-Gen. Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand with three columns of British troops, starting the war that ended Zulu independence. After the…
EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
On 8 June 1988, Surendra Lenny Naidu, Lindiwe Mthembu, Makhosi Nyoka and Nontsikelelo Cothoza, all African National Congress (ANC) members were shot dead when…
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
On 11 March 1994 hundreds of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) members drove into Bophuthatswana, a Bantustan homeland in the…
The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker
The child is not deadthe child raises his fists against his motherwho screams Africa screams the smellof freedom and heatherin the locations of the heart under…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
On this day twenty five years ago, the South African Communist Party (SACP) secretary-general, Chris Thembisile Hani also known to many as Tshonyane (his clan…
EventParliament opens with the debate of no confidence on Government
South African Parliament opened with the debate of 'no confidence' in government, which was introduced by the Leader of the political opposition, the United…
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
King Dinizulu was the son of Chief Cetshwayo who reigned over Zululand, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) from 1872. Dinizulu was recognized as the legitimate heir and…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa. Their task was to…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo made history when she became the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of the Witwatersrand on 2…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
On 25 December 1918, Anwar al-Sadat was born at Tala District. al-Sadat was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy in Cairo. During the 1952 revolution which…
9. In search of better employment
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Robert E. Somasundram was unhappy as a teacher…
Message to the Seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party by O. R. Tambo, April 1989
Comrade Joe Slovo, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, Comrade Dan Tloome, Chairman of the South African Communist Party, Distinguished…
Speech at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
Comrade Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the CPSU, The delegation of the African National Congress shares the views of all the foreign delegations…
South African Tragedy: Jail Part Lovers by Joseph Lelyveld (New York Times), 5 January 1983
She and Neil Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a decade. In that time, they both became doctors, then followed separate paths into welfare and…
Chapter 6. Conclusion by Frantz Fanon, 1961
Come, then, comrades; it would be as well to decide at once to change our ways. We must shake off the heavy darkness in which we were plunged, and leave it…
PlaceTunisia
Tunisia is bounded by Algeria to the west and southwest, by Libya to the southeast, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the east and north. Used as a Roman, Arab,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on being awarded an honorary doctorate University of Zululand, 30 May 1998
Mr. Chancellor; Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Members of Council and Senate, Members of the University, Your Majesty, Premier, Distinguished Guests, And…
I - Introduction
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa This is the year, which people will talk about This is the year which people will…
81. The People’s Candidates Party and the Lenasia Management Committee
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The People's Candidates Party participated in…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa to discard policies which…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
"Apartheid - the Indictment" One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Three documents, fundamental changes that…
Chapter 4
Why the "Compromise"? What is the explanation of the wholesale reversal on the part of the leaders? It is not enough to say that they "sold out". This is a too…
Mission Stations - N-S
Mission Stations - N NAAUWPOORT, also known as NAAUWPOORT JUNCTION, Cape: DGT NABILEYO, Flagstaff, Cape: No data available NABIS, Namibia: RM NAKEEKE,…
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, Cape Town, June 7, 2006.
Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Deputy President, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Members, Distinguished Guests, Fellow South…
Appeal by Oliver Tambo to the people of the world on the 75th anniversary of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987
On January 8, 1987, we observed the 75th anniversary of our movement, the African National Congress. This historic anniversary has come at a critical moment in…
PlaceThe AVA Gallery
The history of the AVA Gallery echoes the social, political and cultural changes that took place in South Africa. Previously known as the South African…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thenjiwe Mswane
Dear Students Movements of 1976, Imagine if the 16th of June 2016, looked like this. Like this cold winters morning in Johannesburg, except across the…
PlaceNamaqua Coastal Route
The Northern Cape is South Africa's largest province and a must-see destination, whether you prefer the ocean, the desert, the bush or quirky towns rich in…