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ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
The date, December 16, holds a special significance in South African history. On this day in 1838, the Voortrekkers fought a battle for survival against…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
IntroductionDecember 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between Blacks…
EventHistory of December 16
December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa; it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation. First celebrated as ‘Dingane’s Day,’ when the…
ArchiveDecember 16 : heroes - day
Black and white image of soldier shaking hands with two people in centre of poster. Title in red letters at bottom of poster. Wording in black letters.
ArchiveEditorial comment: December 16
ArchiveDecember 16, 1976: Parents day of pledging s
Circular, issued by the Soweto Students Representative Council, calling for a commemoration on 16 December 1976, of those killed in police violence and a…
ArchiveHeroes Day December 16, 1979
African National Congress Umkhonto We Sizwe flyer in observance of Heroes Day.
ArchiveDecember 16? : Mayihlome : Victory or death
Cream poster with black lettering. Images of green soldiers with guns raising fists.
ArchiveCommemoration Service : December 16 - 1pm
UDF poster. White blackground with maroon lettering. Remembrance meeting at NEPO Cinema. UDF Logo. Speaker Terror Lekota. List of those to remember.
ArchiveDecember 16 : the day of OUR vow
White poster with black lettering. Image of Voortrekker monument and three soldiers pointing rifles.
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
In an essay entitled “The 16th of December in the context of Nationalistic thinking in colonial- and apartheid-South Africa” Wolfram Kistner [1975] makes an…
The death of Mama Luthuli,16 December 1996
The heart of a lioness has ceased to beat. Mama Nokukhanya Luthuli is no more. Comrade Nokukhanya Luthuli, 92 years old, was the wife of the late ANC President…
ArchiveDecember 16 to 26: Xmas against the emergency
Black and white poster with an image of a mans hand in a fist; holding barbed wire and the logos of NECC, SACC, UDF and COSATU on the fingers. The other image…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
I must admit at the outset that when we first met in this hall six years ago, we and our people, who looked spell-bound at Convention, were full of great…
ArchiveDecember 16 to 26 Xmas against the emergency!
Campaign for national united action. White background with black lettering plus two black bells ringing in two top corners and black and white image of…
ArchiveFighting Talk Volume 16 Number 10 December 1962
Fighting Talk - a journal for democrats in Southern Africa - holiday issue
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day16 December 1995There are few countries which dedicate a national public holiday to…
uMkhonto weSizwe: We are at War!, December 16, 1961
ArchiveReport on the Black Renaissance Convention held at Hammanskraal, 13-16 December 1974
A detailed report on the proceedings of the Black Renaissance Convention held at Hammanskraal, 13-16 December 1974
ArchiveCampaign for National United Action: Christmas against the emergency December 16 to 26
Newspaper clipping regarding campaign for National United Action-christmas against the emergengcy December 16 to 26. UDF pledge themselves to ten days of…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
The decision to make December 16 a holiday named Dingaan’s Day was in celebration for what Voortrekkers viewed as a 'victory' over Zulu warriors near the Ncome…
Keynote Address of Comrade Nelson R Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC, to the ANC National Consultative Conference, 14-16 December 1990
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin Volume 16 Number 8 November/December 1992
South African Labour Bulletin is a refereed journal which supports the democratic labour movement in South Africa. It is a forum for analysing, debating and…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 16 - 1 January 1977 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Monday, December 20 We were all a bit anxious about December 16, supposedly our Black…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
Albert Luthuli's Presidential Address to the Forty-fifth Annual Conference of the African National Congress, Orlando, Johannesburg, December 16, 1957 The…
Tribute To J. B. Marks: Speech At Unveiling Of Memorial, Moscow, December 16, 1974
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
The decision to make December 16 a holiday named Dingaan's Day was in celebration for what Voortrekkers viewed as a 'victory' over Zulu warriors near the Ncome…
United Nations A/RES/S-16/1 General Assembly 6th plenary meeting, 14 December 1989
United Nations A/RES/S-16/1 General Assembly 6th plenary meeting, 14 December 1989
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
Mr. Chairman, Members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades and friends, Compatriots, I came on Thursday, having spent a whole week…