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EventDr. J. S. Moroka dies
… politician, and great-grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong Boo Moroka in Thaba Nchu the then district of Bophuthatswana, now part of the Free State…
EventClarence Makwetu Expelled from PAC
… The Chairman of the Pan-Africanist Congress and disciplinary committee … has been expelled party for three years, for bringing the party in disrepute. He was…
EventChurch leaders initiate peace summit in Durban
… This followed various efforts to negotiate an end to the violence between local warring factions of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
… first national democratic elections held in April 1994, the president of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was sworn in as South Africa's…
ArchiveStudents and action in society
… Papers presented at the 9th NUSAS National Seminar held at Howick, April 24-28 in 1971. The 8 papers presented were as follows: Approach to student power;…
ArchiveEducation, development and change in Africa
… The speech delivered by Murphree places emphasis on education and educating the people of Africa as part of the liberals function in ensuring a positive…
EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… his musical style. When he moved to Johannesburg during the 1950’s he met musician Spokes Mashiyane. They collaborated musically and Allen composed most of…
Part 2: Ahmed Kathy Kathrada Addresses Gandhi Satyagraha Tour Delegates
… and edit by Lynnea Bylund . Recorded on 9 June 2014 at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Johannesburg, during the inaugural Gandhi Satyagraha Tour of South…
EventHolomisa on corruption
… The ANC strongly denies Holomisa's charge of accepting … head of Sun International, had donated two million rand to the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventKenyan independence hero Bildad Kaggia dies after a long illness
… was a nationalist and a freedom fighter. Kaggia joined the Kenyan army when the Second World War broke out and was deployed in London as … African customs…
EventBarry Hough, SA literary critic and successful author of mainly teenage books is found dead
… in 1953. He obtained a BA Communications degree from the Rand Afrikaans University (now University of … obtain an MA in English. Hough held several positions…
ArchiveANC Perspective on models for South Africa's future constitutional dispensation
… Report of a Group A, Commission 5 on the African National Congress's Perspective on models for … future Constitutional dispensation, prepared after the 1985…
PlaceConradie Care Centre, Pinelands
… story Hospital divided into probably about 40 Buildings. The place has been trashed by vagrants, even the flooring of some of the buildings has been stolen…
ArchiveNon-Central Government structures in South Africa today
… Paper presented by Penuell M. Maduna for discussion at the African National Congress in-house seminar on … services councils, Bantustans and local government…
ArchiveBiography of Moses Mabokela Chikane
… born in 1948 August 14 in area of Groblersdaal first of the family of nine, he was detained under section 28 of the internal security act from the 28 August…
EventSewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh dies in Durban
… Sewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh, champion for the poor and social worker, died in Durban. He was born in … an active role in SA sports as, inter alia, president…
EventSADF seals off Vaal townships
… thousand South African Defence Force (SADF) troops and the South African Police (SAP) sealed off the Vaal Triangle townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and ……
EventJoaquim Chissano meets with RENAMO leader
… Alberto Chissano met with Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the ResistÁƒÂƒÂªncia Nacional MoÁƒÂƒÂ§ambicana (RENAMO), to sign a peace agreement in Rome. The two…
EventTwo rival movements merge in Zimbabwe
… Two rival political organisations in Zimbabwe, the Ndebele-dominated Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), led by Joshua Nkomo, and the Shona-dominated…
EventJames Sebe Moroka is born
… and politician who was elected president-general of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1949 to 1952, was … Free State. He was a great grandson of Chief…
EventVuyani Bungu wins IBF World Boxing Title
… The South African junior featherweight, Vuyani Bungu, … highly rated American Kennedy McKinney at Carousel to lift the International Boxing Federation (IBF)…
EventZimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.
… but would maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg . The ending of diplomatic relations between the two southern African countries happened just five months …
PlaceAnnlin, a Suburb of Pretoria
… Suburb of Pretoria North, of the Wonderboom Reserve. Proclaimed in July 1953, it was first … Health Board. In July 1964 it was incorporated into the…
PlaceAlice, a Town near East London
… Town in the Victoria East District, on the Tyume River, some 120 km North-West of East London. It was named in 1847, according to some authorities, by the…
ArchiveSouth Africa Advisory Committee Report, 10 February report to Secretary of State
… with United States policy toward South Africa, one of the provisions of the Executive order directed the Secretary of State to establish an advisory…
PlaceOld Anglican Church, Rustenburg
… Sadly the building burnt down some years ago and is presently in … in 1967. It was originally built in 1871 as a result of the efforts of John Pilkington…
PlaceMill House and Water Mill, farm Naauwpoort, District of Marico
… Click on image to enlarge The mill was probably erected during the early 20th century. Its water wheel and cast-iron … machinery drove a set of millstones,…
EventAbram Fischer fails to arrive in court
… Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, … for conspiring to commit sabotage and being a member…
EventWalter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
… Former secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC), Walter Sisulu, was … incited a stay-at-home of African workers in protest of the Republic of…
EventWalter Sisulu acts against Sophiatown forced removals
… member Walter Sisulu acted as speaker at a meeting of the organisation held in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. This was in defiance of the forced removal of Blacks…