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EventFierce fighting erupts between pro-Patrice Lumumba troops and UN forces
… in January, 1961. In an official broadcast just days before he was declared dead, the Katanga Government announced …
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… by Athol Fugard. Gampu was born in Germiston in 1929. Before entering the the world of performing arts, he had …
EventCanadians, Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod discover insulin, saving the lives of many diabetics
… to treat diabetes for patients that would otherwise die. Before its discovery, people with diabetes had had a very …
Claremont Histories
… can pay homage to those who lived in Harfield & Claremont before forced removals, and share their memories and stories …
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… after Transkei became an independent homeland. In 1960, before Sigcau became the President of Transkei, Pondoland …
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… full force in South Africa. Apartheid oppression started before birth and ended after death for many. The parents of … Black, Coloured, or Indian South…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… never been an attempt at an organised industry-wide strike before. There had never been such a frontal confrontation … far, and how many miners had heard…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
… restaurant and as a young lawyer whose very presence in court was resented and challenged by white presiding … in Johannesburg. There are those of us who…
Theft at Luthuli House, 12 October 2003
… delay. The ANC will await progress with the investigation before making further comment. More information: Steyn Speed …
EventMK operatives, Jerry Mosolodi, Terry Mogoerane and Thabo Motaung are executed
… under the protection of the Geneva Convention. A few weeks before the event at Wonderboom police station, a car bomb …
EventEthiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province
… between the two east African countries started long before the Ogaden War. In 1976, Ethiopia distributed a 39 …
EventCelebration of Nigeria’s Day of Independence cancelled due to air disaster
… have broken into two after crashing into some palm trees before sinking into the Ejigbo swamp. Instead of a national …
EventAllan Boesak resigns from the church
… without reason" resigned from the church. Boesak resigned before the church could investigate his affair with Elena …
EventUS opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process
… all political prisoners and unban all political parties before the end of the year. Accompanying these demands was …
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… campaign of sustained action against apartheid in the week before the country's general elections on 6 September and …
EventA Xhosa film wins Golden Bear award
… singer Pauline Malefane, accepted the award in Xhosa before bursting into song at request of the film's director, …
EventRebel commando leader Fourie is executed
… from the Active Citizen Force of the Defence Force before joining General Beyers in protest against the …
EventDrum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners
… was seriously ill with cancer, was released a few weeks before his death on 8 May 1975. Founded in 1951, Drum …
EventSixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho
… Africa's threat of a blockade against that country. A year before they were deported, Lesotho refused to sign a non …
EventSA actress, Ashley Callie dies
… Film and Television Award (SAFTA) for best actress shortly before she died. She was posthumously awarded the Mzansi Star …
EventHenry Olonga, Zimbabwean Cricketer is born
… The family moved back to his father’s homeland, Kenya, before settling in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He is one of five …
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… died. Born in Pretoria in 1911, Ngoyi worked as a nurse before she became an activist. She joined the African …
EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… her index fingers around each other and leaning sideways before every jump. After the 2004 Olympics, Cloete retired …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… the prison doors and we knew that it would not be long before we found the way to peace and democracy. We knew that … the people of South Africa in all their…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… the prison doors and we knew that it would not be long before we found the way to peace and democracy. We knew that … the people of South Africa in all their…
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… penis exposed. The African National Congress received a court summons that stated the Goodman Gallery must remove the …
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
… on 08 May 1996 and certification by the Constitutional Court in October 1996. The Constitution came into effect on …
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… in his role as founding president of the Constitutional Court, in a way that "defended the constitution, protected …
Chapter IX - Return to my faith
… and I was alone again in the gaol except for going to court most days for the trial. I was still in the great … of her Order to spend one day at the…