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ArchiveChief Albert Luthuli : 1898 - 1967
… Black and white image of Albert Luthuli. Words "the length of the term of slavery depends largely on the oppressed …
WhatsYourHeritage
… This event is an initiative of the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business Solution Space and the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and…
ArchiveANC womens section : South African women march to freedom
… List of womens demands reprinted by the Federation of South African Women as set out in the 1955 Congress of the People. Green, yellow, black and …
Event6 th Partnership Against AIDS anniversary is celebrated
… The Partnership against HIV/AIDS was launched in 1998 by the then Deputy President Thabo Mbeki . He made a call on all … to fight the epidemic. The 6th…
EventWalter Sisulu acts against Sophiatown forced removals
… (ANC) 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…
EventMobutu Sese Seko dies
… Mobutu Sese Seko (66), former president of Zaire, died from prostate cancer while in Rabat, Morocco, three months after the end of his nearly 32-year reign…
EventSA signs Nuclear Non
… South Africa was one of the countries that signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to curb the spread of …
EventPeter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion
… Peter Lindeberg won the European Barefoot Water-Skiing title in 1977.[i] Peter … powerboat racing title, as well as set a world record in the ramp jump in…
EventWalter Sisulu’s appeal is dismissed
… The Transvaal section of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the African National … Walter Sisulu against a six years sentence of imprisonment. Sisulu…
EventANC attack on Booysens Police Station
… Station Johannesburg. Pamphlets were scattered demanding the release of Walter Sisulu from Robben Island. In 2000, the Amnesty Committee of the Truth and…
EventSASOL plant explodes again
… The SASOL petrol plant in Secunda, Mpumalanga Province, went … after a giant gas explosion, this time not as result of a political attack or sabotage but…
ArchiveCircular from Strini Moodley to Dear Black Brothers and Sisters
… The circular is intended as a voice of solidarity with the students of the University of the Western Cape in taking …
ArchiveNew links with international labour
… John Copelyn, the acting general secretary of the National Union of Textile Workers, has been appointed to …
EventA Xhosa film wins Golden Bear award
… The South African Xhosa film uCarmen eKhayelitsha became the second South African movie to compete and first to win … in Germany. The film was shot in the…
EventCoup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia
… headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military failed to take power from Samuel … a third coup attempt since Samuel Doe…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… The African National Congress has emphatically denounced … nationals in our country. We have further called on the people of Africa to unite against these…
EventNelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to serve his five-year sentence
… 27 May, 2013 marked for 50th anniversary of Nelson Mandela arriving on Robben Island as prisoner. On 5 August they were stopped and arrested just outside the…
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… The property was granted to Matthys Coeymans in 1669 and its … was subsequently erected in a Cape Dutch style. During the 19th century a number of Victorian…
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… when Rhodesian police opened fire on a rioting crowd on the outskirts of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe). In … 1965 whites in Southern…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 7 Union Street, Gardens
… This House was probably erected in 1895 and has a number of prominent Architectural features including an unusual hexagonal Turret surmounting the front…
EventTutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
… in Johannesburg and Durban with Anglican bishops at the helm. The marches were organised to fight against the apartheid system, including the freeing of…
EventANC celebrates 90th anniversary
… On 6 January 2002, the African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its 90th … Park Stadium, Durban. ANC President Thabo Mbeki addressed the masses that came…
EventF. W. de Klerk is implicated
… implicated former state President and Deputy President of the Government of National Unity, F.W. de Klerk, of … condoning a 'dirty tricks' campaign that was…
EventGriqua leader Andries le Fleur is born
… (kaptyn) and visionary, was born in Herschel, CC. He was the son of Abraham le Fleur and one of the leading figures in Griqualand East. Both he and his ……
EventWalter Sisulu evades security police and goes underground
… visited Sisulu's house and found out that Sisulu had fled. The incident happened while he was awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a 6 year sentence. On…
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… Allan Boesak was arrested and appeared in court on charges of trying to enter a Black township without permit, but charges were subsequently dropped. In the…
EventProminent leaders are arrested in Uganda
… The Most Reverend Janani Luwum, Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-ZaÁƒÂƒÂ¯re, together with two government ministers, were arrested on…
EventFirst Black US ambassador is sent to South Africa
… Former Director of the Office of West African Affairs and Ambassador to Liberia, Edward Perkins, was appointed as the first black American ambassador to…
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
… was abandoned after having failed with heavy loss of life on both sides. The attempt to subdue Sekhukhune came after the British Annexation of the Transvaal …
EventNamibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies
… Namibian artist John Ndevasia Muafangejo died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Katutura Township, Windhoek. … 1943 in Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland,…