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EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… The Most Rev. Desmond Mpilo Tutu was elected Bishop of Cape Town, thereby becoming Archbishop of South Africa, heading the Anglican Church of South Africa…
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… murdered at her luxury beachfront apartment in Cape Town. The ex-wife of former South African president F.W. de Klerk was stabbed … from behind and strangled…
EventFeminist writer and activist, Diana E. H. Russell is born
… South African. After completing her bachelors degree at the University of Cape Town, Russell left for Britain. In 1963, she moved to the United States where…
EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… Minister, B.J. Vorster in May 1970. Vorster and his party, the National Party (NP) were enthusiastically received in Malawi. Following this visit by Vorster,…
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… Jomo Kenyatta, the supposed Mau Mau leader, was convicted and sentenced to seven years (through the use of false testimony) in Kenya. Kenyatta and five…
EventTryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo
… in De Aar on 13 January 1910. She started writing books at the age of thirty and chose to write under the pseudonym, Tryna du Toit. Throughout her writing…
ArchiveResolutions on violence
… Resolutions of the National Executive Meeting of the African National Congress, 18 and 19 September 1990: …
Inkululeko - Freedom
… Special issue of a South African Communist Party newsletter entitled Inkululeko - Freedom. Political report adopted by the Plenary Session of the Central…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around property and land
… and to land at his birthplace Qunu. HOUSE With regard to the so-called ownership scheme our main difficulty is that we … do not qualify. When your man is 1…
EventGovernor-General Sir Patrick Duncan dies
… Governor-general of the Union of South Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, died in Pretoria at the age of 72. He came to South Africa as Sir Alfred Milner's ……
EventANC and government to surge ahead with reforms
… In spite of Inkatha's rejection of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), the African National Congress (ANC) and government decided to ……
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
… The prevalent violence in kwaZulu-Natal began with widespread interference during the voter registration process preceding the local government … Inevitably…
EventG7 meeting on world finance kicks off in London
… Top finance officials from seven of the world's richest countries, the G7 (now Group of 8 after the inclusion of Russia), opened …
ArchiveReview since last Conference
… The letter from Desmond Tutu to SACC regarding the review of the conference about the death of Steve Biko. …
EventOuneas Pakes Dikgetsi is born
… Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Housing and Local government of the Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of … Hayes, S. (ed)(2000…
ArchiveLetter from Potlako K Leballo to Oliver Tambo
… Potlako K Leballo, Acting President and National Secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress to Oliver Tambo, Acting President of the African National Congress,…
Archive1,000 pounds smash fascism fund
… lettering and artwork. Six point communist programme for the home front. Year 1941 pencilled in. Artwork of a raised fist. Issued by the Cape District…
ArchiveWhat is a constitution?
… Booklet published by the African National Congress Constitutional Committee. A discussion document prepared for the Constitutional Committee of the ANC to…
ArchiveLesotho Conference on non-violence direct action
… Memorandum regarding the Lesotho Conference of non-violence direct action. It was set up by … University. Included is a memorandum entitled Standing for the…
EventFirst Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe
… After a war of independence fought between members of various liberation organisations and the illegal Rhodesian government, with the liberation organisation…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.1 No.2 May-Jun 1978
… Content and Contributors Letters on the banning of Staff rider No 1 Athol and Sheila Fugard, Andre Brink, Directorate of Publications, the Publishers Mafika…
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… This book recovers the lost history of colonial Algeria’s communist movement. Meticulously researched – and the only English-language book on the Parti…
ArchiveLeon Trotsky
… Black, red and white poster. 50th anniversary of the death of Leon Trotsky. Artwork of Leon Trotsky, … of people protesting against privatisation. Issued by…
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… The former leader of the Afrikaner Volksunie (AV) and Freedom Front (FF), General … Afrikaanse Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and members of the Freedom Alliance …
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… Environment and Tourism Minister after revealing that the African National Congress (ANC), received a sum of R2 million from former Prime Minister of the…
PlaceMjanyana Hospital
… The village of Emjanyana was probably established in the mid-1970s, in Ngcobo Eastern Cape. In 1894 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign…
EventElisabeth Eybers, South African poet, is born
… February 1915, Elisabeth Eybers was born in Klerksdorp, in the then western Transvaal. She moved to Amsterdam in 1966, … mainly written in Afrikaans,…
EventNiel van der Watt, SA composer is born
… known for his choral compositions. He comes from a family of teachers. He obtained his high School education in … (Mus), BMus (Hons) cum laude and an MMus in…
PlaceGroote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
… Groote Schuur is one of Cape Town's premier tertiary Academic Hospitals and was officially opened in 1938. The hospital is internationally renowned as the…
ArchiveStudents, politics, Black power, new movements and new appraisals
… A SASO pamphlet containing the historical background of the students organisation, a list of Executive members, the …