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ArchiveCommittee Reports
… Appendix B of the Minutes of the National Union of South African Students 53rd …
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
… On 3 November 2016 Clive Derby -Lewis, the man who was convicted for the murder of former South African Communist party leader Chris Hani, …
ArchiveBolt Number 10 May 1974
… Kirkwood and Tony Morphet, Contents: Poetry, Imprisoned by the Dictators of Apartheid Ahmed Timol considers the art of Eduardo Paolozzi by Sarat Maharaj. Two…
Nelson Mandela Speaks on Tolerance, April 30, 2006 on CBS (Video)
… has run in 82 countries. It debuted on April 30, 2006 in the program 60 MINUTES on CBS and is believed to be Nelson Mandela's first ever PSA on Tolerance for…
EventPAC attends Patriotic Front Conference
… After a long pursuit by the African National Congress (ANC) and other African countries, the Pan African Congress of Azania (PAC) acceded to meet with the…
EventSA signs Nuclear Treaty
… Foreign Minister R.F. (Pik) Botha signed accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) on behalf of South Africa. This opened South Africa's…
EventUNHRC service is enlisted in repatriation process
… The SA government announced that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) … not have diplomatic relations. On 7 March, the first batch of…
EventANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections
… Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress (ANC), dismissed proposals by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to defer elections …
EventLesotho’s deputy Prime Minister shot
… Monyane Moleleki, Pakalitha Mosisili and Kelebone Maope in the mutiny over a planned government probe into the army. Parliament, whose members probably fear…
EventJournalist Percy Qoboza is released from detention
… Percy Qoboza, editor of the banned newspaper, The World, was released from detention, together with nine … Southern African Political History: a chronology…
Post NEC & Lekgotla Briefing, 30 January 2017
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a media briefing on the outomces of the NEC …
PlaceAan de Doorns, Western Cape
… The name is Dutch for 'at the thorns'. A Settlement situated just 8 km from Worcester … on the R 43 to Villliersdorp. Aan de Doorns has one of the largest…
PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
… The temple was founded in 1896, and is controlled by the Narainsamy Family Trust. The building was designed and … his major contribution to the temple…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… who learned and benefited greatly from his peers. One of his mentors was Harold Jeppe, who introduced him to art … in nature. Magadlela was a member of and…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… Eastern Cape. He was born in Gaga, near Alice, and was one of the earliest authors in Xhosa literature. Charles Brownlee rated him one of the best, if not…
ArchiveTrade union brief
… Circular about the meeting between the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCSAWU), the Hotel and Restaurant Workers …
ArchiveMemorandum on BPC external affairs programme
… from Thami Zani to Ranwedzi Harry Nengwekhulu following on the fifth congress of the BPC held on the 28-30 January 1977 in Durban where a …
EventAlbert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
… Albert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Lecture after receiving the Peace Prize the previous day. Luthuli was the first South African to … under the apartheid…
EventSADF’s 31 Battallion is disbanded
… The South African Defence Force's (SADF) 31st Battalion was disbanded at a public ceremony in the Cape Province. This Battalion was composed primarily of the…
ArchiveForward to unity and commitment
… Pink, red and black poster. Photograph of two women hugging one another. Celebration of the life of Dorothy Nyembe, political prisoner, sentenced to 15 years…
ArchiveANC galan: musik mot apartheid
… White poster with black and grey lettering and drawing of a man with a stick holding another man around the neck. Notice of a concert on the 16-17 November,…
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… Zuma arrived in Tanzania to attend an emergency summit on the political crisis in Burundi. The President has been invited to the emergency summit of the East…
EventAzanian People’s Liberation Army kills three policemen in Katlehong violence
… AK-47 rifles and 9 mm pistols. These are actions taken by the Azanian People's Liberation Army, a military wing of the of the Azanian People's Organisation …
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 15 Belvedere Avenue, Oranjezicht
… The House was Erected at the turn of the 19th Century and is one of the earliest Structures to have been Built in Belvedere …
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe receives an honorary degree
… and musician, received an honorary M.A. Degree from the University of Fort Hare in recognition of the major contribution he had made to Xhosa music. In the ……
PlaceAirlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder
… Railway station between Sycamore and Hemlock, on the route from Pretoria to Maputo, some 16 km east of Waterval Onder. At first called Nooitgedaght, it was…
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
… Sibongile Khumalo was born in Orlando, Soweto. She is one of the most recognized jazz musicians in South Africa. She was launched into the limelight in 1993…
EventTodd Tozama Matshikiza, musician, composer and writer, is born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
… Matshikiza was born to a musical family in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape on 7 March 1921. He obtained music and … moved to Johannesburg where he established…
ArchiveAnyone disobeying these laws will be imprisoned, fined, and/or whipped
… Cream poster with black lettering. List of laws for black people under apartheid, issued by order of the South African Ministry of Justice. Poster issued in…
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
… killing all 143 passengers (some reports state 142/141). The plane departed from Port Harcourt destined for Lagos … TIX 185 that was heading for Enugu. It…