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EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… knowledge she was appointed as the first Director General of the Department of health, under the Mandela …
Statement of the African National Congress and the South African Tamil Federation National Working Committee, 14 November 2014
… and medical schools concerning Indian learners in general, and Tamils in particular; Black economic empowerment …
PlaceNiewoudtville
… Five months later, on 25 November, Boer commandos under General JC Smuts returned to Nieuwoudtville where, by all …
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… was not recognised beyond South African borders. The General Assembly of the United Nations rejected the …
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
… both Dag Mammaskjold and U Thant, both Secretaries General of the UN in the early to mid 1960s, were opposed to …
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… position of Indians in South Africa was brought before the General Assembly of the United Nations, both by the Indian …
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… the USA vetoing any decision in the United Nations General Assembly to isolate South Africa economically. The …
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… calls to turn Namibia over to majority rule. In 1966, the General Assembly passed resolution 2145 (XXI), terminating …
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
… expelled from the organisation during the second annual General Student Council meeting (2 - 9 July) held in …
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… On 9 October 1803, Jacob Abraham de Mist, Commissioner General, left Cape Town on a 167 day journey into the …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… throne. The latter dethronement followed a coup by Major General Justin Lekhanya who then installed Moshoeshoe's son, …
EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
… the incident and the case was referred to the Attorney General of Cape who refused to prosecute those who were …
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… grounds of the Raadsaal stands the equestrian statue of General Christiaan De Wet. At one time the Raadsaal housed …
Statement at the 2053rd meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 9 December 1977
… will be declared International Anti-Apartheid Year by the General Assembly at its thirty-second session. Indeed, we are … of Nigeria, whose illustrious head…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS, 23 April 1999
… Luthuli House in Johannesburg, the movements Secretary General, Kgalema Motlanthe, acting for ANC President Thabo … member of the UDF in the Northern Cape…
African and Indian in Durban by Fatima Meer
… Nations in a manner which drew world attention to the more general problem of racial discrimination in the Union. … who indulged in such racialism were two…
Document 60 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936
… "Fight the Native Bills", you say, "we must prepare for a General Strike". But to our thinking it is irrational and irresponsible to urge the workers to…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… had to close the exhibit." In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly was meeting in Paris [from November]. Dr. … Marietta Tree. She spoke to Robert…
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
… With our State Native Policy and the racial attitude in general, to serve your people honestly and sincerely; to take … because areas available to Africans…
Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, 14 December 1941
… With our State Native Policy and the racial attitude in general, to serve your people honestly and sincerely; to take … because areas available to Africans…
PlaceNtabankulu Municipality
… and the village itself was laid out in 1909, though a General Store existed on the site as early as 1894. … and the village itself was laid out in 1909,…
PlacePhalaborwa, Limpopo Province
… awe inspiring, even if you're not impressed by mines in general. Mining and smelting of copper and iron ore date back …
PlaceBorakalalo National Park, North of Brits
Borakalalo is situated 60 km North of Brits. It consists of 13 000 ha of woodland and open Bushveld – in a remote and peaceful area of unusual beauty and…
PlaceTurffontein Race Course, Johannesburg
In Johannesburg when you speak about ‘going to the races’ you’re usually referring to spending a day watching horses race at the Turffontein race track, one of…
PlaceMangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State
Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning "Place of Cheetahs". Legend has it that when the first settlers arrived, they were stunned by the vast plains, that were…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… are doing to the country. 2014, June 15: At the 2014 General Assembly of the Presbyterian church in Detroit USA … on British prime minister David Cameron and…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… earned a Bachelor of Arts (Science) degree. An interest in architecture led her to train with Gordon Pilkington, but …
Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association, Accra 5 October 2000
… areas of science, mathematics, medicine, arts, astronomy, architecture and agriculture. In so doing, we will be making …
A celebration of 70 years of ‘African Claims’ - ANC by Zizi Kodwa, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… of South Africa are attended to." A.B. XUMA President-General of the African National Congress Secretary-Organiser … of Africans no less than other peoples,…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… met the South African delegates, J.T. Gumede, President-General of the African National Congress (ANC), James La Guma … Council, I met the Indian delegation…