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EventFierce fighting erupts between pro-Patrice Lumumba troops and UN forces
… Lumumba troops and United Nations (UN) forces in Congo. The fight came almost a year after parliamentary elections in May 1960, where the National Congolese…
Roseberry Sonto interviewed by David Bailey, Cape Town, 2007
… student organizing in his high school in Malteno, in the Eastern Cape, in 1969, well before the Soweto Uprising of 1976. The main political influence on him…
PlaceXumabokwe Hill, Queenstown
… The Hill is 1 535 Metres high and is found 26 Kilometres from Lady Frere. The name is said to mean 'jump for joy hill', derived from the Languages of:…
ArchiveFOSATU victorious!
… Victor in a crucial victory in FOSATU's battle against the Government's racial policies, the Natal Supreme Court has ruled that the Registrar and the…
PlaceIndigo Vats, Pinetown
… and Mr von Preen went into partnership with Mr Murray, of Pinetown . Locally grown indigo plants were gathered in … being beaten with bamboo poles, water was…
ArchiveANC National Conference, July 1991: Notes for commission on violence
… Notes for Commission on Violence for the African National Congress National Conference in Durban, July 1991. Examines the State strategy, unity and diversity…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention
… A flyer published in Zulu by the Black Peoples Convention urging unity and solidarity of its members. The flyer is accompanied by a handwritten draft in…
ArchiveTwo year recognition battle won
… The Transport and General Workers Union has finally won its two year recognition struggle with PUTCO with the signing of an agreement which will give it…
ArchiveNon-Violence News, Third Quarter, 1982
… concerning conscientious objection, nonviolent means of change and the trial of Neil Mitchell, a Roman Catholic high school teacher who refused to do his…
ArchiveANC lines up a new constitution for South Africa
… South Africa declares that the elimanation of apartheid and the creation of a truly just and democratic South Africa …
PlaceGlebe Cottage, Waterloo Road, Wynberg
… The building dates back to the early 19th century and, in its time, has undergone a number of changes in its function, including those of a church, a …
EventShaka Zulu is murdered
… Shaka Zulu, Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, was murdered by his bodyguard, Mbopha, … and Mhlangana after a relatively brief period as king of the…
ArchiveMDM (Mass Democratic Movement)
… Cream poster with title in black letters. Initials of all trade unions and student bodies in red and black letters around the border. Artwork of a black hand…
ArchivePetrol bombs hit unionists homes
… Petrol bombs were thrown at the homes of two VW full time shop stewards in the early hours of Monday July 30. VW branch chairman John … Federation of South…
PlaceWestoe, Westoe Road, Mowbray
… The property was originally granted to Francois Pieter de Necker in 1785 and formed part of the Farm Coornhoop. The House, Built in a Cape Dutch style …
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front: Last Beleaguered Hope
… Interview with Azhar Cachalia who is the National Treasurer of the United Democratic Front where he mentioned that they …
EventSecurity police arrest SSRC leader Dan Montsitsi
… Almost a year after the June 16 Soweto Student Uprising, Security Police announced the arrest of Soweto Students' Representative Council (SSRC) leader Dan ……
ArchiveUDF National Conference held on 1 to 3 March 1991
… Handwritten document presented at the UDF National Conference held on 1 to 3 March 1991 concerning the future of the United Democratic Front where they…
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin Volume 6 Number 8 July 1981
… Labour Bulletin is a refereed journal which supports the democratic labour movement in South Africa. It is a forum for analysing, debating and recording the…
EventEducationist Ernest Moloto dies
… teacher, Ernest Sedumedi Moloto, who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana National Language Committee,…
EventANC recruits receive military training
… Angola, Tanzania and Libya; about seventy-five per cent of them were training with Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress…
ArchiveOp die hoek: sharing
… Artwork of a cartoon in red and white which is about two children who stumble on a coin while walking to school. The children then get into a fight about…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Jeppetown, Johannesburg
… The foundation stone of this building was laid on 5 May 1906 by General Koos de la Rey, and the church was officially consecrated on 26 January 1907. It …
EventA Cape Passive Resistance Council is formed
… The Cape Passive Resistance Council was formed at a mass meeting in Cape Town, attended by 1 500 people. Among the first people to volunteer were African…
EventSouth African artist Michael Zondi is born
… Msinga in Greytown , Natal. He was trained in woodwork at the Swedish Lutheran Mission Trade School, and obtained … in building construction and design. He…
ArchiveFederation or desolution
… The 33rd lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial lecture series … move towards forming a federal constitution and that the" Verwoerdian Utopia…
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
… in Durban on 27 June 1945. Badsha played an active role in the South African liberation struggle. He was at the forefront of all the major anti-apartheid…
EventANC attacks Koeberg nuclear power station
… In a well-planned attack on the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town, Umkhonto we … heavy damage with no injuries, reported.MK sabotaged the Koeberg…
EventUN approves embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea
… The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously … an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in their two-year border…
ArchiveConstitutional Guidelines Seminar, 17 May 1989: Report
… Report of the Congress of South African Trade Unions Constitutional Guidelines … and discussion at grassroot level and and establishing the necessary…