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ArchiveFOSATU calls on workers worldwide to unite and fight against oppression
… FOSATU calls on workers worldwide to unite and fight against oppression …
ArchiveWorkers learn all there is to know about health and safety
… Workers learn all there is to know about health and safety …
ArchiveComment: Must South Africa bleed to death before the leaders act?
… Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa … Comment: Must South Africa bleed to death before the leaders act? …
ArchiveScholars discover that exploring the past helps to build the future
… Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa … Scholars discover that exploring the past helps to build the future …
Eternal glory to Mao-Tse-Tung, our great leader and teacher
… Eternal glory to Mao-Tse-Tung, our great leader and teacher …
ArchiveLong road to media freedom - but radio can make a difference now
… Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa … Long road to media freedom - but radio can make a difference now …
Abraham H. de Vries is born at Winkelplaas close to Ladismith, CP.
… Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, … Abraham H. de Vries is born at Winkelplaas close to Ladismith, CP. …
Fort Klapperkop and Fort Skanskop, Pretoria, are opened to the public.
… Fort Klapperkop and Fort Skanskop, Pretoria, are opened to the public. …
Senator Edward Kennedy pays an eight-day visit to South Africa.
… Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997…
Christian Church chooses this day to observe the birth of Christ.
… Christian Church chooses this day to observe the birth of Christ. …
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… influenced by where and how she grew up. Johannesburg was a growing city in the 1930s. The discovery of gold on the … boomtown that would become Johannesburg…
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… On 22 June 1971 a Pretoria court ruled that the former leader of the banned … Congress (PAC), Robert Sobukwe, would not be allowed to use his exit permit …
An open letter from Desmond Tutu to Aung San Su Kyi, 7 September 2017
… decrepit and formally retired, but breaking my vow to remain silent on public affairs out of profound sadness … in your country, the Rohingya. In my heart…
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… Power to the People! Matla! Mayibuye! We have come a long way from … to action. And on June 26, 1950, South Africa came to a standstill as hundreds of…
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
… Mother Teresa was born in Albania and at a young age felt compelled to care for the sick and poor. When she was eighteen years … visited South Africa for the…
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
… The Defiance Campaign was planned in the 1950s in response to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South … (ANC) Annual Conference in December…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to present a petition against the carrying of…
Zola Skweyiya, former Social Development Minister, to work at ANC Headquarters, 7 May 2009
… from parliamentary politics, has been redeployed to work at the ANC`s headquarters, Chief Albert Luthuli … from. The comrade has immense skill and expertise,…
EventSouth African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… of miners were forced out of mine property and had to leave the safety of the mine compounds. Their prospects … looters and rioters. Though trains were…
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… At a ceremony at the headquarters of the International Committee … (ANC) President, Oliver Tambo, declared the organisation a signatory to the Geneva…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900, the British maintained a favourable command of several strategic points in the … Western Transvaal burghers, or farmers, who…
BiographyTheresa Solomon
… lived in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, where she worked as a community activist from the 1970s to the 1990s before being elected Cape Town’s first black … in…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… The South African government threatened to pull out of the United Nations (UN) peace plan for Namibia … (SWAPO) fighting near the northern border. In 1988,…
Report on my visit to Mocambique: 17th March - 3rd April 1962
… Report to the Commandant-General, Defence Headquarters, Pretoria, … South African Navy, Military and Air, on his visit to Mozambique to inspect military,…
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… On 24 February 1962, a Coloured journalist Joseph Louw, 23, was sentenced to six months in the Johannesburg Regional Court for conspiring with Pamela Beira ,…
EventGhana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa
… The government of Ghana imposed a total ban on the export of all Ghanaian produce to South Africa and South West Africa, as a protest against apartheid…
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… On 4 February 1999 a group of researchers from the University of Alabama proclaimed that they had found a type of Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses (SIVcpz)…
EventGerrie Coetzee becomes the first South African boxer to win a world heavyweight title
… heavy weight title. It was Coetzee’s third attempt at a world title after his two previous attempts ended in defeat. It was a highly anticipated match, as…
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… Representative Councils and its branches. It attempts to clarify the question of affiliation to the National Union, the position of the Students…
Event33 American airmen arrive in Durban on a mission to launch a long-range missile
… transports descended on Durban with 33 airmen on board to prepare for a mission to launch a long-range rocket which the United States hoped would be … 33…