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BiographyDavid Perumal
David Perumal lived in Derby Street, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and worked at College Clothing in Albert Street. He was educated up to standard six …
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
Dulcie Evonne September, the second eldest daughter of Jakobus and Susan September was born on the 20th August 1935 in Royal rd, Maitland and grew up on the…
A German anti-terrorist unit storms a hi-jacked Lufthansa airliner at Mogadishu airport, Somalia. Three Palestinian terrorists
Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha is declared persona non grata by Angola for having supported the rebel Angolan UNITA.
The fifty-two-member Organisation of African Unity begins a conference in Algeria to address African problems ranging from a $2
União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) rebels and A
Document 11 - Peter Meissenheimer, “Smuts’ Anti-Indian Bill: Economic Sanctions or Non-European Unity?” Workers’ Voice, April 1946
Mabhuza Simeon Gininda, educationist, theologian and ANC member of parliament, Government of National Unity (1994-), is born in
A British newspaper reports heavy fighting between Angolan government forces and Unita, in which SA is allegedly taking part.
The Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU) condemns the South African government’s plan for Black works councils.
Four historically divided and entirely separate bodies unite and form the South African Football Association, marking the begin
Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34, providing for investigation towards the establishment of as complete
The conference of the Organisation of African Unity ends in Addis Ababa, divided over the Angolan civil war.
BiographyAbdool Kader Hassim
Abdool Kader Hassim was born in Dundee, Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 10th of November in 1934. Both his parents were born in India. He began schooling…
Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Dar Es Salaam by O. R. Tambo, 7 – 10 April 1975
Mr. Chairman, Your Excellency, Secretary General of the OAU, Distinguished Ministers, Fellow leaders of the National Liberation Movement, Your…
BiographyPetrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) was born in 1958 in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). After his father's death, his mother could only afford to keep him…
ArchiveA Call for Unity in the Arts - interview with Omar Badsha, Student Voice, 7 February 1994
’The unity of our peoples’, Speech by Oliver Tambo at the fourth congress of Frelimo, Maputo, 29 April 1983
The Harms Commission report criticises the army and police counter-insurgency units, but has no evidence that police operated d
Following the National Party (NP)’s first federal congress since its withdrawal from the Government of National Unity, its poli
Deputy President F.W. de Klerk issues a statement that he does not intend to leave the Government of National Unity.
”A Declaration to the People of South Africa from the Non-European Unity Movement.” Statement by the NEUM, April 1951
The Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire in its 27-year civil war against Unita, to begin the next day.
WWII: The Active Citizen Force units of SA are authorised to accept volunteers for the duration of the war.
The government announces it is to appoint special units to investigate the previous week’s massacre at Denver station, Johannes
The government announces it is to appoint special units to investigate the previous week’s massacre at Denver station, Johannes
Richard Owen Dudley, president of the New Unity Movement, 1985, and active campaigner against separate schooling based on colou
In an historic victory, government troops capture the headquarters of UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi in central Angola. Savim
BiographySedick Isaacs
Sedick Isaacs was born in 1939 and grew up in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape). He was the second eldest in a family of four…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was employed as a printer’s assistant and her…