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Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, Johannesburg (Rivonia Trial), 15 January, 1964
… or less on the border between Algeria and Tunisia. At that time the Algerians were still fighting against the French, … thing? Mtolo: I will say this:…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… and shall be held as follows: Date: Monday 20 April 2015 Time: 10:00 Venue: Chief Albert Luthuli House, 54 Sauer …
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… if you’re visiting on a Friday make sure you get there in time to watch a bread baking demonstration in the old working …
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… Great Britain’s Foreign Office Minister, for the first time in a quest to end apartheid. Chalk emphasised on the …
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… On 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the Republican …
EventJohn Vorster says SA will welcome Maoris
… Africa from international competition. This move came at a time when international sporting bodies like the Football …
EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… policies by Commonwealth members. The invitation came at a time when South Africans and the world alike were beginning …
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… and the demolitions went ahead. This was not the first time for Soweto residents to be humiliated and forced to …
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… National Congress and the United Democratic Front. By the time that Contralesa was launched nationally in 1989, the …
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… Duvenhage, a police officer at John Vorster Square at the time, was one of the personnel who attended to the first …
EventWinnie Mandela attacked by a group of people
… Winnie Mandela, at the time wife of imprisoned African National Congress (ANC) …
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… by security branch police. There was a campaign at that time by MK members to attack police stations and places …
EventMandela persuades Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103
… Netherlands. Mandela, who was to retire in three months' time, has not only scored a diplomatic victory but has also …
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… murder Mxenge. In 1996, Coetzee had to appear again, this time before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. …
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… arrested several times as an activist, and would use his time in jail to write. He later went to exile in England …
EventZambian journalist, Fred M’membe is born
… Post constantly clashed with the government, from the time of President Kenneth Kaunda up until President Rupiah …
EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
… and was reported to have fathered about 30 children by the time of his death. …
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the first time alongside his documentary photographic essays for which …
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… joined and the houses were fitted out as a hotel. At the time it was known as The Dorchester , but in 1972 its name …
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… NMC legislation on 20 February 1981. It appears that some time during Sir George Grey's term of office as Governor he …
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… by Sisulu and Nokwe was conducted at a very difficult time in the history of the ANC as it was banned along with …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… turning points; they took place over a long period of time and had tremendous impact. Although presented …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education
… turning points; they took place over a long period of time and had tremendous impact. Although presented …
EventPass laws are suspended in South Africa
… laws required that Africans carry their pass books all the time; this helped the government in restricting their …
PlaceAmersfoort near Ermelo
… others have had their steel superstructures replaced over time. This historic bridge was designated a National Monument … others have had their steel…
ArchiveChapter 10 Problems of imprisonment by Denis Goldberg
… better conditions The Strachan trial It took a very long time for prison conditions to improve. A major impetus was a … was writing University of South…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… his wife, Winnie Nonzamo Madikizela. I can't. It is a long time ago now and there was nothing then to make me aware of … Nelson remarrying but he didn't seem…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… European and Indian musical compositions for some time. His cello playing and his intuitive feel for … Vivek Narayanan Poet and historian, Vivek had spent…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… was already a foundation for pass system. However, over time men and women resisted the imposition of passes as it … refused to submit to oppression was…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… 1974 and 18 August 1975. Dr Naicker applied for the fourth time on 7 January 1976. This was officially declined on 3 … months of taking up the cudgels of…