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EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
The second plenary session of the Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA II) was convened in Johannesburg. Unlike the first session CODESA II ended in…
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
1974 February Botswana Abraham Onkgopotse Tiro SASO Parcel bomb. - Zambia John Dube ANC Parcel bomb. 1978 8 January Durban Dr. Rick Turner Banned…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Conference of the African National Congress Women`s League, 1 August 1959
Here I am, caged in, in the Lower Tugela District, by the oppressor`s ban on me. The confinement resulting from this ban is a painful reminder to me and to you…
EventInkatha becomes a political party
The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement, founded on 21 March 1975, was transformed into the multi-racial Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) at a special…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
The participation of young people in the liberation struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment of the African National…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
On this day in history, prominent activist Tseko Simon Nkoli died of an AIDS related illness. Nkoli was one of the first Black anti-apartheid activists to…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Mandela, to the International Solidarity Conference Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
Dear Friends and Colleagues. There are certain moments that capture the essence of life itself. Today is such a moment for me. For you are the friends from…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
Programme Directors, Ntombazana Botha and Barbara Creecy, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Your Excellency, Vice…
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
[Chief Lutuli said that it was no coincidence that he has chosen New Age to make this statement. "New Age has already been threatened under the Sabotage Bill…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links for more detail. 1870 …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South…
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
Thirteen people were killed and eighteen injured in an attack on Soweto residents after an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rally at Jabulani Stadium. In the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced the suspension of its active participation in both chambers of parliament and in the constitution-making process. IFP…
The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker
The child is not deadthe child raises his fists against his motherwho screams Africa screams the smellof freedom and heatherin the locations of the heart under…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
By 1980, the Black Consciousness organisations were in a gradual decline and struggling to avert state repression. Congress-inspired traditions were also re…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
1993 The Guptas arrive in SA. 1994 The Guptas establish Sahara Computers. The Guptas fund Essop Pahad’s publication, The Thinker. 2002 Jacob…
PlaceZambia
On 24 October, 1964 Northern Rhodesia (now known as Zambia) gained independence from Britain with Kenneth Kaunda as the country’s first president, and…
ArchiveDemocracy
Democracy 25 years of freedom 1994 to 2019 Democracy Ubuntu One rainbow nation A rising sun An African Sunset Democracy The elegance of the Blue…
ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012
The ANC Womens League is deeply saddened to hear that Comrade Nokuhamba Nyawo passed away on Monday (5th March 2012). Nyawo was a true cde and a truly…
The people armed, 1984-1990
Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their attempts to break up a demonstration…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
1984-1990:- The people armedIntroductionNumerous factors characterised the intensification of the freedom struggle against the National Party government in the…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
1859After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The ruling African…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the youth wing of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) in 1945. Its…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
The increasing social unrest in South Africa that swept through the country in the 1980s, and the changing geopolitical circumstances on the international…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
By the turn of the century, despite the fact that women of all races were still virtually restricted to the home, migrant labour had already begun to forge…
Women at the start of the 20th century
It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the…
SAHO Milestones
2000 June - Registration of SAHO as an NGO South African History Online (SAHO) was established in 2000, as a not-for-profit Section 21 organisation 30…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
European's settle in South Africa for the first time and begin to further colonize and trade with the Khoikhoi at the cape, by the middle this century the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
1980 is declared the Year of the Charter, marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom charter in 1955. 1980 SACTU declares the year as…