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BiographyJane Gool
Jainub Jane Gool – Tabata was born in Cape Town on 19 March 1902 to Yusuf and Wageda Gool, the sixth of nine children. Her father, an immigrant from India,…
Heavy fighting breaks out in Luanda, Angola, between the government and Unita. The conflict rages for three days, claiming at l
The United Nations (UN) Security Council votes to impose air and travel sanctions against Angola’s UNITA movement and close its
The United Nations (UN) Security Council votes to impose air and travel sanctions against Angola’s UNITA movement and close its
Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki says the deadline for the new constitution will slip again, which leads to a new unity government
President de Klerk announces the future disbandment of two security force units, the 31 and 32 battalions, and the dissolution
EventStats SA reports that the number of commercial farming units in South Africa decreased by 26% between 1993 and 2002
The Chairman of the Venda Council for National Unity, Colonel Gabriel Ramushwana, announces the lifting of the state of emergen
The ANC national executive committee endorses the proposal of an interim government of national unity not more than five years
A Bill prohibiting demonstrations near the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town is passed with the support of the opposition Unite
The Angolan government and its UNITA guerrilla foes formally adopt terms for a truce to end a conflict killing an estimated 1,0
Angolan government troops break into Unita rebel-held highlands in an attempt to open a supply corridor to the embattled city o
President De Klerk announces the withdrawal of the Internal Stability Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong an
A full scale police search, headed by a specially trained anti-terrorist unit is launched following a shoot-out between police
Anglo-Boer War 2: “Steinaecker’s Horse”, an irregular unit of about fifty mercenaries in British service, using Black armed t
Aboobaker Ismail, commander of the Special Operations Committee of MK and the Dolphin Unit, is born in Johannesburg.
BiographyPetros Molefe
Petros Molefe was born in Kroonstad and moved to Johannesburg and worked as a truck driver. He married Maria Molefe and they had no children. Amid the many…
BiographyIsaac Bangani Tabata
Isaac Bangani Tabata (known as I.B. Tabata) was born near Queenstown in the Cape in 1909 and received his secondary schooling at Lovedale. After attending Fort…
BiographyChris Hani
Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the fifth of the six children of…
BiographyC. M Kobus
C. M Kobus was the African attorney and founding member of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM). Holder of a B.A. degree, he taught for some years in the…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
Neville Edward Alexander was the first of six children of Dimbiti Bisho Alexander, a primary-school teacher, and David James Alexander, a carpenter. It was in…
BiographyDora Taylor
Dora Taylor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. At the age of six her mother died of tuberculosis. She was rejected by her father who regarded her as an…
EventThe founding member of United Democratic Front and struggle activist Johnny Issel dies
On 23 January 2011, John James Issel also known as Johnny died at the age of 64, after he had suffered renal failure at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Heads of Delegations, Honourable Ministers and Ambassadors, Your…
Angolan government forces take the oil-producing town of Soyo from the rebel group Unita, which captured it the year before.
Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political pa
Over 5,000 soldiers supported by tanks, armoured cars and air force units begin manoeuvres in an exercise code named Operation
The Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Dr Ben Ngubane, is to resign from the government of National Unity follo
Directive of the Central Committee of the SACP to all member, units and other structures on security measures to be taken
Confidential directive from the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) on security measures to be observed in time of counter-offensive…
Directive of the Central Committee of the SACP to all member, units and other structures on security measures to be taken
Confidential directive from the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) on security measures to be observed in time of counter-offensive…