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EventEzrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born
… In 1970 he was awarded a travel scholarship sponsored by United States/South Africa Leadership Exchange Programme and visited the United States America. From…
EventSouth Africa observes Armistice Day
… it is also called Poppy Day. In Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom it is called Remembrance Day, in the United States Veterans Day, while France, New…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… accepted a scholarship from the University of Texas, United States of America. He obtained a BCom degree in sports … reached the Wimbledon finals twice…
EventDemocratic Alliance federal conference in Port Elizabeth
… DA Eastern Cape leader Athol Trollip was announced as the party's new federal chairman, with Alf Rees elected as … der Walt, second deputy chair is Refiloe…
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… anti-election structure constituted by the Conservative Party (CP), ultra-right Afrikaanse Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) … broke ranks with the FA on 14 March…
EventPresident P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.
… was subsequently ousted from office by members of his own party. Even after the party's actions, he persistently retained the presidency amid …
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… (Jimmy) La Guma, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured … - 1959 was born in Bloemfontein. He joined…
EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… shall all die), community leader, founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better housing for Johannesburg's … of the Orlando Advisory Board on…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the opening session of the ANC Conference, Arusha, 1 December 1987
… the eve of another important summit meeting, that between United States President Ronald Reagan and the General … his oneness with the people in the struggle…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1947 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… the electrifying speeches of the Indian delegation at the United Nations on behalf of the Africans in South Africa, … The Coloured People The Coloured people…
PlaceMajuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga
This 4 110 megawatt Station, constructed at a cost of R 11.9 Billion, is one of the five biggest Power Stations in the World and the first to have been…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… In 1949 Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive action' campaign created … accused of forming a dictatorship. In 1964…
PlaceTranskei
… in 1963, Matanzima's Transkeian National Independence Party (TNIP) was defeated by the Democratic Party, which called for multiracialism, common South…
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… amid strong disapproval from several governments, the United Cricket Conference and organizations like The United Nations. They took place between the period…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… harsh, Nortje entered into exile in 1961 and fled to the United Kingdom. While in exile and in South Africa, Nortje … nationalism was growing in the 1930s,…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… we have made in the struggle to ensure the widest possible united action of the forces of progressive change in our … ourselves that are blocking the…
EventA delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community
… to immediately release the Chairman of the Coloured Labour Party, the Rev. Allan Hendrickse. In the late 1970s the Coloured Labour Party strengthened its…
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… (Ben) Ngubane, political activist and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) politician, was born at Inchanga Roman Catholic … relationship with the IFP when he…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… During the National Party rally in Ladysmith, Natal, Prime Minister P.W. Botha assured his party supporters that the proposed constitutional reforms …
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… this day he announces his intention to resign the National Party presidency while remaining State President. His … and leads to an internal succession…
PlaceClumber, Eastern Cape
… land allocated in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers from Nottinghamshire. In October 1893 its … away from the original. On this site…
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… Inkatha Cultural Liberation Movement, now Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), in 1976. He was the Party’s West Rand Regional Chairperson from 1991 to 2000. … …
PlaceLiberia
… by the domestic politics of slavery and race in the United States as well as by U.S. foreign policy interests. In … the “problem” of the growing number of…
”Joint Declaration of Cooperation.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma of the ANC, Dr. G. M. Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress, and Dr. Y. M. Dadoo of the Transvaal Indian Congress, March 9, 1947
… goodwill, good race relations, and for the building of a united, greater and free South Africa, full franchise rights … be made to compel the Union…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… of attack by General Hertzog and the ruling National Party on already enfranchised black male voters in the Cape … work' among prostitutes, and, specially…
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
… power by the people and the building of a new society in a united, democratic and nonracial South Africa. Organised … struggles waged by the workers, we were…
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… 1995, Mogadishu seaport was handed over to the combined United Nations Organisation (UNO) and the Organisation of … security personnel. In April, the…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… to assist in the preparation of the Indian case before the United Nations. Ashwin Choudree, delegate of the PRC's of … of the American people. However, the…
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… by nearly 3000 people, including delegates from the United States Embassy in South Africa. SWAPO, which was … ruled otherwise, organised the rally to…
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… Minister of Home Affairs and leader of Inkatha Freedom Party, and his nephew King Goodwill Zwelithini, escalated … a full investigation; whilst the South…