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EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
On 29 July 1951 the African National Congress (ANC) called a meeting in Johannesburg. Executives from the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), the African…
EventThe 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
Following the sinking of the SS Mendi troop ship carrying the Fifth Battalion of the South African Native Labour Contingent, the recruitment process for troops…
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
In January 1976, a group of 100 mercenaries crossed over from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
Mr President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Your Excellency, Dr Boutrous Boutrous Ghali, Secretary General of the United Nations, …
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
History was made in Western Africa when, for the first time, a woman, Ms Ruth Sando Perry, was unanimously elected at a meeting of West African heads of state…
Notes of meeting to discuss OAU Liberation Committee Resolution calling for a United Front with PAC
Notes of meeting to discuss Organisation of African Unity Liberation Committee Resolution calling for a United Front with the Pan-Africanist Congress. Suggests…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
In a joint declaration the leaders of the United Party (UP), Sir de Villiers Graaff and the Democratic Party (DP), Theo Gerdener, expressed their agreement to…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
Dr Max Theiler was born on 30 January 1899 in Pretoria. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918. He graduated at…
Declaration of principles adopted at the foundation conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions, on 5 march 1955, and included as a preamble to its constitution
Letter from Reverend Allan Boesak to the South African Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok
Letter from Reverend Allan Boesak to the South African Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok announcing his decision to join detainees on a hunger strike.
Letter from Terrence Tryon of SASO to Secretary of the Soweto Students Representative Council 1977
A letter of invitation to the Soweto Student's Representative Council to attend the 9th General Students Council Meeting of the South African Students…
Letter from Nkwenkwe Nkomo, National Organiser of the Black Peoples Convention to Brothers and Sisters
Letter of invitation from Nkwenkwe Nkomo, National Organiser of the Black Peoples Convention to member "Brothers and Sisters" to attend the National Congress,…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo made history when she became the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of the Witwatersrand on 2…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
The Naledi High School branch of the South African Students Movement (SASM) held a meeting, which was attended by representatives of all Soweto high schools,…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Indian community Mount Edgecombe, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 18 April 2014
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr Jeff Radebe, ANC Provincial and regional Leadership present, The Treasurer-General of SANCO, Mr…
EventJosiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the LWF
At the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Assembly held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Josiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira became the first African to be elected…
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…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
Mr. Ngubane has written most voluminously in several issues of the Indian Opinion making scathing and unjustified remarks about the African National Congress…
BiographyVernon Celliers Berrange
Advocate Vernon Celliers Berrangé was born on 25 November 1900 in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). His lived and worked all his life in Johannesburg, having been…
Archive‘Fate Comes to the Mission Schools’: Fire at Bethel, 1953 by Linda M. Chisholm
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
On 10 December 2013, South Africans and more than 90 world leaders gathered together at the Memorial service of Nelson Mandela, which was held at the FNB…
South Africa and events in Africa: Address to the Black Sash National Conference
Words of encouragement to workers from the Chief Minister of KwaZulu Legislative Assembly
The road to South African freedom: Programme of the South African Communist Party
The Tragic State of the Congo: From Decolonization to Dictatorship by Jeanne M. Haskin
Presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1994
Opening Address by National President Jenny De Tolly at the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town on 29 July 1994, discussing: Multi-party…
Presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Natal Midlands, 1993
Opening address by National President Jenny De Tolly at National Conference held at Natal Midlands on 30 March 1993, discussing: negotiations, democracy,…
Presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Port Elizabeth, 1985
Opening Address by National President Sheena Duncan at the Black Sash National Conference held at Port Elizabeth on 14 March 1985 discussing: 30th Anniversary…
Five Freedoms Forum - ANC Conference, June 29 to June 2: Commission B3 Local Government
Report of the African National Congress and Five Freedoms Forum Conference in July 1989 on local government