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EventMorgan Tsvangirai is cleared of Treason charges
… The Zimbabwean opposition leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai, was … for allegedly plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe of…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… Uganda experienced a number of changes of government since it attained its independence from British … his government and with Yusuf Lule, the former…
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock (dubbed 'Prime Evil') of six murders of Black anti-apartheid activists during his service as commander of a police unit,…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… on 7 April 1854, three weeks after the renunciation of British sovereignty. Initially the Boers (Voortrekkers) … from the Cape Colony in the Great Trek…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 5: South Africas fir
… Multicoloured poster produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Photograph of original Food and Canning Workers Union formed in 1941…
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… In the Mpanza valley in the Umvoti district, a minor chief of the Zondi, Bambatha ka Mancinza Zondi (also spelt Bambada, … Bhambatha returned to Natal to…
ArchiveThe philosophy tenets and traditions of NEUM
… A presidential address delivered at the 9th Conference of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM).It is noted that … been convened at the most crucial moment…
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… Coup. Major General Mohammad Siyad Barre took control of the country's government and established strong ties with … economic depression that contributed to…
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
… back to this day in history search archive The state of emergency entered its 100th day after it was announced on … growing opposition to Apartheid…
ArchiveA Black South Africans view of the present
… This article was published as part of a study project on external investment in South Africa and Namibia, entitled The Conditions of the Black Worker. The…
EventA memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia
… A memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia The Defence ministers of South Africa and Malaysia, Joe Modise and D S H Alban respectively, signed a…
EventChris Heunis meets Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane
… newspaper reported that Minister Chris Heunis, minister of constitutional development and planning and Chief Minister Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane discussed the…
ArchiveA study of Inkatha Yesizwes approach to the
… A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of Cape Town, in partial fulfillment for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Honours. This…
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… The Restitution of Land Rights Act, restoring the rights of those dispossessed by discriminatory land legislation … signed into law. The Act provided for the…
ArchiveInterview with the Midland Chamber of Industries
… Oral interview with members of the Midland Chamber of Industries headquartered in Port Elizabeth. The aim was to … countrywide were at record highs. A…
EventJoseph Lekganyane of the ZCC (Dove) dies
… Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with … died in Warmberg, Pietersburg district. Upon the…
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… In search of peace two Southern African presidents, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique, successor to Samora Machel who mysteriously … Botha at Songo, in Tete…
EventThousands protest the killing of Chris Hani
… Two days after Chris Hani was shot and killed, thousands of Blacks took to the streets to protest against the killing of Chris Hani, commander of Umkhonto we…
EventInternational Day of Peace Vigil is observed
… After the United Nations General-Assembly resolution 55/282 of 2001, beginning 2002, 21 September of each year is observed as the International Day of Peace…
EventAppearance of former ministers before the TRC
… Commission (TRC). The four were former Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok, Foreign Minister Roelof Botha, and Deputy Ministers of Law and Order Roelf…
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… The Battle of Chrissiesmeer (Lake Chrissie) during Anglo-Boer War 2 … Smith-Dorrien. Botha's main aim was to cripple the advance of Smith-Dorrien into the…
50 years of forced removals under apartheid
… will end with speeches, performances and music. The aim of this occasion is to create large scale awareness of the impact of apartheid displacement and to…
EventPieter Jacobs Marais reports discovery of gold
… Pieter Jacobs Marais reports his discovery of alluvial gold in the Jukskei River on B.J. Liebenberg's … farm, Bultfontein, in 1853. The site was just north…
EventWife of detained Nigerian president is killed
… On 4 June 1996, Kudirat Abiola the wife of Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian President, was … investigation. In May 1996, she was detained on a charge…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 1: working the land
… Department of Labour poster. Multicoloured poster. History and photographs of farm labour in South Africa. Artwork of new South African flag. … Builders of…
ArchiveStatement on the assasination of David Webster
… Statement on the view of the assasination of Comrade Webster as part of the ongoing attempt to crush the freedom movement in the … Statement on the…
ArchiveThe Conference of the All-African Convention
… Draft of an article by I B Tabata, published in the January 1959 issue of Ikhwezi Lomso, about the Conference of the All-African Convention in December 1958…
EventThe Second Battle of El Alamein starts
… in July 1942, Lt.-Gen. B.L. Montgomery, the new commander of the Eighth Army in World War 2, initiated a second attack … 1942, when Montgomery finally broke…
EventAlbert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
… has come to call the Annus Mirabilis Papers. In one of the four papers on mass-energy equivalence, Einstein … revolutionized scientific thought with new…
ArchiveThe call of Islam: Emergency mass rally
… Blue and white poster. Artwork of a pair of balanced scales. Issued by Muslims Against Oppression. Notice of a Rally at Hanover Park Civic Centre on Thursday…