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ArticleThe aftermath of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… his farm on the site of the future Edenvale. But the Afrikaner population of Natalia never numbered more than 6 …
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… of the Third Riech. He became an influential person in Afrikaner nationalist circles particularly in the 1930s and … including one that became the…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… Mozambique. Three years later (March 1984), the Nkomati Accord, was signed. In this agreement both countries resolved …
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… international celebrity. He signed the National Peace Accord on behalf of the ANC in September, 1991. This … with Eugene Terre Blanche , leader of the right…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… and ambushed. Through this incident the National Peace Accord, signed in September 1991, came under serious threat. …
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… before this attack, President Michel signed the Nkomati Accord of 1984 with South Africa, which pledged to end …
EventPolice pounce on AWB members
… and eight other members of the right-wing group the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), after uncovering illegal … of attacks against the government, aiming…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… by 5 seats. The HNP came to power in coalition with the Afrikaner Party, led by Nicholaas C. Havenga. Dr D. F. Malan … White-Black struggle in mind, but the…
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
… of thought. In South Africa, African nationalism and white Afrikaner nationalism was developed and evolved over time. …
EventPaul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid
… (Paul) Kruger is often referred to as the 'father of the Afrikaner nation'. This is because his firm belief in the destiny of the Afrikaner, his strong faith…
EventJohannes Kerkorrel, Afrikaans singer and songwriter, is born in Johannesburg
… Johannes Kerkorrel, talented Afrikaner musician and groundbreaking songwriter born in … in the late 1980s while working for the conservative Afrikaner…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… whites in the Transvaal, the Transvaaler Afrikaner, could not have started the First War of … national calling. Dr Malan stated: ‘The history of the…
Chapter 13. General Strike, 1932
… more factories being called out or coming out of their own accord. The employers, determined to break the strike, sent … might impair the chances of his…
EventA new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria.
… an extreme right wing political group. It was founded by Afrikaner academics Professors Willie Lubbe and Alkmaar … father ofAapartheid, H.F. Verwoed,…
South African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… remember that where people have come forward of their own accord, of their own free will… and what they have done will …
EventSouth African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… remember that where people have come forward of their own accord, of their own free will… and what they have done will …
Firstly, as to COST
… of the effective implementation of the National Peace Accord. 2. Mandate the Negotiating Council to establish what …
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
… disintegrated. The core of it united with a small largely Afrikaner party to become the New Republic Party, which after … political opposition is that which…
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… coalition received strong opposition from a section of the Afrikaner community who perceived Smuts as an opponent of Afrikaner nationalism and pro-British…
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… a family that was fully committed to the preservation of Afrikaner nationalism. His father was a minister of the Dutch … Reformed Church (DRC) and was a…
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… divisions between English speaking South Africans and the Afrikaner. Led by J. C. Smuts , the South African government supported Britain. The Afrikaner, with…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… to give up Namibia as part of a United States-brokered accord that also provided for the withdrawal of Cuban forces …
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… in the form of a crusade. "To save the souls of the Afrikaner workers from the corruption of the foreigners, … the reactionaries appealed to the colour…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… colleges to represent Africans throughout the country. The Afrikaner National Party won the 1948 general election under … and economic activities of Black…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… Airport for further negotiations. At the end D.F. Malan Accord was signed. Under the accord the government reaffirmed the right to peaceful … Government,…
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… On 11 March 1994 hundreds of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) members drove into …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… (PAC), Federal Alliance (FA), Minority Front (MF), Afrikaner Eenheids Beweging (AEB), Azanian People’s …
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… for supervised elections in the onetime German colony. The accord delicately intertwined interests among all three …
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… grandparents were Collin Campbell van Niekerk, a White Afrikaner, and Grace, a Coloured daughter of a Zulu-speaking … grandfather, Collin Campbell "Sonny"…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… the Conservative Party, the fascist AWB, and other sundry Afrikaner right-wing groups will not participate. As could be … For, if the nationalism the ANC…