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The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… In 1979 the African National Congress launched an attempt to receive international recognition as the “sole legitimate … representative of the people of…
Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive…
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… He was born in Jamaica on 17 August 1887, and as a young man developed a love for reading. At the age of 14, Garvey went left for Kingston to work in a…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
… death has come way too soon; none of us could say, with a straight face, that we were prepared for it. Therefore, … because we are ill prepared. Juda, I am…
ArchiveDirector’s Report on the Activities of the Chris Hani Institute for the period October 2012 to September 2015
… The Chris Hani Institute (CHI) was launched in 2003 to promote the values and principles practised by Chris Hani and others in their struggle to serve the…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa.
… Jane Waterson. They were appointed by the British Office to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. The camps…
DOCUMENT 37. “Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969
… CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS, ON 5 MARCH 1955, AND INCLUDED AS A PREAMBLE TO ITS CONSTITUTION Organize... or Starve! History has shown … unable to improve their…
EventSA experiences a monetary crisis due to the heavy drain of gold from the country during the Great Depression
… The Great Depression had a profound effect on economies around the world and South … destroyed prices on commodities that were profitable to many farmers…
EventSADF takes over security of Northern Natal from the SAP to prevent infiltration into SA by Liberation Movements
… the eighties convinced the Apartheid government that a revision of its approach to infiltration by the liberation movements was needed. Deploying the armed…
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… his higher education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A student of theology, Niehaus was months away from his final … from the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC)…
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary…
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
… Born in Kent on 2 April 1807, William Cornwallis Harris was a military engineer working for the East India Company. He later became a hunter who discovered…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… Zakes Mokae, 27, from Johannesburg arrived in Cape Town to stage a three hour play on "Colour-bar". "The Blood Knot" was the much talked about play in South…
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … Secretariat of the International left Opposition to…
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, was a leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the … On 22 March 1961, Nkrumah…
EventEarly jewellery, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old, is discovered in South Africa
… On 16 April 2004, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old was discovered in the Blombos cave, … The newly discovered beads were made from the…
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
… layer. The Vienna convention signed on 22 March 1985 is a multilateral environmental agreement in which “states agree to cooperate in the relevant research…
EventThe UN is informed by the United States that it will suspend sale of arms to South Africa.
… (UN) on 7 August, 1963 that it would suspend sales of arms to South Africa. The Security Council adopted Resolution 181 calling upon all states to cease the…
Open letter from the National Executive Committee of the ANC to State President De Klerk and his Cabinet
… Open letter to State President De Klerk and his cabinet from the National … violence in the country. Calls for the government to outlaw the carrying of…
EventKenyan runner, Yobes Ondieki becomes the first man to run 10,000 meters in less than 27 minutes
… Ondieki surprised the world when he became the first man to run 10 000 Meters in less than 27 minutes. Ondieki was … number one in the world in the 10 000…
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… hunter, and conservationist Frederick Courtney Selous came to South Africa at the age of nineteen in 1871. Inspired by … Livingstone and William Charles…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… verse and chorus of Nkosi, Sekelel' iAfrika, was declared a national monument. A fitting memorial erected on the sitewas unveiled by … the Order of…
Telex from Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to His Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cape Town
… Translation of a telex sent from the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, with regard to the alleged…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the release of the 20 Year Review: South Africa 1994 to 2014, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, 11 March 2014
… of all sectors, Fellow South Africans, Good morning to you all. Thank you for joining us on this important occasion. The year 2014 represents a historic…
EventThe second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats
… The second election to the Coloured Persons' R epresentative Council resulted in … of Coloured Relations, Hennie Smit, gave notice of a Bill enabling him to…
Response by Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the first session of CODESA, World Trade Centre, Kempton Park
… Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the first session of CODESA, World Trade …
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… Kebble was shot seven times in his car on the way to dinner with his business associates. The death of Kebble opened a can of worms exposing corruption in…
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
… was lifted. The disease was discovered in ostriches over a year earlier in July 2004 in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape. Thousands of birds were killed to…
Fourteen people are killed when the SAP use violence to break up a township meeting in Queenstown, Eastern Cape.
… Fourteen people are killed when the SAP use violence to break up a township meeting in Queenstown, eastern Cape. … Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against…
ArchiveList of grievances sent by African pupils to the Regional Director of Bantu Education in the Western Cape
… A list of grievances sent to the Regional Director of Bantu Education, later published … List of grievances sent by African pupils to the Regional Director…