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ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… by Theophilus Shepstone, annexes the Transvaal, but political wrangling forces them to restore the Republic to … and Boer republics are drawn together into a…
The Atlantic slave trade
… market days." Criminals and prisoners of war, as well as political prisoners were often sold in the marketplaces in … wealthy, it ultimately undermined local…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… empowerment, as much as they are the unbending demands of political and social factions, are the policies which created … as his country. As Gandhi put it in…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… in Nylstroom and Pretoria Central Prisons as a female political activist who was detained for her work in the … ANC, and her time spent in deadly South…
EventRhodes statue removed at UCT
… Following Chumani Maxwele’s radical protest through a political performance of throwing human excrement at the …
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… their well documented and researched reporting on current political situations, State legislation and the effects …
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… Grahamstown, the Festival served as an important forum for political and protest theatre during the height of the …
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… the Minister of Justice to extend the imprisonment of any political prisoner indefinitely. Subsequently, Sobukwe was …
Imijondolo
… of Badsha's sustained presence in the settlement, as a political activist and community organizer between 1980 and …
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… in incorporation negotiations. South Africa itself denies political and economic rights her 8,000,000 Africans. 83 …
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… became convinced that SA was irrevocably on the road to political transformation and democracy. … Available at news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed: 26 August 2013]|…
EventUN Security Council urges SA government to end Rivonia Trial
… progress and grant amnesty to the defendants and all other political prisoners already sentenced to death. Britain, …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… and the Congress of Democrats (COD). Apart from these political organisations, some of the accused were members of …
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… which carried on into 1953, attracted thousands into political activity. Sources: South African History Online …
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… of apartheid, Goldstone headed a commission to investigate political violence and intimidation that took place between …
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… African liberation struggle. Instead, Botha called Tutu a political preacher, undeserving of the award. At the time, …
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… those who rejected it, preferring to continue to fight for political rights for all Blacks. … Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… proceeded to Great Britain where he failed to secure political asylum. After leaving Britain he went to France, …
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… on November 16, 1989, a few months before the unbanning of political parties in 1990 and the beginning of conciliatory … Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) …
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… Click here to read our This Day in History entry: Major political organisations sign the National Peace Accords. …
EventA South African spy is released from jail
… the government on indemnity for exiles and the release of political prisoners was published a day before her release. …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… sanctions. The decision to release Mandela and later other political activists, paved the way for the birth of a …
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… and the apartheid government led to the release of all political prisoners. The "Sharpeville Six" were granted …
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… a result, many Mfengu looked to Ayliff as their source of political patronage (see Frontier Wars for more information). …
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… in the 1960s, after the banning of the PAC and other political organisations such as the African National Congress …
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… ruling African National Congress (ANC) denied reports of political interference on its part leading to the resignation …
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… and promoting national unity and reconciliation in a new political dispensation. …
EventDr Wilson Carswell, medical adviser to the government’s Aids unit, says about 100 000 South Africans are infected with HIV
… on 16 May 2012] About HIV Around the World - South Africa, Political Turmoil and Denial Feeds a Raging Epidemic[online] …
EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… people regard Lari massacre as the day that changed the political situation in the country and led to Kenya gaining …
Document 19 - The D. F. Malan Accord
… the Natal Indian Patriotic Union, and the Transvaal Indian Political Association were founded and began to function. A …