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EventMarks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto
Marks Maponyane is a former football player and businessman born in Meadowlands, Soweto on 16 February 1962. Maponyane played professional football for 17…
EventThe Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha reveals government plan on increasingly militant Black trade unions.
The Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha warned of a government plan to adopt tougher measures against the rapidly expanding and increasingly militant…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
Botswana accused South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene, from Gaborone and transporting him to South Africa. Later the…
EventArchbishop William Barnett issues a statement condemning Apartheid
The Anglican Church joined the growing confrontation between church and state, when the Archbishop of Cape Town, Rev. William Barnett issued a statement…
Phyllis Naidoo speaks of Mansery Lesotho murders of ANC, 1982
Phylis Naidoo speaks on Chris Hani and his contribution to liberation struggle
Pope Benedict announces that he will resign on 28 February, 2013
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EventTwenty Black students are admitted to the Pretoria University
Pretoria University developed from the Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College. The branch was established in 1908 and has since developed into a…
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
President Samora Machel of Mozambique pledged solidarity with the South African people, in reaction to the massacre on 30 January 1981, where more than 14…
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
France conducted its first nuclear bomb test at Reganne, Algeria, in the Sahara desert. At the time, Algeria was under French control. The test, code named…
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
Public places of recreation in white areas were proclaimed in accordance with provisions of the Group Areas Act of 1950. Following the proclamation, blacks…
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal (now Ilanga), dies in Umhlanga,…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C.), situated in Johannesburg, started its classes in Kya Rosa, a house in…
Justice Ludorf convicts thirty men accused of conspiring to overthrow the SWA administration
Steve Biko by Lindy Wilson
Black Consciousness in South Africa: The Dialectics of Ideological Resistance to White Supremacy by Robert Fatton
Capital & Labour In South Africa by D. du Toit
The Black Consciousness Movement by M.V. Mzamane, B. Maaba and N. Biko
White Activists in the Revival of the Worker’s Movement by D. Hemson, M. Legassick and N. Ulrich
The Revival of the Labour Movement, 1970–1980 by J. Sithole and S. Ndlovu
TRC Cradock Four Amnesty Hearings
This article was written by Saif Pardawala and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Albie Sachs
This article was written by Michelle Marriott and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Eugene de Kock
This article was written by Jaime Ibarra-Perez and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Kader Asmal
This article was written by Gianna Duran and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Antjie Krog: The Altruistic Author on the Truth and Reconciliation Council
This article was written by David Codron and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Art Inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
This article was written by Brianna McIntyre and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Winnie Mandela: the Former Mother of the Nation
This article was written by Andrew Mintz and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Adriaan Vlok and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
This article was written by Virginia Boswell and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project