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Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
… 59 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936 141 Longmarket Street, … Grant30 and Frost are in a better position…
ArchiveFounding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders
… Report about a visit to Washington DC by a delegation of South African church … Boesak, Frank Chikane, Beyers Naude and Desmond Tutu, to urge the US…
EventIt is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa
… Pakistan that the government of Pakistan has decided to ban all exports from Pakistan to South Africa and has issued instructions to Pakistan shipping…
EventMembers of Mau Mau uprising in Kenya to receive death penalty for resisting colonial rule
… Mau oath called for the individual's death if they failed to kill a European farmer, or even their own relations, if … seen as collaboraters of the…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… His father was originally from India, who had come to South Africa to seek fortune. His parents travelled throughout the then … in London. Here he received…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on ANC`s seventieth anniversary: Appeal to the world, 02 December 1981
… invites friends and supporters of our liberation struggle to join with the South African people in commemorating the … of the ANC. This anniversary year has…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… country's prestige in the international field has dropped to an even lower level. 250,000 South Africans are threatened … reactionary and pro-fascist…
Matthews being used to turn SABC into a laughing stock: ANC (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… by posting a photo of his resignation letter‚ addressed to SABC board chair Professor Mbulaheni Mughave‚ on Twitter. … of him as a professional and a…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… sale of diamonds in some African countries has been linked to the funding of African rebel groups, which have in turn … United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone…
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… on imported components for its war effort. This came to light on the 2 April 1984 when four South Africans and … exporting high-pressure gas cylinders and…
EventMadalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament
… while playing with his father’s clubs, his father decided to buy him his own. When Muthiya was fifteen, he caught the … Frederick Chiluba. Chiluba arranged…
ArchiveChurch and State relations: the story of Bophuthatswana and its independence from 1977 to 1994
… The government of Bophuthatswana declared their state to be Christian. The main emphasis was that the Batswana were … people who were deeply Christian and…
EventUN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.
… Committee on the Policies of Apartheid issued an appeal to member states and organizations to assist families of persons persecuted by the government … the…
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… arrived in the Cape, they used fire arms and horses to win wars, raid cattle and subsequently reduce the Khoikhoi to servants. Thus, the story of the…
EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
… in a bad light in most of the western world. This led to the expulsion of South Africa from membership of many … against the Apartheid government encouraged…
BiographyKing Mzilikazi
… Africa). The son of Matshobana whom many had considered to be the greatest Southern African military leader after the … Shaka. In his autobiography, David…
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… (APO) and the Franchise Action Committee were invited to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign against … would commence in 1952 after an ultimatum…
EventThe 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
… Labour Contingent, the recruitment process for troops to assist in World War 1 was not heavily impacted. On the … of his journey, published in Black Valour: …
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National Front for the Liberation of Angola … their FNLA allies were…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… elected at a meeting of West African heads of state to become the third chair of Liberia's ruling council. Perry, … government, thereby making her Africa's…
ArchiveNotes of meeting to discuss OAU Liberation Committee Resolution calling for a United Front with PAC
… Notes of meeting to discuss Organisation of African Unity Liberation Committee … this matter thoroughly, a study group should be appointed to collect data…
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and were sent to assist dissatisfied free burghers, or farmers who had been given land independent of the VOC, on how…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… Party (DP), Theo Gerdener, expressed their agreement to form a new party on the basis of equal rights for all … During the same year, a group of UP members…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918. He graduated at the London School of Medicine in … for yellow fever. It was this…
Declaration of principles adopted at the foundation conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions, on 5 march 1955, and included as a preamble to its constitution
… Trade Unions, on 5 march 1955, and included as a preamble to its constitution …
ArchiveLetter from Terrence Tryon of SASO to Secretary of the Soweto Students Representative Council 1977
… A letter of invitation to the Soweto Student's Representative Council to attend the 9th General Students Council Meeting of the … Letter from Terrence Tryon…
ArchiveLetter from Nkwenkwe Nkomo, National Organiser of the Black Peoples Convention to Brothers and Sisters
… Nkomo, National Organiser of the Black Peoples Convention to member "Brothers and Sisters" to attend the National Congress, 13-16 December 1974 … Nkomo,…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… Kuzwayo made history when she became the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of the … in social work. As a social worker…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… medium of education in Black schools. The students decided to establish the Soweto Students' Representative Council … committee made up of two…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… became known as the February Revolution, but according to the Gregorian calendar (which most of the world adheres to … city of Petrograd [2] decided to…