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Exchange of notes with Japan concerning the re-establishment of diplomatic relations.
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Exchange of notes with Japan concerning the re…
A group of junior officers overthrows civilian government of Ghana in West Africa.
… A group of junior officers overthrows civilian government of Ghana in West Africa. …
List of Other Early Settlers and Associates of Phoenix Settlement (1904-1914)
… List of Other Early Settlers and Associates of Phoenix Settlement (1904-1914) …
The first residence complex of the University of Port Elizabeth is inaugurated.
… The first residence complex of the University of Port Elizabeth is inaugurated. …
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979).
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of…
SA signs treaty of the principles of inter-state relations with India.
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … SA signs treaty of the principles of inter-state…
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a sexton Dutch Reformed Church's Sendingkerk (a coloured offshoot of the white Dutch…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the 118th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly: Cape Town, 13 April 2008
… Due to time constraints, President Mbeki omitted portions of his speech during the delivery, but the full prepared text … that they own about a third of the…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… ancestry. Mali is the cultural heir to the succession of ancient African empires – Ghana, Malinké, and Songhai – … in touch with Mediterranean and Middle…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African National Congress (ANC), becoming an active member of its military wing…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… 1870 in Fortrie, Banffshire, Scotland as the second son of a crofter. He received a Master of Arts in Classics from Balliol College in Oxford in 1981. … his…
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… At a ceremony at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, the African National Congress … the organisation a signatory to…
ArchiveMessage of the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Governments of the United States, Angola and Zambia: 6 March 1984
… Message from Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Governments of the United States, Angola and Zambia Iinforming them that due to the infilitration…
ArticleSS Mendi
… The sinking of the SS Mendi was caused by the reckless action of the … that Britain had requested that the South African Native Labour Contingent provide 10…
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… the Dutch and finally the French, becoming a part of French West Africa around half a century earlier. With … political system was introduced. After being…
EventChief of the Lebelo group of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, dies
… Chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, died on the farm Leeukraal, to the north of Hammanskraal and was buried at Wallmansthal…
EventMinister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
… The Minister of Sport, Piet Koornhof, announced a relaxation of apartheid rules for sport and declared that the government … towards eliminating racial…
EventJoseph Engenas Lekganyane, founder of the Dove branch of the ZCC, is born
… Former leader and founder of the Dove branch of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), Joseph Engenas … in Limpopo). Joseph was the fifth and favourate son of…
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… off-course, and thus he sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa. He named the Cape "the Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas), but King John II of…
EventMinster of Justice, Pelser defends the banning orders on eight leaders of SASO
… The banning of eight prominent Black Consciousness (BC) exponents in March 1973 came as a direct result of the popularity that these leaders enjoyed among…
ArchiveStatement by the General Secretary of South African Council of Churches, Desmond Tutu
… Statement by the General Secretary of South African Council of Churches, Desmond Tutu, of October 21, 1980, in response to the warning by the … Statement by…
Press Conference in Maputo: Comments by Oliver Tambo on South African offer of territory to Swaziland, 5 March 1982
… Mr. Tambo said that the ANC had already held two sets of discussions with the Swazi authorities on the South … false impressions," said Mr. Tambo. He…
ArchiveMinutes of the 49th Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, November 30 - December 3, 1972
… Minutes of the 49th Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 30 … Minutes of the 49th Congress of the…
EventThe United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed United Republic of Tanzania
… On 29 October 1964, the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanganyika became independent on 9 December…
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… Patrice Lumumba gained the reputation of being a powerful and charismatic leader during his brief … (the former Belgian Congo, now the Democratic Republic of…
EventThe Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid is established in Paris
… The Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid was established in Paris with the support of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. …
ArchiveMemorandum of the Central Executive on the Future Organisation of the Black Sash
… Memorandum of the Central Executive on the Future Organisation of the Black Sash on 10 June 1958, discussing: Written Policy, elections, government of South…
ArchiveWomen without men: a study of 150 families in the Nqutu district of KwaZulu
… Results of research conducted into the income, expenditure and livestock ownership of the average family settled in Bantu Homelands. The research also looks…
ArchiveMinutes of the National Conference of the Black Sash held in Port Elizabeth
… Minutes of the National Conference of the Black Sash held in Port Elizabeth from 14 to 17 March 1985, discussing: Minutes of previous conference, magazine,…
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
… 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,…