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G. H. (Harry) Atkins, SA sculptor, is born Wallasey, England. He died in 1983 in Port Elizabeth.
Exchange of notes with Lesotho to amend the Trade Mission Agreement of 30 April 1987.
”Future of the Africanist Movement”. Questions and Answers Y.R.M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
Programme of Action: Statement of Policy Adopted At the ANC Annual Conference 17 December 1949
ArchiveMinutes of a meeting between President Kenneth Kaunda and South African Representatives: Lusaka, 25 June 1984
Meeting between President Kaunda of Zambia and representatives from South Africa to discuss further peace initiatives in southern Africa, following the Lusaka…
ArchiveMinutes of a meeting between South African and Angolan Delegations: Ilha Do Sal, 23 February 1983
Minutes of a meeting between South Africa and Angola to discuss a negotiated settlement for southern Africa and in this regard the withdrawal of Cuban troops.
The SAPS Amenment Act, 1998, providing a legal framework for municipal police services, comes into effect.
Magnus André De Merindol Malan, former SA Minister of Defence, 1980, is born in Pretoria.
BiographyDJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)
Deon T Daniels aka DJ Ready D, was born in District Six, Cape Town on 11 December 1968, before the residents there were forcibly removed. Ready D and his…
BiographySolomon Kerzner
Please note: Silber, G. (1999) “Solomon Kerzner” from They Shaped our Century: The Most Influential South Africans of the Twentieth Century. Published by Human…
Challenge to the church: A Theological Comment on the Political Crisis in South Africa | The Kairos Document, 1985
The Kairos document preface The KAIROS document is a Christian, biblical and theological comment on the political crisis in South Africa today. It is an…
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, who was born in Wellington (Cape Town ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He…
ArchiveOpening address at the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 1981.
Acting-president's opening address at the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, Cape Town from 28…
BiographyLionel Forman
Born in 1926 in Rosettenville Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. Forman headed…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
H.E. Sir Geoffrey Howe Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs London. Sir Geoffrey, I am most grateful for your kind letter of 18 July…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… and also other imprisoned or exiled ANC leaders. On 5 July 1989, Botha and Mandela had their first meeting in person. … of the 1950s. The Harare Declaration…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987, Lusaka
Comrade President, Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda, a most eloquent exponent and defender of the cause of liberation in South Africa and Namibia, an unrelenting…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… release. 18 May, Sisulu celebrates his 75th birthday. 1989 15 October, After 26 years in prison, Rivonia trialist’s …
Report of the National Executive Committee of the PAC, Submitted to the Annual Conference, December 19-20, 1959
Sons and Daughters of Afrika! The Pan Africanist Congress was successfully launched as the liberation movement of the African people at a Convention held at…
BiographyAlex Hepple
Alex Hepple was born in the Johannesburg suburb of La Rochelle on 28 August 1904. His father, Thomas Hepple (1869-1942), an immigrant from Sunderland, was a…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
The Mali Empire (c. 1235-1600 CE)At its height, the Mali Empire stretched across more than 1.29 million square kilometres of West Africa, encompassing the…
EventZola Budd of SA and Mary Decker of the USA collide accidentally during the 3000m in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
Zola Budd and Mary Decker are athletes who took part in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Budd, a South African, was competing under British citizenship due to…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.4 Mar 1982 - Women in Azania
BiographyHenry Bathurst
Politician and British Colonial Officer, Bathurst was born in Gloucestershire, England on 22 May 1762. He was the eldest son of the second Earl of Bathurst. In…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
The 1910 election: The Union of SA The first election that created the modern South African state, held in accordance with the provisions of the Union of…
BiographyVictor V. T. Mbobo
Victor V. T. Mbobo was born in the Cape, he graduated from Fort Hare in 1935. While teaching at a Pretoria high school, he participated in the founding of the…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the SA-USA Business and Finance Forum, Roosevelt Hotel, New York, 23 September 1999
Chairperson, Mr Al Gore, US Vice President, Mr Jim Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, Ministers here Present, Excellencies Ambassadors, Business…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… for the dismantling of apartheid. On 24 November 1989 President F. W. de Klerk announced the opening of four …
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… December, 'Nelson Mandela Road' named, New Delhi, India, 1989 Freedom of the Municipality of KweKwe, Zimbabwe, … the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu/Natal …
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