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Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
… people therefore, the adoption of the Declaration by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 had a special … history. This occurred in open and direct…
Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam, 17 November 1998
… to meeting the basic need of Africa's children. As we had united for the liberation of Africa, in this new era we are … people can have. We are proud that…
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… your communities. Now, more than ever, communities must be united. Unity is vital for the implementation of the RDP in … and weaken communities. We brought…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the struggle continues and grows more intense, 23 August 1984
… around the world, including the Security Council of the United Nations, are confident of a total rejection of the …
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… Although both the Azanian People’s Organisation and the United Democratic Movement expressed shock at the killing, …
EventMarsha Cox, the South African hockey player is born
… debut for the South African team was in 2001 against the United States of America. Marsha captained the national side …
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
… most were unemployed school-leavers who supported the United Democratic Front during the years of its ascendance, …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… album Wenyukela. A hybrid of the album was released in the United States and went platinum, helping the group win the …
EventThe existing ban on marriages between White and Black people (Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) is extended to White and Coloured people
… Amendment Bill was adopted - despite opposition from the United and Progressive Parties. This amendment furthered the …
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… General Assembly of the United Nations requested States to terminate prohibition or …
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… In contrast to the stance taken by western countries, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly passed numerous … [Accessed: 08 December 2010]|SAHO, South…
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… 'free and fair'. The elections, supervised by the United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG), …
EventNegotiations between SA, Cuba and Angola start in London
… Representatives of South Africa, the United States (US), Angola and Cuba met in London (3-4 May) …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… for consecutive victories on their end-of-year tour to the United Kingdom, a record which they, however, only equaled. …
EventAhmed Helmy, Egyptian actor, is born
… black and white colours. Helmy is also ambassador for the United Nations programme “Food for Education”. …
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… strives toward "realistic" images, had crystallized in the United States during the depression era with the … and the success of documentary photographers in…
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
… from the Pan-African Congress, Makwetu had represented the party in parliament and served as president in 1996. To the …
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… and became a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Mayekiso was first detained in February 1986 …
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… the SACC was constituted in 1968. By then the National Party had been governing the country for twenty years and the …
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… 235 were not. Amongst this last group have been Liberal Party members. The strict security legislation aroused huge …
EventDr Louis Luyt is born
… of SARFU in May 1998. Luyt founded the Federal Alliance Party (FA) in 1998, which he personally bankrolled. The FA …
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the …
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… F.W. de Klerk to take up the appointment of National Party (NP) secretary-general, a post which he held for only …
EventNelson Mandela announces intentions on nationalisation policy
… (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of …
EventANC stage marches in major cities
… the political prisoners, responded by re-assuring the party that the due processes had to be followed in releasing …
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… considerable contact with the Bantu in the area. Another party was not so fortunate - of a group of twenty-eight who …
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… policies and broke away from ZANU-PF to form his own party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The MDC …
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… the Black Sash . In the 1990s Zille joined the Democratic Party (now the Democratic Alliance). She became a member of …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress (ANC). Contrary …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philemon Raul Masinga dies
… in 1994. He also played for international teams:Leeds United in England, St Gallen in Switzerland, Salernitana Bari in Italy and Al Wahda in the United Arab …