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EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… Everest. This was the first official South African team to conquer the highest mountain in the world. Their … reportedly reached the summit hours later, and…
EventThe first Boer Trek to Angola that started in 1874 reaches Lake Ngami (Thirstland Trek) in 1875
… The Thirstland Trek is the name given to the exodus of Boer/Afrikaans families, most of them from … of Pretoria and Rustenburg, through Northern Bechuanaland…
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… of women. She was the first openly lesbian woman to do so and it was the first time that the United Nations … women, saying that “if the world conference on…
EventUS opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process
… In his address to the senate foreign relations committee, United States (US) … any new sanctions, as this would be counterproductive to the transformation…
ANC officials and staff to visit Usindiso Ministries as part of Mandela Day Celebration, 16 July 2010
… distribute blankets, food parcels and other necessities to the shelter. Usindiso Ministries is a shelter for abused, … children and teenage girls. The…
ArchiveLetter from S.E. Corrie Assistant Manager of the Standard bank to the partners of Media Training workshop
… from S.E Corrie Assistant Manager of the Standard bank to the partners of Media Training Workshop regarding their … of standard bank they unfortunately had…
Telegram to Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic by Oliver Tambo, 27 May 1967
… Republic and Arab people in their firm stand and struggle to resist Anglo-American Machinations to recolonise Arab States. War threat in Middle East is being…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… and Non-White universities and tecknikons were merged to form new institutions. In January 2004, the historically … of Tertiary Employees of South Africa …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… history of South Africa, Black trade unions never managed to establish a permanent presence until the emergence of … response, and the ANC, which initially…
ArchiveStatement of the African National Congress of South Africa to the Ad Hoc Committee on Human Rights
… Statement of the ANC to the Ad Hoc Committee on Human Rights of the United Nations … South Africa and other parts of Africa and requests action to be taken…
EventThe Proteas become the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia
… history when they became the first ever South African team to win an away test cricket series in Australia. The year proved to be a successful one for the…
ArchiveTrade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
… Schroeder, February 1988. The aim of this dissertation is to study the history of the Food and Canning Workers Union … Workers Union both of which will…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served as Minister of Justice from 1961 … to the internment camp in…
BiographyThomas Benjamin Davis
… in Western Europe. At the age of fourteen, he ran away to sea. Although he was shipwrecked shortly afterwards, he grew to love the sea, and eventually…
BiographyPaul David
… came from a little village in Tamil Nadu, South India to Natal as indentured sugar cane labourers. In 1961 David … of his brother-in-law, M D Naidoo , who…
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… On 24 May 1915, soon after it had been decided to establish a Dutch newspaper, the name of the newspaper, De … National Press", now Naspers). Dr. D.F. Malan…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… South African National Congress Note: Moses Kotane wrote to Dr. Xuma on January 30, 1946, to congratulate him on his cable regarding South West Africa. ……
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… 1905 9 August, Moses Kotane is born in Tamposstad, to Samuel Segogwane, a lay preacher and traditional healer, … at the Lenin School in Moscow. 1933 Kotane…
ArchiveBig Inter-Race soccer match to be played on Sunday (SA Police vs Tongaat), 17 September, 1953
… 1953, Big Inter-Race soccer match to be played on Sunday (SA Police vs Tongaat) … Big Inter-Race soccer match to be played on Sunday (SA Police vs Tongaat),…
Amendment to the Trespass Act No. 6 of 1959 and the Illegal Squatting Act No.52 of 1951
… Suggested amendments to the Trespass Act No. 6 of 1959 and the Illegal Squatting … Amendment to the Trespass Act No. 6 of 1959 and the Illegal Squatting …
ArchiveFrom the African Scholars of Cape Town: Once we return to our desks - the cause is lost!
… from the pupils of the Cape Town Bantu schools with regard to improving the Bantu education system … From the African Scholars of Cape Town: Once we return…
ArchiveLetter to Regional Committees of the South African Communist Party sent on behalf of the General Secretary
… Letter to Regional Committees giving instructions for the dispersal … Letter to Regional Committees of the South African Communist Party …
ArchiveStatement on the question of a united front to the 20th session of the O.A.U. Liberation Committee
… Oliver Tambo on the question of a united front, presented to the 20th session of the Organisation of African Unity … Statement on the question of a united…
ArchiveReport on Langa Commissioners Court: Presented by Cape Western Region to the Black Sash National Conference 1983
… Commissioners Court- Presented by Cape Western Region to the Black Sash National Conference on 11 March 1983 … Commissioners Court: Presented by Cape Western…
ArchiveHow much more bloodshed before he is free to be human in the land of his birth?
… litho; black; How much more bloodshed before he is free to be human in the land of his birth? When Justice rules, … How much more bloodshed before he is free…
ArchivePersonal Message to H. E. R. F. Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information from Under Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger
… A personal message from the US Under Secretary of State to the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding … Personal Message to H. E. R. F. Botha,…
ArchiveLetter from Alexander M Haig Jr to the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa
… Letter from US Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, to Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, … Letter from Alexander M Haig Jr to the…
ArchiveLetter from M J Jonker, Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission supplying … Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board…
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… who went from being a radical, almost socialist liberal to an arch imperialist serving in a Tory cabinet. A … he became the mayor of Birmingham, using his…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… in 1959, at the age of 19. Tshabalala-Msimang went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961 from the … after her graduation she was one of 27 young…