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Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Ceremony to mark the Retirement of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and the Assumption of Office of Chief Justice Pius Langa and Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke: Houses of Parliament, Cape
… Arthur Chaskalson, Deputy President, Leaders of our political parties, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, … my sincere gratitude to the Presiding…
Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC
… failure of the Communist Party to build a mass workers' political organisation was being filled by the African … Hundreds of thousands of workers were…
EventRhodes statue removed at UCT
… Following Chumani Maxwele’s radical protest through a political performance of throwing human excrement at the …
Black Sash / Sash
… their well documented and researched reporting on current political situations, State legislation and the effects …
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… Grahamstown, the Festival served as an important forum for political and protest theatre during the height of the …
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… the Minister of Justice to extend the imprisonment of any political prisoner indefinitely. Subsequently, Sobukwe was …
Imijondolo
… of Badsha's sustained presence in the settlement, as a political activist and community organizer between 1980 and …
EventUN Security Council urges SA government to end Rivonia Trial
… progress and grant amnesty to the defendants and all other political prisoners already sentenced to death. Britain, …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… and the Congress of Democrats (COD). Apart from these political organisations, some of the accused were members of …
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… which carried on into 1953, attracted thousands into political activity. Sources: South African History Online …
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… of apartheid, Goldstone headed a commission to investigate political violence and intimidation that took place between …
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… African liberation struggle. Instead, Botha called Tutu a political preacher, undeserving of the award. At the time, …
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… those who rejected it, preferring to continue to fight for political rights for all Blacks. … Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… proceeded to Great Britain where he failed to secure political asylum. After leaving Britain he went to France, …
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… on November 16, 1989, a few months before the unbanning of political parties in 1990 and the beginning of conciliatory … Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) …
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… Click here to read our This Day in History entry: Major political organisations sign the National Peace Accords. …
EventA South African spy is released from jail
… the government on indemnity for exiles and the release of political prisoners was published a day before her release. …
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… and the apartheid government led to the release of all political prisoners. The "Sharpeville Six" were granted …
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… a result, many Mfengu looked to Ayliff as their source of political patronage (see Frontier Wars for more information). …
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… in the 1960s, after the banning of the PAC and other political organisations such as the African National Congress …
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… ruling African National Congress (ANC) denied reports of political interference on its part leading to the resignation …
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… and promoting national unity and reconciliation in a new political dispensation. …
EventDr Wilson Carswell, medical adviser to the government’s Aids unit, says about 100 000 South Africans are infected with HIV
… on 16 May 2012] About HIV Around the World - South Africa, Political Turmoil and Denial Feeds a Raging Epidemic[online] …
EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… people regard Lari massacre as the day that changed the political situation in the country and led to Kenya gaining …
Document 19 - The D. F. Malan Accord
… the Natal Indian Patriotic Union, and the Transvaal Indian Political Association were founded and began to function. A …
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… became convinced that SA was irrevocably on the road to political transformation and democracy. … Available at news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed: 26 August 2013]|…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… Cas was a passionate social worker, a strong and capable political leader, an enthusiastic sportsman and at one stage …
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… region faced power change and militant tactics adopted by political groups that resulted in newspaper vans and …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… leader, the group planned to change the ideological and political positions of the various Indian Congresses. In …
Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001
… and apartheid South Africa, which dramatically changed the political landscape in Southern Africa and thus ensured the … demonstrate the urgent need to…