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EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… on the filthy floor of a police hospital. The news of the political killing, denied by the country's white minority …
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… to Mafeking. Sol Plaatje, well-known Black author and political publicist and at that time a court interpreter in …
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… rugby in 1992, following changes in the country’s political environment. The national team, the Springboks, has …
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… is a non-racial organisation whose members hold varying political opinions attack is against the Nationalist …
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… falling under the influence of the ANC or any of the political formations opposed to apartheid. The army and …
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… 1 Karis, T.G., 1961. ‘The South African Treason Trial’ in Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 217-240 …
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… From his first entry into parliament, he began a long political battle to make the government 'Responsible' as it …
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… a renewed national and international pressure to initiate political reform. The Apartheid government accelerated its … of an initiative led by veteran…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… land reform that contributes to reconciliation, economic growth and stability. 1998 24 June, President Nelson …
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… have deliberately created this climate that legitimates political assassinations are as much responsible for the … that a murder can be committed and the…
Restrictions on the media
… that their country's best known and most widely supported political figure might be dying? Almost a week passed between … tightened the screw (and all other…
EventNational Party refuses to serve on Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry
… Natal and would be supportive of genuine and responsible political efforts seeking to establish new constitutional …
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… benefits to African soldiers, which remained unfulfilled. Political review The POLITICAL SITUATION was ably reviewed by Comrade DG Wolton, … Anyway, the…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… at UCT. A likely career, yes, but not a certain one – his political activism might have taken him in a different direction. As an eighteen-year-old his…
EventPres Mandela's testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
… certain questions, answered back and used the court for political rhetoric. The President's Office indicated its …
PlaceLiliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg
… and others would meet to hold key debates around political strategy, military policy and the steps forward in the political struggle against South Africa's…
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… no other man did. He established the first anti-colonial political organisation in the country, if not in the world, … first convicted: " Was I to be…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
… and accepting unquestioningly its leadership in the political sphere. My unanimous re-election last year to the … agencies that are set up to ensure that the…
The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
… objective of the ANC, to create a just and equitable economic and social order in a post-apartheid South Africa. … needs for survival without much energy to…
National Arts Festival 2017
… Grahamstown, the Festival served as an important forum for political and protest theatre during the height of the …
Albert Luthuli`s message to New Age on 25th anniversary of Progressive Press, 22 March 1962
… giving in on any basic question affecting the civil and political rights of any person, black or white, in this …
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… Front (UDF) in particular had consolidated NUSAS' political role. NUSAS together with the Azanian Students …
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
… no cheap shots here and no facile concessions to popular, political or artistic correctness”¦ - David Goldblatt First …
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… marriage was prohibited in Botswana and escalated into a political turmoil. This was in terms of the Prohibition of …
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… hours in the White shops empowering the shop-keepers with political ideologies. In her banishment order, Winnie was …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… had resulted in a constant outcry from the communities and political organisations. Many black communities raised their …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… both written and spoken form and in religious, social and political spheres rapidly increased, leading to its official …
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
… was also held by the Afrikaner population. These political forces resulted in the 1908 National Convention, …
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… War (also called Eighth War of Dispossession). Their political structures had been fragmented, their beliefs were …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… Moshoeshoe's son, king Letsie III. In attempt to bring political stability to Lesotho without negating the role of … Francis K. (1996), "Political…