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EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… Another deputy president was leader of the Nationalist Party (NP). The NP withdrew from the GNU in June 1996 and …
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… it emerged as the independent Republic of Mali. A one party states was established under Modibo Keita. He withdrew …
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… formed in co-operation with the South African Communist Party (SACP) to fight against the apartheid government by …
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
… White liberals and some homeland leaders to advance the party's interests and liberation of Black people. He called …
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… by her father, then a leading member of the National Party and the chairperson of the parliamentary committee …
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… and Dr. Heinrich Lichtenstein, an explorer. The travelling party first went northwards to Saldahna and St. Helena Bay, …
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… political parties. After the collapse of CODESA II a Multi-Party Negotiation Process began to pursue the issues that …
EventFormation of the South African Native National Congress
… inconsistency of mandate and application, the party was significant in developing political consciousness …
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… ensuing famine and looting and convicted of having been a party to the murder of a tribal chief who had refused to …
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… onto the pavement. The speaker was Hilda Watts, Communist Party candidate for the Johannesburg Municipal Council. Her …
PlaceOppermansgronde, Free State Province
It all began on 5 July 1825, Frederick Salomon Opperman and his 4 daughters were sold at a slave auction in Graaff-Reinet. His wife and his son were not sold…
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
… oppression by blacks, and to forge solidarity between, and united action by, all oppressed groups. SASO was not …
Archive2017 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2017
… Miriam Makeba, who made history when she addressed the United Nations in 1963, appealing for action against the … year of our freedom, our mission remains…
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… its own and recapturing its own fate from foreign rule. United Africa the goal Though I speak of Africa as a single … conclusion - all Africa has this single…
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
Samuel Kerr,an Irishman, wastheowner of the Vergelegen Wine Estate, Somerset West from 1901-1917. He acquired the estate on 29 March 1901 at a price of £11,404…
EventIvory Coast's new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
After emerging as an independent country following French colonization, Ivory Coast came under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Known as the father of…
EventSouth African Soccer legend Lucas Radebe was born
… recruited to Kaizer Chiefs. In 1994 Lucas moved to Leeds United in Europe were he made his mark and became the club …
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… born to parents, Christopher Ljeoma, an agent for the United Africa Company and Martha Nwapa, a drama teacher. … invitations for lecture appearances from all…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… experience gained in the organising of the Non-European United Front which was born on the eve of the Second World … decision to raise the issue of the…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Debating Socialist Lineages. Convenors Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza
… by Crain Soudien Between 1935 and 1937 the Workers Party of South Africa published over thirty issues of their … years of this publication to establish how…
PlaceLiliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg
… of these and other laws the leaders of the Communist Party decided to find a secure and secluded property where … by a fronting company and a member of the…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… Hundreds of women are arrested. 1914 1July, the National Party (NP) is formed in Bloemfontein. 1916 28 November, …
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… Apartheid & the Apartheid Laws When the Nationalist Party came to power in 1948, the City of Port Elizabeth …
ArticleThe Constitution
… national common voters roll, regular elections and a multi-party system of democratic government, to ensure …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… Relations, sent an 'urgent telegram to Progressive Reform Party mp Rene de Villiers: 'Deeply concerned Afrikaans medium … liberal belonging to a small…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) organised mass protests, pass … internal conflict and state repression…
Article by Oliver Tambo - In the observer, 10 November 1985, London
… millions of people in many countries, including the United Kingdom, will continue to act in their various ways to … allies. To put the matter in another way,…
Botha's British Allies by O. R. Tambo(Observer), London, 10 November 1985
… millions of people in many countries, including the United Kingdom, will continue to act in their various ways to … allies. To put the matter in another way,…
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… severe neck injury,[vi] he sustained during a fall in the United Kingdom in 2001.[vii] Roberts became the first South …
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… communism. On 11 October 1963, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted resolution (XVIII), requesting the …