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In his opening speech to Parliament, President Botha outlines government policy on the restoration of South African citizenship
… Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997…
Sixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho to counter South Africa’s threat of a blockade against that country.
… Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997…
Guerrillas advance into Ugandan capital of Kampala as army opposition crumbles, pushing military government to edge of collapse
… as army opposition crumbles, pushing military government to edge of collapse …
The Secretary-General submits a report to the Security Council with recommendations for the observation of elections in South A
… The Secretary-General submits a report to the Security Council with recommendations for the observation of elections in South A …
Several ANC members detained in Swaziland decide to leave the country voluntarily for Mozambique. A further group of seventeen
… Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997…
With effect from this date the New Zealand government terminates all tariff preferences previously granted to South Africa.
… Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997…
Establishment of Military Council Act No 1, establishing Military Council and a Council of Ministers to rule the Transkei until
… Council Act No 1, establishing Military Council and a Council of Ministers to rule the Transkei until …
Exxon Corporation becomes the first major international oil company to withdraw from South Africa because of racial policies.
… becomes the first major international oil company to withdraw from South Africa because of racial policies. …
Jean Max Friedrich (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town.
… of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC | Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, … (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who…
EventThe South African Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu
… ordered the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain the virus. All export of poultry was suspended as … when it hit South Africa, the…
Letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig, Secretary of State, United States of America
… Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to US Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, regarding the … Letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign…
A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope.
… A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope, … African…
Challenge to the churches: report of a consultation on the church and the liberation of Southern Africa, held at Mindolo, Kitwe, Zambia
… Report of a consultation held at Mindolo, Zambia on November 25-30 1979, to discuss the role of the church in the struggle for … Challenge to the churches:…
Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971
… objective of the South African racists with regard to the African continent is both short-term and long-term. It … of the attempt of the South African regime…
EventFifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England because of their rebel tour of South Africa
… cricket tours were matches taking place in South Africa at a time when the country was banned from international … wide international condemnation, the tours…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the 118th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly: Cape Town, 13 April 2008
… IMPORTANT NOTE: CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY – Due to time constraints, President Mbeki omitted portions of his … Union would not have contemplated deliberations…
Document 119 - Non-European United Front of South Africa, Minutes of Conference held in City Hall, Cape Town, 8 to 10 April 1939
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … on a huge non-European vote but at the same time wanted…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… Time of Challenge” - Report, on behalf of the Secretariat, to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South … our oppressed and exploited people…
Address by Nelson R. Mandela to the plenary session of the Multi-Party negotiations process World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, 17 November 1993
… have reached the end of an era. We are at the beginning of a new era. Whereas apartheid deprived millions of our people … that citizenship. Whereas apartheid…
Document 92 “Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from 5th to 8th April 1936”, Umsebenzi, and 16 May 1936
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … 92 " Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… and wishes you ever greater successes in your efforts to mobilise all anti-racist forces in Britain in a united front of action against the apartheid regime…
EventThe first experimental radio broadcast in South Africa takes place
… Africa took place in Johannesburg. The Broadcast was of a music concert and was made by the Western Electric Company. Radio broadcast has grown since then to…
Breyten Breytenbach writes to the editor of the Daily Maverick on vanishing UCT artworks and blank minds, South Africa, 11 April 2016
… Please allow me yet again to react to the spasms of abject annihilation of sense, … these spokespeople to the gallows of beatification . A reaction to …
Letter to Americans by Albert Luthuli, distributed by the American Committee on Africa with the "Appeal for Action", 4 November 1962, New York
… Dear friend: Just before I went to Oslo last December to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, I wrote a letter to Americans expressing both surprise and … that men…
Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… before the National Party conference by President-elect F.W. de Klerk yesterday, 29th June, 1989, is a shocking insult to the people of South Africa. The…
Message to the Special Committee against Apartheid on its 20th anniversary from O.R. Tambo, President of the ANC, 06 April 1983
… We take the opportunity to extend to the Committee the most cordial fraternal greetings on … of the Special Committee. The Special Committee belongs to the…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… The choice to join the Allied Forces in World War Two was a contentious … Africa into the war. After the split, Hertzog joined D.F Malan's "purified"…
From Resistance to Creative Mediation: Writing and Literary Intellectuals’ Influence on the Liberation Struggles and Political Impact on Literary Discourse and Developments
… From Resistance to Creative Mediation: Writing and Literary Intellectuals’ … Day, the aim of which is to “afford the African people a moment of pause within…
Earnest appeal by the President of the Non-European Unity Movement to the Leaders of the Non-European people of South Africa
… Appeal by the President of the Non-European Unity Movement to the leaders of the Non-European people of South Africa, referring to previous appeal to form…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… Portuguese trading stations in West Africa and the slave trade Portuguese … expansion into Africa began with the desire of King John I to gain access to the…