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EventSADF takes over security of Northern Natal from the SAP to prevent infiltration into SA by Liberation Movements
… the Apartheid government that a revision of its approach to infiltration by the liberation movements was needed. … most of the policemen serving in Natal had…
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… from the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) as he was opposed to their compliance with the apartheid system. He joined and … of treason, and on 24 November, Niehaus…
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… 1964, by Allison Drew Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations', … of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg…
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
… his artistic talent when he embarked on an expedition to southern Africa. He arrived in Cape Town in June 1836, suffering from a fever and only intending to…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… decades. Apartheid thrived on cheap labour: workers had to contend with the migrant labour system, passes and influx … far in guaranteeing workers' rights,…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… Zakes Mokae, 27, from Johannesburg arrived in Cape Town to stage a three hour play on "Colour-bar". "The Blood Knot" … was commissioned by a British…
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932 … Johannesburg, South-Africa- Dear comrades,…
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… On 22 March 1961, Nkrumah called on world leaders to impose sanctions on South Africa because of its Apartheid policies. African harbours were closed to the…
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
… environmental agreement in which “states agree to cooperate in the relevant research and scientific assessment of the ozone problem, to exchange information…
EventThe UN is informed by the United States that it will suspend sale of arms to South Africa.
… (UN) on 7 August, 1963 that it would suspend sales of arms to South Africa. The Security Council adopted Resolution 181 calling upon all states to cease the…
Open letter from the National Executive Committee of the ANC to State President De Klerk and his Cabinet
… Open letter to State President De Klerk and his cabinet from the National … violence in the country. Calls for the government to outlaw the carrying of…
EventKenyan runner, Yobes Ondieki becomes the first man to run 10,000 meters in less than 27 minutes
… Ondieki surprised the world when he became the first man to run 10 000 Meters in less than 27 minutes. Ondieki was … number one in the world in the 10 000…
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… hunter, and conservationist Frederick Courtney Selous came to South Africa at the age of nineteen in 1871. Inspired by … Livingstone and William Charles…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… the Order of Meritorious Service (Gold) posthumously to Sontonga for his service to South Africa. . His granddaughter, Mrs Ida Rabotape … people. It was…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… consolidates white rule over the territories that came to be known as South Africa. The Union is founded on racial … Land Act for the second time. 70 000…
Telex from Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to His Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cape Town
… a telex sent from the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, with regard to the alleged involvement of the…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… instrument in the arsenal of the White Afrikaner drive to build Afrikaner Nationalism when in 1952 it became the … death of one person. Subsequent to the…
EventThe second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats
… The second election to the Coloured Persons' R epresentative Council resulted in … Relations, Hennie Smit, gave notice of a Bill enabling him to exercise the…
Response by Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the first session of CODESA, World Trade Centre, Kempton Park
… Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the …
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… Kebble was shot seven times in his car on the way to dinner with his business associates. The death of Kebble … and government in South Africa. Kebble was…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) calls for a strike of dockworkers at Cape Town. 3 000 workers respond to the call and within a few days some 5 000…
BiographyGeorge Arthur Heard
… the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg, travelling annually to Cape Town to report on Parliament. He was promoted to assistant editor … to re-enter journalism…
BiographySolly Mokoetle
… of young people, was intensifying, the movement had to find countries to place its personnel for both military and academic … Solly left for tertiary studies…
BiographyTlou Theophilus Cholo
… was born in 1926 at Kgakana Village, Polokwane. A son to a trade unionist, his father worked in Johannesburg where … At the age of 19, he left his hometown…
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
… Cape and Western Cape. Thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease. Avian influenza, or … but have, on rare occasions, crossed the…
Fourteen people are killed when the SAP use violence to break up a township meeting in Queenstown, Eastern Cape.
… Fourteen people are killed when the SAP use violence to break up a township meeting in Queenstown, eastern Cape. … Fourteen people are killed when the SAP…
ArchiveList of grievances sent by African pupils to the Regional Director of Bantu Education in the Western Cape
… A list of grievances sent to the Regional Director of Bantu Education, later published … List of grievances sent by African pupils to the Regional Director…
Letter from R H De Wet, Chief Director of the Drakensburg Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from the Drakensburg Administration Board to the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of … Chief Director of the Drakensburg…
Letter from L C Koch, Chief Director of the East Cape Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from East Cape Administration Board to the Ciskei Commission, supplying population statistics of … Koch, Chief Director of the East Cape…
Letter from the Chief Director of the Western Transvaal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from the Western Transvaal Administration Board to the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of … Director of the Western Transvaal…