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EventNelson Mandela is free
… unconditionally from prison after 27 years. Accompanied by his then-wife Winnie, he left the Victor Verster prison … had waited for hours to see him. He…
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… soccer player who later became a coach. He spent most of his soccer career playing midfield for Cosmos, though he also … to qualify Banyana for the 2011 FIFA…
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… of Nigeria after it gained independence. He served his term as Prime Minister from 1957 until he died in 1966 … in the area eventually led to the coup in…
EventSABC personality Nic Swanepoel dies
… of thirty-three years before he retired in 1995. During his flourishing career, Swanepoel was awarded numerous prizes for his outstanding radio drama scripts…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… international solidarity for a quarter century but his political life is inseparable from that of his two closest colleagues. The three men began their ……
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… international solidarity for a quarter century but his political life is inseparable from that of his two closest colleagues. The three men began their ……
PlaceOld Fort and Cemetery, Durban
… when the Colonial Office in London refused to ratify his actions, Napier was forced to recall his men. Delighted with this turn of events, the Dutch now ……
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… Gomas set out to record, in the most explicit way, his own views on the question. Using as a point of departure, … to the non-Europeans than on economic…
EventDerek Hanekom is born
… president Nelson Mandela after 1994 general elections. His appointment to the ministry could best be explained as a compensation for his contribution to the…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… first time, to real prominence and lays the foundation for his development into a leader known to thousands through the … of the Industrial and Commercial…
OR Tambo Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 25 October 2015, Port Elizabeth
… anti-apartheid struggle. He was to set foot on the land of his birth again only three decades later. During October each … human rights and equality, who…
PlaceWelkom
An Industrial and Commercial heartland, the City derived its name after the Farm; 'Welkom'. Welkom was founded in 1948 by Sir Earnest Oppenheimer, (who was the…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… era. Despite the tremendous risk of isolation and death, many citizens and political activists continued to … her escape from Fort Napier, which he then…
ArchiveBiography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi
… 1955 in Evaton, the fifth son of a family of five boys, his politisation began at an early age he was living in … at the time of the Sharpville shooting in…
EventThe Voortrekkers are united for the first time and only for a short period of time
… time and only for a short period, when Gert Maritz moved his own laager and several small laagers scattered over a … Retief's main laager, after the murder…
ArchiveOne hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018
… the "Smuts report". "My father's conclusion," wrote one of his sons, was that "we can only defend this island … attack by offensive measures and by attacking…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… politician and anti-war activist who worked throughout his life on anti-colonialism as well as other humanitarian … breaking of the boycott, however, in that…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… became the President of the organisation in 1904, stressed his organisation’s displeasure at the political … has been closely associated with Mohandas Gandhi…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… the opening of parliament on February 2, 1992 to reassure his colleagues that the NP still held power. He went on to … the governance of the country. This…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… like the Epistles in South Africa," Masekela writes in his 2004 biography, Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of … some of the traditional, dance music and…
Nelson Mandela, The Rivonia Trial Court statement, 1964 (Video)
… BEAT, Nelson Mandela's famous declaration to the court in his 1964 terrorism trial, expressing his readiness face execution. In fact the sentence was …
EventSA artist Vuminkosi Zulu is born
… . He left school at standard VII to concentrate on his calling that was to be an artist. Zulu became a world-renowned artist and his depiction of the 'The…
EventSir Julius Jeppe, founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London
… He was a mining and property magnate who was knighted for his pioneering role in the development of Johannesburg. He … was born in Rostock, Germany in July…
Document 20 - F. Carneson, “The Franchise Action Committee”, Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951 The lecturer prefaced his address by stating that the views he would express were … of F.R.A.C., though many of its members…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
… who was principled to the end, and never shifted from his loyalty to his country and his people and his organisation, the ANC. The passing on of …
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… sure that the deeply weathered quartz vein that traversed his farm was indeed auriferous, he was not certain of the richness of his discovery. So, having…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… and class exploitation’. Probably thinking ahead of his time, he told delegates that ‘it is generally recognised … SOYA, was suspended for allegedly using…
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… of Nelson Mandela was reinvigorated from the time of his 60th birthday in 1978 until his release in February 1990. The Nelson Mandela 70th …
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… T. Leutwein was prepared to negotiate a settlement, but his government was determined to suppress the revolt with … von Trotha, from Germany. In August 1904,…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… the Netherlands to develop agriculture in the colony. But his rule was too short for his plans to be put into action. Evaluation Although some …