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EventThe Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation, plus Operating Agreement, is adopted in London.
… Since the launch of the world's first telecommunications satellite, Telstar, in 1962, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) recognised the … South…
EventThe force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.
… After the outbreak of World War I, there was immediate fighting in different parts of the world. On 11 May 1915, South African troops entered Windhoek, the…
Address at the launch of the Kruger National Park Centenary Celebrations Skukuza, 26 March 1998
… and Provincial Premiers; Chief Executive Officer of the National Parks Board; Distinguished guests; … Bayede! Conservation in its nature is directed both to…
EventThe trial of Fred Carneson, a listed communist begins at the Supreme Court in Cape Town
… The trial of Fred Carneson, a listed communist, member of the banned South African Communist Party (SACP) and former editor of the New Age began at the…
EventSouth African President Charles Roberts Swart opens the first session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly
… In his speech during the opening of the first Legislative session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly, President Charles Robberts … South African President…
ArchiveStatement issued by the Council and Staff of the Federal Theological Seminary, Alice, Cape Province
… This is a journal article containing a statement from the Council and Staff of the Federal Theological Seminary about the request of the University of Fort…
Chapter 11 - Negotiating the final constitution
… The adoption of the final Constitution concluded some of the most successful negotiations in recent constitutional and political history. The most striking…
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
… A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter The first fundamental flaw of the Freedom Charter is that it is based on the assumption … A Marxist critique of the…
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers' party The industrialisation of South Africa brought into ……
Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
… When I returned to South Africa in March 1933, I found the stillness of the grave in the union office. The mass of workers in the factory section … Chapter…
ArchiveThe Final Prize - Contents and Preface
… From the book: The Final Prize by Norman Levy “Everyone has a story”, Sephiwe, the librarian at the Robben Island Mayibuye Archive, said to me as he handed …
EventThe first OK Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg
… On 25 June 1927, Michael Miller and Sam Cohen opened the first OK Bazaars on Eloff and President Streets in … In 1929, OK Bazaars was listed as a public…
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… In Mein Kampf, Hitler propounded at length the need for capturing or disrupting all mass organisations in the interest of National Socialism. The leaders of…
EventSmallpox Epidemic Strikes at the Cape
… Introduction: Smallpox epidemic strikes the refreshment station at the Cape, after arriving with the crew on a Dutch ship. The disease wreaks irreparable ……
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… By 1985 the struggle for democracy in South Africa had intensified, and the country found itself on the brink of a potentially devastating civil war. The ……
50. The campaign resumed in 1913
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … A provisional settlement was reached in 1911. But in the letter of 12 September 1913…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson … out of active politics, Gomas observed with keen interest…
Congress of the People - I was there
… June 25 and 26 1955 are dates indelibly impressed on the minds and hearts of every Congress member who was active at the time. They are the dates of the…
Chapter 13 - The public participation process
… It is therefore important that as we put our vision to the country, we should do so directly, knowing that people out there want to be part of the process…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… Preamble: Whereas it is expedient in view of the situation created by the "Native" Policy of segregation, discrimination and other repressive measures…
Fourthly, as to the NATIVE QUESTION
… I The Constitution of South Africa shall provide for the establishment of one sovereign state, a common South … and protected by entrenched and justiciable…
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… “Everyone has a story”, Sephiwe, the librarian at the Robben Island Mayibuye Archive, said to me as he handed me the newspaper file I needed. He was looking…
Document 37 - The Bill of Rights
… The original numbering, as it appears in the South African Constitution, has been retained here, hence … a cornerstone of democracy in South Africa. It…
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
… Kaffraria On 21 December 1834 massed Xhosa armies attacked the eastern regions of the Cape Colony, destroying all settler resistance before them. Although…
EventThe inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Bantu Biko, opens in Pretoria
… Steve Biko died naked and unattended on the cement floor of a cell in a Pretoria prison hospital … into his death was held two months later in Pretoria. The…
EventMadalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament
… Zambian golfer Madalitso Muthiya began playing golf at the age of six. After he broke a bedroom window while playing … to buy him his own. When Muthiya was…
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… The Confidence Reef was discovered by the Struben brothers on 18 September 1884. This sparked off a flood of prospectors to the Witwatersrand, and eventually…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… The Johannesburg's Stock Exchange (JSE) is established in Johannesburg to facilitate the explosion of trade sparked by the discovery of gold in the…
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist threw this system off…
ArchiveJudgement in the Supreme Court of South Africa: the State versus Nelson Mandela and others
… Judgement delivered by the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South ……