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Egypt’s first Aswan Dam is unveiled 950 kilometres (590 miles) south of Cairo. The 40 meter (130ft) high Aswan Dam, designed to
The first Nobel prizes are awarded. Several South Africans, inter alia, Albert Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and W.A. de Klerk were
Anglo-Boer War 2: British General Gatacre is defeated in the Battle at Stormberg Junction by the Republican forces under Chief
James Buchanan (52), SA judge, cultural leader and journalist, dies in London.
John Burnet Biddulph, SA trader, explorer and adventurer, is born in London.
International Human Rights Day.
Address by Mbhazima Shilowa, COSATU General Secretary at an ILO plenary session in Geneva
Address to the Second NEDLAC Summit presented by John Gomomo, COSATU President, on behalf of COSATU, NACTU and FEDUSA
Speech by Connie September to COSATU Inaugural Central Committee
Opening address to COSATU Special Congress by Peter Malepe, Acting President
Labour Input to the Presidential Job Summit presented on behalf of COSATU, FEDUSA and NACTU by John Gomomo, COSATU President
Closing address to the COSATU Special Congress by Willie Madisha, incoming COSATU President
Address to the COSATU Special Congress by Terror Lekota, ANC Chairperson
Address by COSATU President John Gomomo to the World Economic Forum
Address by Mbhazima Shilowa, General Secretary at the COSATU Policy Conference
Address to the SADTU 3rd National Congress by Zwelinzima Vavi, COSATU Deputy Secretary General
Address by Zwelinzima Vavi, COSATU Assistant General Secretary, to Public Sector Unions March on Parliament
Speech by Sam Shilowa, General Secretary of COSATU, at the SACP 75th Anniversary Rally
ANC AND 1999 ELECTION NOMINATION LIST
The Congress of South African Trade Unions COSATU has taken a firm stand that the federation will not be drawing up a list of its own people to be given to the…
COSATU WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN 1998 BUDGET HEARINGS
SACP / COSATU NATIONAL LEADERSHIPS BILATERAL
INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH
TRC HEARINGS ON BUSINESS AND APARTHEID
COSATU STATEMENT ON THE ANC NEC’S DECISIONS
COSATU Policy conference declaration and resolutions
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION - Do Not Apologise To NP
EventStephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born
Born in Cape Town, Steven Gray is one of South Africa’s most prolific writers. He received an M.A. in English from Cambridge University, a M. Fine Arts from…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
Pieter Dirk Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and…
EventOldest part of Johannesburg, Marshalltown, is planned
On 27 September 1886, Henry Brown Marshall asked Kidger Tucker to draw up a plan for a new residential area for Johannesburg. The plan was laid out in October…
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
During a summit between the South African government and the African National Congress (ANC), both parties agreed to a Record of Understanding. The Record set…