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BiographyGreenwood Dumisa Ngotyana
… African National Congress organiser in the Western Cape. Ngotyana was born in the Transkei in 1922 and completed a few years of … worked as a garage…
ArchiveFactory wage talks in paper industry
… For the first time in the history of the pulp and paper industrial council, … to refer the wage negotiations back to factory level in an attempt to break…
PlaceAnagob, a Mountain Peak in Northern Cape
… is of Khoikhoi origin means 'Tree Hill' recorded as such in 1778. In the Area is the Augrabies National Park where the Northern … Anagob, a Mountain Peak in…
PlaceAkkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape
… sent from the Netherlands, to find a trade Route to India in 1592. It was captained by Cornelius de Houtman. The … of their Sea journey was kept by; Paulus…
EventStampede kills twelve people in Harare
… a stampede that killed twelve people. Among those killed in the stampede were four children, the youngest age five. … with spectators. At the beginning of…
ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
… On the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and … been banned for political reasons and was…
EventSADC treaty is signed in Namibia
… Southern African Development Community (SADC), was signed in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, to replace its forerunner, … Africa was not a member until the…
ArchiveEducation, development and change in Africa
… the people of Africa as part of the liberals function in ensuring a positive socio-political change of thought. Bearing in mind that education is a Human…
EventTwo rival movements merge in Zimbabwe
… Two rival political organisations in Zimbabwe, the Ndebele-dominated Zimbabwe African People's … Robert Mugabe, finally merged following consensus reached in…
A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
… In this Freedom Day address Lutuli introduces the campaign to make ordinary black people more aware of their political situation. Lutuli … for alleged…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… Xhosa composer, choir conductor and organist, dies in East London. Two years before his death, Tyamzashe was … Masters of Arts degree from University of Fort…
EventCosatu offices in Durban under attack
… Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) offices in the town were attacked by a mob armed with pangas and … and the UDF were seen to be challenging…
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… organisations to resume their political activities in Transkei. In the same speech Holomisa announced the release of … Political Organisations are unbanned…
EventSmugglers of military recruits in court
… Twelve people (eleven men and one woman) appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court after being accused of … It was alleged that they had set up a transport…
EventRuth First is assassinated in Mozambique
… Communist Party , was brutally killed by a letter bomb in Maputo, Mozambique, sent by South African government … a lecturer at the Eduardo Mondlane…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Introduction to the TRC process, with links to relevant episodes in the TV series. Church Street bombing, Pretoria, SABC
… SA Air Force operation, Introduction to the TRC process, with links to relevant episodes in the TV series. Church Street bombing, Pretoria, SABC …
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, ANC owns up to its part in causing struggle deaths, Pretoria News, 13 May 1997
… SA Air Force operation, ANC owns up to its part in causing …
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, 20 May 1983, Car bomb in South Africa kills 16, Macau Daily Times, undated
… SA Air Force operation, 20 May 1983, Car bomb in South Africa …
ArchivePeople in pain: how long will you and I be silent?
… Offset litho; black; People in pain: How long will you and I be Silent? … People in pain: how long will you and I be silent? …
EventMargaret Rheeder is hung in Pretoria
… of poisoning her husband, Benjamin Fredenman, was hung in Pretoria. On the morning of 27 April 1957 Rheeder went to a pharmacy in Kempston Road, Port…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… and African Food and Canning Workers Union, was buried in Johannesburg. It was estimated that 15 000 people attended … and his community work. He became the…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… 1941 Born in Cape Town of British parents c. 1947-58 At school in Cape … of Cape Town 1960 Changes to philosophy 1960 Sharpeville – black mass movement…
ArchiveRelease all detainees: 1030 detained this year 220 still in detention
… White poster with black strip at bottom. White and black lettering. Artwork of person in jail cell. Black border. … Release all detainees: 1030 detained this…
BiographyCharles Llewellyn
… Charles Bennett (Buck) Llewellyn was born in Pietermaritzburg to an English father and black mother. Being of mixed–raced meant that Llewellyn was … he was…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… Emily Hobhouse addressed public meetings in Britain about the conditions of the Concentration camps … recent years, many accounts confirmed the participation…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… to Lesotho by June 1992, but had not made any progress in this regard. This prompted South Africa and Namibia to … 20 April 2010] Matlosa.K. & Pule.N.W, …
ArchiveStop repression of trade unionists in South Africa and Namibia
… Black and white poster. Joint campaign against the Repression of Trade Unionists in South Africa and Namibia. Issued by the Anti-Apartheid … Stop repression…
ArchiveGolden days in old South End
… Linda van Wyk's personal recollections of living in South End, Port Elizabeth. … Golden days in old South End …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… for the development of socialist labour politics in South Africa. Before the war, the Labour Party under … party political voice of organised white labour in…
ArchivePresent situation of RENAMO in Mozambique
… Memorandum outlining the military situation in Mozambique with particular reference to FRELIMO and RENAMO. … Present situation of RENAMO in Mozambique …