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EventThe Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) is founded
… and inter-racial women's organisation, the Federation of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) was launched on 17 … Ray Simons, who was the brain behind the…
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… South Africa became a charter member of the United Nations (UN) on 7 November 1945. South Africa was one of the original 51 founding members of the UN from…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… The arrival of Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts, with the latter taking up the role of Supreme Commander of British forces in 1900 helped turn the tide in the…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November 1987
… Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic,…
Reply to the Toast Remarks of King Mswati III by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the state banquet in his honour, Mbabane, 23 April 2008
… Reply to the Toast Remarks of King Mswati III by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the state banquet in his …
Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, T Mbeki, at the opening of the Giriyondo access facility, the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, South Africa and Mozambique, 16 August 2006
… Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, T Mbeki, at the opening of the Giriyondo access facility, the Great Limpopo …
Statement by His Excellency, Mr Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, at United Nations African Meeting in Support of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Cape Town, 29 June 2004
… Statement by His Excellency, Mr Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, at United Nations African Meeting in Support of the Inalienable Rights of the…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray…
EventSouth Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray…
EventPresident. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency
… South African President, F W de Klerk, announced the end of South Africa’s four year old state of emergency. Immediately after that, he imposed new state of…
PlaceStatue Of Cecil John Rhodes, in the Company's Gardens
… The Statue of Cecil Rhodes was erected at Company’s Garden in Cape Town in 1908. It features a full body replica of Rhodes wearing a three-piece suit,…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… The Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigned after having … South Africa in September 1960 for his strong condemnation of the…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer The riots broke out in Soweto on June 16, 1976 when police fired on a group of school children…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… Following almost 400 years of Portuguese presence, Mozambique became an independent … granted access to military bases in Mozambique in support of its…
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
… under President F.W. de Klerk adopted the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act 108 of 1991, which scrapped the segregation laws relating to the use…
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
… One of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was documented in the South African Journal of Science on this date. Dr Ron Clark of…
EventAfrikaans is declared an official language of South Africa
… According to Act 8 of 1925, Afrikaans became one of the official languages of South Africa. The development of Afrikaans can be traced … Afrikaans is…
EventControl of communication bureau is placed under Foreign Affairs
… After rumours of mismanagement of funds by the Department of Information, Prime Minister B.J. Vorster announced that … Southern African Political History: a…
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
… Public places of recreation in white areas were proclaimed in accordance with provisions of the Group Areas Act of 1950. Following the proclamation, blacks…
PlaceAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI), University of Cape Town
… in Africa. ASAI began in 2005, concerned with the lack of engagement by South African artists, Art Historians and … expressly intended to contribute towards…
First Conference Centre of Documentary Photography 8-10 July 1988.
… Photograph of participants of the first conference hosted by the University of Cape Town's Centre for Documentary Photography, July 8th -10th, 1988. First…
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… the ANC in 1940. He was elected to the executive committee of the ANC Youth League in 1944 and in 1949, was instrumental in the ANC's adoption of the Youth…
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… The Recognition of the Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 came into effect after an investigation by the South African Law Reform Commission of the legal…
EventDiplomatic office of the ANC in Stockholm is bombed
… A bomb exploded in the office of the African National Congress (ANC) on the third floor of a block of offices in Stockholm Sweden. The office was severely ……
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… On this date, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) announced its existence by launching its first acts of…