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The government forfeits 400,000 Pounds Sterling bail when the ‘Coventry four’ fails to appear to answer arms smuggling charges,
A pipeline explodes in Nigeria when villagers try to siphon off oil. Between 400 and 700 people die in the blaze.
The pyramids, the Sphinx and other monuments survive Cairo earthquake that kills at least 400 and injures more than 4 000.
Overwhelmed by rising waters on the Niger River, officials open the floodgates of two major dams, submerging 400 villages and l
Shadrack Fuba Zibi, chief of the Mbuto (Mbuthweni) section of the Hlubi group of tribes, arrive with approximately 400 families
A Liberian freighter rams a bridge in Florida’s Tampa Bay, collapsing part of the span (a 1,400-foot section) and plunging thir
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of former ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli tomorrow, 21 July 2007, the ANC is publishing a special edition of the…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
On behalf of the National Executive Committee, the entire membership of the African National Congress, its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe and indeed on my own…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
Dear Student Movements of 1976, (Dear ex-student behind the movement, who made personal sacrifices that affected your own future- without media coverage-…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Sindile Moya
Sindile Moya was head prefect in Zimasa Higher Primary School in Langa during 1976. He was involved in protests on the ground, as well as helping to organise…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thembinkosi Khumalo
Thembinkosi Khumalo is a student activist at the University of Pretoria. He is an active PASMA member. PASMA is a student division of PAC. Khumalo is also…
EventBenni McCarthy of Bafana Bafana is bought for nearly R40 million
Benedict Saul (Benni) McCarthy of Bafana Bafana, accepted a contract of R38, 5 million to play for the Spanish club Real Club Celta de Vigo. The amount (over…
BiographyAshley La Grange
"My guiding principle is to work hard and live within my means. My father died when I was seven and my mother’s inheritance was embezzled, so she had to work…
In a statement on the National Peace Accord, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of South Africa states that some 3,400 persons h
At least six persons are killed and 400 shacks destroyed during a night attack on a squatter camp in the township of Thokoza.
BiographyDaniel William Alexander
Daniel William Alexander was born on 23 December 1883 in Port Elizabeth, the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
While he was being detained in jail in Port Elizabeth, Barney Pityana read in a newspaper about Stephen Biko’s death. Forty years later, he recalls the shock…
Invitation to the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the South African Labour Bulletin
APDUSA Views - Issue No 40: Constituent Assembly Call-Salvation Or Scam? May 1991
The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that more than 400 people were wounded in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the wee
BiographyMoritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein
Manu Herbstein was born in 1936 in Muizenburg in the Western Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Engineering in 1958. From 1959…
40 Years of Shop Floor Resistance in a Rubber Factory by Sithembiso Bhengu
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract This paper reflects on the 40 years (1970s to 2010s) of…
BiographyPongoloshe Hoye
Mr Pongoloshe Hoye died in detention in the Transkei on 9th May 1965.He was being held under Transkei Proclamation R400.He had been detained for less than 24…
Ngeni Gaga
Mr Ngeni Gaga,aged 19,died under Transkei Proclamation R400 of 1960 on 9th May 1965 . Mr Gaga had been detained in the Transkei less than 24 hours earlier.At…
Thola Mosala
Mr Thola Mosala was detained on 31 August 1976 together with chief Neo Sibi. Mr Mosala was a leader of a Sotho minority in the Transkei who strongly opposed…