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SA government fails to integrate KaNgwane into Swaziland
EventThe Black Affairs Administration Act comes into force
The Black Affairs Administration Act No 45 commences. This Act provided for black self-government in townships. It was repealed by section 69 of the Black…
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
The Fawcett Commission headed by Millicent Fawcett in 1901, was established as a result of an outcry against the treatment of Afrikaners in concentration camps…
Putting the Black Renaissance Convention into correct perspective
A memorandum in response to "biased", mainly press, reports of the Black Renaissance Convention
An indepth look into what makes boycotts work
Into Africa where unity is the catch phrase
EventThe House of Assembly votes for inquiry into NUSAS & SAIRR
The House of Assembly approved a motion by eighty-six votes to forty-three to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and report upon the objects,…
President F.W. de Klerk appoints a one-man commission of inquiry into alleged hit squads and a second commission into the circu
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
On 4 June 1652, sick-comforter at the Cape, Willem Barentz Wijlant and his wife became the first people to move into the semi-completed fortress, the Fort de…
Twenty-four persons die in intra-Inkatha conflict in Loskop.
EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
The terms of reference of the Harms Commission, which was to inquire into alleged murders and unlawful acts of the security forces, were laid out in a…
SACP: out of the black and into the red
Rhodesian commandos launch a raid across the border into Mozambique.
Rhodesian commandos launch a raid across the border into Mozambique.
The South West African constitution is put into force.
A new constitution goes into effect in Tanganyika, East Africa.
Federal constitution of Rhodesia and Nyasaland comes into effect.
AIDS: Priorities for research into AIDS and migrant labour
Millions of workers turned into foreigners by new Act
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
Following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium, MoÁ¯se Kapenda Tshombe led the Congo province of Katanga into secession on 23 December 1961…
EventThe official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report
The official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media, appointed in June 1980, under the chairmanship of Justice M. Steyn, tabled its report. The Commission…
Document on the van Wyk de Vries Commission of Enquiry into Universities
Analysis of the van Wyk de Vries Commission of Enquiry into White Universities. Seeks to clarify why concern has been expressed among English language student…
ArchiveReport of the Commission of Enquiry into Riots in Durban
Photographs: showing families relocated into resettlement camps after forced removals
Photographs showing resettlement camps and families living in these camps under deplorable conditions after forced removals
Transformation of the United Democratic Front into a new broad Front
This article discusses the relevence of UDF, its future and the issue of UDF politics.