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SAA diverts from its regular flights to Europe via the east coast of Africa and switches over to the Atlantic route to fly to E
Message to the Soweto Rally to Welcome Released Leaders by O. R. Tambo, 29 October 1989
This is a joyful day for all of us. It is a day of celebration for all the people of our country. Those who have chosen to turn their backs on our festivity…
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was established as a trading company in 1602, with the aim of monopolising trade in East Asia, in particular the spice trade…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
When the First World War broke out in August 1914, the British Government called upon the dominions in the British Empire to come to its assistance. The South…
EventChris Ntuli is stabbed to death
United Democratic Front (UDF) activist and former detainee, Chris Ntuli, was stabbed to death in Kwa Mashu, Durban. The incident, believed to be a political…
Dr Dadoo flies to Durban to study the situation as White hooligans continue to harass Indian Passive Resisters.
The Minister of Labour announces instructions to the Wage Board to revise certain determinations applying to unskilled labourer
The Dutch East India Company orders Henry Hudson to try again to find a northwestern sea route to India.
US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia.
The Australian Cricket Board decides to withdraw its invitation to the South African Cricket Team to tour Australia.
Chapter IX - Return to my faith
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Forty years is a very long time to be away from the faith into which you were born and baptised, the faith in…
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
Location: back to this day in history search archive On 28 July 2004, Simon Mann, a British citizen, pleaded guilty to attempting to buy dangerous weapons in…
ArchiveThe need to understand: a call to South Africans of Indian descent
ArchiveMessage to Church leaders: Inkatha not to blame for spiralling violence
ArchiveBeing a writer does not mean you had to go to school
Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Milner leaves England to return to SA.
Hungary and SA agree to upgrade their relations to ambassadorial level.
ArchiveWorking paper background to republic day celebrations: oppositions to the public
This is a circular issued by NUSAS about the republic day celebrations,peoples stay away and students taking the lead.
ArchiveEnjoin good forbid evil: yes to defiance no to racist elections
White poster with title in black and green letters, black illustration of a hand holding a gun. Muslim Students Association poster with their logo. Title …
France suspends aid to Tunis in response to recent land seizure.
ArchivePolice Minister ordered to pay R500 to FOSATU Natal Chairman
Somali troops invade Ethiopia to assert claim to Ogaden desert area.
The railway line from Germiston to Pretoria is opened to traffic.
1. The Way to Fox Street
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in 1899 in Witzieshoek (now known as Qwa Qwa), a tiny African reserve squeezed into a valley on the south-eastern border of…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
On 20 July 1998 former Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok testifies under oath that while in office, the former president of South Africa, Mr F. W. de Klerk…
EventSoweto agrees to pay rent
In a meeting between the Soweto People's Delegation (SPD) and,and the Transvaal Provincial Administration an agreement was reached bringing to an end a five…
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
Around 100 African National Congress (ANC) members were reported to have been detained in Swaziland. The arrests were confirmed by the Swaziland Police…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
To many, modern mathematics and Africa are not synonymous. Open any school mathematics book and the role of African scholars has been relegated to the category…
Chapter XIII - Journey to the banished
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph At long last 1962 arrived and I could say to myself, "It's THIS year" ”” this year that my bans would end and I…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The 1950s had been a decade of protest, from the Defiance Campaign at the beginning to the Treason Trial victory…