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The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) summit at Khartoum, Sudan, is attended by thirty African nations.
A delegation of seventy representatives of the South African Indian community meet African National Congress representatives in
The treaty establishing the South African Development Community (SADC), which replaces the Southern African Development Coordin
… Burger, D. (ed)(2002). South Africa Yearbook 2001/02 , Pretoria: GCIS, p. 278 …
African heads of state issue the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights at Casablanca, Morocco.
EventThird Pan African Parliament session begins in Midrand
The third session of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) began at its temporary home in Gallagher Estate in Midrand, north of Johannesburg. The session was opened…
BiographyWinnie Motlalepule Kgware
… at the founding of the Media Worker's Association of South Africa (MWASA). … ( 2000), No one to blame? I n pursuit of justice in South Africa , (University…
BiographyJustice Sfiso Mkame
… the height of the turbulence of the apartheid era in South Africa; the strength of these works gave Ka-Mkame a high …
BiographyThandi Klaasen
… Klaasen, born Thandiwe Nelly Mpambani, was one of South Africa's most celebrated jazz musicians and a defining voice …
BiographyLetsau Nelson Diale
… the April 1994 democratic elections took place in South Africa Diale was elected as a Member of Parliament … 2011]|Anon, Letsau Nelson Diale , from Whos who…
BiographyJames Matthews
… commitment to the struggle for a non-racial South Africa at the National Orders Awards in October 2004. …
BiographyMatlakana Philemon Tefu
… awareness. Matlala taught about inequalities in South Africa and the oppression of African people under apartheid. …
Refiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe
… with processing the entry of new recruits from South Africa and Zambia . From 1969 to 1976, Sedibe served on the …
BiographyRuth Mompati
… an International Day of Solidarity with Women in South Africa. In 1994, she was elected a member of parliament in … (2006) Life and soul: portraits of women…
Message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union by O. R. Tambo, July 1974
… and all members of the African National Congress of South Africa, I convey warm greetings and profound feelings of … under the Tanzanian flag. The fighting…
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie, South African Pop Queen, was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda…
EventJan Volschenk, a well-known South African painter, dies
On this day in history, Jan Volschenk, a prominent South African painter, died at the age of 83. He passed away in the town of Riversdale in the Cape Province,…
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… the Mbundu people living on the Western coast of Central Africa. The ruler of Ndongo was titled the Ngola, and acted … basically armed bands of people…
EventSouth African cricketer, Hashim Mahomed Amla, is born
… Cricket 365, Hashim Amla (South Africa) , from cricket365 , [online], Available at …
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Consultative Conference: Speeches and Resolutions
Speeches and resolutions from the African National Congress Consultative Conference in Johannesburg, December 14-16, 1990. Includes speech by Oliver Tambo,…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… Party while still a teenager. She arrived in South Africa on 6 November 1929, and joined the Communist Party of South Africa on 11 November, five days…
EventSouth African tenor opera singer, Siphiwo Ntshebe dies
Siphiwo Ntshebe was born in Brighton, Port Elizabeth. He was a great opera singer, whose career ended abruptly when he died of meningitis on 25 May 2010…
BiographyJackson Mphikwa Mthembu
… Mphikwa Mthembu was a Minister in the Presidency of South Africa and parliamentarian for the African National Congress … Frank Chikane , that Mthembu joined…
BiographyDr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh
… first group of five Indian girls to matriculate in South Africa in 1935. Singh then went to the University of … years at hospitals in London. When she…
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… the Bushman's River on the Eastern Cape coast. It is South Africa's oldest monument. Bartholomew Dias and the Padroes … and thus he sailed around the…
EventSouth African Police announce arrest of serial killer
The South African Police in Pretoria announced the arrest of Moses Sithole, named the country's most wanted man at the time. Sithole, thirty-one years of age…
BiographyErrol T. Shanley
… Union. In 1933 he joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and became active in the party-inspired …
BiographyFihla Christmas Tinto
… 1961 Tinto was amongst the delegates who attended the All-Africa Conference held in Pietermaritzburg in Natal. During …
BiographyStanley Bongani Nkosi
… Gallery, Glenhazel (solo). Gallery Elysia, Johannesburg (Africa Art Project-group). 1972: Gallery 21 (solo). 1974: ABC …
BiographyDr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla
… Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform in South Africa.In October 2010 when he was appointed Deputy Minister … (unknown), Mathume Joseph Phaahla from…
Alex Moumbaris
… He worked as a trade unionist and came to South Africa in 1973. His wife was detained during the same period … with the ANC to instigate violent revolution…