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Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… looked to models in the Third World to find a solution to apartheid in South Africa. He was particularly inspired by … leadership' and the role of what he…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… to remain a hundred percent objective and distanced from his or her own consciousness of the material dealt with. … male of the lineage of the family and he…
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is a tribute to Africa - ANC, 21 May 2010
… to the peoples struggles waged in the continent against apartheid and colonialism, which left scores of people dead, … with nostalgia of the day when Nelson…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… as an event of major political significance. In his message to the Congress of the People, Chief Albert … the Freedom Charter. The provincial committees…
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Hendrik Hanekom and his wife Mathilda were pioneers of Afrikaans professional … on *14 January 1952 in the Strand, Cape Town. Throughout his career, Hanekom…
Address at the Welcome Ceremony of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 25 August 2002
… of many races, colours, cultures and religions are hard at work to achieve peace and national reconciliation. Conscious … poverty and underdevelopment, they…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 92th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2004
… will continue to make new advances as we continue to work for its reconstruction and development and the building … characterised by both mutually beneficial…
EventThe Korean War ends
… the United Nations (UN) forces (mainly South Korean and American). The war started when armed forces of North Korea …
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… of supplies during the 406 days of the airlift. Some 441 American aircraft were used in total and they carried over …
EventThe first episode of Star Trek is aired on NBC
… Star Trek is credited with he first interracial kiss on American network television in an episode entitled "Plato's … 2013]| usefultrivia,' The first…
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as ‘Long Cecil’ is test fired for the first time
… The 104mm field-gun designed by American George Labram and manufactured in the De Beers …
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… having committed acts of treason or communism during the apartheid era, little attention was paid to what transpired … Hendricks. [4] It is through many of…
EventTranskei announces plans to unban ANC and PAC
… of the Transkei homeland, Tutor Ndamase, announced that his homeland government plans to unban the African National … of this homeland. Moreover, because the…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
… of Andrew Murray was erected at the front of the church in his honour. Ds Murray moved to various congregations over the … ended up in the Wellington church…
EventSA artist Mizream Maseko is born
… South African artist, was born on this date. He completed his schooling in the Transvaal. He began his career as a house painter and was inspired to paint by…
2018 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2018
… difficult and sensitive process. I wish to thank him for his service to the nation during his two terms as President … prospects are determined by their own…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… new practice or idea, there were many initial problems to work through. In this case, it was discrimination and a lack … victimized women to fight for rights…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising , the Apartheid government was forced to consider reforms to Apartheid policy, pressured by growing…
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… Slabbert, a staunch opponent of 'separate development' (Apartheid) and leader of the opposition Progressive Federal … Party (PFP), resigned as leader of the…
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… became famous as an Afrikaans writer, even though much of his early writings and early education were in English. He matriculated at the age of sixteen and…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… were sent to the Crimea - and 65 000 that fought in the American War of Independence. At the beginning of the 20th … world. As Prime Minister Michael Manley…
EventTodd Tozama Matshikiza, musician, composer and writer, is born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
… Music. He was also one of the first black journalists to work for Drum Magazine. Matshikiza wrote the music for the … a huge success both locally and abroad…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… Pieter Kotze, found that no one was to blame for his death. The verdict, which completely exonerates the … person to die in detention since 1963. At the time…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… industry. Uys writes, directs, performs and produces his own work. A creative writer, he has written in many genres. One his books, Trekking to Teema, became…
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… 1990, Nelson Mandela visited Ottawa, Canada escorted by his then wife Winnie Madikizela Mandela. He travelled to Canada a few months after his release from…
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… Former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock began with his testimony in Pretoria Supreme Court by revealing his part in the apartheid regime's 'dirty tricks'…
Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… one of the most controversial figures from South Africa's apartheid era, died in a Stellenbosch frail care centre at the age of 82, following a stroke. Early…
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… 1977, however, Mulder was involved in scandal that brought his political career to an end. It was revealed that Mulder, … had planned to use defence force…
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
… a great lover of humanity. He also sent a team of six of his top men to accompany the flight he offered to bring us … airport to the music of crowds of…
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… of: who he was, what he thought, what he did, and what is his legacy. Who was he? To BCM colleagues, he was a … politically and culturally aware. The…