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EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… South African prime minister, General J.C. Smuts, asked … that SA troops would only fight in Africa. The Sixth South African Armoured Division, the most…
Address of the president of the republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, to the summit meeting of the OAU heads of state and government Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, June 8 1998
… under whose majestic sands hides much of our ancient African origins and the things that link the African North and South, I have the honour to present my ……
ArchiveFacts about the current situation in South Africa and what is to be done
… African National Congress report on the current situation in South Africa and how to respond. Examines the South African regime, the Black Consciousness…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
… which showed that Pretoria would always be harassing African independent States "on one pretext or another." … that Zimbabwe had to do the explaining, not…
EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
… security and an advanced economy. A firm believer in African liberation, Nkrumah pursued a radical pan-African policy, playing a key role in the formation of…
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… and other political prisoners, F.W. de Klerk, former South African president announced his retirement as the leader of … leadership where banned liberation…
EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
… lives in a fierce battle in the woods, dubbed by South African soldiers as the 'Devil's Woods'. During the commemoration ceremony, a new South African coat…
EventJames La Guma dies
… trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured People's Organisation…
Chapter 3
… The Formation of the All-African Convention: The Background In 1935 the Union … liberals at the time of Union to maintain the vote for the African in the…
Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970
… I AM DIRECTED by the All-In African National Action Council to address your Government in the following terms: The All-In African National Action Council was…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… to liberation movements in Southern Africa such as the African National Congress (ANC), the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and the South West African…
Entering Namibia without visas
… of anyone entering the territory without a visa from South African authorities. [A delegation from the UN Ad Hoc … South West Africa in 1961 with the…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… On 29 May 1976, the South African Electricity Supply Commission (ESKOM) announced its … pressure due to the Apartheid policies of the South African State…
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… upon that the new structure of the police and the South African Defence Force (SADF) was to be put in place. The South African Police (SAP) was to be…
EventSA troops withdraw from Angola
… The South African government withdrew its military forces from Angola … and South West Africa (later renamed Namibia). The South African government…
EventApartheid bomb kills Zimbabwean and injures six ANC members
… Mr Obed Amon Mwanza, a Zimbabwean, was killed and six African National Congress (ANC) members were injured when the … outside an ANC transit house in…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… made that two mass graves were found at a former South African Defence Force base, Eenhana, in northern Namibia. … The bones were suspected to be those of…
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… had skills in mining and metal work. In 1960, the South African government settled the Damara in Damaraland, an area … soil and irregular rain fall. On 4…
Report of the National Executive Committee of the PAC, Submitted to the Annual Conference, December 19-20, 1959
… successfully launched as the liberation movement of the African people at a Convention held at the Communal Hall, … in our lifetime, namely, To unite and…
Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… On behalf of the Women`s Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire … years ago today, way out at the southern tip of the African…
Chapter 11
… African National Congress Now it is not so difficult to … different matter, however, with the third obstacle, the African National Congress . The people find…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… as a cruel tyrant who caused the destruction and misery of African societies during the Mfecane as he had firm control … Gambushe in Pondoland, He attacked…
Chapter 2
… Forunners We have already said that the All African Convention should be viewed as one further step in the political development of the African people. In…
PlaceJohannesburg Art Gallery
… and the Witwatersrand. She was of English-speaking South African descent and her husband, like many others among the … space is given over to the permanent…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… in the men’s final[iii] despite not being the South African champion at the time.[iv] Raymond claimed the title … Open in 1927.[vi] Raymond played in ten…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… at the World Surfing Games held in Durban.[ii] The South African team was also the champion team at the World Surfing … for Sunny Garcia.[iv] On 2 June 2012,…
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… physique when he registered as a member of the South African Jockey Academy in Shongweni, Pinetown, Durban, as a … stood a mere 1,32 metres tall.[iii]…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… River”. [3] They form part of the Nguni group of Southern African people. The determent of their settlement was the … of a national suicide of sorts by the…
EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
… Jean Forbes, the sister of Gordon Forbes, another South African tennis star.[vi] Cliff and Jean participated as a … earning themselves the 1957, 1958, 1959…
EventTwo rival movements merge in Zimbabwe
… organisations in Zimbabwe, the Ndebele-dominated Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), led by Joshua Nkomo, and the Shona-dominated Zimbabwe African…