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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…
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…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… in Africa, (2) the tenth Summit of the Organisation of African Unity, a new and growing force for progressive change … to burst open in revolution…
South Africa: Liberation and Reconciliation Role of International Solidarity, 8 April 2004
… because people around the world marched with the South African people in the long struggle that led to those … of apartheid and were inspired by the vision…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… University Albert Luthuli's place in the history of South African liberation movements derives primarily from his two crowning achievements: President of the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… Magazine UK Desmond Tutu is ordained the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town. "Your president is … of justice. Retributive justice is…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… Isaac Ngcobo. The last four were all members of the South African Allied Workers Union (SAAWU), while the others were … violently. The UDF was used by its…
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…
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…
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 Impact of Colonialism
… trans-Saharan trade routes between Songhay and the North African traders provided Europe with gold coins used to trade … area. The remainder of the…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… resistance inspired a change of heart in the rulers. The African National Congress (ANC), on the other hand, expressly … countermeasure to Mahatma Gandhi`s…
PlaceState Theatre, Pretoria
… with 2 Bars, a Restaurant and a Museum. Works by South African Artists, decorate the walls and foyers of the Theatre. It is Wheelchair Accessable. The…
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…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
… the passage of ten years since the leadership of the South African liberation movement was arrested at Rivonia. Three … one (South Africa only voted against)…
Prisoners of Apartheid - Statement at a Press Conference in Addis Ababa by O. R. Tambo, 11 July 1973
… the passage of ten years since the leadership of the South African liberation movement was arrested at Rivonia. Three … one (South Africa only voted against)…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… Cape. Abstract: This mini-thesis tells the story of the African National Congress' (ANC's) first armed military … Detachment. The latter joined forces with…
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… officially admitted as 53rd member of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at a summit, held in Tunis, Tunisia. The … and the Annual Summit. The OAU was…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… the political situation in South Africa was bleak as the African National Congress (ANC), South African communist Party (SACP), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)…