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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…
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)…
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)…
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…
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… in India that he was an advisor to several black South African leaders. Nauriya, who wrote a book in 2006 about Gandhi called African Elements in Gandhi,…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. South African President P.W. Botha proclaimed, "A new era has begun.... We want to be accepted by our…
ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE COAT OF ARMS, Kwaggafontein, 27 April 2000
… stands before us for the very first time. It is both South African and African. It is both African and universal. It serves to evoke our distant past, …
EventIt is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa
… to Pakistan shipping companies not to enter South African ports. Landing and passage facilities have already been refused to South African aircraft in…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… of 1913. It arose out of the protest campaign of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) founded in 1912, renamed in 1923 the African National…
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… of South Africa during the period of expropriation of the African. The military defeat of the Ama-Xhosa tribes was … after 70 years of merciless warfare by…
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…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… April 6: People's Protest Day The African National Congress has served notice on the Government … is using this occasion to celebrate everything in South…
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
… is also widely used in South Africa to refer to the African group alone. Ironically it is only now that the … to share "black," the indigenous peoples must…
Statement 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
… Mrs. Gertrude Shope 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…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… The South African Police Force (SAP) stationed in the Caprivi Strip, … casualties in clashes with 'terrorists'. South West African People's Organisation …
EventLuthuli Combat Detachment crosses the Zambezi
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives, and the Zimbabwean African People’s Union (ZAPU) guerrillas, crossed the Zambezi … possible leakage of information to…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… The Citizen reported that the remaining 1 500 South African troops in South West Africa (Namibia) had been … While the Namibian political parties and the…
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… Mozambican government blamed both these events on South African, who were accused of supporting the rebels. These claims were rejected by the South African…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… Council consisting of partly nominated and partly elected African members whose function would be to advise the Government on legislation and other matters…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… changes that took place in black protest politics and African nationalist thinking during the 1940s, particularly in the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventIndian people march in Durban to protest against the Ghetto Act
… A 6 000 strong march supporting the South African Indian Congress resolution for Passive Resistance … the many anti-Indian legislation bills passed by the…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… ministerial duties. According to section 91(2) the South African constitution: “The President appoints the Deputy … of the state and ruling party did not…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… versions emphasise the murders and retaliation, while African versions are concerned with the disruption in the … Whatever the precise truth, the episode was…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… During the 1920s, the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) - which changed its name to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923 - did not…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… inside, they will be able to resolve it” - Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, Sunday Times, Sunday 10 … prevention and treatment of HIV/Aids and…
Bibliographical note and further reading
… Bridglal Pachai, The International Aspects of the South African Indian Question, 1860-1971 (Cape Town, 1971), and … into Natal, 1860-1872 , Archives Year…