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Statement on the release of the NDC decision, 29 February 2012
… The National Disciplinary Committee of the African National Congress has met and received mitigating and aggravating arguments as per the directive of the…
ArchiveTrade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
… for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours (BA Hons) in African Studies at the University of Cape Town by Riyaad … the history of the Food and Canning…
EventGeneral Secretary of the ANC, journalist and writer, Solomon Plaatje dies
… Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was a South African writer, linguist, translator and political leader. … and in 1912 became first secretary-general of the South…
EventSA cross-border raid in Maputo kills several
… were killed in Operation Beanbag, an attack by the South African army on the planning and control headquarters of the African National Congress (ANC) in…
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby’s return to international games
… The African National Congress (ANC) in Harare, Zimbabwe, agreed … its good offices" to facilitate the readmission of South African rugby into international…
EventWinnie Mandela’s Soweto home reported burnt down
… of Winnie Mandela, wife of an imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was burned … be no charges laid and no prosecution…
EventBus drivers strike because of lack of protection
… the death of four drivers. Arranged police and South African Defence Force (SADF) protection proved to be … police reported that they could not 'cope'…
EventThe force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.
… in different parts of the world. On 11 May 1915, South African troops entered Windhoek, the capital of South West … battalions that were made up of German…
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… South African President, Pieter Willem Botha, resigned from his … unbanning of some influential organizations such as the African National Congress (ANC),…
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
… the receipt of extradition documents from the South African government. Rhoodie was one of the key players in the … Minister of the department. On 13 January…
EventSouth Africa and Lesotho establish a consultative committee to resolve border disputes
… For instance, Jonathan repeatedly criticised the South African government's policy of apartheid while declaring his support for the African National Congress…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… history was a period of intense interaction among African communities and between the African communities and the Boers, the English colonies, the … state…
EventPeter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion
… Water-Skiing title in 1977.[i] Peter won his first South African powerboat racing title, as well as set a world record … Sports Award on three occasions. He…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
… apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches, first Black Archbishop of the … across the globe, it was never celebrated…
EventA bomb blast rocks the ANC London office
… On this day the African National Congress (ANC) headquarters in London, … bombed. General Johann Coetzee, former head of the South African security police,…
Search for a United Front against racism
… coordinating body. Dr A.B. Xuma, President-General of the African National Congress supports Indian resistance, … Bill now passed in the House of Assent is…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Search for a United Front against racism
… coordinating body. Dr A.B. Xuma, President-General of the African National Congress supports Indian resistance, … Bill now passed in the House of Assent is…
Address at the National Youth Day Celebrations, 16 June 2002
… is only the beginning of a new journey that the South African youth, the South African people must take towards a common destiny. The … must unfold a new…
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
… point in the history of their countries. Consider past African leaders like Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Seretse … In a very important respect they were the…
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 On 10 December … Constitution fixed a milestone beside the road of South African history, and…
EventThe recommendations of the Riekert Commission (to investigate the employment conditions of Black workers) are tabled
… to a crisis faced by the apartheid state, as South African capitalism has been facing its deepest recession … of increasing productivity and profitability…
EventSnaar Viljoen, the great all-rounder is born
… yards hurdles and the hammer throw events. He won South African titles in the 100 yards, 120 yards, 220 yards … ↵ [ii]David van Lill, Van Lill’s South…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU … mostly through organisations. The…
PlaceAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI), University of Cape Town
… in 2005, concerned with the lack of engagement by South African artists, Art Historians and Curators with their peers on the African Continent. Since then…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… 1914. On 25 December 1914 General Louis Botha led South African troops across Walvis Bay into German South West … the northern area of the territory. By this…
EventJulius Nyerere chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) addresses the ANC in Arusha
… that succeeded the TANU, addressed delegates attending the African National Congress (ANC) conference in the Tanzanian … programme based on a concept derived…
EventSANNC (ANC) meeting is attended by a large number of people
… A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now African National Congress (ANC), is attended by a large … delegation,…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… 15 September 1910, General Louis Botha and Hertzog's South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the … granting dominion to the White…
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… South African artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba was born in Boksburg, … much literature as possible on European Art and also about African Art exhibited in…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… Lake Nyasa, one of his many great discoveries of the African interior. Today it may seem strange to credit one … world simply knew very little about the…