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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…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
… University. I bring you fraternal greetings from the South African government and the people of our country. From the … of the Indian Ocean to settle in…
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…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the frontline states and Lesotho, Lisbon, 25 March 1983
… of South Africa and Rhodesia - ardent adversaries of African independence, peace and social progress. But today … and colonialism in southern Africa... In…
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…
Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012
… parted ways with pride and embraced selflessness. For the African, it is that year that God gave us Pixley Ka Isaka … in the last decade of the 20th century…
Articlehoz tab example
… “Towards a People’s History…” South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan people's … internship programmes Improving the knowledge of South African…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… its history and significance within the broader South African historical context and narrative. That being said, … used to describe it as well as its…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… in Johannesburg in 1907 with, and for, the wealthy South African Indian merchants whom he had so long represented.’ … 15000 workers in spontaneous fashion…
Political Report by Limpopo ANC Chairperson Cde Cassel Mathale during the Limpopo ANC Provincial General Council, 10 June 2012
… morning in the name of our revolutionary movement, the African National Congress as we mark the final preparations … only way we can succeed in building a…
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
… The formation of a trade union federation based on the African workers and upholding clear principles of non-racial workers' unity, was long overdue. The…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… The African National Congress has emphatically denounced attacks … to a stakeholder forum that will bring together voices of African compatriots against this…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The Federation of South African Women's Papers, University of the Witwatersrand … Ravan Press, 1983. Interview with…
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
… Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with … and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Gwala…
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2 (South African War), summarised the pssure his government has put on the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… heightened growing tension between Britain and the South African Republic (Transvaal). With his rigid attitude he … a prominent role in events leading up to…
EventActress and teacher Wilhelmina Freund is born
… Germany, when her parents, who were South African German immigrants, were on a visit to Germany. On … she was appointed as teacher of elocution at the South…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… recognised that as long as the vote is denied to the African, Coloured and Indian peoples, Parliament cannot be … discrimination, intended to defeat the…