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EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
… Jordan an African novelist, linguist and academic and his mother, Dr Priscilla Phyllis Jordan, was a teacher, …
EventZambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon killing 18 national soccer team players
… shut down the wrong engine after a fire. They attributed his error in judgment to fatigue. The cause of the fire …
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
… Nkomo's party won twenty seats in the new Assembly, all in his tribal homeland of Matabeleland. Initially, Mugabe …
Bantu Authorities Act of 1951
… For example, Chief Albert Luthuli was deposed from his position as Chief when he refused to resign from the …
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… this house, and that the main rooms were renovated for his tenure. The homestead was bought and restored by Désirée …
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… bought the land in 1897, and settled here in 1905, after his return from Europe. The tree is reputed to have been one …
PlaceAgterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands
… from WA van der Stel in 1699, in honour of a friend of his, Nicholaes Witsen. Who was a Director of the Dutch East …
Say It out Loud - The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939
… to expect every man  white as well as Coloured  to do his duty. So to you fellow delegates my advice at the outset … by reference to a man's race or to…
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
… both the framework of analysis employed by Nolutshungu and his assessment of SASO's character, role and significance. … liberation movements would, of course…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… Shortly after they were elected, Mbeki clashed with his superior in Dar-es-Salam, James Hadebe over SASA’s … President Jacob Zuma also publicly rebuked…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Mohale Dam, Kingdomof Lesotho, 16 March 2004
… Lesotho Highlands Water Project and would like to thank His Majesty, the Prime Minister and government of the Kingdom … of Lesotho for the invitation to be…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… wartime Premier and a famous international figure, lost his seat, Standerton, to a relatively unknown NP candidate. … more experienced members. With an…
70. The Durban riots, 1949
… There is no security for him; there is no future for his children, and there is no outlet for his energies and emotions. He is frustrated and thwarted. His…
IFP 2019 Election Manifesto
… Opening a national debate on the reinstatement of the death penalty as a means to deter violent crimes. The …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the annual conference of the Methodist Church Umtata, 18 September 1994
… against the powers-that-be meant persecution and even death, you dared to stand up to the tyrants. In the founding …
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… most of the workers faced a slow and excruciating death from silicosis if they returned to work. One trade …
Address at the Welcome Ceremony of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 25 August 2002
… as the Rio Earth Summit took place ten years ago, the death of many caused by racial oppression and racial …
Archive25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
… of houses for all, the decrease of infant mortality and death rate due to illnesses related to HIV and AIDS. However, …
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
… bead merchant and holy man [6] ,who would later assume his place in the history of India’s African Sufi community as the Saint Bava Gor.Prior to his arrival…
”Apartheid Over Our Dead Bodies:” Speech, July 1948
… Speech at mass welcome meeting in Johannesburg organised in his honour by the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council on his release from prison] I am deeply…
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
… offer our deepest condolences and sincere appreciation for his contribution to the country we now live in.” –Professor …
EventThe 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
… The following is an excerpt from Jingoes, who wrote of his journey, published in Black Valour: “’I do not wish to …
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… prime minister, was assassinated in parliament following his announcement that Egypt was declaring war on the Axis …
EventSolly Sachs addresses Garment Worker’s protestors
… and sentenced to six months' forced labour on each. His appeal against the sentence, which he argued himself, was …
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… De Klerk, was born in Ladybrand, Orange Free State. Both his parents were members of the National Party in the …
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… party. Dr Manuel held the position until 1991, when his party suffered defeat in the first democratic election. …
EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
… twelve and a half years later, Dr Chris Barnard, who with his team operated on her, conceded that she had died of …
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… University of Cape Town. Senator Kennedy visited him at his apartment on the way in from the airport. References: …
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… in bombing activities. He was MK's first bomber and his diverse achievements include becoming a self-supporting …
EventNelson Mandela announces intentions on nationalisation policy
… Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of …