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EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
… was born in Achimota, Accra on 24 December 1980. He began his soccer career with the local club Hearts of Oak. …
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… A Chief who fled to Botswana during the war and when his body was repatriated to Okahandja, central Namibia, a …
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 …
Say It out Loud - The 1919 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 22nd April, 1919
… warning was given in all seriousness by one who wished his country to proceed on just and safe lines who wished his country to be saved from the Nemesis…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… Therefore, segregation would protect the Whites. His collaborator, D. F. Malan , suggested segregation would … Apartheid oppression started before birth and…
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…
ArchiveCHAPTER 9 - Tactics of talks, Tactics of confrontation, The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. by Howard Barrell
… - MK’s best year and most favourable casualty rate ever. Death of the ‘Grenade Squads’ If Zikomo was a success, the … [the township serving Nigel] we didn’t…
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…
PlaceNamibia
… the Nama resistance for a further two years. In 1907, the death of Marengo brought about the end of the war of … forces, and had been given a gun in…
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…
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…
Archive"Isikhumbuzo" (Memorial): Self-authored obituary by Petros Sipho Mkhize, dedicated to Getruth Ndlovu, written while awaiting execution, Pretoria Central Prison, circa 1967
… dedicated it "To Getruth Ndlovu." On it he recorded, in his own hand, the key dates of his persecution: his arrest on 14 September 1966, his sentencing on 2…
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…
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…
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 …
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… and Coloured people in the struggle for liberation. His family arrived in South Africa in the 1890s, three …
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 …