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PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… of gold'. As the most powerful Commercial Centre on the African continent, Johannesburg generates 16% of South … to Los Angeles! Founded in 1886, Joburg (as…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… The South African state saw in the campaign for the Congress of the … necessary for the Congress Alliance to overthrow the South African state by violence in…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Diplomatic Correspondent of Morning Star, 23 November 1967, London
… only, not with the Rhodesian Africans. Quoting from the African National Congress-Zimbabwe African People`s Union joint communique that as … case of South…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… pay homage to Comrade Michael Harmel, an outstanding South African revolutionary whose whole life was unconditionally … draft of our Party's new programme, …
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
… David Goldblatt was the first South African to be granted one of the art world’s major benchmarks … on the campus. It is not just on universities that South…
ANC Secretary General meeting former political prisoners on the Cuban Five, 21 May 2010
… unionists - incarcerated in Miami, United States, in 1998, African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Gwede … is today (21 May 2010) holding a meeting…
EventMafika Gwala born
… South African poet, writer and BCM member Mafika Gwala was born … activities firstly joining National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) that later…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… Congress of the People Conference in June 1955, the South African Police raided the homes and offices of those who had … number of documents. At dawn on 5…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… Harold Strachan, former South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the … (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African…
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… or referring to himself as Coloured in 1970, but the African National Congress (ANC) has made him "Coloured" again … descent) and contribute to the…
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… game ranger, Sibusiso Vilane, became the first Black South African to reach the top of Mount Everest, an 8 848m … peak, one of the world's highest. Vilane,…
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… Machel of Mozambique pledged solidarity with the South African people, in reaction to the massacre on 30 January … weSizwe (MK) cadres were killed. Machel,…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… "The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… ↵ [iii] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 190. ↵ [iv] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports…
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… (FIFA), the World Cup was staged in Africa. Five African nations vied for the right to host the FIFA World Cup … when South Africa defeated Morocco and Egypt…
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) took place on this day. SAS (South African Ships) Tafelberg served as guardship for the voyage … and Salvador in Brazil. The race was…
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… South West Africa be fully launched. On 5 March 1916 South African Troops, led by General Jan Smuts , invaded East … and 2 500 people of mixed race and…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… political career as the co-founder of the all-black South African Student's Organization (SASO). It was from his … government. In 1973, Biko was banned by…
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
… B. (1980). Organize or Starve! The History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions , New York: International … with no voice to say 'NO'? And when he…
EventAmerican President Ronald Reagan reverses his earlier stance on South Africa and agrees to limited sanctions
… and Reagan administrations had tried to influence South African governments by working with them discreetly in a … Washington was concerned the ANC's…
EventTwo ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
… On 4 June 1986, two African National Congress members, Sipho Dlamini and Busi … a well informed policeman from Swaziland told the South African Press Agency…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… to work on the revitalization of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), the country's ruling party. In May 1963 the Organization of African Unity was…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.1 Oct-Dec 1959
… Julius Nyerere. Durban Explodes, Myrna Blumberg. The African in Industry, Brian Bunting. The African on the Farm, Ben Turok M.P.C. The new Serfdom, James ……
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
… to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South African government. During the African National Congress (ANC) Annual Conference in December ……
EventANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka
… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the African National Congress (ANC) issued a…
EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
… character. The history of institutional racism in South African universities dates back to the 19th century. It … government. The 1916 legislation…
ArticleNational and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
… swear to adhere. The eleven parties to the GNU include the African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance (DA), …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Tributes to Lembede After His Death
… when they read the news item headlined "Death of a Noted African Lawyer." They were surprised because they had not … the possible candidates for the General…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… the disillusionment of educated Africans, the poverty of African life, crime and a host of other things ’ (Ndebele … and literary pieces which projected a…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… Dent to the position of Principal of the S.A.N.C. [South African Native College]. He was succeeding a man who was … intention of the trustees of this College…