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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…
PlaceNamibia
… are copper, diamonds, gold, lead and uranium. The South African and Portuguese governments jointly developed the … Germany access to the Zambezi River and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
… will help in some way to relieve the position of South African political prisoners and that it will lead eventually … arrested by about four Special Branch…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… and security forces. The three were recruited by the South African intelligence service after 1980 to carry out … operation for the ANC particularly for…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… and teacher who played an important role in the South African Teachers' Association and undertook several major … teacher. She played a very important role…
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…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… On 29 May 1994 the South African government signed an agreement establishing … is also responsible for looking after the needs of South African pilgrims…
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, president of the then banned African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the Nobel Peace … the peoples of all races in South…
EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
… a coalition between the National Party (NP) and the South African Party of Jan Smuts in 1933, and rejected the … Smuts had surrendered his principles on the…
EventANC calls for the dismissal of Adriaan Vlok and Magnus Malan
… The African National Congress (ANC), in an emergency meeting, … and with implicit approval from Malan and Vlok, the South African Defence Force (SADF)…
EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… troubled KwaZulu-Natal province. Further Reading: South African Human Rights Commission Annual Reports Pityana, N.B., 2004. Reflections on the African…
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… Black person to receive an honorary D.Phil. from a South African University. Dube, who is of royal descent, was also founder and first president of the South…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… The South African government presented a promotion of Constitutional … 1989, de Klerk met with the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC),…
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…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… Dent to the position of Principal of the S.A.N.C. [South African Native Collegel. He was succeeding a man who was … intention of the trustees of this College…
Document 114 - (National Liberation League?), How To Work Among Urban Africans
… three distinct groups; the Coloured, the Indian and the African. The three of them differ in custom, tradition and cultural development. The African, the…
Address at the Africa Regional Disability Consultative Conference Johannesburg, 6th May 2003
… of this important conference on disability, the Disability African Regional Consultative Conference. I hope that our … of disabled persons. We are almost…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… current state of affairs in South Africa? TAMBO: The South African regime has become very desperate. They have lost a … spite of their efforts, in spite of…